Jeremy Mathai
Expertise
Indie Movies, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, "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, he made good on his lifelong passion for "The Lord of the Rings," achieving a personal high watermark in his career by conducting an exclusive interview with Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd.
- Jeremy has established a niche for interviewing directors, stars, and below-the-line movie and TV crew members such as VFX artists, costume designers, music composers, and even actual NASA astronauts.
Experience
Jeremy has been consistently writing professionally online 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 the team's new core of staff writers in June of 2021. Throughout his varied freelancing career, Jeremy contributed to a year-long "The Lord of the Rings" retrospective, and his writing was published on the official "Star Trek" website. His bylines have been featured on various outlets, including IGN, Nerdist, Polygon, and Inverse.
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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Skyfall and Spectre director Sam Mendes doesn't expect he'll helm another James Bond movie, and his reasons for thinking that are quite sound.
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Will Smith and his Bad Boys director Michael Bay are finally reuniting for a new action film, but there's a downside to this news.
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Luca Guadagnino's William S. Burroughs' adaptation Queer features a downright sensational Daniel Craig in a transformative role. Here's our review.
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Joker 2 failed to recreate the box office success or audience approval of the first film. What went wrong? According to a new report, a bunch of stuff.
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As much as Joker: Folie à Deux director Todd Phillips and his cast have insisted the sequel isn't a musical, the actual movie tells a different story.
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David Cronenberg fans will not want to miss his latest, The Shrouds, a strange film inspired by the death of his wife. Here's our review.
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If you were curious about whether a key scene from the original Joker really happened or was just a dream, Joker 2 answers that question.
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Joker: Folie à Deux goes to some unexpected places, and the results might leave more than a few people surprised. Let's investigate.
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The season 2 finale of The Rings of Power explains why the Balrog, the fiery creature that later kills Gandalf, got the nickname of "Durin's Bane."
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Marc Maron says watching Robert De Niro shoot scenes for Joker was an eye-opening experience, but not for the reasons you might expect.
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Strong performances aside, the buzzy musical-thriller Emilia Pérez can't help but feel like a half-completed thought experiment. Here's our review.
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Has a confusing scene from Game of Thrones season 2 finally been explained? Or will it remain an unknowable mystery forever?
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Angelina Jolie gives a performance for the ages in Maria, the third film in Pablo Larraín's trilogy focused on tragic, iconic women. Here's our review.
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The critical response to Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is about as wild as the movie itself, the film's harshest reviews included.
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Mephisto truthers, your time may finally be drawing near! Agatha All Along episode 3 stirs up all those theories and rumors sparked by WandaVision.
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A Paul Verhoeven sci-fi action-comedy classic is being adapted into a TV show by the most ironic choice of studio you can imagine.
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Dogpool is coming home thanks to Deadpool & Wolverine, which is headed to the home market (complete with a featurette-packed physical media release).
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You might have noticed that The Penguin TV series doesn't actually refer to the villain by his signature moniker, but there's actually a good reason for that.
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The upcoming Green Lantern TV series Lanterns has apparently found its Hal Jordan, and the casting is absolutely perfect.
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Sir Ridley Scott already has plans for a possible Gladiator 3, and one actor is interested in reprising a key role in that sequel.
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Danny Boyle is once again pushing the technological envelope with the much-anticipated follow up to his horror movie classic 28 Days Later.
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Fans of Matt Reeves' The Batman may be surprised that Carmine Falcone, played by John Turturro in the film, is played by another actor in The Penguin TV show.
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In The Rings of Power season 2, Galadriel made another big mistake that could cost her and her allies dearly.
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Agatha All Along makes a more direct reference to Marvel Comics character Nicholas Scratch, but who is that, and how might they come into play in the show?
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Is Agatha All Along more of a pre-Halloween trick or treat? Here's what the early reactions to Marvel's WandaVision spinoff series are saying.
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James Cameron is finally planning his next non-Avatar movie ... which he'll get around to just as soon as he's done making Avatar sequels.
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Disney+ is adding a series of new channels, including one devoted to Marvel and Star Wars media. Here's how this will impact the streamer.