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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John Wick's fight scenes use a combination of gunplay and hand-to-hand combat dubbed 'gun-fu,' which was first pitched for a Jason Statham movie.
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Drama Shows
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Robert Francis Prevost may be the first American pope in the real world, but this gleefully soapy HBO series featured a fictional one years earlier.
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Superhero Movies
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No one is ever truly dead in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but after Thunderbolts*, it's starting to look like Black Widow is gone for good.
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Superhero Movies
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True Marvel Cinematic Universe completionists will need to book a cruise to learn the truth of what happened to Ultron after his face-off with Vision.
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Margaret Qualley has reunited with her Drive-Away Dolls director Ethan Coen for a new crime caper called Honey Don't! Check out the trailer here.
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Drama Shows
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With the future of the Yellowstone franchise somewhat cloudy right now, Harrison Ford has discussed his potential return as 1923 protagonist Jacob Dutton.
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Comedy Shows
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Richie Cunningham was a core part of the Happy Days ensemble, but Ron Howard's growing frustrations behind the scenes led to his departure.
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Superhero Movies
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The original Avengers: Age of Ultron script draft featured what might've gone down as one of the great Marvel Cinematic Universe scenes ever.
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Twister director Jan de Bont had a decidedly horrifying encounter with a lion while serving as a cinematographer on the 1981 film Roar.
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Comedy Movies
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Fans of Agatha Christie and star-studded whodunnits in general should check out this very funny (and somewhat problematic) comedy.
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Superhero Shows
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Jeremy Renner revealed why Disney and Marvel have not made Hawkeye season 2 yet, and the reason seems pretty ridiculous.
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Drama Movies
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One of Tom Cruise's best films is an absolute pleasure to watch, so it's no surprise to see folks are streaming it in large numbers on Tubi.
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Luca Guadagnino's Sgt. Rock isn't the first time a Sgt. Rock movie has fallen apart. Here's the story of the Schwarzenegger version that almost happened.
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History Shows
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Shogun season 2 is officially happening after season 1 became the TV event of 2024. Here's everything we know so far about the show's next batch of episodes.
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Thriller Movies
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As folks continue to get their Catholic on in the wake of Pope Francis' death, this Tom Hanks-led Vatican thriller has found its way onto Hulu's top charts.
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Thriller Movies
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This June, streamer Netflix will be changing things up and adding a bunch of classics helmed by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock.
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Comedy Movies
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Kevin Smith probably got off easy when he made the mistake of trying to give Alan Rickman a line reading during production on Dogma.
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Horror Movies
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The Weapons trailer pulls the curtain back just a smidge more on Zach Cregger's horror movie follow-up to his fiendishly twisty hit Barbarian.
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Dwayne Johnson and filmmaker Benny Safdie join forces in the trailer for The Smashing Machine, a biopic about the real-life MMA legend Mark Kerr.
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Comedy Shows
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Is George Costanza (Jason Alexander) on Seinfeld really reflective of what Larry David is like in real life? Here's Jerry Seinfeld's take on the matter.
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Comedy Shows
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Gilligan's Island creator Sherwood Schwartz was able to brush off the show's initial negative reviews, but one of the cast members wasn't thrilled about them.
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Drama Shows
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Saying goodbye to a beloved character is always hard, but the original plan for Peter Krause's exit as Bobby on 9-1-1 was almost way more heartbreaking.
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Comedy Shows
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NBC executives eventually got Seinfeld co-creator Larry David to include a particular storyline, though it didn't play out the way they'd expected.
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Comedy Movies
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This Oscar-winning dramedy, which features Dennis Quaid in one of his earliest roles, is the highest-rated sports movie on Metacritic.
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Drama Shows
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Dr. Lisa Cuddy was one of the most popular characters on House M.D. but here's why actor Lisa Edelstein decided to call it quits.
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Comedy Shows
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Russell Johnson became a household name as The Professor on Gilligan's Island, even if he had the look of a country Western TV star.
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Charlize Theron starred in a 2005 sci-fi flop that was the victim of studio meddling and was based on an animated MTV series.
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