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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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Humor

Top 10 Uneaten Meals in Film

Nov 21st, 2017 Bill Bria

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 instances of characters eating on film, but what about those times when the food is just tantalizingly talked about, glimpsed, nearly eaten, or even...

Looking Back

The Horror Of Blade Runner

Oct 4th, 2017 Bill Bria

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 struggle to survive in an oppressive, inhospitable landscape, hunted by beings that only appear to be human. One of these films — John Carpenter’s The...

Humor

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

Sep 8th, 2017 Bill Bria

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 ultimate proving ground for a clown isn’t the big screen, it's the Big Top. Here, then, are cinema’s most prominent clowns, definitively ranked by...

Humor

The Movie Theater…Of The Future!

Aug 11th, 2017 Bill Bria

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 theaters, am I right? Gross! Who among us hasn't wanted to see the latest installment in Universal’s “Dark Universe” opening weekend, only to be turned...

Looking Back

The Comedy of Kubrick

Jul 26th, 2017 Bill Bria

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 to pick out Christmas presents, they discuss the future of their relationship. It’s been a harrowing two days for the pair, as Alice revealed her...

Looking Back

The Resourceful Creativity of George A. Romero

Jul 25th, 2017 Bill Bria

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 with a distinctly feminist point of view were rare, with the popularity of the “women’s lib” movement still in its infancy. In 1978, the vampire...

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

Humor

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

May 8th, 2017 Bill Bria

Everyone knows how filmmaker-driven the Alien franchise has been. Yes, even your Aunt Beth knows this. The series started the careers of Hollywood mainstays Ridley Scott, James Cameron, and David Fincher, besides giving French wunderkind Jean-Pierre Jeunet a shot at a big-budget blockbuster. Most...

Humor

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

Apr 11th, 2017 Bill Bria

(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 this came from!) Which Disney Princesses Would the 'Fast and the Furious' Movies Be? The Fast and the Furious = Snow White Every...

Looking Back

Lust For Life: The Music of 'Trainspotting'

Mar 15th, 2017 Bill Bria

The Trainspotting soundtrack, one of the most influential albums of the ‘90s, belongs to the rare group of film soundtracks where the songs are the score. Director Danny Boyle found success with his first feature, 1994’s Shallow Grave, by supplementing the original score with pop tracks both...

Culture

And Now a Word from President Travis Bickle

Feb 22nd, 2017 Bill Bria

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, your President. That’s a sentence I never expected to write, and one you probably never dreamed you would read. But it’s true all the same. It all...

Culture

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

Jan 11th, 2017 Bill Bria

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 sometimes swell shut, which turns the body into a giant clogged toilet. When that happens, your skin turns yellow and your eyes do a great impression of...

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