Emma Stefansky

New York

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Articles

The Most Intense Medical Shows Ever

1 week ago | screencrush.com | Emma Stefansky

These days, we all just want to come home at the end of the day, sit back on our comfy couch, and unwind by watching the most stressful medical drama show we can find. The good news is there are tons of them, each more high-octane than the last, curing any delusions we might have had that we would be able to hold it together while staffing an emergency room full of screaming patients.
The 10 Worst Horror Movies of the Last 10 Years

2 weeks ago | popcrush.com | Emma Stefansky

Horror is one of the most popular and lucrative genres out there, outlasting the eras of movie musicals, action flicks, and fantasy epics, and holding strong against a current era dominated by comic book blockbusters. Horror movies have always been here, and they’re here to stay, because, for the most part, they’re pretty great. Even the bad ones are still pretty fun, because scary movies have the ability to be at least entertaining even if they aren’t instant classics.
The 10 Worst Horror Movies of the Last 10 Years

2 weeks ago | 929nin.com | Emma Stefansky

Horror is one of the most popular and lucrative genres out there, outlasting the eras of movie musicals, action flicks, and fantasy epics, and holding strong against a current era dominated by comic book blockbusters. Horror movies have always been here, and they're here to stay, because, for the most part, they're pretty great. Even the bad ones are still pretty fun, because scary movies have the ability to be at least entertaining even if they aren't instant classics.
The 10 Worst Horror Movies of the Last 10 Years

2 weeks ago | screencrush.com | Emma Stefansky

Horror is one of the most popular and lucrative genres out there, outlasting the eras of movie musicals, action flicks, and fantasy epics, and holding strong against a current era dominated by comic book blockbusters. Horror movies have always been here, and they’re here to stay, because, for the most part, they’re pretty great. Even the bad ones are still pretty fun, because scary movies have the ability to be at least entertaining even if they aren’t instant classics.
Wildly Different Movies With the Exact Same Title

3 weeks ago | 929nin.com | Emma Stefansky

There's a lot that goes into crafting the perfect movie title. We've celebrated (and made fun of) plenty of notable titles at this very website over the years, cheering for the most evocative and creative and jeering at the dumbest.
Wildly Different Movies With the Exact Same Title

3 weeks ago | screencrush.com | Emma Stefansky

There’s a lot that goes into crafting the perfect movie title. We’ve celebrated (and made fun of) plenty of notable titles at this very website over the years, cheering for the most evocative and creative and jeering at the dumbest.
Logan and Jake Paul Are Now Terrorizing Fans of Reality TV

4 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Emma Stefansky |Nick Schager

“Who the fuck is watching this s--t?” So speaks Logan Paul, one half of the two-headed entity colloquially known as the Paul brothers, in the opening minutes of the siblings’ first-ever reality TV show. Paul American presents itself as a no-holds-barred deep dive into the personal lives of the Paul family, whose scions, Logan and his younger brother Jake, have spent the past decade growing a media empire whose reach seems infinite.
Jason Statham Is a Perfect Murderous Vigilante in New Movie

4 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Nick Schager |Emma Stefansky

A Working Man is a perfect title for a movie, since regardless of the vehicle, the action star has made his name playing no-frills, no-nonsense bada--es. He’s in familiar terrain with this, his second straight collaboration with director David Ayer following last year’s anti-phishing scammer , which has him targeting another class of scum-of-the-Earth criminal: human traffickers.
Seth Rogen Viciously Mocks Hollywood in Hilarious New Series

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Nick Schager |Emma Stefansky

It’s depressingly ironic to celebrate the movies—in their classical theatrical-and-celluloid configuration, no less—via a modern streaming TV series, and yet The Studio is such a spot-on tribute to film industry chaos and creativity that it’s difficult not to get swept up in its lovingly absurdist affection. ’s second straight Apple TV+ triumph following 2023’s , this cameo-filled 10-part satire, which premieres Mar.
The Sci-Fi Horror Film Moviegoers Have Been Waiting For

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Nick Schager |Kevin Fallon |Emma Stefansky

For his sophomore directorial effort, rapper/DJ/producer Flying Lotus channels his love of all things sci-fi and horror into Ash. Now in theaters, it’s a trippy and monstrous amalgam of the genre’s best video games (Dead Space, Resident Evil) and movies (Event Horizon, The Thing, and of course Alien, whom it slyly references with its title).