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Judge Dan Mancini
• Location: Tucker, GA
• Member since: April 2002
• 284 full reviews
• 177 small claims
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Dan Mancini is a Chicago native who holds an M.A. in English literature from Northern Illinois University because, let's face it, a post-graduate degree in the humanities from a university in the Midwest is a rock-solid guarantee of fabulous wealth and prestige. He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, two children, and the world's most diabolically intelligent canine. Despite his current geography and the Atlanta Braves' stellar farm system, Dan will remain a Cubs fan until the day he dies (and probably after).
Dan came to DVD Verdict in 2002 with a love for postwar Japanese cinema, film noir, screwball comedy, and gritty American movies of the Seventies. Over the past six years he's nurtured a growing appreciation of the French New Wave, postwar Italian cinema, and other high-falutin' stuff. That said, there'll always be a special geek-shaped place in his heart for John Carpenter flicks, select pieces of Brian De Palma goodness, Sam Raimi's Evil Dead II, any piece of celluloid involving George A. Romero and zombies, vintage James Bond, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Star Wars, and action carnage from the 1980s.
