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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Clint Eastwood has rarely acted for anyone other than himself since he started directing, but there's one filmmaker he would've made an exception for.
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Peter Billingsley was wildly in-demand as a child actor when he played Ralphie in A Christmas Story. Here's what he's gotten up to as an adult.
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Amazon Prime Video users are streaming the heck out of an absurd new fantasy movie starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Denise Richards.
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Have you ever noticed that certain objects never show up in the Star Wars movies? Here are the items that are forbidden in a galaxy far, far away.
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Quentin Tarantino passed on the chance to direct several big movies in the '90s, including a sci-fi film that became a massive box office hit.
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When he was still just getting started, Jack Nicholson was considering leaving acting behind. And then the arrival of one of his movies changed everything.
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Gene Hackman's last on-screen film role was in 2004's Welcome to Mooseport. He's narrated a couple of docs since then, but here's why he retired from Hollywood.
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Did an update about a second season of The Day of the Jackal season 2 just spoil what happens in season 1 of the Peacock show?
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Before he won his first Oscar for his performance in Glory, Denzel Washington's first big starring vehicle flew under the radar. Now, it's ripe for rediscovery.
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Florence Pugh discussed her favorite romantic couple while promoting We Live In Time, but her choice is a controversial one.
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1941 is often considered the worst movie directed by Steven Spielberg. Here's our take on why this critical flop is actually a comedy masterpiece.
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In the decades since Field of Dreams became a sleeper hit, we've lost some of its major actors. Here's what the surviving main cast is up to now.
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Colin Farrell isn't a fan of Michael Mann's cult favorite Miami Vice movie, but he has a pretty good excuse for feeling that way.
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Hogan's Heroes went off the air over 50 years ago, ut thanks to streaming has found a new audience who might be curious about the cast's other projects.
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Alfred Hitchcock's favorite movie of his wasn't Psycho, Rear Window, or Vertigo. Instead, he appreciated this 1943 thriller about a family member with a secret.
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Eddie Murphy, like most people, isn't a fan of Beverly Hills Cop III. Here's his two cents on why the sequel just doesn't work.
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The Shining is one of Stephen King's most successful novels, so writing the sequel Doctor Sleep three decades later was a major challenge.
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Never one to lack for chutzpah, Quentin Tarantino (jokingly?) has a plan to get one of the major Oscars renamed after him.
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When Sherwood Schwartz was creating his castaways on Gilligan's Island, his original ideas for the female characters were no Ginger and Mary Ann.
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Seinfeld was Steven Spielberg's comfort watch during the tough production of Schindler's List. The show responded to his fandom... inappropriately.
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A sequel to the blockbuster The Bodyguard never happened, but Kevin Costner once revealed a possible follow-up would've had a surprising star.
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What do Bones leads David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel have in common with series guest star Chad Lowe? More than you might think.
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Denzel Washington has found his way into the top 10 on Max thanks to one of his finest collaborations with an action filmmaking legend.
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Timothée Chalamet has come a long way in a short time, yet he wasn't exactly the center of attention in his favorite film he's starred in.
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Ryan Reynolds feels the Academy did Eddie Murphy a disservice by not awarding him Oscars for his roles in these comedies (and he's right to say it).
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Katy Perry might not be a likely source for movie opinions, but her favorite movie of 2024 is one of the best horror films of the year.
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In the new Peacock show The Day of the Jackal, Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne has taken over a role once played by Bruce Willis in a movie version of the story.