Joshua Meyer
School
Concordia College New York
Florida State University
Expertise
Batman, Japanese Cinema, Live-action Star Wars Properties
- Joshua was a Semifinalist for the Horror Feature Award and Enderby Entertainment Award in the 2022 Austin Film Festival Script Competition.
- His guide to "Lost in Translation" locations in Tokyo ranked as the #1 top-performing article by organic search on the GaijinPot Blog in 2018.
- Pull-quotes from his reviews have been featured on Rotten Tomatoes and in AMC TV spots, and he has provided press-accredited coverage of the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Experience
Since 2017, Joshua has been a regular contributor to /Film, writing news, spoiler reviews, anniversary articles, Daily Stream entries, and other features steeped in topics like religion, folk horror, and Marvel Comics adaptations. In 2018 and 2021, he was among the first English reviews for the Netflix anime titles "Godzilla: The Planet Eater" and "Godzilla Singular Point." In 2022, he covered 64 of the 100 titles in /Film's Year of the Vampire series. He has also written about movie-inspired travel and Disney and Universal theme parks for Japan Today, GaijinPot, and WDW News Today.
Education
Joshua holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English (Creative Writing) from Florida State University. Before graduating, he wrote movie reviews for the student newspaper, served as an undergrad teaching assistant for a Film Genres course, and appeared as a panelist at FSU's 33rd Annual Film and Literature Conference.
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Stories By Joshua Meyer
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'I was never interested in horror because it was just so straight and white.'
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Ghibli Park forgoes thrill rides for immersion, making it feel like you've truly stepped into a Ghibli movie.
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The Yellowjackets have been through a lot since their plane crashed, but nothing hurts like a friendship breakup.
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To quote coach Lasso himself, "Belief doesn't just happen 'cause you hang something up on a wall."
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The mysterious Dr. Schrödinger finally comes into the light ...
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'They're all like not working, they're jumping out of airplanes.' That's how Patrick Swayze got a cease-and-desist.
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Did you know The Empire Strikes Back had already screened in about a hundred theaters when George Lucas decided that the ending needed some last-minute changes?
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'These are things that nobody will know that just made me laugh. Like the city that Beau lives in.'
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After all, this was the same guy because of whom some cast members of Saving Private Ryan threatened to quit before filming even started.
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John Wick star Keanu Reeves is known for being a sweet and lovable guy, but he came up with one of the most disturbing deaths in the series.
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Once an airfield, a 1,100-acre back lot in England was 'continually modified to portray 11 different European locations.'