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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Comedy Movies
By Pauli Poisuo
Were you aware there's a new well-received crime comedy on Netflix led by a star-studded cast that includes Pierce Brosnan? Alas, it seems many folks are not.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Chris Smith (John Cena) gets a major power upgrade in Peacemaker season 2, episode 4, but will that be a good or bad thing for the character in the long run?
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Comedy Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
While Only Murders in the Building has already caught its white whale, Meryl Streep, there is one other acting legend the show's creatives would love to cast.
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Drama Movies
By Pauli Poisuo
Andor creator Tony Gilroy also wrote this acclaimed Stephen King movie, which has somewhat fallen into obscurity (likely in part due to its complex premise).
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Comedy Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Seinfeld is a self-described sitcom 'about nothing.' But if you want to understand its essence without watching the entire show, these episodes are must-sees.
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Looking to get into Stargate SG-1 but aren't sure where to begin? We've come up with five of the series' most essential episodes to help you start.
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Thriller Movies
By Pauli Poisuo
Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc is back in the trailer for Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, which looks a little spookier (but no less fun) than its predecessors.
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Comedy Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
The Brady Bunch is responsible for countless classic episodes of television, but two of the Brady kids think the best stories went to two characters.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Peacemaker season 2 revealed something about the DC timeline and made the relationship between Suicide Squad, The Suicide Squad, and Peacemaker more confusing.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
A line in Peacemaker season 2, episode 2 hints that Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland) might have a future as a costumed vigilante in James Gunn's DC Universe.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Marvel Zombies will unite one of the most eagerly-awaited MCU superheroes with one of the less-appreciated ones ... but in a rather unexpected way.
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Drama Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
The Rookie (starring Nathan Fillion) is now a long-running hit, but it gave rise to a spin-off that wasn't nearly as successful despite being well-received.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Blink and you'll miss it, but season 2 of Peacemaker snuck in a reference to one of the best villains in Superman's rogues gallery.
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Movie News
By Pauli Poisuo
It's been a long time since we've been excited about a Star Wars movie, but the cast of Star Wars: Starfighter is giving us a new hope.
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Comedy Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Devon Walker has formally parted ways with Saturday Night Live, although if you ask the man himself, there's no need to feel sorry about the situation.
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In a battle between Superman vs. Hulk, who's stronger? Superman clearly has a more varied power set, but which character would win in an arm-wrestling contest?
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Horror Movies
By Pauli Poisuo
Lee Daniels' supernatural horror movie made waves when it first arrived on Netflix. But many may not know the true story behind the horror.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Along the way to connecting season 1 to the new DC Universe, Peacemaker season 2 ends up giving the Justice Gang from James Gunn's Superman a major upgrade.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Instead of drawing from Marvel's complicated timeline tree, Peacemaker season 2 appears to be following the multiverse template established by Star Trek.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Some throwaway (?) dialogue in the Peacemaker season 2 premiere may set the stage for an extremely powerful (if also deeply strange) threat in the DC Universe.
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Superhero Movies
By Pauli Poisuo
Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn nearly faced off against a different Gotham City crime lord in her Birds of Prey movie, as opposed to Ewan McGregor's Black Mask.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Peacemaker season 2 and Superman suggest the DC Universe will buck a once intriguing but now exhausting trend popularized by the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Superhero Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
The opening credits and theme song of Peacemaker season 2 embrace a 'more is more' ethos, but don't trust everything they foreshadow about the episodes ahead.
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The Fallout season 2 trailer is a stellar example of the way previews can be crafted when the people involved care about the project they're marketing.
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Tom Clancy, the mastermind behind The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games, once tried to team up with Tom Selleck to make a Magnum P.I. movie.
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Fantasy Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
The Xavier character has been fully written out of Netflix's Wednesday season 2. Here's why Percy Hynes White left the show.
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Drama Shows
By Pauli Poisuo
Yaya DaCosta had a specific reason for leaving Chicago Med, but her exit was drama-free, and she even reprised her character, April Sexton, in later episodes.
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