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Bill Bria

Bill Bria is a writer, actor, songwriter, and comedian. "Sam & Bill Are Huge," his 2017 comedy music album with partner Sam Haft, reached #1 on an Amazon Best Sellers list, and the duo maintains an active YouTube channel and plays regularly all across the country. Bill's acting credits include an episode of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and a featured part in Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” He lives in New York City, which hopefully will be the setting for a major motion picture someday.

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Bill Bria Says Don’t Forget: <i>The Little Hours</i> — Bill Bria

Bill Bria Says Don’t Forget: The Little Hours

Dec 26th, 2017

Studio comedies are in a rut: In 2017, we had to contend with such junk as The House, Rough Night, and (shudder) CHIPS, to name a few. Fortunately,...

The Importance Of 'Home' In John Hughes’ Holiday Films — Bill Bria

The Importance Of 'Home' In John Hughes’ Holiday Films

Dec 12th, 2017

From the early ‘80s to the mid ‘90s, John Hughes wrote about two dozen films, eight of which he also directed, but he never forgot his roots as a...

Top 10 Uneaten Meals in Film — Bill Bria

Top 10 Uneaten Meals in Film

Nov 21st, 2017

Cinema is all about reflecting the human experience, and whether we think about it or not, eating is a large part of our lives. There are many...

The Horror Of <i>Blade Runner</i> — Bill Bria

The Horror Of Blade Runner

Oct 4th, 2017

Two genre masterpieces were released on the same day in the summer of 1982, both exploring a world in which hard-boiled blue-collar characters...

14 Movie Clowns Ranked by Their Likelihood of Keeping a Job in the Circus — Bill Bria

14 Movie Clowns Ranked by Their Likelihood of Keeping a Job in the Circus

Sep 8th, 2017

Numerous clowns have turned up on the big screen over the years, and with the release of It, there's no sign of appearances slowing down. But the...

The Movie Theater…Of The Future! — Bill Bria

The Movie Theater…Of The Future!

Aug 11th, 2017

The following is an excerpt from a document found in a trash can near the men’s bathroom at CinemaCon 2017. Dear Future Investors, Movie...

The Comedy of Kubrick — Bill Bria

The Comedy of Kubrick

Jul 26th, 2017

The final scene of 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut takes place in a toy store. As Dr. Bill Harford and his wife, Alice, let their young daughter run around...

The Resourceful Creativity of George A. Romero — Bill Bria

The Resourceful Creativity of George A. Romero

Jul 25th, 2017

Until 1968, the term “zombie” was used to refer to the Haitian folklore belief of reanimating a dead body through magical means. In 1972, films...

The <i>Alien</i> Sequels by Famous Directors That We'll Never See — Bill Bria

The Alien Sequels by Famous Directors That We'll Never See

May 8th, 2017

Everyone knows how filmmaker-driven the Alien franchise has been. Yes, even your Aunt Beth knows this. The series started the careers of Hollywood...

Which Disney Princesses Would the ‘Fast and the Furious’ Movies Be? — Bill Bria

Which Disney Princesses Would the ‘Fast and the Furious’ Movies Be?

Apr 11th, 2017

(Editor's note: Please enjoy this transparent attempt to get traffic by combining two of the Internet's favorite things. There's plenty more where...

Lust For Life: The Music of 'Trainspotting' — Bill Bria

Lust For Life: The Music of 'Trainspotting'

Mar 15th, 2017

The Trainspotting soundtrack, one of the most influential albums of the ‘90s, belongs to the rare group of film soundtracks where the songs are...

And Now a Word from President Travis Bickle — Bill Bria

And Now a Word from President Travis Bickle

Feb 22nd, 2017

My fellow Americans, here we are at the dawn of a new day. A great, shining day of promise and change. Here we are, and here I am, Travis Bickle,...

Keep Moving Forward: How the Rocky Films Got Me Through a Liver Transplant — Bill Bria

Keep Moving Forward: How the Rocky Films Got Me Through a Liver Transplant

Jan 11th, 2017

In October 2013, I lost my battle with a liver disease known as PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis. It causes the bile ducts to swell up, and...

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