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Brian White

Aaron Neuwirth

Brandon Peters

Writer / Reviewer
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Movies: Halloween, Blade Runner, Batman (1989), Chinatown, Star Wars trilogy, Annie Hall, 12 Monkeys, North By Northwest, The Godfather, Die Hard, The Shining, James Bond series, Nightmare on Elm St Series, Friday the 13th Series, Star Trek movies, Alien, Night of the Living Dead, Memento, Dirty Harry, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
TV (Current): The Flash & all the CW DCTV, Star Wars Rebels, Game of Thrones, Ray Donovan, Girls, Veep, Silicon Valley, Ash Vs Evil Dead, Fargo, Orphan Black, Doctor Who
Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, John Carpenter, Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Nolan, Coen Bros, Steven Spielberg, Chan-wook Park, Neil Marshall, Quentin Tarantino
Bands: Dave Matthews Band, My Morning Jacket, Radiohead, Gogol Bordello, Ingrid Michaelson, Brandi Carlile, Pearl Jam, Umphrey’s McGee, Blind Pilot, Smashing Pumpkins
Games: Mega Man , Castlevania, Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Arcade Game
Comics: Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, The Walking Dead, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Runaways, Astonishing X-Men
Hobbies:  Hanging with my kids, going to concerts, having bad movie parties, enjoying craft beer
Quotes:

“Don’t knock masturbation, its sex with someone I love” – Annie Hall
“Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? I ask that of all my prey.” – Batman (1989)

Website: Naptown Nerd
Podcast: Cult Cinema Cavalcade
Twitter: @btpeters

Gerard Iribe

Jason Coleman

Writer / Reviewer

Location: Studio City, CA
Movies: Manhunter, Big Trouble In Little China, Night of the Comet, The Adjuster, Trancers, Oldboy (not the remake!), Ghostbusters, Blade Runner, Sunshine, Blow Out, Predator, The Thing, Re-Animator, Phantasm, Creepshow, Psycho, Monster Squad, Pulp Fiction, Deep Cover, Blue City (guilty pleasure!), Escape From New York, Robocop, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Blue Velvet, Happiness, Barton Fink, A Clockwork Orange, Videodrome, Near Dark, Roger & Me, Night Shift, Dredd, The Lookout, Bound, Faster, What Lola Wants, The Collector and any film by Frank Henenlotter.
Television: The Shield, Cobra Kai and The Boys.
Actors/Actresses: James Spader, John Turturro, Kurt Russell, Michael Stuhlbarg, Kiefer Sutherland, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jemaine Clement, Michael Shannon, Carla Gugino, Gina Gershon, Jessie Wiseman, Katharine Isabelle, Haley Lu Richardson, Adriana Mather
Directors: David Lynch, Brian De Palma, John Carpenter, Atom Egoyan, Todd Solondz, The Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Ridley Scott, Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Henenlotter, Park Chan-Wook, David Cronenberg, Danny Boyle, Sam Raimi, Paul Verhoeven, John McTiernan, Michael Moore, Kathryn Bigelow
Bands: Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Cure, Wang Chung
Games: Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, Galaga, Donkey Kong
Hobbies: Finding great movies both big and small and hanging with my sons (aka my boys!) – who are also named after characters in movies.
Quotes:

“Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap.  I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.  I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter.  I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.” – Bull Durham
“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass.  And I’m all out of bubblegum.” – They Live
“Daddy would have gotten us Uzis.” – Night of the Comet
“Dry hair’s for squids.” – Trancers

Website: Flicks For Fans

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Jordan Grout

Adam Toroni-Byrne

Writer/Reviewer

Location: Redwood City, CA.

Movies: The Godfather, Goodfellas, Casino, The Abyss Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Bridesmaids, Grandma’s Boy, Scream, The Rock, American Werewolf in London, Die Hard Series, Apocalypse Now, Fight Club, Se7en, Fatal Attraction, The Indiana Jones Series, Lord of the Rings Series, Harry Potter Series, The Big Lebowski), Vacation Series, To Catch A Thief, Rear Window, Vertigo, The Man Who Knew Too Much, North By Northwest, Psycho, The Bodyguard,, The Shining, 2001, Boomerang, Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, Coming To America, Death Proof, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Joker, Batman, Batman Returns, Iron Man, The Devil’s Rejects, Mildred Pierce, The Breakfast Club, The Exorcist, Poltergeist, Ghostbusters, The Goonies, Face/Off, Falling Down, Commando, True Lies, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Equalizer, Girls Trip, Little, The Brave One, Zodiac, Get Shorty, Toy Story, The Incredibles, Aladdin, Peter Pan, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Fisher King, Lethal Weapon Series, The Game… To be fair, the list is endless…

TV: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Frasier, True Detective, Insecure, King of Queens, Modern Family, Hell’s Kitchen, Masterchef

Directors: Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, The Coen Brothers, Martin Donovan, Steven Spielberg, David Fincher, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Judd Apatow, Paul Feig, John Hughes, Quentin Tarantino, John Carpenter, John Landis, Chris Columbus, Richard Donner

Music: To spare you the reading of yet another extremely long list, I’ll just say that beside movies, music is a huge part of my life. I listen to nearly every genre and love artists ranging from John Coltrane (Jazz) to Enigma (Technical Death Metal) with many guilty pleasures in between. If I had to pick one type of music to listen to primarily though, I am a die-hard soul music fan, and love the many subgenres within soul music most of all.

Hobbies: Collecting and watching films, training to be a boxer, researching and refining my home theater, cooking, road trips and travel with my husband, Visiting the beach, Spending tons of times with my family and friends (who I call my “Logical Family”), Driving, Singing karaoke, discussing film and music, storing up useless information about film, music and physical media

Quotes:

“A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man…” – The Godfather
“Now that, my friend, is a clear-cut case of him or me. And you best believe it ain’t gonna be me…” – Jackie Brown
“Goonies never say die…” – The Goonies
“You probably won’t believe this, but I have a reputation for being a bitch…” – The Bodyguard
“I want to apologize. I’m not even confident on which end that came out of…” – Bridesmaids
“Someday this war’s gonna end…’ That’d be fine with the boys on the boat. They weren’t looking for anything more than a way home. Trouble is, I’d been back there, and I knew that it
just didn’t exist anymore.” – Apocalypse Now

Peter Paras

Writer / Reviewer

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Movies: Sunset Blvd, Hackers, Solaris, Lawrence of Arabia, Star Wars, The Social Network, Step Up 2 The Streets

Television: Frasier, Superstore, Mom, Pose, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Mythic Quest

Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky, George Lucas, Billy Wilder, Krzysztof Kieślowski, P.T. Anderson, Sofia Coppola

Bands: Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, Charli XCX, Joy Division, The Beatles, The White Stripes, Fiona Apple, Animal Collective

Games: The Last of Us Part 2, The Last of Us, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Mass Effect Trilogy, GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, Bioshock, Uncharted series, LIMBO

Quotes:

“I talked to a couple of yes men at Metro. To me, they said no.” – Sunset Blvd
“I was perfect” – Black Swan

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