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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Television
By Jeremy Smith
Not only is Darth Maul getting his own animated series, but it may also feature a character from George Lucas' canceled plans for the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
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The latest trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps showed a glimpse of Pedro Pascal's Reed Richards using his stretching superpowers on screen.
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If you're looking to watch a great Western but don't want to spend any money, a Steve McQueen-starring classic is currently streaming for free.
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Hardcore horror fans have been proselytizing Lucky McKee's May for years, but one of the best movies of the 2000s is finally getting a Blu-ray release.
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One of Dustin Hoffman's best films, along with a largely forgotten Agatha Christie movie, contributed to a massive lawsuit that remains shrouded in mystery.
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Large numbers of Max subscribers are giving this little-seen historical action-horror film starring Sean Bean and Eddie Redmayne a look right now.
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Borderlands director Eli Roth has spoken out about the making of his critically-reviled box office flop and what went wrong behind the scenes.
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Television
By Jeremy Smith
While NCIS never explicitly stated why Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) never locked his front door, there was a reason, and it's pretty heartbreaking.
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Television
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Jason Alexander actually pitched two ideas for Seinfeld spinoffs centered on the show's supporting characters. It's probably for the best neither one happened.
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Ed Harris is one of the most prolific performers working today, but he directed a Western film that is oft-forgotten despite being pretty great.
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Television
By Jeremy Smith
Happy Days boasted a number of spin-offs, but one almost jumped the shark by turning into a time travel series. Thankfully, that never happened.
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If The Pitt has you craving more Noah Wyle action (outside of ER), you should check out the series of fantasy-adventure TV movies he made.
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Television
By Jeremy Smith
Here's who's who on the hit Netflix series The Night Agent, and where else you've likely seen these cast members before.
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Television
By Jeremy Smith
Henry Winkler took inspiration for Fonzie from a greaser movie he'd starred in, but he based his performance on Sylvester Stallone's character.
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Television
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Henry Winkler was one of the most popular actors on the planet while starring in Happy Days. However, a personal issue made it hard for him to work on the show.
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This 1990s made-for-TV Stephen King movie mostly does justice to its source material. It also, inexplicably, gave rise to a direct-to-video franchise.
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Television
By Jeremy Smith
The Pitt star Isa Briones said Noah Wyle established a rule on the set of The Pitt that helped all of the actors stay in the moment between filming.
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A high-profile streamer cameo was cut from A Minecraft Movie, and fans are speculating it's due to her outspoken critique of Jason Momoa's on-set behavior.
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Jenna Ortega is setting the record straight about what led to her departing Scream VII after co-starring in the horror franchise's fifth and sixth films.
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Television
By Jeremy Smith
One of Kaitlyn Dever's first major roles was as Eve Baxter on Last Man Standing, but career success led to her leaving the show.
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Television
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FBI: International, the third FBI spinoff, was in great shape ratings-wise when Luke Kleintank exited the CBS show. Here's why he left when he did.
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Western film icon John Wayne was an incredibly prolific actor, but he only tried his hand at directing twice and wound up telling war stories both times.
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The Grid and its digital residents are back, with a twist, in the trailer for Tron: Ares, the latest installment in Disney's sci-fi franchise.
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Jake Gyllenhaal will get ripped and rowdy again in Road House 2. Here's everything we know so far about the upcoming barroom brawl sequel.
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Val Kilmer spent most of his career playing serious roles he could vanish into. It's no wonder people forget how spectacular he was at comedy in the '80s.
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Television
By Jeremy Smith
Most actors on popular shows from yesteryear are set for life thanks to residuals, but that wasn't the case for Tina Louise's low salary on Gilligan's Island.
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Television
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Ron Howard has a reputation for being one of the nicest guys in Hollywood, so Apple TV+'s The Studio let the Oscar-winner make a heel turn.
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