Author Details
Stephen has written for Screen Rant since 2016. Stephen sees movies as achievements in art, business, entertainment, and technical craftsmanship, and loves diving deep into the rabbit holes of learning in each of those areas as he strives to better understand and write about the movies we love and the people and industry that makes them.
Industry Focus
Stephen writes features about all manner of movies and TV, focusing on data and analytics such as box office, streaming numbers, and Rotten Tomatoes. Additionally, Stephen will take deep dives into the intricacies of the movie and TV industry to write about how the industry works and other complicated issues.
Favorite Media
As a co-host of the Batman v Superman: By the Minute podcast, Stephen has a strong appreciation for Zack Snyder's movies as well as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and anything steeped in mythology. Stephen loves polarizing movies that start a conversation but thinks arguing over whether something is "good" or "bad" is the most boring way to talk about movies.
Latest Articles
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Box Office Opening Below GotG and MCU Averages
Guardians of the Galaxy's $114 million opening weekend box office is a solid start, but falls below the Guardians and MCU opening weekend averages.
Guardians of the Galaxy 3's Rotten Tomatoes Compared to Other MCU Movies
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3's Rotten Tomatoes is the worst for the Guardians trilogy, but also one of the MCU's best audience scores.
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Scores Are Only Getting Worse (& There's An Obvious Reason)
Rotten Tomatoes audience score system data was broken in 2010 and the fixes implemented since then have only made things worse.
We Predict Super Mario Bros. Will Earn $1.5 Billion at the Box Office
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a massive hit at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing movie of 2023, but how much money will it make in total?
Rotten Tomatoes Completely Broke Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Audience Scores
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man used to have a high audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, but major changes in its to the data suggest Rotten Tomatoes is broken.
How Beau Is Afraid's Rotten Tomatoes Compares To Ari Aster's Other Movies
Beau is Afraid reviews say it's Ari Aster's weirdest movie yet, but how does its Rotten Tomatoes score compare to Midsommar and Hereditary?
Is Evil Dead Rise Better Than Sam Raimi's Movies? Here's What Rotten Tomatoes Says
Evil Dead Rise has great reviews and the best Rotten Tomatoes scores in the Evil Dead franchise. Does that make it better than Sam Rami's movies?
Avatar Producer's Simple Explanation For Why Way Of Water's Mo-Cap Was Better Than Avatar 1
Avatar: The Way of Water's VFX saw a massive improvement over the original Avatar, and the movie's producers explain how they did it.
Rotten Tomatoes Record Reveals The MCU's Biggest 2022 Injustice
Ms. Marvel won the Golden Tomato award for the best superhero TV show of 2022, proving its low viewership was a big 2022 MCU injustice.
Why Shazam 2's Box Office Should Have Been Better
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is one of the biggest flops of 2023, but it deserved to do a lot better at the box office than its reviews suggest.
"It's A Greater Story Arc": James Cameron Addresses Unanswered Kiri Questions In Avatar 2
Avatar: The Way of Water introduces some big unanswered questions about Kiri, but James Cameron says they're important for the larger sequel story.
"Let’s Do Star Wars": James Cameron Explains Making 4 Avatar Sequels Instead Of 1
A featurette in Avatar: The Way of Water's digital release reveals James Cameron took inspiration from Star Wars in developing Avatar sequels.
Avatar: The Way Of Water Proves The Box Office Is Broken
Avatar: The Way of Water's massive box office success is a great sign, but it also exposes just how broken the modern box office really is.
2023's Superhero Movies Make Avatar 2's Box Office Look Even Better
Avatar: The Way of Water's success looks even better now that 2023's superhero movies like Ant-Man 3 and Shazam 2 are flopping at the box office.
It Seems Likely Shazam 2 Was Allowed To Fail At The Box Office
Shazam! Fury of the Gods flopped at the box office, but the lack of enthusiasm in the movie's marketing makes it look like it was allowed to fail.
Why Super Mario Bros. Movie Set Box Office Records Despite Bad Reviews
The Super Mario Bros. Movie debuted to mixed reviews and a Rotten score in Rotten Tomatoes, but set box office records anyway. Here's why.
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania's Box Office Breaks An Unwanted MCU Sequel Record
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's box office crash earned it another unfavorable MCU box office record for lowest earning sequel in the MCU.
Shazam 2's Box Office Run is Already Over
Shazam! Fury of the Gods box office outlook wasn't bright after its low opening weekend, but just a few weeks after release, it's already mostly over.
How Super Mario's Rotten Tomatoes Compare To Other CGI Video Game Movies
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is dividing critics and has a negative Rotten Tomatoes score, but how does it compare to other CGI video game adaptions?
5 Reasons Dungeons & Dragons’ Box Office Is So Big (& Crushed The Original)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves opened to the top spot at the box office, quickly passing the original movie's box office - here's why.