Bill Bria
School
Fairfield University
Expertise
The Halloween Franchise, Classic Comedies, Auteur Filmmakers
- Bill is an actor, comedian, songwriter, music producer and performer with numerous years of experience. He's been a member of SAG-AFTRA since 2010 and has been and continues to be involved with multiple levels of entertainment production.
- A writer of several produced one-act plays as well as a completed TV pilot script and a feature screenplay, Bill has been involved with storytelling from multiple angles.
- Bill has multiple personal connections to people active in the film and television industries today, friendships that also allow him to build a quick and easy rapport when conducting interviews with such artists as David Harbour, John Leguizamo, and Tony Kushner.
Experience
Bill has been writing longform essays on cinema on a regular basis for nearly a decade. Delving into as many genres and time periods across the existence of cinema as possible, he has honed his unique perspective on the past and present of filmmaking into one that attempts to encapsulate the totality of the medium. With bylines at /Film, Polygon, Crooked Marquee, Vague Visages, Bloody Disgusting, Daily Grindhouse, and The Quietus, Bill has established himself as an insightful and well-researched historian of cinema, and is adding daily news desk pieces to his continuous rotation to keep readers informed on the latest happenings in film as well as its history.
Education
Bill has a Bachelor's Degree in the Visual and Performing Arts with a concentration on both Theatre and Film.
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Stories By Bill Bria
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Disgraced actor Armie Hammer is returning to the screen to star in The Dark Knight, a new movie that will unite him with one of the most hated directors ever.
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With a convoluted timeline, we're here to make sense of the familial relationship between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers in the Halloween franchise.
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You'd be hard pressed to find a better assembly of well-manicured mustaches outside of Kurt Russell and co. in Tombstone.
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The Oscars have a pattern of neglecting horror movies, with only one ever taking home the top prize of Best Picture in the history of the awards.
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Somehow, for all the button-pushing in Blazing Saddles, there was one scene in Mel Brooks' classic comedy that went too far for Warner Bros. execs.
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Robert Eggers utilized one of his trademark filmmaking techniques to make his version of Nosferatu as terrifying as possible.
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While Nosferatu isn't officially an adaptation of Dracula, it's still very much a Dracula movie, and it succeeds where other Dracula flicks fail.
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Nosferatu and Lily-Rose Depp's performance in the film serve as a culmination of perhaps the most noteworthy horror trend in 2024.
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Robert Eggers new take on the silent vampire film Nosferatu offers a chilling new vision of a classic horror story. We break down the ending here.
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There's no need to debate whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie when the movie itself already answers the question in the opening scene.
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There's a rumor that Stranger Things star Sadie Sink is being eyed for X-Men's Jean Grey in an upcoming Marvel project. Consider us hype ... if it's true.
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There's a lot riding on the success of Superman, and the trailer for James Gunn's launch of the DC Studios Universe proves it.
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Are trailers still relevant in 2024? Absolutely, and from Furiosa to Superman, these are the very best Hollywood had to offer.
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The teaser trailer for James Gunn's Superman bears more than a passing resemblance to the teaser for another much-hyped superhero blockbuster.
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Hollywood legends Jack Nicholson and Orson Welles once both appeared together in a now-forgotten flop from 1971, and it's worth seeking out.
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The weirdest moment in Kraven the Hunter has nothing to do with animal superpowers, and everything to do with bizarre digital mouth movements.
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Is Kraven the Hunter truly the end of the Sony Spider-Man Universe or does this cinematic franchise have a few more stories to tell? Beware, spoilers ahead!
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It's hard to imagine anyone other than Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson as Batman and Joker, but Tim Burton almost went in a wildly different direction.
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HBO's Harry Potter series is reportedly eyeing one of the stars of I May Destroy You and Black Mirror to play the role of Severus Snape.
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Lacey Chabert has starred in a whole lot of Christmas films for Hallmark, so it's no surprise that her favorite Christmas movies are all classics.
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The correct order to watch the Harold & Kumar movies is fairly simple, although you may want to switch things up around the holiday season.
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It's officially the holiday season and a long-standing holiday favorite featuring a young Johnny Galecki is a predictable hit on Max.
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The Virgin Suicides, Blue Collar, Grosse Pointe Blank, RoboCop, and more: these are the 10 best movies set in Michigan, ranked.
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Ridley Scott's sequel Gladiator II seems to be drawing some major inspiration from one of Shakespeare's best historical plays.
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Cobra Kai season 6 part 2 introduced the character Zara Malik, and fans would be wise to keep an eye on this rising action star.
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What the Prequel Trilogy did for the Star Wars franchise, Wicked Part One is doing for The Wizard of Oz. Let us explain.
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Jeff Goldblum's take on The Wizard of Oz in Wicked is at once wholly unique and the product of every version that came before.