Jeremy Smith
Location
Salt Lake City, UT
Expertise
New Hollywood Cinema, Westerns, Soundtracks
- In 2005, Jeremy created the website Collider with Steve Weintraub and "American Pie" producer Warren Zide.
- His first book, "George Clooney: Anatomy of an Actor", was published by Phaidon Press and is available wherever fine books are sold. His second book, "When It Was Cool", a memoir about his experiences as a pioneering online journalist, is due later this year.
- He was the co-host of the popular "Twin Peaks" podcast "Fire Talk with Me" with Allie Goertz.
Experience
Jeremy Smith is an entertainment writer with over two decades of experience that stretches back to the infancy of online journalism. He found his love for film criticism on Usenet forums in the mid-1990s, and quarreled his way into a staff position at Ain't It Cool News under the nom de plume "Mr. Beaks." Jeremy has previously written for film and pop culture websites like Collider, Yardbarker and Ain't It Cool News, and legacy media publications like Variety, New York and Cahiers du Cinéma. Additional credits include Vice, Fangoria, Thrillist, Polygon, Backstory Magazine, Birth.Movies.Death, CHUD, Creative Screenwriting, Endcrawl and DVD Journal.
Education
Jeremy earned a BFA in Theatre Arts & Drama from Ohio University. His scholastic achievements earned him an internship at the legendary Circle Repertory Theatre, where he continued his theatrical education under the supervision of Austin Pendleton and Milan Stitt.
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Stories By Jeremy Smith
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Why hasn't David Ayer's remake of The Dirty Dozen moved forward over the last five years? The director tells us why firsthand.
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Prolific horror director David Bruckner is set to tackle a classic movie monster — The Blob.
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The Michael Mann-produced crime series Tokyo Vice is coming back for season 2 on Max. Check out the newly-unveiled trailer here.
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Quentin Tarantino's made several great movies over the last 14 years, but we miss the singular cinematic voice he shared with editor Sally Menke.
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M*A*S*H fans loved McLean Stevenson as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake but weren't as dedicated when he left the show to pursue his own series.
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Boba Fett actor Jeremy Bulloch might have played one of the coolest-looking dudes in Star Wars, but the character's armor was anything but comfortable to wear.
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A classic episode of The Twilight Zone was used as influence on The Twilight Zone Tower Of Terror ride.
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The Omen remake from 2006 technically has two screenwriters, but only one credited. Here's the strange story of Dan McDermott.
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Radar's (Gary Burghoff) exit is proof positive that no other sitcom could nail a bittersweet note like M*A*S*H.
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Mark Ruffalo found out he would be playing the Hulk for the MCU in the most Hollywood way possible.
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CBS hit upon a brilliant bit of cross-promotion by having The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling drop by the long-running The Jack Benny Program.
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Poor C-3PO is blown to bits in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. And Anthony Daniels does not remember the effort it took to play him in those scenes fondly.
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Now that the DCEU, or Snyderverse, or whatever you want to call it, has come to an end, here are the Man of Steel movies in order.
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Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo are both great in the wrestling drama Foxcatcher ... so it's no surprise to learn that, while grappling, blows were exchanged.
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Everyone who was anyone wanted to visit the set of M*A*S*H, including former president Gerald Ford.
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Before George Wendt became Norm on Cheers, he joined the 4007th on M*A*S*H and shoved an entire pool ball in his mouth ... or did he?
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The great Star Wars costume shortage of 1977 had surprisingly massive ripple effects on Halloween customs that are even felt today, beyond Star Wars costumes.
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Did you know The Twilight Zone episode called A Stop at Willoughby was remade as a feature length film called For All Time starring Mark Harmon?
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Betsy Palmer finally revealed what Jason Voorhees iconic whisper really means, and now that we know, the movies are even scarier.
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With Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. coming to Netflix in 2024, we're looking at the only two main actors who appear in every film in the franchise.
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Norman Lear tried to recapture his old sitcom magic by revisiting All in the Family with the 1990s spinoff 704 Hauser, but it didn't work out.
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David Ogden Stiers added something invaluable to the M*A*S*H cast dynamic, something that his predecessor, Larry Linville, couldn't quite capture.
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The Spaceman starring Adam Sandler and Paul Dano is set to hit Netflix early next year. Here's everything we know so far about the sci-fi film.
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When it came time to play legendary filmmaker John Ford in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, David Lynch smoked a lot of cigars.
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Everybody Loves Raymond was loved by many when it aired almost 20 years ago. Star of the show, Ray Romano, however, doesn't love the idea of a revival.
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With several horror franchises under his belt, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom director James Wan knows a thing or two about successful cinematic universes.
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Scarlett Johansson was quite worried about fitting into Black Widow's wardrobe, especially based on her appearance in comics, but she just did the work.