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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Marvel superheroes dying has pretty much become a right of passage. Here are the saddest last words ever printed in a Marvel comic book.
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Noir and horror are a match made in heaven (or possibly hell), and supernatural noir comic series Fatale is a perfect marriage of the two genres.
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Can't get enough of Deadpool and Wolverine's perfect chemistry? Here are five Marvel crossover comics to check out after seeing the movie.
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Mutants found themselves in a strange X-Men-less world during Marvel's Age of X, which is the perfect follow-up after seeing Deadpool & Wolverine.
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Casablanca is a movie about World War 2, made during World War 2, and its release was moved up after Casablanca hit the headlines for another reason.
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The Marvel Multiverse is crawling with all-powerful gods, but only one is truly the strongest. And you’ll never see him in the MCU (for good reason).
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Crisis on Infinite Earths was to mark the final collaboration between Kevin Conroy's Batman and Mark Hamill's Joker. So ... what happened? Let us explain.
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Doctor Doom's scarred face changes throughout Marvel's comic books depending on the writer and their take on the Fantastic Four villain.
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The Boys creator Garth Ennis launches a new comic series, Babs, which puts a satirical spin on swords and sorcery fantasy tales.
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Marvel Studios previewed hit animated series X-Men '97 at D23, revealing comics-accurate costumes and returning characters from the original show.
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Marvel's Avengers take on a robot menace in Age of Ultron, but there's a familiar Studio Ghibli robot lurking in the movie as well.
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Deadpool & Wolverine has brought renewed attention to the situation around Logan's creation in Marvel's comic books.
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/Film is on the ground at D23 and we saw the first look at Daredevil: Born Again, which is very obviously inspired by a 1990s crime movie classic.
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Walt Disney Animation showed off a new look at the hotly anticipated Zootopia 2 during tonight's D23 panel. Here's what to expect from the upcoming sequel.
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Dune: Part II's black and white sequence on the Harkonnen homeworld Giedi Prime is a standout. It also left Warner Bros. deeply worried.
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Fans of Batman: Caped Crusader should check out these comics, which also feature Batman in period pieces and hard-boiled mysteries.
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While Hugh Jackman is perfect as Wolverine, X-Men comic writer Chris Claremont's original pick for the role was much closer to the way he wrote Logan.
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If you read Marvel's X-Men comics, you'll see many of the films don't do all of the characters justice. Here are the characters the films screwed over the most.
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The Batman: Caped Crusader episode 'Nocturne' realizes a story that Fox Kids wouldn't allow Batman: The Animated Series to explore.
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Batman: Caped Crusader's new Clayface was inspired by one of the most famous monster performers in horror history, and the show is better for it.
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Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy has one goal for The Boys season 5 ... revenge. And we're here to tell you who needs to watch their back.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan keeps Kirk and Khan apart for the entire film. The original series episode 'Space Seed' explains why.
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Matthew Macfadyen's TVA bureaucrat Paradox in Deadpool & Wolverine shares his name with an obscure Marvel character linked to Owen Wilson's Mobius.
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In true Deadpool fashion, Deadpool & Wolverine riffs on an infamous Uncanny X-Men comic book cover.
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The Star Trek: Voyager two-parter Scorpion was almost a direct sequel to Star Trek: First Contact.
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Did you spot the Devil lurking in the background of the Nicolas Cage horror hit Longlegs?
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In a dramatic reveal in Hall H, Marvel unveiled Robert Downey Jr. as the new Doctor Doom. The actor will play the villain in the next two Avengers films.