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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Uncanny X-Men has delivered kick-ass action so far, with hints of Southern Gothic horror to come. For more on that, check out our exclusive preview of issue #3.
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Supernatural action anime Bleach spans a sprawling manga, an anime series and movies, and one live-action movie. Here's a handy viewing order guide.
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George R.R. Martin interviewed to write for Star Trek: The Next Generation, but was turned down for reasons that should amuse you.
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Monster, a gritty cat-and-mouse thriller about a serial killer, is an all-time great anime series. Here are its best 10 episodes ranked.
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Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson's vision for Multiverse of Madness didn't have Scarlet Witch as the villain of the story.
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Star Trek's transporters are unique to the sci-fi franchise, but they also served an important creative purpose in The Original Series.
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Avengers #18 sees a key member of the X-Men joining Earth's Mightiest Heroes to deal with a global emergency in our exclusive comic book preview.
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Instead of donning designer celebrity attire for the Creative Arts Emmys, one star of X-Men '97 opted for a formal cosplay of their character.
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is pretty faithful to the source material, but it also makes changes to the manga's best arc that lessen its impact.
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Smallville ran for 10 seasons and was a straight-up Superman show by the end, but there's one thing star Tom Welling wishes it had done.
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Star Trek: Enterprise had several problems starting out, with series lead Scott Bakula citing its 26-episode season count as a big one.
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Now that the Marvel Cinematic Universe can play with the X-Men, Deadpool and Wolverine concept art showed how inventive the superhero comedy was willing to be.
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Happy Star Trek Day to all who celebrate! Here's why September 8th has the distinct honor of representing all things Trek.
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Before Star Trek came along, Leonard Nimoy appeared in a Twilight Zone episode inspired by Rod Serling's experiences fighting in WWII.
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Viking anime series Vinland Saga is a masterful, heartbreaking descent into hell. Here are the 10 best episodes of the two seasons released so far.
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T'Challa battles a new spin on a beloved Marvel character in our exclusive preview for Marvel Comics' Ultimate Black Panther issue #8.
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The first issue of the Alien Vs Avengers comic book series posits that even the Xenomorphs aren't a match for one particular Marvel character.
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The scariest part of Alien: Romulus was almost even scarier. Check out one of the test designs here!
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Dracula is just as much a creature of the funny books as he is novels and the big screen. Here are the vampire's best comics ranked.
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Stan Lee cameoed in numerous Marvel movies before his death, but there was a specific Marvel character he actually wanted to play.
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James Cameron's Alien sequel Aliens is a classic, but don't expect him to return to that well anytime soon (or possibly ever).
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Season 1 of Showtime's buzzy thriller series Yellowjackets is coming to Netflix in search of new recruits for the antler queen clan.
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Steven Spielberg famously couldn't control everything on the Jaws set, but he got one key request accomplished.
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Deleted footage from Ridley Scott's Prometheus fills in gaps in the sequence where Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) meets the last surviving Engineer.
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Marvel reveals how an alternate universe version of Fantastic Four's Doctor Doom came to be in our exclusive comic book preview of Ultimates issue #4.
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DC Comics is trying another comic book universe reboot, this time with Absolute Superman beginning a whole new line of Absolute storylines with DC superheroes.
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If you thought The Boys was intense, gory and hyper-sexual, wait until you get a load of Hollywood’s next big comic book adaptation.
