David Hunter-Author

David Hunter

Author

Contributor Since December, 2022
Qualifications Movies/TV
Expertise
sci fi, 2000s, HBO Max
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About David Hunter

David Hunter is a producer in Los Angeles whose films include the award-winning Dinner in America and First Girl I Loved. He also writes about movies at whalespout.substack.com, where his focus is on movies that have been at the center of frenzied internet debate. There he has written about the work of Rian Johnson and Jordan Peele, and the climate change satire Don't Look Up. He's currently writing the first Tenet explainer that will actually get to the bottom of things.

Industry Experience

David has over ten years experience working as a producer of independent films, and as a location manager. He has a Masters degree in screenwriting from the University of Southern California.

Favorite Media

David's taste has become so refined that he only likes the best. However, every movie is the best at something.

Jesse Armstrong in front of Peep Show logo with Robert Webb and David Mitchell

If You Love 'Succession,' Check Out Jesse Armstrong’s 'Peep Show'

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This Was the Final Film Roger Ebert Reviewed

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Draco the dragon in the poster for Dragonheart
The Classic ‘90s Action Film That Made ‘House of The Dragon’ Possible
Dragonheart

State-of-the-art special effects brought Draco the dragon to life.

A custom image of Robert Englund's Freddy Krueger inside a TV screen
How in the Hell Is 'Nightmare on Elm Street' Based on a True Story?
A Nightmare on Elm Street

Just when you thought it couldn't get any scarier...

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One of the Biggest Horror Franchises Came From a Road Rage Incident
The Purge

Bad drivers can lead to great ideas.

Cropped 'Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World' poster against a Rotten Tomatoes background
This Dark Comedy With 97% on Rotten Tomatoes Delivers a Captivatingly Brilliant Satire
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Equal parts playful and sharp, the comedy offers both humor and insight with a masterful touch.

Evangeline Lilly and Josh Holloway from Lost
TV Was Never the Same After 'Lost'
Lost

'Lost' made history, but did its explosive impact create a new timeline?

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Clint Eastwood in front of a dark background with the body of a woman in Absolute Power
Clint Eastwood Takes on the President in this Timely Political Thriller
Absolute Power

This political thriller's analysis of power has a distinctly 'House of the Dragon' flavor.

EO the donkey looking at the camera in EO (2022)
This Unconventional Donkey-Driven Drama Is an Oscar-Nominated Tearjerker
EO

This compelling drama has more on its mind than meets the eye.

Sandra Hüller as Irma holding up a finger at a dinner in Sisi & I.
'Sisi & I' Review: Sandra Hüller’s New Movie Is No 'Anatomy of a Fall'
Sisi & I

'Sisi & I' is the most recent of several takes on the life of a 19th-century celebrity aristocrat whose independence fascinated the public.

Michael Chiklis in The Shield
‘The Shield’ Ending Explained - What Happens to the Strike Team?
The Shield

This show seriously pushed the envelope.

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Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Gerry
This Gus Van Sant Film Was Inspired by the Tomb Raider Video Games
Movie Features

The first film in Van Sant's "Death Trilogy" was at least partially inspired by the adventures of Lara Croft.

Adam Driver in The Report
This Adam Driver Drama Will Change the Way You See 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Movie Features

The 2019 film approached the events shown in Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-winning film, but from a different perspective.

Custom image of Clint Eastwood and Denzel Washington as Nicky Styles holding a gun in Ricochet
The Denzel Washington Crime Thriller That Was So Grim Clint Eastwood Turned It Down
Denzel Washington

Too dirty for Dirty Harry?

Hiroshima-Mon-Amour
"The First Modern Film of Sound Cinema" Still Has So Much To Teach Us
Classics

If any film can be called an "instant classic," it's this 1959 masterpiece.

Sigourney Weaver Oats Studios
This Experimental, Nightmarish Series of Shorts Does Cosmic and Body Horror Right
Oats Studios

Expect to see faces such as Sigourney Weaver and Dakota Fanning pop up too.

MoviePass, MovieCrash – a pair of subscribers pose with their MoviePass cards in Rockefeller Center
Max's Moviepass Documentary Completely Misses the Point
MoviePass

Max's fast-paced but superficial MoviePass doc fails to "follow the money."

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Leonid Yarmolnik in Hard To Be a God
This Lo-Fi Time-Travel Epic May Be the Most Challenging Hard Sci-Fi Movie Ever Made
Science Fiction

This sci-fi epic catapulted the reputation of unheralded Russian filmmaker Aleksei German.

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A custom image of Jack Nicholson in Hoffa and Martin Scorsese
Jack Nicholson Took on This Mafia Boss Before Martin Scorsese Could
Jack Nicholson

Danny DeVito and Jack Nicholson tried their hand at this biopic long before Martin Scorsese and Al Pacino.

The Wandering Earth poster with the three main characters wearing space suits
China's First Sci-fi Blockbuster Came From the Author of 'Three-Body Problem'
sci fi

One of the highest-grossing non-English language films in history is an Armageddon-style blockbuster with a unique twist

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'Scavengers Reign' Ending Explained: Adapt or Perish
Scavengers Reign

Every storyline converges in the climactic finale, but what happens to each character?

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Jesse Eisenberg’s Breakout Role Defined His Career for Years
Jesse Eisenberg

In Jesse Eisenberg's breakout film, the actor delivered the first of many performances in which he fell under the sway of a "bad male role model."

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