Jeremy Smith
Location
Salt Lake City, UT
Expertise
New Hollywood Cinema, Westerns, Soundtracks
- In 2005, Jeremy created the website Collider with Steve Weintraub and "American Pie" producer Warren Zide.
- His first book, "George Clooney: Anatomy of an Actor", was published by Phaidon Press and is available wherever fine books are sold. His second book, "When It Was Cool", a memoir about his experiences as a pioneering online journalist, is due later this year.
- He was the co-host of the popular "Twin Peaks" podcast "Fire Talk with Me" with Allie Goertz.
Experience
Jeremy Smith is an entertainment writer with over two decades of experience that stretches back to the infancy of online journalism. He found his love for film criticism on Usenet forums in the mid-1990s, and quarreled his way into a staff position at Ain't It Cool News under the nom de plume "Mr. Beaks." Jeremy has previously written for film and pop culture websites like Collider, Yardbarker, and Ain't It Cool News and legacy media publications like Variety, New York, and Cahiers du Cinéma. Additional credits include Vice, Fangoria, Thrillist, Polygon, Backstory Magazine, Birth.Movies.Death, CHUD, Creative Screenwriting, Endcrawl and DVD Journal.
Education
Jeremy earned a BFA in theatre arts and drama from Ohio University. His scholastic achievements earned him an internship at the legendary Circle Repertory Theatre, where he continued his theatrical education under the supervision of Austin Pendleton and Milan Stitt.
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Stories By Jeremy Smith
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Thanks to some off the cuff comments Claire Danes made after filming in a foreign country, there has been a blanket ban on all of her films and TV shows there.
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Kevin Costner has played many cowboys in his career, but there's one Western role he once referred to as "perfect" for him.
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Jim Carrey was once attached to one of the hottest scripts in Hollywood, but Mel Gibson took over the role and it was a massive flop.
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While the rebooted Hawaii Five-O pulled in strong ratings throughout its 10-season run, there were multiple reasons CBS chose to cancel it in 2020.
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Matt Damon and Brad Pitt reunited with some of their showbiz buddies to make this 2002 movie a full-blown Ocean's Eleven reunion.
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The highest-rated live-action video game movie on Metacritic flew under the radar when it came out in 2021, but it's absolutely worth a watch.
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You may have noticed that the Harkonnens in Dune: Prophecy look very different from the way that family appears in Denis Villeneuve's Dune movies. Here's why.
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Actors are hired for weird jobs all the time, but now we demand a private investigation series starring two beloved character actors based on their experience.
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According to a producer of 28 Years Later, Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy will not appear in the movie after all. But is this a bit of smoke and mirrors?
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Everyone's got their sensitive areas, and even Jerry Seinfeld took issue with one of the more darkly comedic episodes of Seinfeld.
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One of Chris Hemsworth's previous box office flops is suddenly topping the charts on Netflix, but will that be enough to repair its reputation?
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Ryan Gosling's 2024 follow-up to Barbie may have flopped at the box office, but it's currently flying high on Amazon Prime Video.
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Kurt Russell has been acting for over six decades, but they can't all be classics. Luckily, his lowest-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes is one most haven't seen.
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Stephen King's never made his dislike of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining a secret, but there's a very different Jack Nicholson movie he really despised.
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Legendary film critic Roger Ebert was never afraid to go against the crowd, like that time he trashed an Oscar-winning '90s crime thriller.
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Christopher Nolan is an admitted James Bond enthusiast, although his favorite Bond actor and Bond movie might not be what you'd expect.
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If you've ever wondered what constitutes 'Oscar season' and when film award pundits start paying attention, we're here to explain how it all works.
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The IMDb ratings for Yellowstone are pretty good overall. However, there's one episode where creator Taylor Sheridan pushed his luck a little too far.
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Jason Moma won't just be playing Lobo in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, he'll also be helping revive a scrapped Supergirl/Lobo comic plotline.
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Before she became a bonafide TV sitcom star, Leah Remini played a noteworthy multi-episode role on Saved By the Bell season 3.
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Making sense of how a movie gets nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars may seem confusing at first, but with ranked choice voting, there is an answer.
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Certain Stephen King stories have been adapted more than once, including one that was turned into a mostly forgotten TV movie by a beloved Star Trek writer.
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Producers don't always listen to directors, but if Tom Cruise says Martin Scorsese needs more money to pull off a shot for his crime thriller, they do.
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Brian De Palma's Casualties of War is one of the biggest flops of his career, but this Vietnam War film deserves a reappraisal.
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While Christmas episodes are a staple of long-running TV franchises like Star Trek, the sci-fi property has its own way of embodying the holiday's ideals.
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Gilligan's Island managed to soften its typical zaniness with a touch of heart in the show's first (and only) Christmas episode.
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Sure, you could watch Christopher Nolan's movies in chronological order but if you ask us, there's a better way to experience his filmography.