School
Haaga University of Applied Sciences
Expertise
Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC Universe, 2000s horror
- Pauli is well-versed in European cinema and TV, and keeps a "Mads Mikkelsen list" of actors from Scandinavian dramas and goofy comedies who'll inevitably end up playing Hollywood villains.
- Due to his incurable habit of scribbling notes and article ideas during screenings, he owns a collection of battered Moleskines that are full of some of the worst handwriting known to man.
- A lifelong student of pop culture trends, Pauli knows the ins and outs of a number of entertainment industry topics.
Experience
Pauli has written thousands of articles for various online outlets since 2011, collaborating with some of the finest word-crafting minds on the internet to surf the cultural zeitgeist. Apart from his work on Looper, Grunge, Sciencing, Mashed, The Modern Rogue, TopTenz, and others, he was a regular columnist for comedy juggernaut Cracked.com from 2013 to 2017, where he covered a wide variety of subjects and crafted pop culture analysis for up to millions of readers every week. You may have read his printed words in the books "The De-Textbook: The Stuff You Didn't Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew" and "Listverse.com's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Lists."
Education
Pauli has a BBA from the Haaga University of Applied Sciences.
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Drama Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
This Apple TV show combines true crime with elements of the legal and crime drama genres and a star-studded cast (including Kate Hudson in a significant role).
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If you've missed the more animated (in both senses of the word) Ahsoka Tano, Ahsoka star Rosario Dawson has great news about the Star Wars show's second season.
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Disney is parting ways with Doctor Who, which seems like a great opportunity for the show to reinvent itself and fix some of the mistakes Disney made with it.
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John Boyega is a Star Wars fan first and foremost, but there's an aspect of the Star Trek franchise that he feels a galaxy far, far away could stand to emulate.
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Horror Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Much like another show, It: Welcome to Derry appears to have several connections to the larger Stephen King Universe (despite what some of its creatives say).
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
The first season of Marvel Zombies was originally going to feature a story for a major MCU character before that idea was abandoned. Here's why it was cut.
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Horror Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
The first episode of It: Welcome to Derry confirms this is one Stephen King project that's truly unpredictable for now, and fans should enjoy it while it lasts.
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Comedy Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Rob Lowe shared the screen with Janet Jackson in his first acting role on TV sitcom A New Kind of Family, but good luck finding the show today.
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Drama Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Sylvester Stallone, the star of Taylor Sheridan's Tulsa King, makes a point of personally rewriting the dialogue for one of the key characters on the show.
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Robin Williams' 2004 sci-fi thriller The Final Cut was mostly panned by critics upon release, but today it feels like a lost episode of Black Mirror.
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Thriller Movies
By Pauli Poisuo
The cast of the 2012 movie Red Lights might convince you to check it out: it stars Robert De Niro, Elizabeth Olsen, Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, and more.
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Drama Movies
By Pauli Poisuo
Rob Lowe might've secured the lead role in this touchstone Kevin Bacon '80s movie if he hadn't sustained a terrible knee injury during his audition.
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Thriller Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
The ever-versatile David Tennant starred in the American remake of his own UK detective series, but not even an Emmy-winning Breaking Bad star could save it.
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Thriller Movies
By Pauli Poisuo
1970's Airport was a hit that featured an Oscar-winning performance. Its three sequels, all of which came out in the same decade, didn't fare nearly as well.
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So is The Orville season 4 ever going to happen? Here's what we know about the future of Seth MacFarlane's Star Trek parody series.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Gen V season 2 has revealed its secret villain and the actor playing the part has a surprising connection to SpongeBob SquarePants (yes, really).
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These days it seems inevitable that a popular animated film will be turned into live-action. But is that going to happen to KPop Demon Hunters?
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Scott Bakula, best known for Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise, and NCIS: New Orleans, starred in a Tom Clancy movie that was almost immediately outdated.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Peacemaker season 2 character Captain Triumph has origins in DC comics, but the show gives him a pretty big twist not everyone will be aware of.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Peacemaker season 2 had an intriguing and hilarious reveal in an early episode, but that storyline seems to have fallen by the wayside even after the finale.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Peacemaker introduced a new location that not only makes for a compelling ending to season 2, but it could also have major implications for the DC Universe.
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If you've never watched this under-appreciated, Dylan O'Brien-headlined sci-fi trilogy, you'll be able to change that when it hits Netflix this month.
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Cartoon Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Axis Studios, a Scottish animation house that provided the visuals for 2025's eye-popping Eyes of Wakanda miniseries, has closed.
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Thriller Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Adeline Watkins wasn't invented for Monster: The Ed Gein Story, although the show draws from a report about her life that the real Adeline said was inaccurate.
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Drama Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
This Western show, which stars a pre-Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Anson Mount and is now streaming for free, explores an under-represented aspect of history.
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Horror Movies
By Pauli Poisuo
By making a dog the main character, the haunted house flick Good Boy preys on our emotions — because we really want that dog to make it out alive.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Robert Patrick's Auggie has an astonishing moment in Peacemaker season 2 that redefines the character in a major way. Here's what happens.
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