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Matt Sulem

Entertainment and Food Writer

Matt Sulem has been writing and editing professionally for more than a decade. He has worked for BubbleBlabber, The Sportster, and The Daily Meal, among other publications, but has called Yardbarker home since 2006. Matt’s writing combines a love for nostalgia with a passion for promulgating interesting, informative, and lesser-known facts about pop culture. And he’s always down to share a solid slow cooker, air fryer, or dessert recipe. Matt currently lives in Portland, Maine, with his wife and young son. 

EXPERTISE:

Horror films, comedy movies, sitcoms, cartoons, and all things food.

The 25 best buddy cop movies

After a 17-year wait, the world will finally get a third installment to the “Bad Boys” franchise. “Bad Boys for Life” will hit theaters on Jan. 17, and of course it will feature the return of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as best friends and police officers Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett.

The 20 best films to stay in and watch on New Year’s Eve

Regardless of how your 2019 was, we want you to enter 2020 with a positive mind, so we’ve amassed some of our favorite feel-good films for you...

Smokin': Our 20 favorite Jim Carrey roles

In honor of one of the funniest comedians to ever grace the silver screen, here are our 20 favorite Jim Carrey roles.

Surprising facts about the 2020 Grammy nominees

The Grammys are just around the corner, on Jan. 26, so study up with these 20 surprising facts about the 2020 Grammy nominees.

Dying from laughter: The 25 most memorable horror comedies

Whether it’s due to a witty script, ridiculous plotlines and characters or over-the-top violence and gore, we love to snicker, shudder and scream all at the same film. Eschewing lighthearted films that are also too light on the frights, here are 25 great horror comedies to watch this Halloween.

The 25 greatest modern black and white films

Considering only live-action films presented entirely or almost entirely without color, and released in or after 1970, here are the 25 best modern movies made in black and white.

The 25 best “Weird Al” Yankovic parody songs

Some of his tunes are originals, but the Prince of Parodies is obviously best known for lampooning other artists. Even when just considering the latter group of songs, picking the greatest is no easy task, but we’re just the oddballs to tackle it.

The 20 greatest bad movies of all time

Here is a list of films that are both terrible and terribly entertaining. What we feel are the 20 best bad movies of all time.

Garden (State) Variety: The 25 best musical acts from New Jersey

Bruce Springsteen is best known for hit songs like “Born to Run,” “Dancing in the Dark,” “Glory Days” and “Born in the U.S.A,” but he’s also known as one of New Jersey’s favorite sons...

The 25 best prison movies of all time

To celebrate 25 years of "Shawshank," here are the 25 best prison movies of all time.

The cast of 'Saved By the Bell': Where are they now?

Since there were such a large number of characters, we chose to focus on ones who appeared in at least a handful of episodes. With that, here is the “Saved by the Bell” version of “where are they now?”

Beyond 'Friends': The best roles of the cast of 'Friends' outside of the show

The entire “Friends” main cast (Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer) have had notable credits before, during and after the sitcom aired from 1994 to 2004. Here’s a look at the best roles of the cast of “Friends” outside of the show.

The 20 greatest found-footage horror movies

It’s downright scary to think that it's been more than 20 years since the release of “The Blair Witch Project,” arguably the most iconic found-footage film in history.

The cast of 'Seinfeld': Where are they now?

On July 5, 1989, comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David introduced the world to “Seinfeld.” This NBC comedy defied the traditional sitcom model by basically being about nothing, provided breakout roles for the main cast and yada, yada, yada.

Actors and actresses with famous fathers

Sunday, June 21, is Father’s Day, which means people across the world — including many actors and actresses — will be celebrating and appreciating their dads.

20 songs that belong on every Nirvana playlist

Nirvana’s debut album, “Bleach,” was released on June 15, 1989, which means the record is now three decades old. In honor of the record’s 30-year anniversary, here is our 20-song, ultimate Nirvana playlist.

The 25 most iconic vehicles from TV and movies

Here are the 25 most iconic film and TV vehicles, ranked in order of their first appearances.

Cast of ‘Home Improvement’: Where are they now?

May 25 will mark 20 years since the show wrapped, so you might be wondering what the actors who played the Taylors, members of the “Tool Time” team and other recurring characters are currently up to and what they’ve been doing in the meantime. With that, here is the “Home Improvement” edition of ‘where are they now?’

23 fictional bars where we wish we could have a drink

May 19 is the 30th anniversary of the film “Road House,” starring Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott, which is set in a Missouri honky-tonk called The Double Deuce. Despite it being a fictional establishment, we started pondering whether or not we’d want to saddle up to the bar for a drink there — or at any number of watering holes from film and TV.

The cast of "MADtv": Where are they now?

Remember “MADtv”? It was a sketch comedy show inspired by Mad magazine that began in 1995 and aired on FOX. Always good for a laugh, an outlandish skit or an entertaining impression, “MADtv” launched the careers of some famous faces, while a few actors were never more famous than when they starred on the show.

Rosario Dawson through the years

She certainly doesn’t look it, but actress Rosario Dawson is turning 40 years old on May 9. Although still young, Dawson was cast in her first film at the age of just 15, so she’s already amassed plenty of credits as an actress, voice actress and producer for numerous films, TV shows, web series and video games.

The 25 best movies set in Mexico

To commemorate the anniversary of the Mexican Army's 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla, here are the 25 best movies set in Mexico.

Every Francis Ford Coppola film ranked from worst to best

April 7 marks the 80th birthday of Francis Ford Coppola, the iconic and accomplished filmmaker who personally owns a half-dozen Academy Awards for films that have earned 24 Oscars out of 80 nominations.

The sitcom characters we’d like to have a beer with

Sunday, April 7 is National Beer Day, which means we’ll be sure to view our favorite shows that night over a frosty brew or two. But you know what would be even better? Actually being able to drink a beer with some of our favorite characters from various TV sitcoms.

20 fantastic films about mathematical geniuses

There are plenty of movies involving mathematical concepts and/or famous figures in the discipline — both real and fictitious. Not sure where to start? Try these 20 films about math, mathematicians and math geniuses.