Christian Gainey
School
University Of North Carolina, Wilmington
Expertise
Movies, TV, Sound
- Christian is a lifelong lover of movies, TV shows, soundtracks, and writing.
- Before becoming a full-time freelance writer, she worked in the film industry as a Production Assistant and Utility Sound Technician on feature films and television shows.
- She has been writing about film since 2017 and her work has appeared in Film Matters Magazine and online at Game Rant.
Experience
Christian fell in love with film, television shows, and writing as a young child, writing her first scripts by hand on printer paper. While she has always loved soundtracks, while pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Film Studies, she would discover a love for production sound mixing. Her passions led her to work on several feature films and TV shows as a Production Assistant and a Utility Sound Technician. She loves Found Footage Horror, Documentaries, Teen Dramas, and Psychological Thrillers.
Education
Christian graduated cum laude from the University of North Carolina Wilmington with a Bachelor's degree in Film Studies and a minor in Creative Writing. Her film school education allowed her to explore everything from the Lumière brothers to Celine Sciamma.
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Stories By Christian Gainey
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A legendary icon of the big screen got his second wind from the small screen.
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These characters are the stuff of nightmares.
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Leave it to the late, great Robin Williams to slip dirty jokes into a family-friendly show.
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Remembering Night of the Iguana.
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Elizabeth Taylor's ravishing performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof hides a dark secret -- she had to act through an unbearable amount of grief.
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Did Jordan Peele and his team get it right?
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Dangerous working conditions led to the death of a veteran set dresser on the set of Jumper.
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Elizabeth Taylor, known for her glitzy and glamorous appearance, embraced a thicker waist, smudged makeup, and more for this Oscar-winning role.
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Sinister almost had the perfect ending. And then...
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These alternative character designs for Vecna are pure, unadulterated nightmare fuel.
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When a baseball league from the '40s becomes a TV documentary and that documentary becomes a major movie...
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A perfect example of when you can see writers exercising the same muscles in very different ways.
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We're still running up that hill.
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'That's not horror to me, that's pure ecstasy actually.'
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The title character was also the subject of a documentary directed by William Friedkin.
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'We looked at a lot of different sea life.'
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'I'd just keep honing it in until I could get as specific as possible.'
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Yep, you guessed it: Special Agent Johnny Utah from Kathryn Bigelow's 'Point Break.' (Not really. You'll have to read the article to learn the real answer!)
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Arrival is one of the smartest movies about aliens in recent years, and a big reason is the scientific grounding of the film's alien language.
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Two rockstars have transformed into some of the greatest film score composers working today.
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'...on a Friday afternoon we all had gin and tonics and I got out the camera.'
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After appearing in the fourth season of Stranger Things, Kate Bush's song "Running Up That Hill" returned to the Billboard charts in a big way.
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