Padraig Cotter
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About Padraig Cotter
Padraig is a Senior Features Writer and has been part of Screen Rant since 2017. Padraig is a writer, editor and retired Game of Thrones extra who has been writing about movies and TV online for over a decade. He has also written for The Irish Times, Den Of Geek, Little White Lies and many more. It's pronounced Paw-rick, BTW.
Industry Focus
Padraig's main areas of expertise include the horror, action, sci-fi and spy genres. For Screen Rant, he tends to write about the Bond and Alien franchises, Resident Evil, Halloween, The Expendables, Rick And Morty, Yellowstone, Frasier, 24, Reacher, in addition to the enduring works of Sylvester Stallone, Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Carpenter.
Favorite Media
A child of the '90s, Padraig has an almost bottomless list of favorite movies, TV shows, books and video games. Things were never the same after watching Jaws, and other beloved works include The Thing, Ghostbusters, Batman, Die Hard, Red Dwarf, Terminator, Alien, Halloween, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, the Bond series, the films of John Woo and so on.
Latest Articles
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Gladiator 2's Russell Crowe Replacement May Be Paying Off A 21-Year-Old Ridley Scott Idea
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1 James Bond Actor Casting Is Now Impossible Thanks To Their New TV Spy Role
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John Wick 4’s Missing Character Mystery Looks Like It’ll Finally Be Explained In Keanu Reeves’ Next Franchise Return
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The First Omen's $18.8M Box Office Bomb Dashes My Hopes Of A 43-Year-Old Horror Mistake Being Fixed
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The Origin Of The Warriors' Iconic "Come Out To Play" Line
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Kate Winslet's Upcoming $5.2 Billion Franchise Movie Will Make Up For This Year's Disappointing Rotten Tomatoes Show
The Rotten Tomatoes rating for Kate Winslet's latest HBO miniseries is disappointing, but her upcoming franchise sequel will make up for it.
What Was Glass Villain Elijah Price's Superpower?
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What Movie Does "In Space No One Can Hear You Scream" Come From?
"In space no one can hear you scream" is one of the most iconic movie taglines of all time. Here's the classic movie that spawned it.
All 3 Kate Winslet HBO Miniseries, Ranked
Some of Kate Winslet's best acting work in recent years has been found in her various HBO miniseries, but how do these shows rank beside each other?
The Regime’s Finale Keeping 1 Important Character’s Fate A Mystery Is A Genius Choice
The Regime's finale closes out the story on a cynical note, and its decision to leave the fate of one key character unresolved makes it more powerful.
The Regime Ending Explained: What THAT Character's Death Really Means
HBO's political satire The Regime ends on a cynical note, with Kate Winslet's Chancellor Elena forced to make a difficult choice by her enemies.
Two Of 2024's Earliest Blockbusters Have Villains With The Exact Same Goal
Two of 2024's biggest blockbusters feature villains whose evil goals are identical, though one of the movies does a better job selling the threat.