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Brett Manero

Brett Manero is a teacher, writer, bartender, and videographer who loves writing about movies, history, theology, and travel. He writes as a contributor for Dork Side of the Force and FlickSided at FanSided. He also writes for his personal blog, The Bald Catholic (thebaldcatholic.net). He is an avid fan of good movies, making videos, long hikes, and a good beer. He also loves to travel and play the drums and bass guitar.f

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Cody Schultz

Cody Schultz is the Director of Entertainment and Lifestyle at FanSided, where he leads editorial strategy across more than 30 entertainment and lifestyle websites. A trusted voice in the entertainment space with over a decade of experience, Cody has been part of the FanSided team since 2014, covering television and movies across major brands such as GeekSided, One Chicago Center, Bam Smack Pow, and Show Snob. His work spans celebrity interviews, deep-dive features, and event coverage, including reporting from some of the biggest industry events such as San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con, D23 Expo, and the Golden Globe Awards. Cody has interviewed stars like Chris Evans, Brie Larson, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Coolidge, and the cast of Outer Banks, bringing fans closer to the stories and creators they love. When he’s not writing or crafting editorial strategies, Cody is likely watching the latest hit series, geeking out about all things Marvel, or hanging out with his two Corgis, Buck and Banx.

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Ian Kempf

Ian is a contributor for FlickSided and Winter is Coming. As an alumnus of Liberty University where he graduated with his BS in English & Writing, Ian has written for publications such as Veteran Life and My Base Guide. He has now transitioned into freelancing, focusing on the entertainment sphere where he can write about the kinds of topics that make his nerd heart happy. When not writing, he enjoys reading, gaming, enjoying time with close friends, and plinking away on the guitar.

Jeff Speicher

Jeff Speicher is a Flicksided Contributor with an expertise in film, television, and baseball. For the past three years, he has been a Senior Author at Collider having written over 600 articles in genres ranging from neo-Westerns to science fiction. Jeff has also been a diehard Georgia Bulldog fan having been born in the ATL. He is also a Texas Ranger fan and season ticket holder while living in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area for 40 years. That '23 World Series was a long time coming! Jeff's crime novel "The Snitch" is available

Justin Winters

Kaillaby

Kaillaby is a Contibutor for FlickSided who specializes in entertainment with an emphasis on film. Her passion for film theories, lists, and analysis has gotten her featured on blogs like The Nerd Stash, CBR, Screen Rant, and Black Girl Nerds. She loves binge-watching horror, comedy, action, sci-fi, animated, and documentary films in her spare time and getting into heated debates with fellow fans: a passion she's had since the 90s.

Lee Vowell

Lee Vowell covers the Seattle Seahawks, music, and tennis for FanSided and has been a part of FanSided since 2017. You can catch Lee's writing at 12thManRising.com, AudioPhix.com, and LobandSmash.com. Lee was also poet of the month for the Free Verse Poetry Journal in 2001 (though he promises there is no original poetry in any of his articles).

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Mariana Loizaga

Mariana Loizaga, from Mexico City, is a lawyer and writer with an MSc in International Relations from the University of Surrey. She has been a writer for over ten years, including contributing to Inside Survivor and now to Surviving Tribal. Mariana's writing interests range from reviewing films, TV series, and books to gender studies, international politics, and Survivor, of course. She's been an avid

Mitchell Brown

Mitchell is a Contributor at FlickSided, but this isn't his first day in the field. Having had nearly four years of experience writing movie reviews, features, and analytical essays for various outlets and publications, including MovieWeb and MXDWN, he’s no stranger to giving his point of view on films and trends in the film industry. When he’s not busy watching movies, writing about them, reading books (for fun), or writing spec scripts to pursue his dream of becoming a screenwriter, he can probably be found…sleeping. Those other things take up a lot of time in his day.

Maxance Vincent

Maxance Vincent is a freelance film and TV critic, and a recent graduate of a BFA in Film Studies at the Université de Montréal, with a specialization in Video Game Studies. He is now currently enrolled in a graduate diploma in Journalism. You can follow him on Twitter @MaxFromQuebec.

Louis Skye

Louis Skye (Ronita Roy Mohan) is a contributor at FlickSided and a Tomatometer-Approved Critic. A writer at heart with a fondness for well-told stories, Louis has honed eir pop culture writing over 15 years and is currently the Managing Editor of 3-time Eisner Award-winning WWAC. E always has an eye out for the subversive and champions diversity in media. Pronouns: E/eir/em or She/her/hers Louis' podcast, Stereo Geeks, is available on all major platforms.

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