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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Gladiator II features a cameo by a British comedian who landed the perfect role in Ridley Scott's sequel, and he had to work really hard to get it.
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Gladiator 2 unfolds 15 years after the events of the first movie, but only two actors from the original Best Picture winner reprise their roles in the sequel.
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Marvel Legends' new Deadpool & Wolverine action figures are among the best Marvel Cinematic Universe collectibles that Hasbro has released so far.
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Jason Reitman's SNL movie, Saturday Night, will be available to watch at home digitally in November, with a Blu-ray and DVD release planned too.
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Bill Burr hosted SNL for a second time in season 50, but it feels like the 2024 election results might have wiped out the writers and the cast.
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Alamo Drafthouse has unveiled a cool collection of exclusive Wicked merchandise featuring the iconography of the Wizard of Oz-inspired musical. Check it out!
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Barbie is packed with references to the history of Mattel's iconic toy, but Margot Robbie asked director Greta Gerwig for one specific inclusion in the movie.
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The Big Bang Theory featured plenty of nerdy details, but DC Comics received more prominent references than Marvel, and there's a practical reason for that.
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John Mulaney returned to host SNL for the sixth time, and of course he had a musical sketch, but this episode overall might have been the best he's ever done.
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Robert Downey Jr. made a cameo on Family Guy before his Iron Man fame, and there's a very sweet reason that he ended up on the animated sitcom.
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Shane Gillis remains the only cast member in SNL history to be fired before ever making it on screen, much to Lorne Michaels' chagrin.
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As Saturday Night Live celebrates its 50th season, we've created a list of who we think the 10 best SNL hosts of all time are. Did you favorite make the cut?
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One particular character death in Venom: The Last Dance would change a significant piece of Knull's history in Marvel Comics. Let's break it down.
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Venom: The Last Dance introduces more new symbiotes than you might have anticipated, but it's hard to determine if they're familiar from Marvel Comics or not.
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Venom 3 has two credits scenes. However, the second post-credits scene is rather lackluster and confusing, and you just might need it to be explained.
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Joker 2 was a surprise disappointment at the box office, and now the sequel starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga is coming to digital.
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Marvel Legends is releasing a life-size prop replica of Green Goblin's helmet from Spider-Man: No Way Home (and Sam Raimi's Spidey movie), and we have a review.
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Andy Samberg debuted a Beetlejuice impression in Michael Keaton's SNL season 50 episode, but he first tried to get in on the show all the way back in 2006.
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Michael Keaton returned to host Saturday Night Live for the first time in nearly a decade. How did SNL usher him back? Time for a recap and review!
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Hasbro has unveiled a new crowdfunded collectible project for the Ghostbusters' iconic vehicle, the Ecto-1, and there's a version for Ghostbusters II fans too.
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LEGO has announced an X-Men X-Mansion playset that lets fans build a full modular building of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, complete with many mutants.
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Agatha All Along brought back a certain character from WandaVision in a flashback episode that helped Joe Locke's Teen find his way to Agatha Harkness.
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Ariana Grande hosted Saturday Night Live for her second time, and the season 50 episode was spectacularly musical. Plus, Grande was pretty great herself.
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Saturday Night director Jason Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan are definitely keen on doing some kind of SNL sequel, maybe even several across different eras.
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Ahead of the release of Saturday Night, we spoke with director Jason Reitman and co-writer/producer Gil Kenan about how the SNL movie came together.
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Even though Saturday Night takes place before the first episode of SNL airs, it has quite a few Easter eggs referring to the show's future history.
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Saturday Night features a key moment for showrunner Lorne Michaels amidst the chaos of pulling off the first episode of SNL, and it was a last minute addition.