Rick Mele

Freelance Writer/Editor

United States

I've got over ten years of experience covering a wide range of subjects for a variety of digital and print publications -- I've driven cargo vans through the Rockies and Porsche 911s on the race track. I've hit home runs with Giancarlo Stanton and gone behind-the-scenes at the NHL All-Star Game. I've covered film festival red carpets and awards shows, chopped it up with Michelin-starred chefs and professional lumberjacks, and hung out with Danny Trejo in the Romanian countryside.

Meanwhile, as a copywriter, I've written about everything from tax tips and kinesiology tape to eco-friendly building trends and Canada's top date spots. I contain multitudes, is what I'm trying to say.

Portfolio
Complex
All the Blue Jays' Alek Manoah Does Is Win

Alek Manoah just wants to win. According to the Blue Jays pitcher, he's always been that way, a product of growing up competing with his older brother Erik (also a pitcher, and currently playing pro ball in the independent Atlantic League) over even the most mundane chores.

Sharp Magazine
Interview: Why Simu Liu is Marvel's Next Big Thing

Simu Liu's superhero origin story certainly isn't lacking for drama: after breaking out as one of the stars on CBC's Kim's Convenience, the Chinese-Canadian actor decided to shoot his shot with Marvel on social media, with a tweet that ended up going viral once news broke some eight months later that not only had the two talked, but Liu had booked the starring role in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

Rotten Tomatoes
Is February Actually A Cinematic Wasteland?

When it comes to the release schedule, there are a few truisms that have become common knowledge among film fans: blockbuster movies come out in the spring and summer, horror movies get October, Oscar-worthy ones have November and December, and the truly bad stuff gets unceremoniously dumped in January and February.

Men's Health
What It's Like to Be a Movie Extra

As summer movie season heats up, we wanted to give the unsung heroes of Hollywood-movie extras-a chance to tell their own behind-the-scenes stories.