The darkly funny American indie drama “Small Engine Repair” works best when it’s a hangout comedy starring three schlubby New England burnouts. Based on writer-director John Pollono’s stage play, ...

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First-time director John Pollono establishes himself as a filmmaker of potential with Small Engine Repair, now streaming on Hulu. Pollono moved from a handful of front-of-camera roles to scripting a ...

John Pollono directs and stars in an adaptation of his play that adds depth to the original text but also struggles in its translation from stage to screen. By Maya Phillips When you purchase a ticket ...

A mini-masterpiece of toxic masculinity, anger management issues, and friends and family “hanging from the lowest rung on the lower-middle-class ladder” as one character wryly puts it, Small Engine ...

EXCLUSIVE: Small Engine Repair, the independent film adaptation of the John Pollono play, has been set by Vertical Entertainment for release on September 10. Vertical has released the first trailer ...

TAUNTON — For the past year and a half, one Taunton-based small engine repair shop has stepped in to fill the void left by the closing of Brownie’s Lawnmower Shop. With the opening of a new shop ...

At age 7, Randy Savageau started tinkering with the motor on his minibike. He also tore apart a lawn mower and mounted the motor on a homemade go-cart. "I think that's probably what got me started," ...

Thanks to the help of readers, I have the answers to the Wright's Small Engine Service situation. Dave Miller, who handled all of the repair work for Fred Wright for years, has been working to repair ...