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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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.
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Die Hard with a Vengeance originally had a very different ending, but Bruce Willis always suspected it would eventually be reshot.
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If you've yet to see Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis (and most folks haven't, based on the box office), the film is now headed to the home market.
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A recent episode of Yellowstone paid tribute to someone named Billy Ray Klapper, but you might not have any idea who that is. Here are the details.
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Most of The Big Bang Theory's guest stars made sense, but why did Billy Bob Thornton show up one time? Luck for you, we have the answer.
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2 Broke Girls chugged along steadily for six seasons before being somewhat abruptly canceled by CBS. Here's what led to the sitcom's demise.
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Tina Louise was the perfect Ginger on Gilligan's Island, but had a very strange demand in order to perform a scene she felt was ridiculous.
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The new Captain America: Brave New World trailer is here, with Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson taking up the shield to save the day and Harrison Ford hulking out.
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Paul Greengrass' strategy for ratcheting up the tension in Captain Phillips included keeping Tom Hanks and the actors playing Somali pirates separate.
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A Gilligan's Island guest star would go on to play one of the all-time best James Bond movie villains after appearing on the sitcom.
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Nothing was truly sacred on Seinfeld, though there was one episode that went too far with its comedy for Jason Alexander's tastes.
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Young Sheldon's Lance Barber is open to reviving George Cooper Sr. for the Big Bang Theory spinoff Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage on one condition.
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John Wick director David Leitch has revealed another action legend was attached to star in the franchise before Keanu Reeves was cast.
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Kaley Cuoco's comedy-mystery series The Flight Attendant only lasted for two seasons. Here's why it didn't return for season 3.
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Kevin Costner wasn't exactly wowed by the Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves script. It was something else that convinced him to star in the movie.
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Patrick Warburton, who played David Puddy on the hit sitcom Seinfeld, recently revealed his father was disappointed with his role on the show.
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Stephen King would eventually make a return visit to Pennywise's backyard of Derry, Maine in a sci-fi drama that ranks among his best work.
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Kaley Cuoco's character Penny was put through the wringer after 12 seasons on The Big Bang Theory, but her least favorite episode put her in a hairy situation.
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The Austin Powers movies would've never taken off the way they did had it not been for the late Quincy Jones' musical contributions.
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Tom Hanks loves this 1960s science fiction classic. In fact, he says he knows it so well he could provide his own non-stop commentary for it.
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Seinfeld writer and co-creator Larry David once revealed that he thinks NBC mishandled the release of a now-classic episode.
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The Big Bang Theory made a joke at the expense of Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit and one Indian activist was so aghast he threatened legal action.
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No Gilligan's Island actor was as committed to their job as Alan Hale Jr., even when his pratfalls as the Skipper left him with severe injuries.
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Fox has rarely declined to air an episode of Family Guy, with one of the few exceptions being season 8's 'Partial Terms Of Endearment.'
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There was one occasion on which the Seinfeld cast and crew weren't on the same page, which resulted in an edgy episode actually getting scrapped.