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Illustrated essay collection by Shea Serrano and Arturo Torres
Movies (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
Author
Shea Serrano Illustrator
Arturo Torres Country United States Series "And Other Things" Release number
2 Subject Movies Genre Illustrated essays Publisher
Twelve Publication date
2019 Pages 256
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.
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[2] It became the duo's third consecutive number-one bestseller on
The New York Times Best Seller list .
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Publication history
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
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.
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Reception
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."
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References
^ 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 .
^ Dansby, Andrew (2019-10-03).
"San Antonio author Shea Serrano's \" . Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 2020-12-25 .
^ 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 .
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"Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous Books – Best Sellers – Books – Oct. 27, 2019" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-12-24 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .