Giancarlo Riccobon
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
School
PA Virtual Charter School
Expertise
Pixar, Endings Explained, The Oscars
- For Polyphony Lit's Voices blog, Giancarlo created the column "Yeah, You Heard Me," which offers unexpected and sometimes counterintuitive tips on the craft of writing.
- In 2019, he was selected for the annual editorial internship at Brink Literacy Project.
- He has listened to the DVD director's commentary of several classic Pixar movies.
Experience
Ever since high school, Giancarlo has written editorial and promotional content for various publications. He has not only reviewed poetry and short fiction (for Polyphony Lit and Helen) but also gotten his own poetry and short fiction published (in Star 82 Review and Corvus Review). He has also written blog posts for the F(r)iction Log, including a series of blurbs for little-known animated films from around the world. Since starting as a freelance feature writer at Looper, he has covered major releases such as "Avatar: The Way of Water" and "Loki." He has a particular affinity for sinking his teeth into confusing movies such as "Beau is Afraid" or "Jarhead" and explaining their endings.
Education
Giancarlo graduated from Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School and was awarded the English Department Award of Excellence. As part of his studies, he has taken specialized courses such as Web Design and AP English Language and Composition.
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Stories By Giancarlo Riccobon
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It's rare when a film sandwiched in the middle surpasses the other two, but it's possible. These are the trilogies where the second film is actually the best.
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Ari Aster's "Beau if Afraid" is polarizing audiences in the best ways possible. Here's a spoiler-heavy breakdown of its controversial ending, and what it means.
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HBO is bringing Harry Potter to the small screen for a seven-season TV series. Here's what fans of the franchise want to see in the highly anticipated reboot.
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Subtle or comically obvious, all of these characters have one thing in common -- their purposeful resemblance to real-life celebrities.
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A good sequel (or prequel) will not just send the characters in new and interesting directions but also enrich the movie or show that came before it.
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The Coen Brothers -- Joel and Ethan -- are two of the best directors of our time. Here are some bonafide facts only big fans of the Coen Brothers will know.
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Sci-fi movies have a long history of traumatizing their actors, so here is a bunch of moments from genre films that left the actors thoroughly rattled.
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The Adam Driver dinosaur film "65" might not be most original, but it does have some solid jump scares. Here's a spoiler-heavy breakdown of the best.
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While The Lord of the Rings movies are almost universally loved, some actors and filmmakers are less enthralled by or even hate Peter Jackson's classic trilogy.
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Netflix's latest thrillers has plenty of twists and turns along the way.
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Quentin Tarantino finds humor in the strangest situations, so here are some of the funniest bloopers and anecdotes that happened behind the scenes of his films.
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You know it's a Christopher Nolan movie if fans are still debating theories long after the film's release, and Interstellar still leaves plenty to think about.
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We compiled the hottest "Magic Mike" facts for those of you who can't get enough of Channing Tatum's male stripper franchise, which started back in 2012.
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"Missing" follows teenager June after her mother Grace goes missing but leaves a few things unresolved. Here are the biggest unanswered questions in "Missing."
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The thriller movie X features a lot of great scares, from creepily suggestive moments to outright jump scares and gore, and here are the scariest scenes ranked
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Find out the surprising history of Neill Blomkamp's sci fi blockbuster Elysium.
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Audience and critical reactions to Avatar: The Way of Water vary wildly, but there are a few things that the majority of fans agree made them unhappy.
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James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" has just as many amazing visuals, pro-nature messages... and gaping plotholes... as the original film in the series.
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Ever wonder what these Joker scenes look like with no special effects? From 1989's "Batman" to 2019's "Joker," these iconic scenes might not be what you think.
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Phase 4 of the MCU brought fans She-Hulk, the Eternals, Ms. Marvel — and a bunch of things that made no sense. We sort it all out, looking to the future.
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Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away has blown audiences away for years, but it's destined to go over kids' heads. Here's what only adults notice in Spirited Away.
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The Bad Guys, like many modern animated action movies, features a lot of cinematic tributes and other details only adult audiences are bound to see throughout
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The year has certainly brought some standout shows, from comedies to dramas, that made their debut on Hulu. Here are Hulu's best original shows of 2022 so far.
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Adam McKay's Vice brings a satirical drama lens to the history and power of former vice president Dick Cheney, but there are some untrue details in the film
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Henry Selick's animation is known for being dark and grown-up friendly -- his latest film Wendell & Wild has plenty of moments that only adults will get.
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Find out who gets top marks and who fails out of the characters of "The School for Good and Evil."
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Kaley Cuoco has starred in more than just "The Big Bang Theory." Find out which movies were most and least successful in her acting career so far.