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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Coralie Fargeat's bonkers body horror movie The Substance is finally here. Let's talk about the movie's truly wild ending.
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Crawl and The Hills Have Eyes director Alexandre Aja creates a creepy fairy tale with Never Let Go, starring Halle Berry. Here's our review.
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R.J. MacReady in The Thing is one of Kurt Russell's most memorable roles, but he wasn't director John Carpenter's first choice.
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Stephen King's influence in horror is well documented, and it very well may have saved an adaptation of one of his works from being scrapped.
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In a year where absurd popcorn buckets have reigned supreme, the bucket for the upcoming Terrifier 3 is, against all odds, remarkably restrained.
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James Earl Jones has starred in countless classics, but his breakthrough film role remains his highest rated on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice contains several nods to other horror films. Here are some of the biggest.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan director Nicholas Meyer had a creative reason for ensuring Kirk and Khan never meet face-to-face in the movie.
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The Expendables 5 wouldn't feel right without Dolph Lundgren as Gunner Jensen, but there's only one way he'd suit up for one last ride.
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice's zany climax once again reaffirms that Tim Burton loves kitschy pop songs.
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The Ghost with the Most is back but does 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' set up another film? Here's the ending explained and where we think the story is headed.
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The A24 horror movie The Front Room isn't gory, but it will gross you out. Here's our review.
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Lady Gaga is a revelation in Joker: Folie à Deux, a bold musical that further deconstructs the infamous Batman villain. Here's our review.
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The Crow is a reimagining of the Brandon Lee film from 1994, but the new flick starring Bill Skarsgard is reminiscent of another infamous '90s cult film.
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Bill Skarsgard is the latest actor to play The Crow, but does the ending set up a new franchise? Let us explain.
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Alien: Romulus exists in the context of all in which Weyland-Yutani commands.
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Alien: Romulus pulls inspiration from the entire franchise, including the Alien Dark Horse Comics from the '90s.
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Where does Alien: Romulus leave the franchise? Will these characters return for possible sequels? Here's the ending of the film, explained.
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The Borderlands video games provide plenty of different angles for Eli Roth's adaptation, so here's the film version's ending, explained.
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Eli Roth's Borderlands may look like the video game come to life, but the lack of innovation in its adaptation leaves it lifeless.
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TRON director Steven Lisberger shopped the film around to various studios and artists before Disney came aboard, including Stan 'The Man' Lee himself.
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M. Night Shyamalan has famously made a cameo in almost all of his films. Here's our ranking of the director's appearances.
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Netflix has announced the release date for Squid Game season 2 and confirmed that season 3 will be the end of the smash-hit, Emmy-winning series.
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Stan Lee may no longer be with us, but Deadpool & Wolverine made sure he still had a cameo. And don't worry, there are no cursed AI holograms here!
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Deadpool & Wolverine closes one chapter of Marvel movie history and opens another for the MCU. Here's the ending explained and where they may head next.
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Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung was inspired by several directors from the 1930s and '40s when it came to the romance in his new blockbuster.
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Minari director Lee Isaac Chung was afraid to direct a big-budget movie like Twisters, but in our interview, he tells us why he decided to face his fears.