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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It's no surprise there are people who don't like Larry David. Even his Curb Your Enthusiasm co-star and lifelong friend Richard Lewis hated him at first.
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A meeting with Fox started with talk of just one Futurama movie before leading to two Futurama movies, and then more. Here's how it all went down.
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Rick and Morty is back and better than ever without Justin Roiland. Fans of the show, no need to worry, his replacements are doing just fine.
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The first episode of The Simpsons season 35 pays homage to an all-time great episode of The Sopranos ... which might be based on an episode of The Simpsons.
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Holy forking shirtballs! If you're a fan of NBC's The Good Place, you may want to dive back into TV history and check out this episode of The Twilight Zone.
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The Simpsons season 35 has been delivering some good stuff, and a new episode focusing on Bart and Marge packs a lot of heart and genuine emotion.
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Shiv's difficult speech at the end of Connor's Wedding drew from a real-life speech by the now-infamous Ghislaine Maxwell.
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At death's door and in need of some musical motivation to stay alive? Kate Bush is the answer, and Our Flag Means Death knows it.
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If you noticed that Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade has a more photographic style to the cinematography, it was by design.
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There's a very NSFW moment in one of the episodes of Gen V that made us think of an equally NSFW moment from The Boys. That's a lot of NSFW stuff.
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Exactly how has Homer managed to hold onto his job as a nuclear safety inspector on The Simpsons? Thanks to the season 35 premiere, we now have an answer.
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In the original run of Futurama, Bender was a pharaoh, a werecar, and briefly a god, but voice actor John DiMaggio now sees him as being 'like my kid.'
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has always been a dark and edgy comedy, but way back in the mid 2000s, they were surprisingly progressive on trans issues.
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Carol Burnett starred on an episodes of The Twilight Zone that, let's say, didn't go on to be so beloved, and Rod Serling realized that.
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Heat, sand, and food poisoning all played a part in making the shooting of the desert scenes in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark unpleasant.
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The bloody world of The Boys can sometimes feel like a horror movie, and new spin-off series Gen V continues that trend.
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The folk horror movie Lamb is an intentionally ambiguous, metaphor-driven fairy tale. Here's how its shocking ending pays off its larger themes.
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Whether you're a fan of The Boys or you just like superhero stories in general, Gen V is definitely worth your time. Here's our review of the spinoff.
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Futurama had one of its most heartwarming episodes yet with the season 11 finale, in which one of science's great quandaries is lovingly addressed.
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In the latest episode of Futurama, Leela and Fry visit the King of Space, thereby revisiting a years-old joke and reminding us why Futurama is so great.
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Kenneth Branagh's latest Agatha Christie film, A Haunting in Venice, doesn't have much fidelity with its source material, and there's an interesting story why.
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The Boys character Soldier Boy may be inspired by Captain America, but actor Jensen Ackles confirms he never auditioned to play the Marvel role despite rumors.
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There was (naturally) a whole lot of debate about the death of John's dog in John Wick, but it was ultimately too crucial a plot point to delete.
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Agatha Christie's story was originally set in England, so why did Kenneth Branagh make a setting change for A Haunting in Venice?
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Kif Kroker, the unfortunate Lieutenant to the horrendous General Zapp Brannigan, has changed a lot over the run of Futurama. Here's how.
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Glenn Howerton hated filming the season 11 finale of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but the results were incomparable.
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George Lucas's advice for the Luke and Vader duel in Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi helped make the film powerful and emotionally resonant.