About Ryan Izay
Ryan Izay is a Movie/TV Features Writer for Screen Rant, and has worked as a film critic and journalist for over 20 years. Starting as the Los Angeles representative for Real Movie News, Ryan was also a staff writer for the horror genre magazine, "Girls and Corpses." Along with Screen Rant, he is a regular contributor to Total Nerd at Ranker and is currently working on an academic book on the horror genre. As a third-generation actor, Ryan achieved some early success in independent film before he was cast as a series regular on Logo's "DTLA." Leaving performing behind for the field of education, Ryan is a film studies adjunct at a number of Southern California universities.
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If the role of John Rambo is recast for a First Blood movie reboot, who should replace Sylvester Stallone? Here are the five best options and why.

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Every Celebrity Cameo In The Ghostbusters Music Video
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South Park: Every Easter Egg & Reference In Post Covid
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South Park: Post Covid - Who Victor Chaos Really Is
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True Story: Every Way The Netflix Show Pokes Fun At The MCU
Kevin Hart's True Story is a dramatic limited series that deals with the film industry, and Netflix uses it to gently poke fun at the MCU.

Is Kevin Hart's True Story Based On A True Story?
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