Steven Ward
Location
Los Angeles, California
School
Azusa Pacific University
- Steven has extensive experience producing quality, high-volume writing in the form of news stories, critical reviews, and long-form articles/features.
- He has developed a skill and passion for writing about the arts — from music, films, television — which he does so with a lucid and critical hand.
- He also writes creatively, with published poems appearing in publications like The West Wind.
Experience
Steven has worked as a writer for print and online publications for seven years. He started working at Rio Hondo's El Paisano in 2013 as a staff writer before becoming Editor of the Arts and Entertainment section and eventually Editor-in-Chief. In 2015 he started writing at the Los Angeles music publication Grimy Goods, where he has spent the bulk of his career writing about the indie music scene in the form of feature stories and critical reviews. He joined Static Media in 2021 to continue growing his career as a writer, expanding his work beyond music to movies, television, and comics.
Education
Steven has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Azusa Pacific University.
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Stories By Steven Ward
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If you want to dive into The Clone Wars and are curious about where you can watch it, your search is over. Here's where you can stream and buy the series.
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Life is sometimes stranger than fiction, and there's no life stranger or more magnificent than that of Jacques Cousteau.
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The final moments at the end of Star Wars are some of the most spectacular minutes in movie history. But they almost were even more impactful.
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Shawn Levy's comedy with Ryan Reynolds in the lead role was one of the biggest movie releases of 2021. Now the question becomes: Will Free Guy get a follow-up?
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A long time ago, at an early screening far, far away...
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The Godfather has one of the most famous and chilling movie endings of all time. Let's dig into it.
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The Coen brothers have built an impressive filmography full of oddball comedies and acclaimed dramas. Alas, these are a few that we won't get to see.
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Let's go back ... to the future to learn about the unlikely beginnings of the beloved animated comedy show Rick and Morty.
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Jason Reitman was afraid of some ghosts (of his father Ivan Reitman's filmography, but overcame that to direct Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
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In 2004, the world was cursed with the uncanny valley of the motion-capture Polar Express. Could a sequel return to terrorize us once more?
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The Godfather opening scene is one that is burned in our minds and in cinematic history. But a key part of it came about by accident.
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The Last Duel is now available to watch on Digital, starting today. Here are other ways you can watch Ridley Scott's gruesome historical epic.
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The ending of Ridley Scott's Gladiator is a magnificent fulfillment of the film's arc for both Maximus and Rome's republic.