School
Denison University
Expertise
Film History, Marvel Comics, Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Devin makes a habit of tracking every movie he watches for the first time each year and bringing the count up the following year.
- While writing for /Film, Devin interviewed Dan Perri, title sequence designer for "Star Wars," "Taxi Driver," and a dozen other classic films.
- Devin's essay on Charles Laughton's "The Night of the Hunter" was published in print by Film Matters Magazine, "The Magazine For the Future Film Scholars."
Experience
Devin's writing ranges from entertainment criticism to news reporting. To pursue his passion, he first wrote movie reviews recreationally at Letterboxd and for his university's student paper, "The Denisonian." He has since taken up freelancing and has written for IGN, Comic Book Resources, Film Matters Magazine, and of course /Film.
Education
Devin holds a Bachelor of Arts in cinema and English. He graduated cum laude from Denison University, located in Granville, Ohio.
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Next Generation fans will definitely appreciate the way Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's debate storyline in episode 4 nods to one of its all-timer episodes.
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Superhero Movies
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The Absolute line has turned the DC Universe upside down, and now Absolute Wonder Woman has brought in its own version of the Suicide Squad.
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's showrunners tell us all about the new status quo for Klingons in the series and the storytelling opportunities it presents.
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Absolute Batman presents a very different take on Bruce Wayne, and the latest edition of the comic finally addresses fans' biggest criticism.
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Superhero Shows
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X-Men '97's bigger animation budget created an opportunity to fix a big Rogue moment that had been clumsily executed in the original series.
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Superhero Movies
By Devin Meenan
Absolute Batman shook up comic book canon to make Batman and Killer Croc friends, but it wasn't the first DC story with a good-guy Killer Croc.
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Animation Movies
By Devin Meenan
Animated animal adventure Zootopia 2 conquered the box office and is now coming home. Here's when you can watch it on streaming and physical media.
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Cartoon Shows
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Batman: The Animated Series paid tribute to Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns in an episode where Gotham kids imagine what Batman is really like.
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Superhero Shows
By Devin Meenan
When Batman: The Animated Series' creators introduced Bane only under duress. They thought the character's comic book story was 'pretty stupid.'
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Superhero Movies
By Devin Meenan
Sam Raimi famously directed two different superhero films for Marvel, but before Spider-Man, he was trying to adapt two different, darker superheroes.
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Superhero Movies
By Devin Meenan
DC Comics' Absolute Batman is fully embracing horror, as Batman's psychology is even more frayed than usual and Bane wreaks havoc on some familiar faces.
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Drama Movies
By Devin Meenan
Leonardo DiCaprio nearly worked with his One Battle After Another director Paul Thomas Anderson decades earlier on Boogie Nights. Here's why it didn't happen.
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Superhero Movies
By Devin Meenan
Absolute Batman's next major villain and their design will be all too familiar to those who've seen Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight film trilogy.
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The mascots for Starfleet Academy's schools are Star Trek aliens that have been a part of the franchise for a long time (though you may not remember them).
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Cartoon Shows
By Devin Meenan
In the 1990s, religion was not a common theme in superhero cartoons. But X-Men: The Animated Series used Nightcrawler to address the topic in a thoughtful way.
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Captain Kirk and his crew once crossed paths with the Transformers, who transformed the Enterprise itself into an Autobot.
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Drama Shows
By Devin Meenan
With Task renewed for a second season on HBO, this is the perfect opportunity for the show to have a crossover with a limited series set in the same universe.
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Karim Diané, who plays the Klingon cadet Jay-Den Kraag on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, is an up and comer with experience as both an actor and a singer.
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Drama Movies
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Netflix crime thriller The Rip stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, but in a touching tribute, the first name seen in the movie is Jake William Casiano.
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Superhero Movies
By Devin Meenan
Celebrated film critic Roger Ebert saw plenty of disturbing movies over his career, but he called 2010's Kick-Ass 'morally reprehensible.'
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There are plenty of legends in Star Trek history, but Starfleet Academy pays tribute to a Next Generation character with a very humble job title.
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How can Starfleet Academy explore the final frontier like other Star Trek shows when the titular school is based on Earth? Luckily, the series has a workaround.
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Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter) on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has a fun Strange New Worlds connection, and it explains why she's hired as the academy's chancellor.
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Horror Movies
By Devin Meenan
2025's best movie villains were compelling, scary, and reflected the baddies we're dealing with in the real world right now. Here are the top five, ranked.
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Exclusives
By Devin Meenan
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy reveals that in addition to Starfleet Academy, there's also a separate 'War College.' Here's why.
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Television gave us lots of great villains in 2025, and the best ones spoke to the tumultuous times we live in. Here are the top five, ranked.
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Tribbles are trouble in the Star Trek universe because they're so hard to remove, much like these real-life animals that've infested Australia over time.
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