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Mike DeAngelo

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Mike DeAngelo’s Biography

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Mike DeAngelo is a Film Writer, Podcaster, and Entertainment Media Journalist with years of experience creating content for online publications. That work has been featured and circulated on Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, IndieWire, and more, primarily via interviews with various writers, directors, and actors for a New York-based film site called The Playlist.

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Mike DeAngelo, Author at The Playlist

Mike DeAngelo, Author at The Playlist

The Playlist is a leading film and television website delivering smart, accessible news, analysis, and critic…

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'Lawmen: Bass Reeves': Showrunner Chad Feehan On Honoring the Real Bass Reeves, Working with Tayl...

'Lawmen: Bass Reeves': Showrunner Chad Feehan On Honoring the Real Bass Reeves, Working with Tayl...

'Lawmen: Bass Reeves' showrunner talks about working with Taylor Sheridan and being handpicked by David Oyelo…

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'V/H/S/85': Scott Derrickson Talks Joining the Cult Anthology Series, 'Doctor Strange' Creative D...

'V/H/S/85': Scott Derrickson Talks Joining the Cult Anthology Series, 'Doctor Strange' Creative D...

Horror filmmaker Scott Derrickson stops by the podcast to talk 'V/H/S/85,' departing 'Doctor Strange 2,' his …

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'Rebel': Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah On Their Musical Drama About Islamic Radicalization,' Their...

'Rebel': Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah On Their Musical Drama About Islamic Radicalization,' Their...

'Batgirl' and 'Ms. Marvel' filmmakers Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah return to the podcast to discuss their new…

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'Riddle Of Fire' Review: Weston Razooli's Whimsical Fantasy Feature Debut Struggles To Sustain It...

'Riddle Of Fire' Review: Weston Razooli's Whimsical Fantasy Feature Debut Struggles To Sustain It...

Weston Razooli's whimsical fantasy kids film is 'The Goonies' by way of Wes Anderson, but at 2 hours long, it…

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'Birth/Rebirth': Laura Moss On Reimagining 'Frankenstein,' Thrilling Sundance & More [The Discour...

'Birth/Rebirth': Laura Moss On Reimagining 'Frankenstein,' Thrilling Sundance & More [The Discour...

Director Laura Moss talks about "birth/rebirth," the acclaimed Sundance horror film that reimagines the class…

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‘The Vampire Lestat’: Showrunner Rolin Jones On Reinventing The Series, Building A Real Rock Band, & Embracing Anne Rice’s Weirdest Ideas [Interview]

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By Mike DeAngelo
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After two seasons spent inside Louis de Pointe du Lac’s fractured memories, “Interview with the Vampire” is cranking the amplifiers, stripping off the old paint and handing the spotlight to everyone’s favorite blood-guzzling charisma machine, Lestat. Now reintroduced as “The Vampire Lestat,” the series’ third season is less a minor refresh than a full-blown reinvention.
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Jonathan Tropper & Cassie Pappas On ‘Lucky,’ ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ & The Lost Ronda Rousey ‘Road House’ [Bingeworthy Podcast]

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By Mike DeAngelo
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Apple TV’s “Lucky” joins the platform’s growing collection of prestige shows about attractive, deeply stressed people having the worst week of their lives. “Presumed Innocent,” “Hijack,” “Your Friends & Neighbors”—the streamer has become weirdly good at watching people sprint from one life-altering disaster to the next. Anya Taylor-Joy’s title character has a slightly more complicated relationship with disaster than most.
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‘Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass’: Zoey Deutch, David Wain & Ken Marino On Their Insane ‘Wizard of Oz’ Homage, Jon Hamm, & ‘Wet Hot Babies’ [Exclusive Interview]

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By Mike DeAngelo
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It takes some nerve to make a movie called “Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” and then build the entire thing around a Kansas hairstylist who is whisked away by a tornado of chaos to Los Angeles to get it on with Jon Hamm. Thankfully, David Wain (“Wet Hot American Summer,” “Role Models”) and Ken Marino (“Wanderlust,” “Children’s Hospital”) have never seemed particularly burdened by good sense.
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