Expertise
Horror Movies, Steven Spielberg Movies, Film Festivals
- Chris Evangelista is the chief film critic for /Film
- He is a member of the Critics Choice Association.
- Chris is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic.
Experience
In addition to being /Film's chief film critic, Chris Evangelista also edits for the brand. He has contributed to Fangoria, Mashable, The Guardian, The Playlist, Nerdist, and more. He hosts the "21st Century Spielberg" podcast. Chris co-wrote two YA horror books — "The House on Creep Street" and "Beware the Monstrous Manther!" — under the pen name The Blood Brothers. He currently lives in Philadelphia (well, technically New Jersey, but let's keep that quiet).
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Television
By Chris Evangelista
Black Mirror season 7, which has a feature-length sequel episode, feels like the weakest season of the Netflix anthology series yet. Here's our review.
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Robert De Niro pulls double duty playing two gangsters who go to war with each other in the underwhelming The Alto Knights. Here's our review.
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The elaborate world of John Wick continues to expand with Ballerina, a new shoot-em-up that finds Ana de Armas out for revenge (and battling Keanu Reeves).
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The new Netflix limited series Adolescence, which has four episodes that unfold in real time via one take, is hard to watch. It's also a must-see.
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Errol Morris, who more or less created the true crime documentary formula as we know it, is back with the Netflix true crime doc CHAOS: The Manson Murders.
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Now on 4K for the first time ever, Amadeus is the best music biopic of all time, even if it's almost completely inaccurate.
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The Monkey, the new horror-comedy from Longlegs director Osgood Perkins, is based on a short story by Stephen King. Here's how the film and the story differ.
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Robert De Niro leads a stacked cast in Zero Day, a bleak but somewhat uninspired Netflix political thriller that takes inspiration from current events.
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Movies
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With the dark comedy Friendship, I Think You Should Leave's Tim Robinson makes the jump from TV work to being a movie leading man. Are audiences ready?
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Valentine's Day is right around the corner. In honor of the holiday, we're highlighting ten romantic horror movies you can stream this month.
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Movies
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After a great teaser kept things mysterious, the full trailer for Companion gave away one of the film's biggest twists. Does knowing that twist hurt the movie?
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Heart Eyes is a slasher rom-com that has some fun kills and two likable leads with great chemistry. It also runs out of steam rather quickly. Here's our review.
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Nickel Boys earned a much-deserved Best Picture Oscar nomination, but the POV film's groundbreaking cinematography was completely overlooked.
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Oscar season is upon us once again! In honor of the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, we're ranking the 10 Best Picture nominees from worst to best.
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The twist-heavy and highly entertaining horror pic Companion is exactly the type of must-see entertainment you're looking for. Here's our review.
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An unusually large number of Hollywood disaster movies recycle a certain story element over and over again. Let's investigate.
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Television
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It's probably a good idea to go back and rewatch Severance season 1 before starting season 2. But rewatching the show might end up changing your perception.
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David Lynch's final movie performance was playing the legendary John Ford in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, and the scene is absolutely perfect.
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The holidays are over and the cold, dark days of winter are upon us. So cuddle up under some blankets and stream these winter-set horor movies.
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If the first Den of Thieves felt like it was borrowing a thing or two from Heat, Den of Thieves 2 seems to take inspiration from the Fast and Furious saga.
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Big Nick O'Brien is back for more action-packed adventures in the sequel Den of Thieves 2. But why does the movie have that Pantera subtitle?
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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera takes the scuzzy action vibes of the first movie and adds a buddy comedy angle for good measure, with fun results. Here's our review.
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Television
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Squid Game season 2 is finally here, unleashing a whole new list of deadly games. In honor of the new season, we ranked every Squid Game season 2 game here.
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Netflix kept many of the Squid Game season 2 episode titles a secret. Now that season 2 is here, we're breaking down what each episode title means.
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Television
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Gong Yoo's mysterious Recruiter character is back for Squid Game season 2, and we learn a little bit about his disturbing backstory in the first episode.
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Television
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Squid Game season 2 doesn't waste any time hitting the ground running, complete with a shocking death of a character from the first season.
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Netflix's highly anticipated Squid Game season 2 unleashes more deadly games upon financially desperate players ... with mixed results. Here's our review.
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