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Mason Downey

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Los Angeles
As seen in: Medium, IGN, The Hollywood Reporter, GameSpot, Polygon, TV Guide, Vulture, CBR, Den of Geek, Fashionista and
Covers:  Entertainment, pop culture, horror, sci-fi, LGBTQ+ culture, fan culture, history, sociology, film, TV, video games, comics
Doesn't Cover: Business, economics, crypto
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Mason Downey’s Biography

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Los Angeles-based freelance writer and editor specializing in entertainment and pop culture. I specialize in horror, queer and LGBTQ+ themes, sci-fi, and all things genre.

Mason Downey’s Journalist Portfolio

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Beau Is Afraid: Latest Trailer, Release Date, Casting, And Everything We Know

Beau Is Afraid: Latest Trailer, Release Date, Casting, And Everything We Know

Ari Aster has really made a name for himself over the past few years. Both Hereditary and Midsommar became in…

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Avatar: The Way Of Water Review - Dead In The Water

Avatar: The Way Of Water Review - Dead In The Water

You know that brief, horrible moment when you're visiting an older relative's house, and you sit down in fron…

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Ending And Post-Credits Scene Explained

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Ending And Post-Credits Scene Explained

All told, it doesn't really feel like we've been in the MCU's Phase 4 for that long--maybe because the pace o…

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Prime Video's Outer Range Will Fill That Twin Peaks And Dark-Shaped Hole In Your Life

Prime Video's Outer Range Will Fill That Twin Peaks And Dark-Shaped Hole In Your Life

2022 has been something of a renaissance period for out-of-the-box genre TV. Showtime's Yellowjackets--the st…

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Elden Ring Story Guide - The Frenzied Flame And The Game's Bleakest Ending, Explained

Elden Ring Story Guide - The Frenzied Flame And The Game's Bleakest Ending, Explained

The world of Elden Ring is full of subplots and sidequests, usually given to you by completely missable NPCs …

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Finding Transition

Finding Transition

My name is Mason, but that wasn't the name I was born with. That's okay. Some people call it a "dead name," w…

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Articles

The Omen: how to watch the devilish horror franchise in chronological and release order

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Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks war movies & shows: How & where to watch Saving Private Ryan, Masters of Air, and more (and how it all fits together)

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Popverse's top stories of the day DC is now hiring for the most prestigious job in comics publishing: Batman group editor Avatar: The Last Airbender: Netflix's choice to cut Sokka's sexism implies that the adaptation may be dumbed down The sleeper Netflix hit Loudermilk is so popular now that people are recommending the show to its co-creator Steven Speilberg and Tom Hanks are Hollywood powerhouses in their own rights, but they're uniquely prolific together as producers for WW2-based movies...
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With Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes out now, here's how to watch all the Apes movies

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What was your first job as a journalist?

Covering weekly DC Comics news for an unpaid site.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I was bad at it.

How is social media changing news?

Faster communication of messages means more chance for that message to be misinterpreted, clarity is more important than ever.