Joe Roberts
School
University Of Sussex, University Of California San Diego, Highbury College
Expertise
Batman Movies, James Bond, Documentaries
- Beyond writing, Joe has produced short-form documentaries for companies including Marie Claire and Investigation Discovery.
- He has attended and covered large-scale events such as Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and multiple show and movie launch events from London to LA.
- In his career, Joe has covered everything from politics to tech, Film, and TV.
Experience
Joe has a decade-long career in journalism, starting as a reporter for a regional newspaper in the UK before quickly moving into international news by becoming a Digital Producer for Sky News. His lifelong love of culture led him to start writing on film, TV, and tech in 2014, and he's since contributed to outlets such as TIME, Digital Spy, and ScreenRant. As a staff writer for TrustedReviews, Joe covered major technology conventions, reporting from around the world on everything from self-driving cars to the latest developments in VR. In 2017 he began producing short-form documentaries, overseeing shoots around the globe and directing everything from dating shows to in-depth investigative pieces. Throughout his time producing, he consistently wrote on film and TV, joining Static Media in 2022 and contributing features and analysis regularly ever since. When he isn't shooting documentaries and short films around Los Angeles, he's working on scripts or probably watching the Tim Burton Batman movies for the 10 thousandth time.
Education
Joe has a bachelor's degree in American studies from The University of Sussex, which involved a focus on American literature and culture. His diploma in journalism from Highbury College gave him the journalism fundamentals needed to build a career in writing and reporting.
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Stories By Joe Roberts
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Netflix has gotten an early Christmas gift in the form of a well-received Keira Knightley spy thriller series that's dominating the service's top charts.
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One of the most famous scenes in The Shining was written into the script after Jack Nicholson told Stanley Kubrick about a moment with his ex-wife.
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Omri Katz starred in the Halloween season favorite Hocus Pocus, then seemingly disappeared from Hollywood. Here's what happened.
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One of Bruce Willis' biggest flops barely made a blip at the box office and was trashed by critics, but has since undergone somewhat of a reappraisal.
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On top of his standout turn as The Penguin, Batman Returns star Danny DeVito helped the movie's crew get through a particularly tough day of shooting.
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When the first three James Bond movies were released on Laserdisc, they came with some revealing commentary tracks that upset the producers.
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Believe it or not, there are somehow only five horror movies on IMDb's top 250 list. Let's get those numbers up, people!
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While a Jack Black-led Christmas movie is making quite the impression on Prime Video subscribers, it may've had less of an impact on Black himself.
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Sweethearts, a straight-to-streaming Thanksgiving-set comedy starring Kiernan Shipka, has turned out to be a hit on Max.
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Jim Backus only had a small role to play in the final Gilligan's Island TV movie, The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island. Here's why.
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Naming a boat after a fish isn't unheard of, but the S.S. Minnow on Gilligan's Island isn't actually named after the tiny fish.
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Frasier had no shortage of guest stars, but horror maestro Stephen King might have the shortest cameo in the series' history.
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With hundreds of options to choose from, picking the best episode of The Simpsons is no small task. Luckily, IMDB has already done it for us.
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Among the many guest stars on Gilligan's Island was a band known as The Mosquitos. But were they an actual band? The answer's a little complicated.
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A spy film that bombed at the box office almost starred Tom Cruise, but featured his Mission: Impossible – Fallout co-star Henry Cavill in a lead role instead.
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At 82 years old, the legendary Martin Scorsese is a fan of the 2024 horror-drama film from A24 that TikTok teens can't stop talking about.
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Kelsey Grammer played Frasier Crane on four different TV shows and co-star Peri Gilpin appeared on three of those four, once as a different character than Roz.
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The Simpsons has hosted some great guest voices and cameos over the years. But they've also featured some duds. Here are the 5 worst.
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Bones was noticably reserved when it came to portraying a particular aspect of Booth and Brennan's love story on the series.
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Stargate SG-1 often alluded to a romance between Jack (Richard Dean Anderson) and Samantha (Amanda Tapping) but never actually went there. Here's why.
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A classic Halloween episode of The Simpsons almost brought Homer into the multiverse before things changed at the last minute.
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Charlie Hunnam has been spotted filming Monster season 3, offering a sneak peek at his look as Ed Gein in the Ryan Murphy anthology series.
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As grateful as Colin Farrell is that he's gotten to play Oz Cobb in projects like That Batman and The Penguin, the role has its downsides too.
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Kelsey Grammer's career has been defined by playing Frasier Crane, but he almost passed on the role because he thought Cheers was 'terrible.'
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Josh Brolin claims he's ready to throw in the towel on acting if the Oscars continue to snub one of his frequent directors for their sci-fi work.
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In honor of voice artist Pamela Hayden's retirement, everything's coming up Milhouse in this list of his five best episodes on The Simpsons, ranked.
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Henry Cavill once revealed his favorite movie of all time, and he actually ended up working with the star of that film early in his career.