Jeff Ewing
School
University Of Oregon, Eastern Washington University
Expertise
Film History, Horror And Monster Movies, DC Comics
- Jeff is a Rotten Tomatoes-certified film critic and a member of the Critics Choice Association.
- He's an experienced after-show host and interviewer, having interviewed Oscar-winners like Bong Joon-ho and Aaron Sorkin, talented genre filmmakers like Takashi Miike, Barbara Crampton, and David Bruckner, and award-winning comic creators like Brian Michael Bendis.
- Jeff is the founder/host/producer of the monster podcast Humanoids from the Deep Dive that covers films, TV, and folklore, and has had a number of talented filmmakers on as guests.
Experience
Jeff has been a writer on pop culture topics for around 14 years, starting with contributions in various Pop Culture and Philosophy books (Terminator, Jurassic Park, Frankenstein, etc.) before co-editing Alien and Philosophy and Stranger Things and Philosophy. He currently writes for Looper and /Film, with prior writings in Forbes, Shudder's THE BITE, and in university press texts and textbooks. Jeff is also a story expert and screenwriter with a background in script coverage for festivals like the Austin Film Festival.
Education
Jeff has a Master's in Sociology from the University of Oregon, with a focus on theory; he has a Bachelor's in Philosophy from Eastern Washington University.
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Stories By Jeff Ewing
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The Kingsman series is full of badasses, but The King's Man introduces two new ones played by Djimon Hounsou and Rhys Ifans. We got to speak with them.
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Aaron Sorkin tells us what he was looking for when casting Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, what he hopes audiences take away from his new movie, and more.
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Robert Pattinson is ready to do sequels for The Batman, and even has a game plan for how his character's mindset will change.
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Before the release of The King's Man, the new entry in the Kingsman franchise, we spoke with director Matthew Vaughn about the prequel starring Ralph Fiennes.
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Andrew Garfield was the best part of the bad movies that were the Amazing Spider-Man films. Here's how No Way Home gives him the shine he deserves.
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We sat down for a (very) brief chat with writer/director Mattson Tomlin and star Chloë Grace Moretz about their new sci-fi film, Mother/Android.
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/Film chatted with Kevin Can F**k Himself creator Valerie Armstrong about where she got the idea for the dark comedy, and what Kevin James thinks of it all.
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We spoke with Kim Jee-woon and Lee Sun-Kyun about their chilling new science fiction series.
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The future of the Spider-Verse is here with Spider-Man 2099. But who exactly is this mysterious Spider-figure?
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Zeros and Ones director Abel Ferrara and star Ethan Hawke spoke to /Film about the strange experience of making a film during a pandemic.
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Kevin Can F*** Himself star Mary Hollis Inboden talks about the genre-bending dark comedy and Patty's journey so far.
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Jason Reitman spoke about the process (and dream) that helped him come around to taking up the mantle of his father's most successful movie.
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Mondo's releasing a new book chronicling Alamo Drafthouse's American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) and all of its cult-classic content.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home star Tom Holland claims he hasn't given much thought to Venom joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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From the mind that brought you Airplane!, Naked Gun, and Scary Movies 3 through 5 comes a new spoof on an old genre with Star of Malta.
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Here are /Film news desk writer Jeff Ewing's top 15 films of all time, which include movies by Bong Joon-ho, Guillermo del Toro, Alfred Hitchcock and more.
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Eternals has just blown the doors wide open to the cosmos and to the dark realms of magic. Here are the characters who could appear in the MCU after Eternals.
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Just because you're immortal, you're not free of science fiction diseases with weird names that destroy your brain.
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Last Night in Soho ends with several twists — a few of which may need some unpacking. Let's dive into them.
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If you've seen Edgar Wright's new movie, join us for a trip deep into spoiler territory to talk about what works and what doesn't.
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Star Trek: Prodigy is a strong entry point for younger audiences who are new to Trek, but might hold less interest for established fans.
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We spoke to the directors of Ron's Gone Wrong about what what it's like to make a movie about connection while social distancing.
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What does a cute, adorable little robot have in common with Borat? A lot, actually.
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We spoke with writer/director Sarah Smith and writer Peter Baynham about crafting the latest Walt Disney Animation movie, Ron's Gone Wrong.
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Survey says this is the worst David S. Goyer script. And well, maybe they're not completely wrong about that.
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We're talking Halloween Kills spoilers around these here parts, so you kids better get home. It's not safe to be outside tonight.
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The Movies That Made Us season 3 goes full-tilt spooky. We sat down with its creator to go behind the scenes of the behind-the-scenes docuseries.