M.K. CARR

online publications

THE A.V. CLUB

As a Staff Writer for The A.V. Club, I wrote daily 300+ word entertainment news posts in addition to pitching and writing features, including reviews, interviews, essays, and lists.

REVIEWS

MUSIC: Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl, October 2025

MUSIC: Lorde’s Virgin, June 2025

MUSIC: Haim’s I Quit, June 2025

TV: Good Cop/Bad Cop season 1 (The CW), February 2025

TV: Bridgerton season 3 part 1 and part 2 (Netflix), May/June 2024

MUSIC: Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poet’s Department (and The Anthology), April 2024

INTERVIEWS

“Rose Matafeo takes a crack at creating a New Year's Eve movie canon,” December 2024

“Beach Read writer-director Yulin Kuang teaches us the art of romance,” April 2024

“Jenny Slate on Seasoned Professional and her ‘silly, funny, kind of horny’ COVID tale,” February 2024

“Jacqueline Novak on her comedy special Get On Your Knees and putting penis jokes into iambic pentameter,” January 2024

FEATURES

“Materialists roots its modern numbers game in timeless rom-com tradition,” June 2025

“North Of North is a breath of cold, fresh air,” April 2025

“Chappell Roan is the biggest story out of Gov Ball—and possibly of the whole summer,” June 2024

“M. Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake faded into obscurity, but not for us Waldron Academy alumni,” August 2024

“Hozier connects Irish and Palestinian histories at sold-out New York concert,” June 2024

“The end of Riverdale is the end of an era of television,” August 2023

COLLIDER

As a Features Writer for Collider, I wrote essays, editorials, and lists/rankings related to movies and television.

“Why 'Station Eleven's Meditation on Collective Grief is the Perfect Covid Era Story,” January 2022

"How ‘Veronica Mars’ and ‘Nancy Drew’ Influenced Each Other,” November 2021

SCREEN RANT

As a freelance writer for Screen Rant, I wrote breaking entertainment news posts on both film and TV, including weekend coverage.

"Endgame Director Confirms Captain America Traveled Back to Main Timeline,” February 2021

“Doctor Who: BBC Won’t Confirm Or Deny Jodie Whittaker’s Exit Report,” January 2021

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

As an intern for Entertainment Weekly, my byline appeared in both the print edition of the magazine and online. I had the opportunity to write entertainment news, book reviews, and conduct interviews. 

"Missy Elliot picks Morgan Freeman over Peter Dinklage in Super Bowl ad rap battle", January 2018

"Truly Devious marks a great start to a new series", January 2018

Screenwriting

At Emerson College I took courses in television writing and accumulated a portfolio of works, both original and spec scripts. 

"Ms. Parker's First Week", Divine Intervention, 2016 - original pilot
Finalist for the 2017 Set in Philadelphia screenwriting competition

"I Killed Josh's Friend!", Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, 2016 - spec script
Semifinalist for NBC’s Writers on the Verge, 2017

"Jake Peralta, Babysitter", Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 2015 - spec script

youtube

From March 2010 - March 2013 I created, promoted, and maintained the YouTube channel tinydoodlez, a song animation channel which to this day has garnered over 11 million views and 29,000 subscribers.