Screen Rant had a humble start back in 2003 as a place to rant about some of the dumber stuff related to the movie industry. Although there was absolutely no plan to do anything beyond venting to a few online friends about movies, over the years the site has grown to cover more and more TV and movie news (and not just the dumb stuff) along with sometimes controversial movie reviews.
The goal here at Screen Rant is to cover stories and review movies from a middle ground/average person perspective. We try to take a common sense approach to movie and TV news: stepping back and looking at the big picture to determine whether something is a good idea… or an idiotic one.
Movie reviews are written from the point of view of “was it a fun/exciting/scary/compelling movie” instead of from some high-brow, esoteric level that only other movie critics will relate to. On the other hand a movie has to have more than just big stars and fantastic special effects to be considered great by the folks at Screen Rant.
About the opinionated guy running the site
That would be me, Vic Holtreman. I’m originally from New Jersey and currently live in Utah. I’ve served in the Navy, and have been employed as a door to door salesman, construction worker, car salesman, waiter, mechanical drafter, mechanical designer, system administrator. I was self-employed, running a number of websites about various topics but now have a full time job as an SEO Specialist.
I’ve always been a huge Sci-Fi fan, starting with watching The Twilight Zone and Outer Limits when I was still too young for kindergarten, graduating to Star Trek reruns in the 70’s and of course fully initiated by the original Star Wars. I’m a big comic book fan (still buy ‘em) and lover of superhero, action movies and the occasional horror flick.
I’d love to hear from you so don’t be bashful about dropping me a line! You can contact me by using our (you guessed it!) contact page.
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The Team:
Kofi Outlaw (Senior Editor)
Kofi Outlaw is originally from Philadelphia, PA but now lives in New York City.
Addiction to comic books, movies and a love of writing sent Kofi to the University of Pittsburgh where he received a dual B.A. in Writing and Literature with a minor in Film Studies. More recently, Kofi received his graduate MFA in Writing from The New School.
Kofi loves all kinds of films from brainless blockbusters to fancy art-house pleasers. He says that nothing really specific makes him geek out all that much.
Follow Kofi on Twitter: @ppnkof
Rob Keyes (Editor)
Robert Keyes (Screen Rant’s only Canadian writer), started writing for the site in September 2008. He was offered a writing position based on his participation on the site as a long-time commenter and story-submitter. Not long later, Rob became an Editor for the site where he helps publish the growing number of articles we write.
Rob is also the Editor-in-Chief of the newly launched sister site for Screen Rant, GameRant.com which keeping in the style of the flagship site, covers video game news/previews/reviews (without the sugar coating of course).
Rob is 24 years old with a Masters Degree in Economics. He wishes to eventually mesh his business, computer, economics and finance backgrounds with his love of the media entertainment industry with hopes of a career in one of the fields down the road. (So if you work for a major studio and have an open position – contact him!).
Rob is an avid viewer of all kinds of film and television and is also a big video gamer. Much of his spare time is spent with friends playing and/or watching sports and all of the entertainment forms listed above. That is, when he’s not working at his day job or the two sites.
Follow Rob on Twitter @rob_keyes
Follow Game Rant on Twitter @gamerant
Bruce Simmons
By day, Bruce Simmons “works for the man” as an Applications Programmer in Menlo Park, CA (The Bay Area). He started writing ‘How To’ newsletters for his job back in 1999 and his compulsion to inform the world of things cool and useful kicked in – and he was hooked.
Bruce is a fan of the Stargate, Highlander and Star Trek franchises, and most movies that bring his comic book heroes to life like Batman and Iron Man. He also has a soft spot for Godzilla and his personal role model, Predator.
In his “free” time, Bruce also runs a NASCAR blog, his own TV themed blog called Cinema Static, and a photography blog!
Bruce is pretty jazzed about working at Screen Rant (No one said he was right in the head) since he’s an aspiring columnist and he likes teasing and tormenting you with his perspectives.
Follow Bruce on Twitter: @Bruce_Simmons
Niall Browne
Irish born Niall Browne (currently living in England) is a life long movie fan. He studied English and Film at University where he got to indulge in his love of filmmaking as well as the theoretical side of film. Niall has written extensively on film and conducted many interviews with film-makers.
Niall cites many movies as his favorites, including: The Empire Strikes Back, Ed Wood, J.F.K, Braveheart and Dances with Wolves. He is also a huge fan of the James Bond franchise (his first cinematic memory is watching A View To A Kill), and also Star Wars and Batman (including the comic books).
Apart from film Niall is also deeply interested in music and literature.
Follow Niall on Twitter: @CorduroyBrowne
Ross Miller
Scottish born Ross Miller (still living there) has been a movie fan ever since he can remember. One of his earliest childhood memories is watching movies he really shouldn’t have been at the tender young age of three; whilst every other kid was watching E.T., Ross was watching Evil Dead.
Ross is a fan of all types of cinema from drama to action, comedy to western, thriller to sci-fi and almost everything else in between (although he has a general dislike for most musicals and romantic comedies). He cites some of his favorite movies as Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski (obviously, based on the photo to the left), Psycho and Mulholland Drive but finds himself annoyingly garnering new favorites almost every other week. His favorite directors include David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino and Alfred Hitchcock.
Ross decided in mid-2006 to voice his opinion on the world of movies by starting his own movie review website (aptly named Movie World, which is still running) and going on to write for a number of other websites including the now-debunked Movie Patron Blog and FilmGrotto.com. He recently joined the very well known and respected BlogCritics.org which has garnered him more readers for his reviews than he could have ever hoped for.
And he now happily writes for this very site, an opportunity he is eternally grateful for.
Follow Ross on Twitter: @rosstmiller
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