Gary Susman
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Gary Susman

Gary Susman has been covering movies and TV for more than 25 years and has been a Moviefone columnist since 2009. He is a former senior writer at Entertainment Weekly, where he helped launch the award-winning PopWatch blog. He has written about entertainment for such outlets as Time, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, People, CNN, MSNBC, Life, The Village Voice, The Guardian, The Chicago Sun-Times, and The Boston Phoenix. He has been a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics since 1993. He is one of the authors of the 2011 book "LIFE 75 Years: The Very Best of LIFE."

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11 Greatest Female BAMFs in Movie History

11 Greatest Female BAMFs in Movie History

%Slideshow-370856%What's the legacy of "La Femme Nikita," which opened stateside 25 years ago this week? Well, it spawne...

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'Fargo': 10 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the Coen Brothers' Classic

'Fargo': 10 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the Coen Brothers' Classic

Has it really been 20 years since the release of "Fargo?" Yah, you betcha. The snowbound crime comedy-drama, released Ma...

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How 'Zootopia' Conquered the Box Office

How 'Zootopia' Conquered the Box Office

This was the weekend that adults came back to the multiplex. And, for the most part, what brought them back was a Disney...

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'The Birdcage': 11 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Robin Williams Hit

'The Birdcage': 11 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Robin Williams Hit

At times, while directing Robin Williams and Nathan Lane in "The Birdcage," Mike Nichols found himself laughing so hard...

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16 TV Shows and Movies to Fill the 'Downton Abbey' Void After the Finale

16 TV Shows and Movies to Fill the 'Downton Abbey' Void After the Finale

%Slideshow-370918% How are we going to get by without "Downton Abbey"? After the series finale airs on PBS on Sunday, Ma...

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21 Unlikely Voice Actors You've Heard in Disney Animated Movies

21 Unlikely Voice Actors You've Heard in Disney Animated Movies

%Slideshow-368619% Family-friendly studio Disney has a history, going back 60-plus years, of casting performers from the...

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Oscars 2016 Recap: The 15 Best and Worst Moments

Oscars 2016 Recap: The 15 Best and Worst Moments

%Slideshow-369582% The elephant in the room? Consider it addressed. From the moment emcee Chris Rock first appeared in h...

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7 Reasons Why 'Gods of Egypt' Was an Epic Box Office Flop

7 Reasons Why 'Gods of Egypt' Was an Epic Box Office Flop

Forget "13 Hours." With "Gods of Egypt," 2016 has its first bonafide megaflop. That may seem a harsh way to describe a m...

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Final Predictions for the 2016 Oscars

Final Predictions for the 2016 Oscars

For once, we have an Oscar race with some actual suspense. Last year, "Boyhood" and "Birdman" went neck-and-neck for mos...

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Oscars 2016: 5 Lessons From This Year's Crazy Race

Oscars 2016: 5 Lessons From This Year's Crazy Race

The ballots are in and on Sunday, the Oscars will (finally) be handed out. This year's race has been full of "The Revena...

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'Pretty in Pink': 15 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the John Hughes Classic

'Pretty in Pink': 15 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the John Hughes Classic

Thirty years have passed since the release of "Pretty in Pink" (on February 28, 1986), and yet we're still bewildered by...

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Oscars 2016 Preview: 13 Things You'll See at This Year's Academy Awards

Oscars 2016 Preview: 13 Things You'll See at This Year's Academy Awards

%Slideshow-367999%It's fitting that this year's Academy Award-nominated movies are largely about daunting survival chall...

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Why 'Deadpool' Is Unstoppable at the Box Office

Why 'Deadpool' Is Unstoppable at the Box Office

No one expects much to happen at the box office in February. And that's how we get a surprise smash like "Deadpool." The...

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Oscars 2016: How to Pick Best Picture and Win Your Oscar Pool

Oscars 2016: How to Pick Best Picture and Win Your Oscar Pool

When it comes to predicting a Best Picture Oscar winner, should we believe the numbers, or should we believe the buzz? T...

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7 Reasons Why 'Deadpool' Smashed All Expectations at the Box Office

7 Reasons Why 'Deadpool' Smashed All Expectations at the Box Office

That "Deadpool" opened No. 1 at the box office this weekend isn't a shocker. Analysts expected it to debut with around $...

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The 11 Most Terrifying Vampire Movies Ever Made

The 11 Most Terrifying Vampire Movies Ever Made

%Slideshow-363395% Remember when vampire movies were actually scary? Sorry, Twihards and "Underworld" fans, but your bro...

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Oscars 2016: Does 'Revenant' Really Have a Shot at Best Picture?

Oscars 2016: Does 'Revenant' Really Have a Shot at Best Picture?

How unpredictable is this year's Oscar race? We are two weeks out and Best Picture still remains a three-way race. Last...

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Every J.J. Abrams TV Show, Ranked From Worst to Best

Every J.J. Abrams TV Show, Ranked From Worst to Best

%Slideshow-363065% Is J.J. Abrams a character from one of his own shows or movies? He must be a being from another dimen...

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'The Silence of the Lambs': 25 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Serial Killer Classic

'The Silence of the Lambs': 25 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Serial Killer Classic

It's hard to think of a movie less suitable for Valentine's Day than "The Silence of the Lambs." Yet that's the day the...

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The 25 Best Los Angeles Movies

The 25 Best Los Angeles Movies

%Slideshow-362343%Jesus is flying over Rome, a statue hoisted by a helicopter, in the opening shot of Fellini's "La Dolc...

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Box Office: Why Moviegoers Are Tired of Zombies and Nicholas Sparks

Box Office: Why Moviegoers Are Tired of Zombies and Nicholas Sparks

Sure, it's hard to guess which movies will be big enough draws to pull people away from their living rooms on Super Bowl...

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