Matt Trzcinski’s career in journalism began in high school when he started writing for local newspapers. He’s been a film critic since 2012 and joined the Showbiz Cheat Sheet team in 2019 where he specializes in classic rock and pop music. He loves the larger-than-life personalities in both genres, which provide ample fodder in books and interviews for behind-the-scenes information our readers want to know. Matt has expertise in acts such as The Beatles and The Monkees.
Matt is a Tufts University graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Film and Media Studies. In his free time, he participates in the Boston Horror Society, a group devoted to horror films. He also enjoys reading the work of critics including Roger Ebert and Chuck Klosterman and authors J.D. Salinger, Edgar Allen Poe, and Franz Kafka. See more of Matt’s work on Screen Rant, Cinema Axis, Taste of Cinema, American Songwriter, and his Muck Rack profile.
Strawberry Alarm Clock had to use the word "strawberry' in their name for reasons unrelated to The Beatles. Here's how the world reacted to "Incense & Peppermints" and "Strawberry Fields Forever."
The Monkees recorded a song that wasn't written for them. They had to change the lyrics. Here's how the public reacted to the song in the 1960s and long afterward.
Someone who was important to Paul McCartney couldn't be at his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Here's how he felt about her absence — and what Stella McCartney did at the ceremony.
Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is connected to 'The African Queen,' starring Humphrey Bogart. Here's how Bogart's son and critics compare the films.
John Lennon hated how The Beatles' 'Let It Be' sounded at one point. He said this musician did a terrible job on it. Later, Phil Spector changed the album.
A horror movie starring a major actor is lost forever, but the director of 'The Babadook' said it influenced her. Here is how the world reacted to her film.
John Lennon liked this album. Two versions of the same interview quote him saying different things about it. Here is how the British public reacted to it.
Elvis Presley appeared with Ann-Margret in one of his movies. Priscilla Presley wrote about this. Afterward, Ann-Margret had something to say about Priscilla.
John Lennon said he didn't play guitar the way the critics preferred. He felt he didn't play as well as Paul McCartney and George Harrison on one of The Beatles' songs.
Linda Ronstadt and Glenn Frey of The Eagles were thinking about how much their lives changed when this classic song came on the radio. She decided to cover the track.