Michael Boyle
Expertise
The Scream Franchise, HBO Dramas, Saturday Night Live
- Michael spent a few years working as an editor specializing in Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels, work that translates surprisingly well to writing about TV and film.
- Michael has interviewed screenwriters and actors such as Elegance Bratton, Sarah Chalke, and Gabrielle Union.
- If a movie or show is based off a book, Michael's read the book already.
Experience
Michael has always loved to read critical pieces about TV and film, and then one day he realized he could write them as well. He started off writing for various entertainment outlets about shows like "Saturday Night Live," "Euphoria" and "Rick and Morty," before finally getting a writing position at /Film. Now you can regularly find him here, passionately defending controversial TV finales and providing in-depth explanations for why certain sequel films are unfairly maligned.
Education
Michael has bachelor's degree in English from SUNY Binghamton.
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Stories By Michael Boyle
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When it came time to create some time travel in the Marvel extravaganza Avengers: Endgame, the screenwriters had a Harry Potter influence for some stuff.
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Matthew Lillard has been working steadily since Scream and Scooby-Doo, but Five Nights at Freddy's brought him back to the big screen.
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Cillian Murphy's Oppenheimer and Gary Oldman's Harry Truman clash in a climactic way in Christopher Nolan's film, and Nolan has deep insight into the moment.
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There's a lot of debate over who said which iconic lines first in the Star Wars franchise. Samuel L. Jackson swear he should have been the first to say this.
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Rick and Morty cleverly remake the clip show episode format into something brilliant, fresh, and far more entertaining than can be expected.
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The Community movie has been a long time coming, but Dan Harmon says the writers strike delays saved it from shooting with a subpar script.
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Director Francis Lawrence is game to make another Hunger Games film after Ballad of Snakes and Songbirds, but only if Suzanne Collins writes a new novel first.
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Spider-Man's shooting wrapped up just before 9/11, and the impact of that event could be felt all over the subsequently edited film.
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Suzanne Collins' original Hunger Games prequel novel dives a little deeper into Panem's violent history than the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes film adaptation.
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes promises to deepen the lore behind one fascinating character from the original films.
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The latest episode of Rick and Morty borrowed a needle drop from the first season in a brilliant new way.
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After The A-Team ended, the cast went on to dance with the stars, battle Crash Bandicoot, and have other interesting adventures.
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When it came to making Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Kylo Ren actor Adam Driver was terrified about filming one specific, shocking scene.
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Of this year's three installments in The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode, the one titled Ei8ht was the best, in part because of a season 5 callback.
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Rick and Morty can be goofy, but its social commentary always hits hard. On the most recent episode, a modern classic clone movie gives it an assist.
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Homelander's, um, *interesting* fascination with milk on Prime Video's The Boys is partially due to actor Antony Starr egging on showrunner Eric Kripke.
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The first season of The Boys spin-off Gen V is over. Here's a breakdown of the ending and what the finale means for the rest of the franchise.
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Ryan Gosling's hysterical Saturday Night Live appearances convinced Barbie director Greta Gerwig and co-writer Noah Baumbach that Gosling could be their Ken.
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The end of Gen V season 1 will set up The Boys season 4 which will set up Gen V season 2. It'll make sense. We promise.
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Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry were two key stars of "Friends." And, as it turns out, the actors and the creators of the show knew they were a perfect pairing.
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Cheers premiered over 40 years ago on NBC. In that time, some of the show's stars have passed, but most have gone on to have major careers.
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James Wan is an extraordinarily accomplished director of both action and thrills, but the challenges on the Furious 7 set really put him to the test.
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The body-swap premise of Freaky Friday has been homaged countless times, but Community and Rick and Morty both took it to a weirder place.
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We don't know a whole lot about the upcoming Scream 7 just yet, but we do know there's been a ton of behind-the-scenes drama.
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Pedro Pascal teamed up with Bad Bunny for a second 'Protective Mom' sketch on Saturday Night Live. Her son does not have depression. He just likes the dark.
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What's your favorite scary movie? This list has the Scream movies ranked from worst to best, although let's be honest, they're all sort of good.
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The new dean of Godolkin University is truly diabolical, but Gen V's villain could have exactly what Billy Butcher needs to take down Homelander.