About Ben Silverio
Ben F. Silverio received a degree from Drexel University in the Screenwriting and Playwriting Program with a minor in Television Production. While at Drexel, Ben co-founded and co-hosted a film review show called The Pretentious Film Majors, which has evolved into a multi-format form of entertainment including blogs, podcasts on iTunes, articles in the school paper, and a potential tv show. Now armed with an extremely expensive piece of paper, Ben can begin climbing the treacherous ladder of the entertainment industry, which he hopes to do while streaming WWE wrestling matches, reading Marvel comics, and blogging about the excessive amount of movies and tv shows that he watches, all on the iPhone that is permanently attached to his hand.
Favorites: Movies- Star Wars, Back to the Future, Zombieland, Moon, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, Attack the Block, all the Batman movies (even Batman and Robin), almost all the Marvel movies (especially Captain America, and Iron Man) TV- Firefly, Doctor Who, Torchwood, The Walking Dead, Futurama, Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Batman: The Animated Series, X-men Comics- Captain America, The Avengers, The Young Avengers, The Punisher, The Amazing Spider-man, Deadpool, X-force, The Teen Titans, Batman.
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Ben Silverio - Writer
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‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Gets Time Slot & New Promos
A few days ago, we got the wonderful news that Marvel’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ got picked up for a series order by ABC. Honestly, we all knew that it was coming, but it was nice to hear it officially. Then, shortly after the announcement, we got our first look at the... -
‘Gremlins’ Remake Moving Forward With New Producers
It’s no secret that Hollywood has been going back to the well of successful franchises a lot lately. Remakes of ‘Carrie’, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’, ‘Weird Science’, ‘Poltergeist’, ‘Robocop’, and more are all at various points of development at this... -
First Sighting of The Rhino On Set of ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
Nearly four months ago, word had gotten out that veteran actor Paul Giamatti would be joining Marc Webb’s ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ as The Rhino. While it was a peculiar choice to include the villain in the film and cast such a talented individual to play him, the production... -
‘Iron Man 3’ Chinese-Exclusive Scenes Become Short Film
Many fans around the world were disappointed/jealous that China’s cut of ‘Iron Man 3’ would be getting extra scenes that wouldn’t be available anywhere else. However, after the film opened worldwide, we learned that those scenes were nothing more than a few extra minutes... -
First Set Photos From The Wachowski’s ‘Jupiter Ascending’
When we last heard about Andy and Lana Wachowski’s latest film, ‘Jupiter Ascending’, we learned that the lead roles would be given to Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum. Other than that, we were pretty much in the dark to the rest of the details. Aside from knowing that the... -
New ‘Man of Steel’ TV Spots Show New Footage
There are some big things riding on the success of ‘Man of Steel’. Word going around town is that this will make or break the progress on ‘Justice League’. Also, the last time the character leaped onto the silver screen in a single bound, it wasn’t really looked upon... -
‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Shooting In UK
With the release of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ later this week, J.J. Abrams can move almost entirely out of a phasers mindset for the next few years and transition to lightsabers since he’ll have ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ to worry about. While he didn’t have much... -
[CLASSIFIED] Talks ‘Iron Man 3’ Post-Credits Cameo
One does not simply walk out of a Marvel Studios movie before the credits are over. As this has been the routine since 2008, everyone should know this by now, especially since we’re now officially into Phase Two after ‘Iron Man 3’ opened a little over a week ago. And speaking... -
Comic Book Review: ‘Uncanny Avengers’ #8
When it comes to deities in the Marvel Universe, very few are stronger than the Celestials, the cosmic caretakers who oversee a number of things throughout the galaxies. But when Kang the Conqueror’s latest plot produced unstoppable versions of the Apocalypse Twins, Uriel and... -
Comic Book Review: ‘Avengers’ #11
The threat of Ex Nihilo’s plan to make the Earth sentient has been foiled and the powerful Starbrand and Nightmask have been dealt with for the time being, so it’s up to the Avengers to address each rogue pod that made it to the planet’s surface. In the last issue of ‘Avengers’,... -
‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Officially Receives Series Order
Even before the announcement was made at New York Comic Con, the chants of “Coulson lives!” resounded amongst the Marvel true believers almost immediately after the credits rolled (and the post-credits scene played) on ‘The Avengers’. Now, in the midst of that... -
No Plans For War Machine Or Falcon Spin-Offs From Marvel
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is full of heroes. In addition to the big four of Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, and Thor, there are a ton of supporting characters that are more than capable of supporting their own feature films. For instance, there’s enough backstory for... -
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ News Round Up: Mo-Cap, April O’Neil, Will Arnett, & More
For a while, things weren’t looking so good for Michael Bay and Jonathan Liebesman’s ‘Ninja Turtles’. However, as production began, some rays of sunlight began to emerge from the smog poisoning thousands of Turtle fans’ childhoods. The first good sign was that the... -
‘The Walking Dead’ Season 4 Starts With Zombie School
After the season three finale of AMC’s acclaimed zombie drama aired a month ago, fans of ‘The Walking Dead’ have a long wait until the fall when we get to see Rick, Glenn, Maggie, Daryl, or the Governor on our television sets again. But earlier this week, production on... -
Robert Downey Jr. Enters Negotiations For New Marvel Contract
At this point in history, it’s hard to imagine that anyone other than Robert Downey Jr. could ever be Tony Stark on the big screen. The lines have even started blur between the character and the actor. But after the smash hit that was ‘Iron Man 3’, we might have to start...
Recent Comments
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Editor: We stand corrected. FX has not officially given a series order to 'The Strain' yet. And wi...
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Guest: That's not even a picture of Jamie Chung. ...
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genretv: Has there been an official announcement that FX has picked it up as a series? I know that ...
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Janice Kay: I had to look him up and he actually does look like Lambert;s son! Good suggestion....
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Nick_who_drums: Thomas Jane. He looks like he could be Christopher Lambert's son anyway!...
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