Joe Roberts
School
University Of Sussex, University Of California San Diego, Highbury College
Expertise
Batman Movies, James Bond, Documentaries
- Beyond writing, Joe has produced short-form documentaries for companies including Marie Claire and Investigation Discovery.
- He has attended and covered large-scale events such as Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and multiple show and movie launch events from London to LA.
- In his career, Joe has covered everything from politics to tech, Film, and TV.
Experience
Joe has a decade-long career in journalism, starting as a reporter for a regional newspaper in the UK before quickly moving into international news by becoming a Digital Producer for Sky News. His lifelong love of culture led him to start writing on film, TV, and tech in 2014, and he's since contributed to outlets such as TIME, Digital Spy, and ScreenRant. As a staff writer for TrustedReviews, Joe covered major technology conventions, reporting from around the world on everything from self-driving cars to the latest developments in VR. In 2017 he began producing short-form documentaries, overseeing shoots around the globe and directing everything from dating shows to in-depth investigative pieces. Throughout his time producing, he consistently wrote on film and TV, joining Static Media in 2022 and contributing features and analysis regularly ever since. When he isn't shooting documentaries and short films around Los Angeles, he's working on scripts or probably watching the Tim Burton Batman movies for the 10 thousandth time.
Education
Joe has a bachelor's degree in American studies from The University of Sussex, which involved a focus on American literature and culture. His diploma in journalism from Highbury College gave him the journalism fundamentals needed to build a career in writing and reporting.
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Stories By Joe Roberts
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Die Hard 2 star Bruce Willis clashed with director Renny Harlin over the tone of the movie, and especially over a certain fax pun.
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Clint Eastwood's courtroom drama Juror #2 raises big questions about truth and justice, so let's unpack the film's ambiguous ending.
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Bruce Willis parodying his John McClane persona from Die Hard is probably the best thing about this otherwise forgotten action movie lampoon.
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Gilligan's Island famously started off filming in monochrome before it switched to shooting in color. Here's when (and why) the change happened.
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A pre-stardom Kevin Costner auditioned to play Paul Atreides in David Lynch's Dune. Here's why his audition and screen test didn't quite work out.
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Certified James Bond fan Christopher Nolan once named his all-time favorite Sean Connery movie,and it wasn't a 007 adventure.
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The Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger had a scheduling conflict that delayed filming, but ended up giving the franchise its definitive look.
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The original '80s Equalizer TV series wound up birthing a surprisingly durable franchise. Here's what the show's surviving cast members are up to now.
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Eyes Wide Shut features an uncredited voice cameo from Cate Blanchett that remained a secret for many years. Here's how it happened.
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This Dakota Fanning-led horror movie is currently getting a good deal of attention on Netflix after misfiring at the box office.
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Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man Tom Holland recently revealed his favorite movie, and it's a somewhat recent sci-fi blockbuster.
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Ever wondered what scientifically accurate velociraptors would have looked like in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park? One fan has shown us the answer.
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Christopher Nolan was guided by a classic sci-fi film while making Interstellar, particularly when it came to the movie's wild ending.
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Only a trio of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies have cracked the IMDb top 250, and they all had a sizable cultural impact to boot.
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It took the combination of a never-used Cheers storyline and a real-world radio shrink for the creators of Frasier to crack the code to the spinoff.
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The writers of Frasier specifically had Seinfeld in mind when it came to their efforts to subtly subvert the popular sitcom tropes of the '90s.
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Ryan O'Neal had been acting since the 1960s, but one of his most memorable performances toward the end of his career was on the TV show Bones.
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Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic Interstellar is making its way up Netflix's top charts. Can it go toe to toe with the streamer's biggest originals?
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North Korea has banned plenty of Hollywood movies, but this sci-fi hit from 2009 was banned for an incredibly petty reason.
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Tom Cruise put in a good word for one of the best performers in A Complete Unknown, which has us wondering how many other casting choices he's influenced.
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When James Cameron was developing Sarah Connor for The Terminator, he took inspiration from another sci-fi hero he would eventually get to work with.
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With over 60 years worth of films to choose from, the IMDb community of voters have selected with James Bond film is their least favorite.
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The Terminator completely revolutionized the science-fiction/action hybrid as director James Cameron was desperately trying to make the best humanoid robot.
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The second season of Yellowstone paid tribute to someone named Melanie Olmstead, and fans have been trying to figure out who she is for years.
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David Hyde Pierce found himself becoming surprisingly emotional during a storyline in season three of the hit sitcom Frasier.
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When it came time to shoot the first Equalizer movie, star Denzel Washington came up with a character trait that surprised the director.
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Denis Villeneuve's Dune movies spanned a galaxy, and the filming locations spanned the globe - from Norway to Abu Dhabi.