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 sequel to the Blumhouse horror movie Truth or Dare would have taken a page from another famous slasher franchise.
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Paramount might have bitten off more than they could chew for the visual effects of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
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We've compiled everything you need to know about A Quiet Place: Day One ahead of the film's premiere this summer.
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Drive-Away Dolls will hopefully be the first in a trilogy of lesbian films from Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke. Until then, here's the film's ending, explained.
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Godzilla and Star Wars: Rogue One helmer Gareth Edwards is joining the Jurassic World franchise as its newest director.
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George Lucas utilized VistaVision technology to make Star Wars look its very best.
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Chances are you've quoted this classic line from The Godfather without ever realizing it was improvised.
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Director Edward Zwick has taken the L for Jack Reacher: Never Go Back's disappointing critical and box office performances.
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Horror director Michael Dougherty seems to be hard at work on Trick 'r Treat 2. Could this mean a Krampus 2 will follow shortly after?
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Skeet Ulrich is stabbed a few times as Billy Loomis in Scream, but one scene became a little too real.
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The Companion as seen in Star Trek Metamorphosis wouldn't have been possible without a Star Wars legend.
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AMC's The Terror returns for a third season with horror director Karyn Kusama at the helm.
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Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe star in the trailer for Longlegs, the latest horror movie from Gretel & Hansel filmmaker Oz Perkins.
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Who is the real Agent Argylle? Here's the ending of Matthew Vaughn's latest spy-thriller, explained.
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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story finds truths that are powerful, emotional, and inspiring. Here's our Sundance review.
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Love Lies Bleeding is a thrillingly grimy Americana-and-fluid-soaked body-horror noir that's unabashedly queer and winningly deranged. Here's our review.
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It's What's Inside is one of the funniest, most clever, and narratively ambitious movies we've seen in a long while. Here's our Sundance review.
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Steven Soderbergh crafts a POV haunted house movie with Presence. Read our review of the Sundance ghost movie right here.
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Your Monster is a sly, clever, and passionate movie. Check out our review of the Sundance film starring Melissa Barrera.
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Sasquatch Sunset is kind of beautiful and kind of ridiculous. Read our Sundance review of the Zellner Brothers movie starring Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough.
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All three Back to the Future movies are great, but if we have to ... here's all three films, ranked.
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David Ayer's The Beekeeper sees Jason Statham back in action. Does the ending indicate a possible new franchise? Let us explain.
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A famous Harrison Ford improv during Raiders of the Lost Ark has become a staple of Indiana Jones, but the screenwriter wasn't so impressed.
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Night Swim star Wyatt Russell has one bit of advice for anyone dealing with underwater shoots ... or pool ghosts.
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Dive into our Night Swim review to see what we thought of the new haunted pool movie from the folks at Blumhouse.
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With four movies in total, here are the Poltergeist films, ranked.
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Michael Mann's return with Ferrari is a compelling look at the life of Enzo Ferrari and the legacy he left behind.