The Creek Team

Tristan likes movies.

Anthony Marcusa resigned himself to darkened movie houses, smoke-filled lounges, exotic burlesque theatres, and any other place where he can curiously pass through. With a love for popular culture developed and fueled by a romantic idealism towards story-telling that only comes from youth, and staggering distain towards being around people that comes from old age, Anthony furiously writes, celebrating that which is important and mocking that which is not. He will take you for coffee (read: beer) and talk length about entertainment, desperately wanting to be surprised and proven wrong, provided of course you can withstand his Sorkin-esque condescension, esoteric MacGyver references, and his endless search for a muse.

Favorite Movies: Jurassic Park, When Harry Met Sally, Memento, Best in Show, The Descent

Easily the most sarcastic, snarky, and opinionated writer on Scene Creek, Jake has been a staff writer with us since 2011 where he has entertained readers with his semi-weekly segment, "All Questions Answered." After writing for Collider.com and other outlets around the web, Jake has found his home at Scene Creek where he has spawned numerous features, reviews, and recurring segments that serve to enlighten, confuse, and infuriate readers. Most of Jake's time is spent writing for television or watching television, but in his spare time he will interact with readers and fans and post witty one-liners on his Twitter account.

Favorite Movies: Rain Man, Social Network, Toy Story 3

Besides movies, Martha's other passion is writing, which makes her job as a movie writer a perfect blend of her two favorite things. It's the perfect excuse to spend long hours on the sofa with a stack of DVDs, instead of doing something productive like folding the laundry. When she isn't watching a good movie, she's probably haunting the aisles of the local video store, looking for a new one; or obsessively surfing the web for info on the hottest upcoming releases.

Favorite Movies: The Lord of the Rings, 'Sherlock Holmes, Death at a Funeral (2010), The Bourne Identit, The Prestige

Growing up in a small Northern Ontario city, there was nothing much to do but sit at home and watch movies. Now that Emily is living in the big city, she still loves watching movies, and being able to write about them. I guess you could say she is a “reel writer”. Emily is a recent graduate from Dalhousie University with a degree in English language and literature. Getting to combine her two passions of watching movies and writing is basically the coolest.

Favourite Movies: The Thing, The Labyrinth, A Room with a View

When Ashley Pharaoh was twelve years old, she snuck into her basement one night after her parents had gone to sleep and watched her very first R-rated film, Boys Don't Cry. Having discovered transgenders, Chloë Sevigny's lovely rack, and the prolonged female orgasm, Ashley became enthralled with the power of movies and onscreen nudity. Since then, she has channeled her love of art into her writing, struggling to capture the fascination she has for work she admires or detests, always falling victim to her distracted nature and crude sense of humor. Many have likened her mind to a filing cabinet and she would love to sit down with you and absorb all the trivial details of your life, storing them for her diabolical plans. In her off time, Ashley runs (because she is hyperactive) and eats (because she runs all the time) and searches for new and interesting films to write about. She is currently working on a list of films entitled "The Best of the Breasts".

Favorite Movies: Boogie Nights, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Mulholland Drive, Dogma, Evil Dead II

I'm a tiny Canadian, like really tiny, living in Halifax. I don't like the term "fanboy" but if I'm a "fanboy" of anything, it's Alfred Hitchcock and William Shakespeare. If there's such a thing as a Shakespeare nerd, that's me. I'm a graduate of the Journalism Program at the University of King's College (quite a mouthful, huh?) as well as a graduate of Dalhousie University. Went there to study acting, walked away with an English degree. Go figure.

Favorite Movies: Casablanca, The Apartment, Psycho, Memento, Back to the Future.

In 1995, in a small theatre in Toronto, Marc saw Toy Story for the first time and his eyes opened to the cinematic world around him. From that young age, he spent most of his time at Blockbuster renting movies or going to the movie theatre. With the advent of special features in DVDs, the drive to become a part of that world only grew in him as the years went on. Still trying to fulfill his dreams of working at Pixar as an Engineer in the Moving Pictures Group, Marc is also an aspiring Photographer. He has shown great promise taking photos at many premieres and we know him for doing whatever it takes to get shots no other photographers can get.