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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Christopher McQuarrie cleverly pays homage to the beginning of the original Mission: Impossible TV show in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.
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The official novelization of 2016's Resident Evil: The Final Chapter had a much different ending that didn't make it to the screen.
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Emma Stone won the Best Actress Oscar for La La Land, but the role was originally supposed to go to Harry Potter star Emma Watson.
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Pedro Pascal's first audition was for a 1996 crime thriller that helped launch another up-and-coming actor to A-list status.
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It was Gene Hackman's turn in The Poseidon Adventure that proved great actors could elevate would-be campy blockbusters into something more.
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Comic book movies are in a tough spot, but DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran have a plan to defeat superhero fatigue.
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Longlegs fans should know that The Monkey is unlike anything director Oz Perkins has made before, but continues tackling a consistent theme throughout his work.
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Director Oz Perkins tells us about bringing The Monkey to life, why he doesn't think of it as a horror movie, and his next film (which is coming out this year).
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Getting the seal of approval of Stephen King is a life-affirming goal for many horror creatives, but what about the designers of The Monkey popcorn bucket?
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Wayne Knight's death scene as Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park is a classic, but it caused some major problems for him on Seinfeld.
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An Italian horror classic was one of the inspirations for The Gorge, the new Apple TV+ movie starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy.
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One year before Die Hard made him a movie star, Bruce Willis teamed up with director Blake Edwards for a forgotten comedy.
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If you enjoyed seeing Harrison Ford in Captain America: Brave New World, be sure to check out this trio of '90s thrillers.
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Will Smith has truly done it all, but he's the not-so-secret king of the sci-fi blockbuster. Here are his five best films in the genre, ranked.
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Kevin Costner's Yellowstone exit was softened by the promise of Horizon, but after a disappointing box office for part one, the future of the series is unclear
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Taste is subjective so when it comes to The X-Files, the IMDb community voted to determine the worst episode and we can't say we agree.
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Sam Witwicky was the most important human character in the first three of Michael Bay's Transformers movies. Will he ever return to the series?
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James Wan's first movie technically wasn't actually the horror hit Saw, but a wild movie you'll almost certainly never see.
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Heart Eyes isn't just an effective slasher movie, it's also a true-to-form romantic comedy that'll have you falling in love and running for your life.
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Black Panther 3 producer Nate Moore has commented on those T'Challa recasting rumors, suggesting folks shouldn't believe everything they read.
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Opus, the new cult horror-comedy from A24 featuring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich, relies too heavily on twists and familiar story elements.
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Bruce Willis, who lent a legitimacy to the zaniness of Michael Bay's Armageddon, had a big issue with the movie after he saw the final cut.
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The body horror comedy Together, starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco, is a fun gross-out date night horror movie best seen with a crowd.
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The Wedding Banquet, a remake of the 1993 Ang Lee film, continues the rom-com resurgence with a great ensemble cast. Here's our review.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman, co-starring Jennifer Lopez, is a great example of the modern movie musical, and features a breakout performance from Tonatiuh.
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The folk horror movie Rabbit Trap, starring Dev Patel, isn't really scary, but it does have a certain haunting quality. Here's our review.
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Horror movies keep the box office healthy and thriving, but only one terrifying cinematic universe has ever crossed the $2 billion mark.