School
University of Pittsburgh
Expertise
Slasher movie franchises, LOST, Hollywood history
- Eric is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
- He takes his fandom seriously; for example, he has made a pilgrimage multiple times to James Dean's Indiana hometown to write about their yearly James Dean festival.
- One October, Eric watched and reviewed 31 horror films in 31 days, but the 25 made-for-TV Christmas movies he watched and reviewed in 25 days that December were way scarier.
Experience
Eric joined Static Media in 2021, writing for Nicki Swift, /Film, The List, and Looper. He's been grateful to indulge in writing about various pop culture obsessions, from Florence Pugh, "Vanderpump Rules," and Channing Tatum to Lady Gaga and the filmography of Paul Newman. In addition to writing online about film and television since high school, Eric has also been on the other side of the industry, with experience in film publicity and casting. After launching his Medium publication "Everything's Interesting" in 2015, he moved from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles in 2019 to write about entertainment full-time. Eric has since contributed essays and reviews to such outlets as IndieWire, Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Spool, The Queer Review, Gayly Dreadful, Certified Forgotten, and more. He's also a member of GALECA, The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.
Education
Eric has bachelor's degrees in fiction writing and film studies from the University of Pittsburgh.
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Television
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Once you hear it, you can't unhear it -- but the powerhouse singer involved in this fast food ad theme now says he wishes he'd never done it.
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Reality TV
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Viewers constantly ask which reality shows are scripted and which are real, so where does one of the genre's cornerstones, "Big Brother," land?
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Television
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Actor Isaiah Mustafa is best known as The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, but there's way more to him than just those memorable Old Spice commercials.
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Reality TV
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"The Traitors" is full of tense moments and unexpected twists, but one scary incident on the show was particularly memorable for host Alan Cumming.
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As one of the world's most popular authors, Stephen King has had a lot of his books adapted for the screen -- and he has a definite view on the ones that fail.
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Horror & Thriller
By Eric Langberg
Before he allowed his book "The Long Walk" to be adapted to the screen, author Stephen King insisted on one grim requirement.
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