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Editor/critic at ScreenCrush.com. Member, @nyfcc. Author of Opposable Thumbs and upcoming book on Hollywood comedies of the 2000s.

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Matt Singer’s Biography

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Matt Singer is a Webby Award winning film critic and podcaster. He currently runs Criticwire, the blog of film criticism, at Indiewire (http://blogs.indiewire.com/criticwire, and co-hosts the Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit podcast (http://www.filmspottingsvu.com). His writing has appeared in print in The Village Voice, Time Out New York, and Time Out Chicago, and online at The A.V. Club and ScreenCrush. He was also a contributor to Ebert Presents at the Movies, and has also appeared on CBS …

Matt Singer’s Journalist Portfolio

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In Praise of 'Death Proof,' One of Quentin Tarantino's Best Movies

In Praise of 'Death Proof,' One of Quentin Tarantino's Best Movies

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The 50 Greatest Opening Title Sequences of All Time

The 50 Greatest Opening Title Sequences of All Time

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Did Spike Lee Make Two Movies This Year About Michael Jackson?

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The Nostalgia Fact-Check: "Total Recall"

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DC Announces ‘Superman’ Spinoff TV Series for Skyler Gisondo’s Jimmy Olsen

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The next DC TV series — and Superman spinoff — is set. HBO Max just announced that they are about to start production on a show called The People v. Gorilla Grodd. Based on their description of the series, which is an eight-episode show, it sounds like a two-hander for Skyler Gisondo’s Jimmy Olsen and Gorilla Grodd, the hyperintelligent ape who has historically been one of the Justice League’s most persistent antagonists in DC Comics. On the show, Grodd will be played by Jimmy Tatro.
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New Jason Statham Movie Accidentally Leaked on Amazon Before Opening in Theaters

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Movie industry experts talk about how the window where a film plays exclusively in theatrers keep getting shorter and shorter. Where it used to take months for something to go from the theater to home video, now it often takes a matter of weeks. But what’s happening to the Jason Statham movie Mutiny is just ridiculous. Just about every major movie that hits theaters gets its own page on digital retailers like Amazon while it’s still in multiplexes.
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15 Actors Who Have Played Multiple Superheroes

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As Avengers: Doomsday quite conclusively shows us, the membranes between different comic-book universe are perpetually weakening. Pretty soon it’s gonna be dogs and cats living together — or at least characters from Marvel and DC starting to populate each other’s movies. While copyright law might make a true Marvel/DC crossover a bit of a long shot, actors have begun crossing over from one fictional universe to another with increasing frequency.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Working for the Independent Film Channel, covering film festivals as their on camera host.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

Writers can reach their audience directly and drive traffic to their articles.