Grae Drake

In 6th grade, Grae was arranging movie outings for all her friends, and she picked the movie. Through the years studying film at the University of Texas at Austin, being honored by Sundance and the Director's Guild of America, and working as a filmmaker in Los Angeles, she realized how terrible she was at keeping her opinions to herself. The Popcorn Mafia podcast was born, and led to her writing for Movies.com and becoming CNN's movie critic. She also has dished the dirt with stars on HLN's Showbiz Tonight, Fox News,G4's Attack of the Show, and is a regular at the TV Guide Network and the Reelz Channel. Her passionate thoughts can also be heard on terrestrial radio all over North America. And just to note, she still won't let other people pick the movies.

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