Anthony Crislip
School
University Of Akron
Expertise
Classic Hollywood, '90s American Animation, Martin Scorsese
- Anthony has moderated multiple film discussions at his local arthouse theater.
- In college, Anthony led the campus film club, programming repertory screenings and local film festivals as well as producing short films.
- He has interviewed filmmakers such as Nicole Riegel and Riley Stearns.
Experience
Anthony has always been fascinated by film and television, and he has always jumped at the chance to write about media in greater detail. Whether he's hosting screenings of cult hits or making picks for his friends' movie night, he has strived to get appreciation for underappreciated films. He is a particular fan of digging into film history, whether it's a chapter that's mainstream or nearly forgotten.
Education
Anthony Crislip graduated from the University of Akron in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Media Production and a minor in English. That mix of study gave him a critical eye towards filmmaking as well as an understanding of filmmaking vocabulary.
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Stories By Anthony Crislip
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As you might imagine, preparing with Robert De Niro for her role in Taxi Driver wasn't exactly a blast for the 12-year-old Jodie Foster.
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After making two universally celebrated Paddington movies, director Paul King decided it was time to set his sights on a different classic character with Wonka.
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Cue the Henry Mancini music, it's time for us to break down all of the Pink Panther movies in order.
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The Twilight Zone episode 'Static' uses the medium of television to criticize both the decline of radio and television itself.
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Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys remains just as good today as it was back when it hit theaters in 1995. Let's talk about the film's shocking ending.
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The dice Luke gives Leia in Star Wars: The Last Jedi are a small detail from Han's past - small enough for their significance to not register for many viewers.
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At one point, Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight was going to be a sequel to Django Unchained, but then things changed.
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Jordan Peele's first two horror films, Get Out and Us, are popping up on the global charts on Netflix. Spooky season is well underway.
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Gunsmoke is the most legendary Western television series of all time, and some of its most timeless stars are still with us.
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Does anyone remember Destiny Turns On the Radio, the 1990s film that had Quentin Tarantino playing a kind of god or something like that?
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When it came time to make MASH a TV series, Alan Alda wanted to make sure that the show wasn't only about the wacky comedy from the source material.
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Children of Men, with its bleak subject matter, wasn't an easy sell. Thankfully, director Alfonso Cuarón made a hit Harry Potter movie first, and that helped.
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The actress who played Game of Thrones' Catelyn Stark was emotionally wrecked by The Red Wedding. Read about Michelle Fairley's trauma from that episode.
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Even when the studio head called with excitement about opening week numbers, George Lucas didn't believe Star Wars was a hit. Obviously, he was wrong.
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Resurrection ending explained: what happens at the end of the disturbing Rebecca Hall/Tim Roth thriller?
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A Mission: Impossible - Fallout deleted scene featured a musical number for Vanessa Kirby.
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Nobody agrees on why Megan Fox and Michael Bay parted ways on Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
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You probably haven't seen He Knows You're Alone, but horror fans hungering for a forgotten slasher classic will find a lot to love.
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'I felt like I was at an odd age where I was too old to play some characters, not old enough to play other characters.'
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'You should've seen their room tab.'
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'Everybody loved Henry Blake.'
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Mad Max was a relatively low budget production, which meant getting creative when it came to creating post-apocalyptic vehicles, including a real rocket car.
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While The Mule is hardly autobiographical, it's easy to spot the similarities to Eastwood's real life.
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Like a fine wine, Kraglin became more complex over time.
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James Gunn 'made it clear that the music has to be very different for this.' So composer John Murphy embraced weirdness.
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The Oscar winner cut his teeth doing Shakespeare plays in the '60s. No wonder he didn't need to act to play Odin in a superhero movie.
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The movie's uncanny valley quality was only one of the things working against it.