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Movies (and Other Things)

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Movies (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
AuthorShea Serrano
IllustratorArturo Torres
Series"And Other Things"
Release number
2
SubjectMovies
GenreIllustrated essays
PublisherTwelve
Publication date
2019
Publication placeUnited States
Pages256

Movies (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated, written by Shea Serrano and illustrated by Arturo Torres, was published in October 2019.[1][2] It became the duo's third consecutive number-one bestseller on The New York Times Best Seller list.[3][4]

Publication history

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Movies (and Other Things) is Shea Serrano and Arturo Torres's third book together. It was published by Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central at Hachette.

Content

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The 256-page book has 30 chapters on different movies. Each is illustrated by Torres and each poses a question to be answered in the essay.

Actor John Leguizamo contributed a preface and Don Cheadle wrote an afterword.[5]

Reception

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In the Los Angeles Times, Jen Yamato wrote, "Each essay turns the pop culture whiz's voracious appetite for movies of the last several decades into jumping-off points for wider cultural conversations and curiosities."[6] In Esquire, Jack Holmes called it "a charming examination of industry tropes and his personal hobby-horses across all the movies he's watched—sometimes many times—since the '80s."[7]

References

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  1. ^ Rodrigues, Ashwin (October 23, 2019). "Shea Serrano on 'Movies (and Other Things)' and Why He Isn't Fully Sold on Showbiz". Fortune. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  2. ^ Dansby, Andrew (2019-10-03). "San Antonio author Shea Serrano's \". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  3. ^ Holpuch, Amanda (2019-10-12). "Were the Jurassic Park raptors just misunderstood? Shea Serrano answers the questions that count". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  4. ^ "Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous Books – Best Sellers – Books – Oct. 27, 2019". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  5. ^ Floyd, Thomas (October 10, 2019). "Shea Serrano was as shocked as anyone when Obama endorsed 'Basketball (And Other Things)'". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  6. ^ Yamato, Jen (2019-10-23). "Q&A: Shea Serrano ponders life and more in 'Movies (and Other Things)'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  7. ^ Holmes, Jack (2019-10-08). "Shea Serrano Is One of the Last Writers Having Fun on the Internet. He Told Us How". Esquire. Retrieved 2020-12-26.