Mónica Marie Zorrilla
Mónica covers the shows and movies that geeks love at Inverse— 28 hours a week, every week.
Most recently, she served as a full-time reporter for Variety, covering the business of television and writing features; she later contributed to the entertainment trade on a freelance basis.
In 2020, she was a staffer at Adweek, breaking news in the advertising and marketing landscape. Before moving in April 2019 to Minneapolis, Minn. (where she currently resides), Mónica worked as a full-time general assignment reporter focusing on arts, culture, and entertainment news at two hyperlocal Philly news outlets, Billy Penn and AL DÍA News Media. In 2018, she was distinguished as Philadelphia's Culture Reporter of the Year by the Pen and Pencil Club, the country's oldest press club.
A Cuban-American native of Miami, Mónica earned her B.A. in English (with minors in Psychology and Spanish) from Haverford College in 2017. She began her writing career during her senior year. She is currently working toward her Master's degree from New York University in a virtual program helmed by journalist Adam Penenberg. Steve Zahn portrayed Penenberg in the 2003 fact-based flick "Shattered Glass," opposite "Star Wars" darling Hayden Christensen. She’ll don a violet cap-and-gown in May 2023.
Besides what's on-screen, Mónica loves watching her rabbit, Kiwi, do absolutely anything (because it's always super cute).
How Marvel’s Most Overlooked Show Could Set the Stage for 'Secret Wars'
The new villain in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur might have some ties to the MCU.
'Yellowjackets' is Borrowing From 'Moon Knight's Worst Sin
Let’s talk about Taissa.
Before She Was She-Hulk, Tatiana Maslany Played A Whole Bunch of Clones
10 years ago, Maslany became a star in a riveting biopunk thriller.
'Yellowjackets' Episode 2’s Ending Finally Answered Season 1’s Biggest Mystery
These Yellowjackets don't sting. But they do bite.
'Yellowjackets' Season 2 Steals a Trick From 'Lost’s Most Game-Changing Season
Lost's wildest change in Season 4 makes a return in Yellowjackets' sophomore outing.
'Yellowjackets' First Big Season 2 Needle-Drop Foreshadows Its Greatest Conflict
Did Shauna really just eat that? Honey, you bet your life she did.
'The Terror' Turned History into a Horror Show — And Changed TV Forever
The supernatural horror anthology series aired its first episode on AMC five years ago today.
'Yellowjackets' Season 2 Premiere’s Ending Answers the Show’s Biggest Mystery
Shauna gets an earful.
'Mission: Impossible 8' Brings Back a Character Only Hardcore Fans Will Remember
Remember CIA Analyst William Donloe? Well, he's back for one last impossible mission.
'Renfield' Will Be a Direct Sequel to 1931's 'Dracula'... Which Killed Renfield
Nicolas Cage carries the torch — or should we say cape — from the original Count Dracula, Bela Lugosi.
'Fall' Is So Intense You’ll Need to Watch Another Movie After It to Wind Down
'Shazam 2's Grace Caroline Currey stars in a white-knuckle adventure.
Ben Affleck Doesn’t Plan on Joining James Gunn’s DC Universe: "Absolutely Not"
Get ready to say goodbye to Batfleck.
Steven Yeun and Ali Wong Take Their Road-Rage Revenge to the Extreme in A24’s 'BEEF'
"Revenge is best served raw."
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein Could Mean an Exciting New Era For the Director
His relationship with Netflix is bearing strange fruit.
'Boston Strangler' is a Suffocating True-Crime Slog
Not even Keira Knightley's comeback to moody period dramas can save Boston Strangler from strangling itself.
“The Convert” Takes The Mandalorian In a Dark New Direction
Who’s the “convert” in this episode, anyway?
'Yellowjackets' Season 2 Takes the Teen Terror to Bewildering New Heights
In Yellowjackets Season 2, hell is a teenage girl (trapped in the woods).
Critics Think 'Mrs. Davis' Could Be One of the Best Sci-Fi Shows of the Year
Finally, a nun fights AI.
Daredevil Recasting Sets It Even Further Apart From the Netflix Show
Born Again will have this Better Call Saul alum step into the heels of Kingpin's wife.
'The Last of Us' Needs to Abandon This Tired Dystopian Trope
Leave this trope at Hogwarts, on Pandora, or in District 12, please.
