Samuel Stone
School
George Mason University, Christopher Newport University
Expertise
DC Comics, Star Trek, Classic Hollywood
- Sam has sat down with filmmakers and actors to conduct interviews for a number of outlets on a wide range of film and television topics, including John Carpenter, Edgar Wright, Robert Rodriguez, Jenna Ortega, and Emilia Clarke.
- As Sam's expertise has grown, he has traveled to cover pop culture events nationwide, including Comic-Con International in San Diego and New York Comic-Con, as an interviewer, moderator, and panelist.
- Through his academic studies, Sam has learned how to read, write, and speak in multiple languages, and worked as a translator on a number of titles published by Image Comics.
Experience
After writing for Image Comics' preview magazine Image+ from 2016 to 2018, Sam transitioned to write for Comic Book Resources (CBR) in April 2018. Expanding his expertise to professionally covering film, television, and video games, Sam drew from a lifetime of his own interests and fandom to write news, columns, reviews, and interviews. Sam has since written for Looper, SVG, and Popverse, covering the biggest news and burning questions from the biggest projects in the entertainment industry. While still writing for CBR and Popverse, Sam has been writing for /Film since January 2023 and enjoys balancing coverage between newer film and television projects with the older and more obscure movies and shows he has long admired.
Education
Sam has earned an undergraduate degree in Communication Studies from Christopher Newport University, focusing on media criticism and rhetorical theory. He has also earned a graduate degree in Global Affairs, with a concentration in Information Technology & Media, used to observe trends in global media consumption and usage.
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Stories By Samuel Stone
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From the agonizingly humiliating to the physically torturous, here are the memorable and the most painful moments in game show history ever.
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The best Superman movies don't necessarily have the best openings. From Reeves to Reeve to Cahill, "Man in Steel" to "Superman III," we rank them all.
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Many movie ended are discarded, either being shelved in favor of reshot sequences or never even progressing beyond a shooting script.
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As tightly planned as Marvel movies are, there are always changes during filming. Here are the most notable unplanned MCU scenes that made it into their films.
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Here are the finales that clearly stand as the best episodes of their respective seasons.
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The beginnings of some MCU entries have stood the test of time, while others were lukewarm on arrival and have only grown worse. Here they all are, ranked.
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The 1980s are an enormously influential decade in regards to modern filmmaking, but only a few films from the era are Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
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The 1990s was a fascinating decade for film, but only a handful reached the coveted "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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From long-running slap bets to Barney's increasingly outlandish strategies to seduce any woman that crossed his path, here's the best of "HIMYM."
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Here are the best "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episodes, from the great to the pretty, pretty, pretty good.
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Filmmakers have to end their story on just the right note, or audiences will go home angry — and sometimes, that can involve a lot of trial and error.