Ethan Anderton
Expertise
Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, Saturday Night Live
- Ethan has covered major entertainment events such as Sundance Film Festival, San Diego Comic-Con, and Star Wars Celebration.
- You can find quotes from Ethan's reviews in movie trailers and TV commercials and on movie posters and Blu-ray/DVD covers.
- Reporting from the sets of major films like Real Steel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, and more, Ethan has provided exclusive coverage for some of the biggest blockbusters in the world.
Experience
Ethan Anderton (aka Bradford Oman) has been an entertainment reporter for nearly 15 years. An obsession with movies, TV, pop culture and toys prepared him for this job his entire life, and it has allowed him to provide insightful and informative commentary on everything from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Saturday Night Live. Starting out as a freelance writer at FirstShowing.net led to a leadership role as the managing editor for several years. During his tenure writing about cinema, from massive blockbusters to little indies, Ethan also dabbled in TV coverage at ScreenRant, Collider, and GeekNation. In 2015, Ethan came aboard /Film and eventually became one of the Senior Editors after the site joined the Static Media family. You can hear Ethan appearing regularly on The /Film Daily Podcast, as well as hosting his own podcasts Go Flix Yourself and The Ten To One Podcast.
Education
Ethan earned a bachelor's degree in film and video studies at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and he also completed a teaching program for high school English education.
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Stories By Ethan Anderton
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Hallmark has a new roster of Star Wars and Star Trek Christmas ornaments for 2023, and we've picked the best ones for you to check out.
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A24's absurd, raunchy comedy Dicks: The Musical will bring the silly filthiness from Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp home for the whole family to watch this fall!
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If you don't have a full Elf costume ready to go for the holidays, don't worry, all you need is this new pair of Elf Crocs inspired by the Will Ferrell movie.
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Harrison Ford has been playing Indiana Jones for over 40 years, and a new feature-length documentary coming to Disney+ will look at both of their legacies.
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Hasbro's HasLab has launched a crowdfunding campaign for Ghostbusters Ghost Trap and PKE Meter replicas, to go with their previously released proton pack.
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Author Abbie Bernstein has a new book that digs into the making of David Gordon Green's Halloween trilogy that began in 2018 and came to a controversial end.
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Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell are serving up silliness in the new trailer for Good Burger 2, which features some other famous faces popping up.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, so Disney is releasing a gorgeous, limited edition collectible doll set.
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Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze hosted Saturday Night Live's Halloween episode with special appearances by Christopher Walken and Dave Grohl. Let's dig in!
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Dune 2 might be delayed until 2024, but Timothée Chalamet is still starring in Wonka, and he'll be stopping by Saturday Night Live to help promote it.
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Matthew Perry was best known for being Chandler Bing, the sarcastic member of the Friends cast, which helped fuel a Saturday Night Live sketch in 1997.
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The Alien movies traditionally feature the same cycle: eggs, facehuggers, and full-on xenomorph aliens. But Noah Hawley's TV show will refresh that a bit.
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The new Feral Predator from the outstanding Prey is getting a Hot Toys figure, and he's equipped with all the deadly weapons you could ever want.
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Marvel Studios' Loki has endless time travel complications, so it only seems appropriate that an obscure Back to the Future reference pops up in season 2.
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If you've always wanted your own Ewok, then hit up ShopDisney for their life-sized Wicket the Ewok plush figure for Return of the Jedi's 40th anniversary.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming makes it seem as if the movie takes place eight years after the events of Avengers, but that's a mistake, and a new book fixes it.
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Bradley Cooper directs and stars in Maestro, the story of Leonard Bernstein's life and relationship with his wife Felicia, and a new trailer is here.
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We've rounded up some picks for the best movies you should seek out before they leave Max in November 2023, so don't let these pass you by!
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RSVLTS has a new collection of shirts inspired by John Carpenter's They Live, featuring the disguised aliens and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson is back with a new crowdfunding campaign to help make season 14 of the movie-mocking show.
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Joining the LEGO Icons roster in 2024 is the new Dune Atreides Royal Ornithopter building brick set, bringing the sci-fi vehicle to your collectible shelf.
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The LEGO Hocus Pocus Sanderson Sisters cottage playset brings the spooky locale from the Disney movie to life with spectacular detail.
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Bad Bunny made his hosting debut on Saturday Night Live, and he also brought Pedro Pascal, Fred Armisen and ... Mick Jagger? Let's dig into the new episode.
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Killers of the Flower Moon has fantastic lead performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, but let's give it up for Jesse Plemons and Brendan Fraser.
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James Bond author Ian Fleming stole the spy's name from a real life ornithologist, and it ended up, um, ruffling some feathers for a time. Get the story here.
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A charming, improvised bit between Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon helps establish the backbone of this tragic, true story.
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DKNG is back with a Gremlins poster to beef up your holiday pop culture art collection, and it fits perfectly with the rest of their Christmas movie artwork.