Jeremy Mathai
Expertise
Indie Movies, Sci-Fi, Lord Of The Rings
- Jeremy has received direct praise from many filmmakers, actors, and other notable industry figures for his exhaustive coverage of hidden gems and diverse storytelling.
- In the lead-up to San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Jeremy made good on his lifelong passion for The Lord of the Rings and achieved a personal high water mark in his career by conducting an exclusive interview with Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd.
- In addition to his extensive writing experience, he's also branched out and established a niche for interviewing below-the-line crew members of movies and shows, like VFX artists, costume designers, music composers as well as actual NASA astronauts.
Experience
Jeremy has been writing professionally online on a regular basis for nearly a decade. After graduating from college and earning his bachelor's degree, his freelancing work in film and television soon caught the attention of /Film. He joined /Film's new core of staff writers in June of 2021. During his varied freelancing career, Jeremy has previously contributed to a year-long The Lord of the Rings retrospective and had his writing published on the official Star Trek website. His bylines have been featured on various outlets such as IGN, Nerdist, and Polygon.
Education
Jeremy graduated Dowling College with a bachelor's degree in science, which he has since turned into a successful career as a pop culture writer.
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Stories By Jeremy Mathai
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Oh, my Godzilla! Monarch just took a King Kong-sized step toward Legendary's MonsterVerse film franchise.
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Lee Sun-kyun, arguably best known for his role in Bong Joon-ho's hit film Parasite, has died at the age of 48. The death is being treated as a suicide.
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One particular Rebel Moon sequence sure feels like an intentional echo of perhaps the most celebrated moment from Zack Snyder's own Man of Steel.
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Unlike the first movie, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom commits to the idea of saving the planet from humanity's destructive tendencies.
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For better or worse, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom largely ignores the chaos of the surrounding DCEU to tell a self-contained story about its titular hero.
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Mechagodzilla's origins are starting to unfold in MonsterVerse spin-off series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.
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Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon isn't afraid to kill characters who might normally survive movies like this. Let's take a spoiler-filled look at who bites the dust.
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These are the underseen movies that challenged us, surprised us, and stuck with us long after the credits rolled in 2023.
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Rebel Moon, aka Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire, sets up a lot for its upcoming sequel. Let's try to break it all down.
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We're getting spoilery over here as we break down the ending of Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon, the sci-fi epic now streaming on Netflix.
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The Planet of the Apes franchise covers hundreds if not thousands of years. Here's a guide to understanding it all.
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A few major actors from Steven Spielberg's classic 1977 sci-fi film Close Encounters of the Third Kind are still alive and continue to stay busy to this day.
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball worried Andy Serkis was 'too iconic' as Caesar to play a different ape in his film.
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Daniel Kaluuya steps behind the camera in the trailer for The Kitchen, a futuristic but grounded dystopian Netflix thriller he co-directed with Kibwe Tavares.
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Rebel Moon resembles little more than a grab-bag collection of world-building, mythology, and epic storytelling that we've seen done better many times before.
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It's fair to say that plans for the character of Kylo Ren changed drastically as the new Star Wars sequel trilogy unfolded.
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Larry David's long-running cringe comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm will finally call it a day after season 12.
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Dwayne Johnson is taking a break from his usual kind of movie roles to star in an A24 film directed by Benny Safdie. It's called The Smashing Machine.
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Leigh Whannell is once again directing Universal's The Wolf Man remake, with Christopher Abbot replacing Ryan Gosling in the titular role.
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Everyone's favorite kung fu fighting panda (once again voiced by Jack Black) is finally back in the trailer for Kung Fu Panda 4.
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Praise Shai Hulud! The new trailer for Dune: Part Two promises nothing short of all-out war for the desert world of Arrakis in Denis Villeneuve's film.
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Tubi is getting the rights to stream a bunch of DC Comics movies from Warner Bros. Discovery, which kinda dilutes the strength of Max as a streaming service.
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You'll never stop Jigsaw! After the success of Saw X, Saw XI is officially happening, and will arrive in theaters a lot sooner than you might think.
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The Mask of Zorro producer Steven Spielberg wanted to cast Tom Cruise as Zorro in the film, but the actor wisely recognized that would be a bad idea.
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Nobody in Poor Things or 2023 movies overall poses as much a pernicious threat as Mark Ruffalo's Duncan Wedderburn.
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Beloved British writer, poet, activist, and actor Benjamin Zephaniah, known for his role as Jimmy in Peaky Blinders, has died at 65.
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The late, great Norman Lear had a nearly spotless track record. His only regret was that he couldn't turn one of his rare short-lived series into a hit.