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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The 28 Years Later trailer features a Rage-infected zombie that many theorized is Cillian Murphy's character from 28 Days Later. Here's the truth.
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Most actors only play a single horror icon, but one especially prolific performer has played slasher staples Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and Leatherface.
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An especially nasty Rage zombie that shows up in the 28 Years Later trailer has set the internet ablaze with theories about who they really are.
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Before Francis Ford Coppola entered the picture, Paramount had its eye on a Western legend to adapt The Godfather for the big screen.
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Ron Perlman, who played the Reman Viceroy in Star Trek: Nemesis, was not exactly thrilled with the way the film turned out.
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The rage virus has transformed humanity in the trailer for 28 Years Later, director Danny Boyle's long-awaited sequel to his 2002 horror hit.
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Want to own a Nosferatu-style sarcophagus bed? If it's a little too expensive for you, perhaps consider a Nosferatu-themed popcorn bucket instead.
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Megan Fox is currently ruling the top charts on Netflix thanks to a sci-fi thriller that's definitely not in keeping with the holiday season spirit.
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The late, great Tony Scott may not have been a critical darling, but he left us 16 super stylish, highly memorable movies, and we ranked them all right here.
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Here's how Arthur Penn's 1967 countercultural classic Bonnie and Clyde stacks up against the real events that inspired the film.
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Shockingly, one of all the all-time acting greats in Hollywood was nominated many times for a competitive Oscar without actually winning one.
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When Jack Nicholson and John Belushi worked together on Nicholson's 1978 western Goin' South, the two didn't exactly get along.
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Squid Game season 2 is a couple episodes shorter than season 1. However, according to creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, there's a good reason for that.
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Fans of Casper Kelly's twisted horror movie Adult Swim Yule Log, have we got exciting news to help make yours the merriest of Christmases.
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Seinfeld co-creator Larry David explains why he wanted Jason Alexander's George Costanza to get a job working for the New York Yankees.
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There are plenty of classic Christmas movies, but which one is merrier than all the rest? Here's what Rotten Tomatoes has to say on the matter.
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Bruce Willis had a hot streak at the box office that ended in 2001, but had he not turned down this George Clooney hit, he could have kept the streak alive.
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Everyone knows who Lindsay Lohan is, but about her costar in Netflix's Our Little Secret, Ian Harding? Here's where you may've seen the actor before.
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The new Netflix series The Madness, starring Colman Domingo as a media pundit embroiled in a murder mystery, is a big streaming hit.
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Denzel Washington's performance in Spike Lee's Malcolm X is an all-timer, but he actually played the historical figure on the stage first.
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When Whoopi Goldberg decided one of her future flops wasn't up to snuff, she actually sued to try and prevent the film from being released.
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Randy Quaid is an Emmy and Oscar nominated actor who hasn't been seen much around Hollywood these days. Here's why he's no longer in the spotlight.
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The legendary actor Burt Lancaster has an impressive nine movies with a "perfect" score on Rotten Tomatoes. Here's what they are.
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Four movies starring Jack Nicholson are in IMDb's top 250 list. Are they the best movies of the actor's career? Decide for yourself.
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Paul Dano and John Cusack both play Brian Wilson in the movie Love & Mercy, but the two actors were kept separate during filming.
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One Western filmmaker has the most Oscar wins for directing in history, and it seems unlikely anyone will ever match him.
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Henry Cavill wanted to match Tom Cruise's stunt skills on Mission: Impossible – Fallout, but the man behind Ethan Hunt put a stop to it.