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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Rotten Tomatoes' ranking of the best movies ever is topped by a 1997 crime flick, but how meaningful is the site's list anyway? Let's take a look.
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Spike Lee was visibly (and quite justly) irritated when a certain movie won the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards one year.
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Denzel Washington made sure he didn't go home empty-handed after his first Oscar nomination, planting the seed for one of the internet's most delightful memes.
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Nicolas Cage would love to join the Star Trek universe, and he already knows exactly where he'd want to be if the sci-fi series finally decided to beam him up.
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There have been plenty of stories of actors who can't stand each other being forced to work together. Did that apply to the cast of Bones? Here's what we know.
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Let's look back at two great Maggie Smith performances in two excellent films that don't get that much attention these days.
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Denzel Washington made his big screen debut in this unfunny 1981 comedy that also happens to be the worst movie of his career.
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Here's what actor Jim Parsons thinks about the idea of Michael Keaton starring as an older Sheldon Cooper in a Big Bang Theory spin-off show.
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A shocking scene in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story has Netflix viewers wondering if Lyle Menéndez really wore a hairpiece in his 20s.
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Russell Johnson was a prolific performer before starring on Gilligan’s Island and well after the end of the three-hour tour. Here's what he's been up to.
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Steven Spielberg's personal favorite movie of all time is a 1960s classic that is best experienced on the biggest screen available.
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The Big Bang Theory took a page from the sitcom handbook when it came to Mrs. Wolowitz, Howard's mother.
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The latest Big Bang Theory spin-off series, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, won't shy away from a recent character death.
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Some actors from the 1963 John Wayne movie McLintock!, loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, are still with us. Here they are.
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Denzel Washington was the rare celebrity to remain on David Letterman's couch during another guest's interview. Here's why he hung around for more.
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Though we've lost Farrah Fawcett and Tanya Roberts, there are still a few major actors still alive from the original Charlie's Angels TV series.
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Both Lecy Goranson and Sarah Chalke played the Connors' eldest daughter Becky on Roseanne. Here's what led to multiple versions of the same character.
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Joker 2, aka Joker: Folie à Deux, will answer one of the biggest questions some viewers had about the events of the first movie.
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Jim Parsons eventually reprised his Big Bang Theory role as Sheldon for the prequel series Young Sheldon, but with a noticeably different getup.
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Like the other stars of Gilligan's Island, Alan Hale Jr. was typecast after the show ended. Here's why being known as the Skipper never bothered him.
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Netflix users rediscovered a Johnny Depp crime drama from the mid-2010s and catapulted it into the streamer's top charts after just a few days.
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There's a great new Netflix action movie that's climbing the streaming charts, and Stephen King wants you to watch it.
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The wild and crazy Hunter Schafer horror movie Cuckoo is coming to digital, Blu-ray, and DVD very soon. Find out more here.
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One of Quentin Tarantino's writing choices on Tony Scott's Crimson Tide set off an extended feud between him and star Denzel Washington.
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In the 1990s, Pierce Brosnan was the platonic ideal of a James Bond actor. Here's our recommendation for the correct order to watch all four of his Bond movies.
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Before he made Gilligan's Island, there was a moment when Bob Denver's acting career looked like it might be over just as it was starting.
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Happy Gilmore 2's returning cast members include Julie Bowen, who has dropped a wholesome spoiler about Happy and Virginia's relationship.