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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The upcoming God of War series for Prime Video just landed a Star Trek Legend as the new showrunner and executive producer.
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Composer Hans Zimmer will not be taking home an Oscar for his Dune: Part Two score, because the Academy has deemed it ineligible for contention. Here's why.
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Keanu Reeves look as John Wick has become one of the most recognizable aspects of the film, but studio executives weren't sold on his facial hair.
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Smile 2, Trap, The Substance, and Longlegs all share DNA with Vox Lux, the forgotten 2018 thriller starring Natalie Portman.
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Stephen King famously hated Jack Nicholson's performance in The Shining, but that's not why the legendary actor refused to return for Doctor Sleep.
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After the first Saw movie, James Wan directed Dead Silence, a box office flop that deserves your love and attention.
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Sean Baker, the writer/director of Anora, tells us about the connection between his new movie and an erotic lesbian vampire film from 1971.
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There's been no confirmation of a Smile 3, but the ending of Smile 2 sets up the ultimate reign of terror for the Smile Entity. Let's fantasy book a threequel!
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Smile 2 is bigger and bloodier than the first, but is this the end for the series? Here's the film's ending explained and where the story could go from here.
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Is there a method to the madness behind Art the Clown's excessive bloodlust and violence in the Terrifier movies? Terrifier 3 seems to have the answer.
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Denzel Washington once starred in a Tony Scott action movie many audiences now love, but its Rotten Tomatoes score is shockingly low given its good reputation.
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Terrifier 3 is another hack and slash from Art the Clown, but is this the end of the slasher series or the setup for Terrifier 4? Here's the ending, explained.
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They say a person should never play favorites, but Stephen King picked Salem's Lot as his favorite of all of his novels.
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Director Damien Leone allows improvisation on the Terrifier sets, making one of Terrifier 2's creepiest scenes the result of a happy, unplanned accident.
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Taron Egerton's Robin Hood movie is a lot better than people remember it being. Fortunately, it's crushing it on Netflix.
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Michael Jackson was supposed to write an original song and star in a music video tied to Addams Family Values. Part of it was even shot. So what happened?
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Joker 2 shows Arthur Fleck in a new light, one that makes his Joker look a lot more like Bruce Wayne's Batman with a twist.
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The sequel Joker 2 keeps bringing up something that we never actually see on screen, which makes it all the more intriguing.
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Following in Joker's footsteps, Joker: Folie à Deux nods to Harvey Dent (Harry Lawtey) eventually becoming Two-Face in its own unique way.
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One particular moment in Joker 2 seems to be the film's way of addressing toxic fans of the Arthur Fleck character and the first film.
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There's a sex scene in the sequel Joker: Folie à Deux that's bound to raise some eyebrows. We break it all down right here.
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Joker 2 brings back Arthur Fleck and introduces Harley Quinn. Let's head into major spoiler territory and talk about the ending.
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Are the V/H/S horror films all connected by their wraparound stories? We do some investigating and try to find the answer.
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The V/H/S franchise returns just in time for Halloween season with V/H/S/Beyond. Watch a bloody new trailer for the horror movie right here.
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Marvel's Thunderbolts* trailer includes a quick Easter egg nodding to the Marvel Comics backstory for Robert Reynolds, aka The Sentry.
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The Twilight Zone is one of the greatest TV shows of all time, but even the best to do it have off days.
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Teen Wolf actor Dylan O'Brien made the leap to movie star with dystopian YA trilogy The Maze Runner - but which of the three movies is the best?