Ethan Anderton
Expertise
Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, Saturday Night Live
- Ethan has covered major entertainment events such as Sundance Film Festival, San Diego Comic-Con, and Star Wars Celebration.
- You can find quotes from Ethan's reviews in movie trailers and TV commercials and on movie posters and Blu-ray/DVD covers.
- Reporting from the sets of major films like "Real Steel," "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," "Captain America: Civil War," "Thor: Ragnarok," and more, Ethan has provided exclusive coverage for some of the biggest blockbusters in the world.
Experience
Ethan Anderton (aka Bradford Oman) has been an entertainment reporter for nearly 15 years. An obsession with movies, TV, pop culture and toys prepared him for this job his entire life, and it has allowed him to provide insightful and informative commentary on everything from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Saturday Night Live. Starting out as a freelance writer at FirstShowing.net led to a leadership role as the managing editor for several years. During his tenure writing about cinema, from massive blockbusters to little indies, Ethan also dabbled in TV coverage at ScreenRant, Collider, and GeekNation. In 2015, Ethan came aboard /Film and eventually became one of the Senior Editors after the site joined the Static Media family. You can hear Ethan appearing regularly on The /Film Daily Podcast, as well as hosting his own podcasts Go Flix Yourself and The Ten To One Podcast.
Education
Ethan earned a bachelor's degree in film and video studies at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and he also completed a teaching program for high school English education.
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Stories By Ethan Anderton
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Kurt Russell, ever the estranged father of Peter Quill, kept flubbing a line in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, calling his son Star Wars instead of Star-Lord.
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A new wave of Deadpool & Wolverine Funko POPs have been revealed, showing off some of the strange multiverse characters we'll meet in the movie.
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LEGO's Lord of the Rings building brick playset of Sauron's Barad-Dûr tower is a humongous, stylish, and sleek build with some very cool features.
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Dexter's Laboratory finally has a complete series DVD set with (almost) every episode and the hour-long special Ego Trip. But it does have some shortcomings.
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Martin Short has returned as Jiminy Glick for a hilarious interview with Barry star Bill Hader, and it proves TikTok has a lot to learn about Hollywood satire.
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Hot Fuzz has never been given the Funko POP treatment before, but that changes with the new Nicholas Angel figure, who is locked and loaded for action.
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There were once rumblings of 23 Jump Street becoming a crossover with Men in Black, and Channing Tatum recently said it has "the best script."
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Jimmy Buffett made quite the hilarious cameo in Jurassic World, and that memorable moment has turned into an official action figure from Mattel.
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The Ghostbusters franchise has earned over $1 billion across 40 years. But how do they stack up against each other? Here are all the Ghostbusters movies ranked.
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The Office's season 5 episode 'Stress Relief' required a $12,000 fake cat for the show's hilariously chaotic cold open, thanks to Dwight's misguided fire drill.
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Deadpool and Wolverine will get its own pizza flavors from DiGiorno this summer, with varieties inspired by Wade Wilson and his grumpy pal Wolverine.
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Inside Out 2 finds our girl Riley dealing with puberty and complex new emotions. How did two dudes, director Kelsey Mann and producer Mark Nielsen, pull it off?
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Inside Out 2 nearly introduced nine new emotions for Riley to deal with, but they eventually cut it down to four, so Jealousy and Shame didn't make the cut.
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Like every Pixar movie, Inside Out 2 has plenty of Easter eggs, and director Kelsey Mann made sure a certain Sesame Street icon received a little tribute.
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In Inside Out 2, there's a certain mystery that's introduced but isn't resolved at the end of the movie. Thankfully, the post-credits scene explains everything.
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Pixar put the voice of our own Ethan Anderton into a scene from their animated sequel Inside Out 2, and it was a childhood dream come true.
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Now that Star Wars: The Acolyte has arrived, Hasbro is revealing some new action figures inspired by the show, including Osha Aniseya and her cool droid Pip.
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The Simpsons animated short The Force Awakens from Its Nap, available on Disney+, has a ton of Star Wars references, but they cut one nod to The Mandalorian.
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Josh Gad seems to be teasing the possibility of a Spaceballs sequel finally coming together, nearly 40 years after Mel Brooks' original Star Wars parody.
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Star Wars: The Acolyte makes it easy for anyone to jump into a galaxy far, far away by requiring only the most basic of franchise knowledge, and that's great.
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George Lucas knew he wanted fast-paced lightsaber battles in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, but the new fighting style needed to be approved by his son.
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Giancarlo Esposito is playing yet another villain, as The Mandalorian star has joined the cast of Marvel's Captain America: Brave New World during reshoots.
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The upcoming Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover movie in the works at Paramount Pictures has cast Marvel star Chris Hemsworth in an unknown role.
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Marvel's Deadpool & Wolverine has debuted its official popcorn bucket, and it's not nearly as subtle as the sexy Dune: Part Two popcorn bucket. Open up!
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Furiosa tells the story of the fierce warrior who made waves in Mad Max: Fury Road, and it also utilizes an unused idea to add even more vehicular mayhem.
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Despicable Me 4 arrives this summer, and because it's such a serious franchise, we wanted to give the movie's new Minions popcorn bucket a serious review.
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Marvel teamed up with Industrial Light & Magic's ILM Immersive group to deliver a virtual reality game that puts fans in the animated What If...? multiverse.