Danielle Ryan
School
Georgia Gwinnett College
Expertise
The Evil Dead Franchise, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Extreme Horror Cinema
- Danielle started her journey as a published writer on CHUD.com, reviewing straight-to-DVD horror movies before starting her first column, examining controversial cinema and our reactions to it.
- She loves doing interviews and having in-depth conversations with creatives about their work. Career highlights include chatting with Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal backstage at Madison Square Garden and showing Charlie Day her fan art of Denim Chicken.
- One day, Danielle wants to direct a feature film, but so far, she has only directed and edited a short. She was also an assistant director on an independent feature film.
Experience
Danielle is an experienced writer with bylines at The Washington Post, Fandom, Bustle, CNN, Paste Magazine, and more. She has written in a variety of fields, including local crime, global public health, and the entertainment industry. A piece she wrote about youth violence programs in American schools was presented before the United Nations. Danielle is passionate about shocking entertainment, mental health discussions, and practical gore effects.
Education
Danielle has a Bachelor's of English with a concentration in writing and rhetoric.
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Stories By Danielle Ryan
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Jonathan Banks became a much bigger name thanks to Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, but his earlier role in the Star Trek franchise remains one of his best.
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The Star Trek franchise has featured plenty of odd couple friendships, but the bond between Bashir and Garak in Deep Space Nine is the most important.
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Pokémon is the highest-grossing media franchise of all time, but an episode of the anime was banned after its initial airing in Japan.
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Charlie Sheen's exit from the sitcom Two and a Half Men was a very public and very messy affair that's become the stuff of celebrity legend.
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Stephen King's most controversial book has been out of print for over a decade, so original copies of the novel are selling for thousands online.
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Despite being a core member of the group, Elaine was noticeably absent for the two-part season opener of Seinfeld season 4.
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The Big Bang Theory was written without Young Sheldon in mind, so sometimes they had to retcon a few things to make a little more sense.
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A doctor (Colin Farrell) is tormented by a strange teen (Barry Keoghan) in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, leading to a truly disturbing ending.
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The ever frank Charlize Theron would happily tell you this 2000 crime thriller she once starred in is a 'bad, bad, bad movie.'
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James Gunn and Zack Snyder struggled with one aspect of Superman, and both directors took an entirely different approach to fix it.
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In the wake of Taken, Liam Neeson has almost exclusively pivoted to action thrillers, but his Rotten Tomatoes score fortunately reflects the best of his career.
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TV commercials can, in fact, be extra loud, and while there are laws in place to try and prevent this, the rise of streaming has complicated matters.
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Plenty of sci-fi legends have made cameo appearances on The Big Bang Theory, but this Star Trek actor needed a bit of convincing.
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While Worf (Michael Dorn) went through a lot in Star Trek: The Next Generation, he only really had one storyline that Dorn struggled with.
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Chase Masterson's favorite episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was a rare moment of pure joy during the end of the Dominion War on the show.
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In Game of Thrones, Maester Aemon Targaryen's family tree stretches back to House of the Dragon and beyond (though it's more like a family wreath).
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IMDb's community has made their voices heard and instead of a laugh-riot, have chosen a heartbreaker of an episode as Young Sheldon's very best.
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Netflix's Squid Game season 2 introduces new player 120, Hyun-ju, a transgender woman. We take a look at the new character here.
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If you're a K-Pop fan, you likely recognize a certain hand gesture seen in Squid Game season 2. If not, we're here to help.
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Movie mash-up trailer maestro Sleepy Skunk is back with a new edition for 2024, highlighting everything from indie oddities to the year's biggest hits.
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The grand prize in Squid Game seasons 1 and 2 is 45.6 billion won. Here's how much money that would be in American dollars.
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Hard as it may be to picture anyone other than Jonathan Frakes playing Riker in the Star Trek franchise, several other actors nearly nabbed the role.
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While a professional linguist was brought in to help create the Klingon language in Star Trek, it was one of the actors who actually laid the foundation for it.
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Two new characters who appear in Squid Game season 2 recall real-life players in Netflix's Squid Game game show Squid Game: The Challenge.
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As John Carpenter's The Thing headed toward the end of the production, the movie still didn't have an ending. Thankfully, Kurt Russell came up with a doozy.
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Taylor Sheridan created a TV empire with Yellowstone and its spinoffs, and now a movie he scripted is topping Prime Video's streaming charts.
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Few people understand Star Trek like Michael Dorn, who feels Next Generation was the show that really delivered creator Gene Roddenberry's vision.