Scott Dennis Menzel born November 9, 1982, is an American film critic. Menzel currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the entertainment website We Live Entertainment which he founded in 2011. Prior to We Live Entertainment, Menzel reviewed films under the pseudonym MovieManMenzel for outlets such as Joblo.com and
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...
while also managing his own website MovieManMenzel.com which is now defunct.
In 2017, Menzel co-founded the
Hollywood Critics Association
The Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) is a film critic organization in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2016 as the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society and renamed in 2019.
History
In 2016, Scott Menzel, Scott Mantz, and Ashley ...
alongside
Scott Mantz and Ashley Menzel where he currently serves as the chairman.
The association's stated purpose is to be a critics' group that is diverse and supports underrepresented voices. They are the first critics' group to separate directing honors by gender.
Menzel graduated with a B.A. degree in Mass Media Communications from
Rowan University
Rowan University is a public research university in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a medical campus in Stratford and medical and academic campuses in Camden. It was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a site donated by 107 residents.
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in
Glassboro, New Jersey
Glassboro is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the borough's population was 18,579,[Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (Kutztown University or KU) is a public university in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Highe ...]
. Menzel was the host of Popcorn Talk's Film Critics Weekly on the defunct Popcorn Talk Network.
In August 2022, Menzel and the HCA were the subjects of an article in The Hollywood Reporter after numerous members resigned, including the group's President, amid a social conflict that occurred with a member. In the THR article, Menzel also volunteered that he earned $60K “doing Whole Foods deliveries on the side.”
References
External links
* website
1982 births
Living people
American film critics
American reporters and correspondents
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