About Brandon Zachary
Brandon Zachary is a Senior Writer with Comic Book Resources and has written for CBR since 2018. He covers breakouts on comics, film, television, video games, and anime. He also conducts industry interviews, is a Rotten Tomatoes certified film critic, and knows a LOT about the X-Men. For requests, comments, or to hear one of his many pitches for What If...?, you can reach him at bs.zachary@gmail.com
Latest Articles
Apples Never Fall Showrunner Melanie Marnich On Finding Comedy Without Telling Any Jokes
Apples Never Fall Showrunner Melanie Marnich breaks down the show's surprises and how to find comedy without any explicit jokes.
Why The Last Picture Show Remains An American Classic Fifty Years Later
Over fifty years since it was first released, The Last Picture Show has proven to be an enduring and achingly realistic explanation of growing up.
Avatar: 'There Is No War in Ba Sing Se' Is the Perfect Meme for Our Time
Taken from Avatar: The Last Airbender, "There is no war in Ba Sing Se" became a darkly appropriate meme for the era.
Apples Never Fall Stars on the Surprising Comedy in the Peacock Mystery Thriller
The stars of Peacock's Apples Never Fall dive into the biggest surprises of the mystery thriller and finding surprising comedy throughout.
F9 Reveals How Han Survived Tokyo Drift - and Where He's Been
F9 delves into the truth behind the apparent demise of Han in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, revealing what he has been up to since then.
Night Court Stars Highlight Season 2's Biggest Joys & Greatest Surprises
Night Court actors India de Beaufort, Lacretta and Nyambi Nyambi discuss with CBR what they loved most from Season 2 of the NBC sitcom.
Night Court's Melissa Fumero on the Joys of Playing a Sitcom Villain
Night Court guest star Melissa Fumero tells CBR about the fun she had playing a villain on the NBC show, and compares it to Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
REVIEW: Code 8: Part II Is an Ambitious Sci-Fi Swing That Doesn’t Always Connect
Code 8: Part II takes on some interesting and ambitious thematic elements at the cost of character focus in this well-constructed sci-fi flick.
INTERVIEW: The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy Showrunner Cirocco Dunlap on Diversity & Dark Comedy
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy showrunner Cirocco Dunlap reflects on the evolution of the animated show and how it reflects diversity.
Avatar: Who Did Zuko End Up With?
It's never been revealed who Zuko ended up with after the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender, but here's who it could have been.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Is DC's Borderlands - For Better & Worse
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's repetitive elements detract from the DC video game's strong story and solid shooter gameplay loop.
Extended Family Creator Mike O'Malley Tackles Divorce in Sitcom Style
Extended Family creator Mike O'Malley breaks down the NBC show's balancing act between divorce drama and sitcom comedy, and talks about past projects.
Dimension 20 Star Zac Oyama Discusses Gorgug's Surprising Growth in Fantasy High
Dimension 20's Zac Oyama dives into the joys of returning to Fantasy High for Junior Year and compares the series to other forms of improv comedy.
REVIEW: The Peasants' Beautiful Animation Elevates a By-the-Numbers Adaptation
The Peasants is a visually stunning animated film that fails to elevate the bleak, blunt, and grounded period piece drama.
Lisa Frankenstein's Diablo Cody & Zelda Williams Talk Fusing John Hughes With George Romero
Lisa Frankenstein director Zelda Williams and writer Diablo Cody dish on their film's mashup of horror and 1980s high school coming of age drama.
REVIEW: Scrambled is a Wonderfully Raunchy & Heartfelt Showcase for Leah McKendrick
Scrambled is an incredibly impressive showcase for director/writer/star Leah McKendrick, equally hilarious and heartfelt.
Conan O'Brien's Pitch for The Simpsons Final Episode is Ridiculously Dark
Conan O'Brien's dark pitch for a dour ending for FOX's long-running The Simpsons is rooted in one of the show's most enduring subplots.
A Nearly Hundred-Year-Old Horror Film Is Scarier Than Most Modern Thrillers
Tod Browning's Freaks is almost a century old, but it remains a subversive, tragic, and genuinely terrifying horror film.
Dimension 20's Siobhan Thompson on the Freedom of Fantasy High
Siobhan Thompson breaks down how Dimension 20 compares to her work on other shows like Rick & Morty and why she loves Fantasy High.
Wish Star Angelique Cabral Discusses Putting a Modern Spin on a Disney Archetype
Angelique Cabral sat down with CBR to reflect on the joys of joining Disney's movie Wish and the modern aspects to her character Queen Amaya.