Robert Balkovich
School
The Pratt Institute
Expertise
Prestige Detective Dramas, The World Of Westeros, Reality Competition Shows
- Robert has been a film and TV buff since he was a teen, renting Quentin Tarantino movies and "Twin Peaks" DVDs at Blockbuster.
- Before working for Looper, Robert was a regular writer for The Film Experience and published work in Vulture and PopMatters.
- Robert's writing has received personal shoutouts from Kathy Griffin, "Daredevil" showrunner Steven S. DeKnight, and actor Mary Lynn Rajskub.
Experience
Robert Balkovich has been working as a freelance writer and editor for over ten years. In addition to taking jobs doing copywriting for real estate listings and sneaker retail websites, he has consistently parlayed his love of pop culture into writing that has appeared in The Film Experience, Vulture, Boing Boing, and PopMatters, among other publications. Robert is a frequent guest on the "All Things Cozy" podcast and, for a period, was the co-host of the "Good For Her!" podcast along with Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen of the Tonya Harding Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Museum (THNK1994). In his spare time, he writes fiction.
Education
Robert attended a workshop heavy fiction writing program at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, and graduated with a BFA.
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Stories By Robert Balkovich
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The finale of American Horror Story: Double Feature saw Mamie Eisenhower realizing too late the terrible cost of trading one's humanity.
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Emily Blunt is reportedly in talks to play the wife of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's upcoming film Oppenheimer.
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Hulu's Dopesick is a drama series about the opioid crisis. Viewers may be wondering how much of the series is based on a true story.
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Agent Alden Parker appears to be lined up to take over the NCIS team now that Gibbs has retired. How do fans feel about this replacement?
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Fans of The Walking Dead: World Beyond are living for a comedic scene of Elton from Season 2 Episode 3.
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Season 2 of Hulu's The Great arrives on November 19 and we now have a trailer that teases all the plotting and scheming Catherine is getting up to.
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Here's why US fans of the CBC drama Heartland will likely have to wait until at least March 2022 to stream Season 14 on Netflix.
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The Walking Dead: World Beyond Season 2 Episode 3 sees Iris continue her crusade against the CRM and Huck confront someone from her past.
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Screenwriting duo Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski once pitched their own idea to reboot the Halloween franchise with a focus on the horror of Michael Myers.
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Fans of Squid Game took to Reddit to discuss how or if the guards would have intervened if Il-nam's team lost tug-of-war.
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American Horror Story: Double Feature continues its Death Valley portion by exploring the death of Marilyn Monroe and birth of Area 51.
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NCIS fans on Reddit share their thoughts about the backdoor pilot episodes from JAG that kicked off the franchise.
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Time Freak is an underrated 2018 sci-fi rom-com starring Asa Butterfield and Sophie Turner that is currently available on Hulu.
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Michael Myers has racked up an impressive body count throughout the Halloween franchise. Here is a full accounting of how many people he has killed.
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Mark Harmon has retired the character of Leroy Jethro Gibbs and left NCIS. Will the series end now that he's gone, or will we get NCIS Season 20?
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The Reapers were introduced as major villains in The Walking Dead's final season but some fans don't think the group deserves the screen time they got.
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Oz and Homicide: Life on the Street star Granville Adams has died. Here's what his co-stars had to say about his passing.
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The second episode of Season 2 of The Walking Dead: World Beyond sees Iris and Hope continue to plot against the CRM.
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The Walking Dead Season 11A finale left Maggie, Daryl, and Judith facing potentially deadly cliffhangers.
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The Five Juanas is a new Mexican drama series that has been climbing the charts on Netflix. Here's why it should be your next binge watch.
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American Horror Story: Double Feature continued its Death Valley section with plotting by Mamie Eisenhower and shocking revelations about the JFK assassination.
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Current Netflix hit The Guilty was made during COVID and director Antoine Fuqua took extraordinary steps to complete the movie.
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Jack Roth plays Jimmy in the film Till Death, which is currently a hit on Netflix. Here's where else you've seen the actor before.
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Squid Game is being hailed for its incredible production design. Here is the inspiration and story behind the iconic staircase.
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Fans on Reddit are upset with Yumiko for not being able to keep the fact that her brother Tomi was a doctor a secret.