Emily Rome

Emily is a journalist with bylines in the Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, Inverse, Vanity Fair, io9, and more. She has been writing professionally since 2011, and she recently earned an MA in Shakespeare Studies from the University of Birmingham.

Mental Floss • February 27, 2024

'Back to the Future: The Musical' design gets inspiration from theme park rides and iconic Broadway spectacle

Inverse • July 13, 2023

How Realistic Are The 'Mission: Impossible' Spy Gadgets? A Real-Life Spycatcher Explains

io9 • March 11, 2022

'Back to the Future: The Musical': A Song-by-Song Breakdown of the Original Cast Recording

American Theatre • August 27, 2021

Christopher Lloyd and Lear, Closer Than Ever

io9 • April 10, 2020

The Underrated Series 'Counterpart' Has New Resonance in the Time of Coronavirus

Los Angeles Times • March 11, 2020

Turn on the time machine — ‘Back to the Future’ is now a musical

The Hollywood Reporter • December 17, 2019

Broadway-Bound 'Mrs. Doubtfire' Musical Bows in Seattle

io9 • September 18, 2019

We Need More Near-Future Space Exploration Movies Like 'Ad Astra'

Inverse • July 31, 2019

'Black Widow' Writer Jac Schaeffer Isn't Scared to Make the Fanboys Mad

Inverse • July 19, 2019

'Because Science' Host Kyle Hill Has Created a Surprisingly Addicting Show

Los Angeles Times • July 6, 2019

Shakespeare’s Ophelia gets bold new makeovers in a film and a video game

Inverse • June 27, 2019

Code to Inspire Founder Fereshteh Forough Is Building 'Afghanistan 2.0'

Mental Floss • May 24, 2019

Fact-Checking 13 Plot Points in 'All Is True,' Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespeare Biopic

Inverse • May 9, 2019

Could 'The Wandering Earth' Actually Happen? Here's What a NASA Engineer Says

Los Angeles Times • February 9, 2019

How early NASA inspired the women of Kate Mascarenhas’ ‘Psychology of Time Travel’

Los Angeles Times • December 19, 2018

‘Supernatural’ and ‘Timeless’ creator Eric Kripke details the real-life inspirations behind his fantasy shows

Mental Floss • January 9, 2018

How the 'Darkest Hour' Filmmakers Recreated Winston Churchill’s Secret Underground War Rooms

Inverse • November 16, 2017

Andy Weir: 'Artemis' is More Scientifically Accurate Than 'The Martian'

LA Weekly • June 23, 2017

Shakespeare in Griffith Park Takes Its Chances on a 'Riskier' Lineup This Year

ComingSoon.net • December 21, 2016

Andrew Garfield on Martin Scorsese's 'Silence'

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