Tommy McArdle
Location
Brooklyn, New York
Expertise
Movies, TV, Sports
- Tommy McArdle has written for Boston Globe Media, Sporting News, PopDust, and Hollywood.com, covering sports and entertainment.
- He closely follows the television and film industry for new releases and loves engaging with independent films and major blockbuster franchise movies and television alike.
- Tommy is interested in covering the latest out of Hollywood and helping further popular discussion about the most talked-about content circling the web.
Experience
Tommy McArdle is a writer and editor based out of Brooklyn, New York. He has previously written at Boston.com, Sporting News, PopDust, and Hollywood.com. He studied journalism at Emerson College from 2015 to 2019 and covered the Boston sports scene with Boston.com and the National Hockey League with Sporting News in 2019 and 2020.
Education
He studied journalism at Emerson College from 2015 to 2019 and covered sports for the school's student-run newspaper, The Berkeley Beacon.
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Stories By Tommy McArdle
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Many actors often develop a knack for deploying any number of accents. The stars of "Nashville" had an interesting method of picking up a southern twang.
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The final trailer for "Stranger Things" Season 4 Volume 1 promises roller skates, "Dungeons & Dragons," and a decade-appropriate "Star Wars" reference.
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Almost all of "Better Call Saul" Season 1's titles follow a specific one-word pattern that showcases a fun grammatical rhyme scheme.
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"Better Call Saul" star Rhea Seehorn recently opened up about her experience working with Bob Odenkirk during her turn directing an episode of the show.
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Here's how the first season of the video game adaptation sets up an even bigger Season 2.
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"Better Call Saul" fans are understandably trying to predict what will happen in the Season 6 midseason finale, as proven by this Kim Wexler theory.
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Before you dive into "Stranger Things 4," here is a refresher on all that went on in the zany, action-packed third season of the Netflix original.
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The newest Top Gun proves that 80s sequels are better than remakes. What other 80s flicks deserve a follow-up?
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"Better Call Saul" is full of visual metaphor and worldbuilding, and one Season 5 scene involving ants and an ice cream cone exemplifies the series' ethos.
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HBO is hoping to catch lightning in a bottle a second time around, but they have one huge obstacle.
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It seems the "Harry Potter" filmmakers had to make some odd-sounding preparations for working with child actors that most people would realize were necessary.
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The cast list for "Dune: Part Two" just keeps getting better, and we now know who is set to play Emperor Shaddam IV.
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A sharp-eyed "Better Call Saul" fan pointed out that the address to Albuquerque's Metropolitan Detention Center might have a significant meaning.
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While the new "Toxic Avenger" movie doesn't have a release date yet, the film just received a rating from the MPA that's sure to please hard-core B movie fans.
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Zac Efron opens up about whether or not he would ever return to the world of High School Musical as Troy Bolton more than a decade after originating the role.
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Donnie Wahlberg has been starring as Danny Reagan in Blue Bloods for over 10 years. But what Kevin James-led comedy did he appear in in 2011?
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Fans of the "Law & Order" franchise will be delighted to hear the recent news about their favorite shows.
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In "Better Call Saul" Season 6, Howard finally punches back in a big way -- creating some questions as to where his character will land by the series' end.
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Taika Waititi has revealed how "Thor: Love and Thunder" will be different from his first Marvel project, "Thor: Ragnarok."
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David Cronenberg knows his new body horror movie "Crimes of the Future" will likely be too much for some audience members to handle.
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Barty Crouch Jr.'s actions in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" do have an unintended positive consequence for Harry and other Hogwarts students.
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According to Jeremy Slater, a Gorr reference almost made the cut.
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness came out in theaters on May 6, 2022, the same weekend as Mother's Day. But could this have been on purpose?
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In "The Multiverse of Madness," Strange's drastic change thematically matches the same dilemma the character faces in "What If...?"
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While 77% approval is nothing to sneeze at for any movie, the "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" reviews are dead wrong at the end of the day.
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The people who market these movies will do just about anything conceal the shape of a film like "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."
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"Moon Knight" is the rare MCU property that isn't too heavy with references to the rest of the franchise, but there was originally a planned "Eternals" cameo.