Jonah Hill’s Mid90s Shows Promise, But Never Quite Makes an Impact

On the surface, aside from a brief shot of someone watching Goodfellas on a TV, there's nothing remotely Scorsesean about Jonah Hill's Los Angeles-set coming-of-age skater drama Mid90s. (Bear with me, I'm going somewhere with this.) The austere style, the oblique plotting, the understated performances -- this isn't exactly Mean ... More