Chris Evangelista
Expertise
Horror Movies, Steven Spielberg Movies, Film Festivals
- Chris 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.
- Chris is a member of the Critics Choice Association.
Experience
Chris Evangelista lives in Philadelphia — well, technically New Jersey, but let's keep that quiet. Chris has contributed to Fangoria, Mashable, The Guardian, The Playlist, Nerdist, and more. He is the Chief Film Critic of /Film as well as an editor. He writes the daily /Film newsletter.
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Stories By Chris Evangelista
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Late Night with the Devil is a great new horror movie that feels like the successor to the Halloween classic Ghostwatch.
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Let's break down the Scream movies in order and where you can stream them right now!
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Jason Alexander ended up wearing a pair of glasses from a Spike Lee movie in the Seinfeld pilot.
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The Sopranos made James Gandolfini a star, but he sometimes seemed uncomfortable in the role.
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Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away, Christopher Walken had a Star Wars audition alongside Jodie Foster.
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Cheers is one of the most popular shows of all time, and it might not have happened had its creators not met while working on a different sitcom.
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Here's why Christopher Walken returned to acting for Dune: Part Two, where he plays Shaddam IV, the Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe.
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A live-action Teen Titans movie is on the way with a script from Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira.
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The 2020 thriller Alone, directed by John Hyams, is currently burning up the Netflix top charts.
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While coming up with the idea for Everything Everywhere All at Once, directors The Daniels asked themselves a question about action movies and violence.
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Here are the winners of the 2024 Academy Awards. Follow along with us as we take you through Oscar night.
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Stephen King was once king of the miniseries. Come along with us as we rank every Stephen King miniseries from worst to best.
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How does the new Netflix series The Gentlemen connect to the 2019 movie of the same name? The answer isn't too complicated.
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Here are the major actors alive from John Carpenter's classic Escape From New York.
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Anne Hathaway plays a woman who ends up in a relationship with a pop star in the trailer for Michael Showalter's The Idea of You.
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Dakota Johnson is opening up about the failure of Madame Web, and she's pretty sure she'll never make a movie like that again.
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Schindler's List director Steven Spielberg has high praise for Jonathan Glazer's harrowing The Zone of Interest.
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Christopher Walken has a small role in Dune: Part Two, but he makes the absolute most of it.
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Renny Harlin brings The Strangers back for a whole new horror trilogy. Watch the trailer for The Strangers: Chapter 1.
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Our latest Blu-ray round-up features Wonka, Wish, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and more.
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We dive into spoiler territory here talking about that big Dune: Part Two cameo - you know the one - and what it all means.
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Spaceman, in which a lonely astronaut meets a giant friendly spider, is worth seeing for Adam Sandler's dedicated dramatic performance.
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Schindler's List is one of the most important films of Steven Spielberg's career, but he had to work his way up to making it.
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While filming the Netflix sci-fi film Spaceman, some wirework left star Adam Sandler in real pain.
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The producers of the 1989 Pet Sematary adaptation had a problem with one scene, but Stephen King made sure it didn't get cut.
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Most of the cast of 1960s The Addams Family TV show are no longer with us, but here are the remaining actors alive.
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Conan O'Brien was offered a huge amount of money to go host a show on Fox, but an offer from NBC made him stay put.