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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Arguably, Star Trek has never been in better shape, but Section 31's Rotten Tomatoes score set an embarrassing new low for the franchise.
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Stephen King fans know how important his wife, Tabitha King, is in the author's life. So, naturally, he took it to heart when she said one of his books sucked.
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Seinfeld threw a curveball when it came time for Regis Philbin to appear on the cherished sitcom, and the famed TV personality wasn't happy about it.
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Walton Goggins is one of the best actors currently doing it. He's also technically already won an Oscar for a little-seen short film.
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First edition Stephen King books are a rarity, but if you've got one lying around your home library, you could sell it for a good chunk of change.
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Although James Arness and Milburn Stone ultimately spent decades working on Gunsmoke together, they nearly came to blows early on in the show's run.
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Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan directed Angelina Jolie in the thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead - but he only agreed to the movie on one condition.
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Lance Barber is reprising his Young Sheldon role as George Cooper Sr. on Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, but don't expect him to pop up as a ghost.
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While the original four Golden Girls are no longer with us, here's what some of the still-living familiar faces of the series are up to today.
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Audiences can rebel against a spin-off if it doesn't align with the same details as its predecessor, but Young Sheldon used the Frasier approach as a template.
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Sinners was already one of our most anticipated releases of 2025, but knowing Ryan Coogler was inspired by The Twilight Zone has us even more excited.
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Netflix war film The Six Triple Eight tells the true story of the all-Black, all-women 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.
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Harvey Keitel was replaced by Sydney Pollack partway through filming on Eyes Wide Shut. However, the truth about his departure didn't emerge until years later.
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This notorious video game movie flop aimed high with its casting, even reaching out to the stars of the Batman and Terminator franchises.
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David Puddy (Patrick Warburton) seemed like a perfect recurring player for Seinfeld after his first appearance, only to vanish until the final season.
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No one writes a scene for Paul Rudd and thinks it will end up on the cutting room floor, but that's exactly what happened with Bridesmaids.
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If horror films typically scare you so much that you don't like watching them, try Steven Soderbergh's Presence. It's more of a family drama than a frightfest.
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It was never a question whether or not Amy Poehler would join the cast of Saturday Night Live, but she still had to audition like everyone else.
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Most of Stephen King's books are currently banned in Florida's public schools. Here's why the beloved horror writer has been deemed 'dangerous.'
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One of the key actors in Mean Girls was able to immediately quit their retail job after discovering they booked the part in the Lindsay Lohan comedy.
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The way Sylvester Stallone sees it, one of his previous flops is essentially a prequel to Taylor Sheridan's Tulsa King (and Sly's role therein).
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The one 2025 Best Supporting Actor Oscar candidate just about everyone predicted would be nominated wound up being overlooked instead. How come?
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Being the outspoken sort, John Wayne couldn't help but comment on what he considered perhaps the worst Western he'd ever starred in.
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Kevin Costner's breakthrough performance in The Untouchables made him a movie star, but he wishes he'd had more experience before tackling the role.
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One of the stars of the Mission: Impossible TV series passed on playing Spock in Star Trek, noting newscasters are 'more emotional' than the Vulcan.
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Here's why unexpected action superstar Bruce Willis became frustrated with action cinema after the genre-redefining success of 1988's Die Hard.
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Warren Beatty was originally eyed to play Paul Sheldon in Stephen King's Misery, the role that eventually went to James Caan. Here's what went wrong.