Devin Meenan
Expertise
Film History, Marvel Comics, Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Devin makes a habit of tracking every movie he watches for the first time each year and bringing the count up the following year.
- While writing for /Film, Devin interviewed Dan Perri, title sequence designer for "Star Wars," "Taxi Driver," and a dozen other classic films.
- Devin's essay on Charles Laughton's "The Night of the Hunter" was published in print by Film Matters Magazine, "The Magazine For the Future Film Scholars."
Experience
Devin's writing ranges from entertainment criticism to news reporting. To pursue his passion, he first wrote movie reviews recreationally at Letterboxd and for his university's student paper, "The Denisonian." He has since taken up freelancing and has written for IGN, Comic Book Resources, Film Matters Magazine, and of course /Film.
Education
Devin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and English. He graduated Cum Laude from Denison University, located in Granville, Ohio.
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Stories By Devin Meenan
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A post-credits stinger from Marvel's Echo seems to be directly setting up Daredevil: Born Again, drawing on a storyline from the comics.
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Echo suggests the MCU's Kingpin has the same backstory that he had in Marvel and Netflix's Daredevil series.
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M*A*S*H featured a handful of references to Marvel Comics, but their inclusion was anachronistic to the time period.
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Jonathan 'Jony' Ive, chief design officer at Apple, looked to the stormtroopers from Star Wars while designing Apple's AirPods.
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The Simpsons and Futurama are very different beasts that occupy opposing ends of the sitcom spectrum.
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Miraculously, quite a few Goodfellas actors are still alive and remain working to this day.
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Bones celebrated its 200th episode by throwing Booth and Brennan back in time to the 1950s, with an homage to the films of Alfred Hitchcock.
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A young Wes Craven encountered a man who'd live on in his darkest dreams, much like Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street.
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One of the most controversial episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation predicted there would be a United Ireland by 2024. But how close was that prediction?
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The Borg should have never shown up on Star Trek: Enterprise. Yet, somewhat miraculously, the show pulled it off with the episode 'Regeneration.'
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Japanese auteur filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda's new film Monster is coming to premium VOD in February, and will also be getting a Blu-ray release.
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A quick Star Trek joke in David Fincher's Zodiac comes with a lot of Trekkie lore.
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Oscar-nominated British actor Tom Wilkinson, who recently reprised his role as Gerald Cooper for The Full Monty TV series, has died at 75.
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Bradley Cooper's big conducting scene in Maestro was one of its most nerve-wracking.
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Star Trek: Enterprise actor John Billingsley says that the possibility of Dr. Phlox's return came up on the Hollywood picket lines this year.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 introduced a character named Phyla-Vell, and fans of the Marvel comics will recognize that name. Let's break it all down.
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Futurama has always had strong ties to Star Trek, but the series creators have promised that the second half of the new season will be especially Trekky.
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Thanks to an Aquaman TV show that never actually got made, the King of Atlantis wasn't part of the team in Justice League Unlimited.
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Bones star Emily Deschanel was in a close competition with another actor, but her audition with David Boreanaz tipped the balance.
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There are only two live-action Hellboy movies that you need to watch, along with a pair of animated films that are worth checking out after.
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Mr. Freeze had a long road in the Batman comics and various TV series before he was portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger for Joel Schumacher.
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The Invincible TV series is going strong, but what about the previously announced live-action movie? According to Robert Kirkman, it's still moving forward.
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The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode In The Pale Moonlight was inspired by a very real chapter in military history, which gives the episode its edge.
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Emerald Fennell wrote a 'reasonably demented' script for a Zatanna movie, but regime changes at Warner Bros. led to it being scrapped.
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Some of the best Spider-Man stories of this past decade, all written by Chip Zdarsky, are now collected all in a single omnibus edition.
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From the foul people on top of the system to the system itself, these were the best movie and TV villains of 2023.
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Walter Koenig knew it wasn't good for Star Trek when he saw they'd been programmed in the Friday night death slot. Here's what happened next.