NICK (He/Him)

Birth Year: 1991 

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Favourite Film: Back to the Future (1985) 

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With a background in acting and a love of film from a young age (Star Wars was my introduction to the medium), I've always been eager to talk about the latest releases. As my shelves overflowed with DVDs (I prioritized space for movies over clothing), I came to the realization that I loved watching and discussing film and television more than most. Looking to continue that conversation, I brought my thoughts to social media where I began to find like-minded individuals, ultimately leading to the creation of Bitesize Breakdown. Coming from the performance side of things, that's where my focus tends to be because I believe a good performance is much more likely to make up for a lacklustre film than vice-versa. However, I try to base my reviews on a combination of personal enjoyment and technical acumen. A ton of work goes into these projects from top to bottom, so that’s why I’ll never feature “Worst Of” lists or celebrate a film’s failure. I enter all films wanting to love them, but unfortunately, it doesn’t always work out that way.

AMARÚ (He/Him)

Birth Year: 1988

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

Favorite Movie: Inception (2010)

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Whatup, family - it’s ya boy, Amarú Moses. I’m a teacher by day and a movie lover by… life. Growing up, the Mosi (yes, Mosi) family weekend outings always meant a trip to the movies. From watching The Lion King and Pulp Fiction in the theaters at the ripe age of six to becoming a competitor on the biggest professional movie trivia league Movie Trivia Schmoedown, movies have had an everlasting presence in my life. I’m originally from New York (die hard Knick fan here), lived in seven cities in five states by the time I graduated college (GO BEARS!!!!), and moved to Charlotte in 2017. In 2020, I became the second writer for a little start-up review website called Bitesize Breakdown, so while I may not be the oldest person here, you can consider me an OG. I’m a geek by nature, but I'm a fan of all movie genres… except Musicals… mostly. You can usually catch me hosting One Gotta Stay, still playing online movie trivia, or getting hyphy watching Blindspotting for the fifty-millionth time. Whatever it is, if it has to do with my free time, it probably has a movie attached to it.

QUENTIN (He/Him)

Birth Year: 1981

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Favorite Movie: The Big Lebowski (1998)

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Like a lot of kids growing up, Quentin had a crush on his babysitter. His babysitter? Movies. From Columbia House memberships to Blockbuster Nights to spending the whole day theater-hopping with his cousin, movies always provided the escape a quiet kid from Kentucky needed. Nearly four decades later, Q’s crush has turned into a full-blown love affair, and he has come to believe that there is a difference between “movies” and “films.” As a result, he applies both an analytic and consumeristic eye to his reviews, equally judging artistic merits as much as pure entertainment value, while trying to remain objective and credible in his takes on movies, film, and television. That said, he loves a good heist, Nic Cage, superheroes, and considers the Rewatchability Quotient one of the most important factors in his ratings. Meanwhile, he will almost always skip Wes Anderson, musicals, found footage movies, and anything that looks too saccharine. A childless, pants-hating veteran… Q is well-traveled, cynical, tattooed, anti-physical media, and can often be found drinking bourbon at a bar with a new best friend he just met. You may think he’s overly harsh in his reviews, but he will abide your disagreement because “that's just, like, your opinion, man."

PAIGE (She/Her)

Birth Year: 1993

Location: Brockton, Massachusetts

Favorite Movie: Scream (1996)

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For those who don’t know me, my name is Paige Frabetti, aka “The Boston Badass” from Movie Trivia Schmoedown. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been a huge fan of cinema. It all started with the original Star Wars trilogy, which took me to a galaxy far, far away. I love that film can be an escape from the real world, sucking viewers into make-believe worlds that allow the audience to leave all their worries behind. I also love finding a character or story that I can relate to, helping me to feel seen in this world, which influences how I rate series and movies… can I connect to it and be entertained by it? I also share a huge passion for physical media as I own way too many Blu-rays to even count. Lastly, the other Bitesize writers will tell you I’m the resident horror and A24 fanatic, but I’m also a die-hard Quentin Tarantino fan, a lover of coming-of-age films, and, if you can't tell from some of my tattoos, I’m still a Star Wars nerd. 

JACOB (He/Him)

Birth Year: 1995

Location: Lexington, Kentucky

Favorite Movie: Schindler’s List (1993)

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Jacob Jones, a former actor and musician with a distinct passion for movies, has been working in the critic space since 2014. At age 10, after seeing Spider-Man (2002) on DVD, he decided to become an actor, but wouldn’t begin that career until 2008, carrying it out through 2018. During that time, he began to build a robust physical media collection, largely made from Blu-rays and VHS tapes, one of which was Schindler’s List – a film that, to him, is the most important movie ever made. After acting, he pivoted his career aspirations towards film criticism and awards punditry. There is little regarding the Oscars that he cannot tell you. He also enjoys single-player, story-based gaming, as well as reading anything related to the film world, including books on which films are based. His approach to film criticism is varied, partly informed by vibes, partly by observation of craft skill, and partly by story. Ultimately, his approach is to determine whether the film and filmmakers do the best job they could at telling the story within their technical abilities and their narrative decision-making. Rewatchability is not necessarily a primary consideration for quality in his book, provided a film remains good otherwise.

ADRIANO (He/Him)

Birth Year: 2001

Location: Aurora, Ontario

Favourite Movie: Network (1976)

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For as long as I can remember, film and television have been a major part of my life. When I was 9 years old, I fell in love with the comedies of the 2000s. Films such as Superbad, Step Brothers, and Dodgeball first ignited that flame, and it only got bigger as I grew older and saw films from the likes of Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and Stanley Kubrick. Although I had an acting stint in high school, and briefly performed stand-up comedy at Open Mics in 2019, filmmaking and writing became a passion and dream of mine. I spent most of my days in my house just watching movies, old and new, constantly fascinated at the craft and storytelling. As a result, I find myself with an uncomfortable knowledge about the Oscars and Emmys, knowledge that has turned me into an awards pundit. A staunch lover of physical media, film and television has consumed my life for better and for worse, and because of that, I’ll always be somewhat optimistic about a film, whether it deserves it or not.