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Shawn S. Lealos

Senior Author

April, 2018
Shawn has a Bachelor's in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma. He won multiple Gold Circle Awards and won a SPJ Award for feature writing.
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), DCU, horror movies
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About Shawn S. Lealos

Shawn S. Lealos is a freelance writer, author, editor, and filmmaker based out of Edmond, Oklahoma by way of The University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Professional Writing and a minor in Film Studies. He has also been a professional film critic and a member of the OFCC film critics group in Oklahoma for over a decade.

Industry Focus

Shawn has worked for Screen Rant since 2018 in several roles. He started out as a list writer before moving on into a senior writer role. He is now working on the updates team, targeting everything he loves, from comic book movies to horror flicks to the best in genre television shows.

Favorite Media

Shawn is a proponant of physical media and has a DVD/Blu-ray collection that is closing in on 2,000 titles. His main obsession is anything involved with comic book adaptations. His favorites include anything from the MCU, including the Disney+ shows, as well as indie adaptations such as Locke & Key, Sandman, and classics like The Crow.

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Jenna Ortega as Tara Carpenter on the phone in Scream 5.
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Thanks to Jenna Ortega and Sophie Thatcher, fans have a bright future ahead of themselves for scream queens and final girls in horror movies.

Jet Li as Inspector
10 Obscure 2000s Martial Arts Movies That Are Worth Watching

From Unleashed and The City of Violence to Kiss of the Dragon, there are some great obscure martial arts movies from the 2000s everyone should see.

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley looking at a crystal ball in Harry Potter.
The Harry Potter Movies Left Out One Of Harry & Ron's Biggest Accomplishments

The Harry Potter franchise made Quidditch a big deal in the first two movies but ignored it after that, robbing Harry and Ron of big moments.

Dolph Lundgren as Jack Caine in I Come In Peace.
Dolph Lundgren Fights Alien Gangsters In This 1990s Sci-Fi Movie You Need To See

Dolph Lundgren starred in several action movies over his career, but one sci-fi action film remains overlooked and deserves a much bigger audience.

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Fast & Furious Dropping The Real Dominic Toretto After 1 Movie Is Why Vin Diesel's Franchise Has Lasted 24 Years

Through the Fast and Furious franchise, Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto changed drastically after the first movie and it was the best decision possible.

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Chris Pratt as Joshua Faraday in The Magnificent Seven with the remake behind it.
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From A Fistful of Dollars and The Magnificent Seven to True Grit, and more, here are the best western remakes and the movies they were based on.

The Cullen family standing in the woods in The Twilight Saga.
How To Watch The Twilight Movies In Order

There are five total movies in The Twilight Saga and here is how to watch them in order and how much time es from the start to the end.

Taylor Lautner as Jacob sitting with Renesmee in Twilight.
Twilight's Imprinting Controversy Explained: Why Jacob & Renesmee's Story Has Aged So Badly

One of the most controversial parts of The Twilight Saga was when Jacob imprinted on Renesmee as a baby. Here is what imprinting all means.

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Jeffrey Jones looking scared as Charles Deetz In Beetlejuice.
Why Jeffrey Jones Doesn't Return As Charles Deetz In Beetlejuice 2

Though Beetlejuice 2 features several of the Deetz family, Jeffrey Jones’ Charles isn't one of them, and it’s for an understandable reason.

Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria Sutherland with a green background in Twilight.
What Happened To The Original Victoria From Twilight?

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse had a very different Victoria to the one that viewers knew from Twilight and New Moon. Here's what happened.

The Goonies Ending Explained
The Goonies Ending Explained

The Goonies is a movie about a group of kids who set out to find hidden treasure, only to end up saving their own town, and here is how it ended.

Ron Weasley and Harry Potter
Harry Potter: Why Muggle Studies Isn't A Mandatory Class At Hogwarts

The Harry Potter franchise requires several classes for Hogwarts students, and here is why Muggle Studies isn't mandatory for all students.

Chadwick Boseman in a montage image as Jackie Robinson from 42.
10 Best Sports Movies Based On True Stories

From Raging Bull and 42 to Coach Carter and more, here are the best sports movies ever made based on true stories.

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A montage with Stephen King and the covers of The Shining and It.
These 10 Stephen King Movie Endings Are Very Different From The Books

Stephen King has had several books adapted into movies, and some of the films have drastically changed the endings of his stories.

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Ewan McGregor as Tom Lincoln kneeling beside Scarlett Johansson as Sarah Jordan in The Island.
Michael Bay's 2005 Sci-Fi Movie With 39% On Rotten Tomatoes Had Such A Stacked Cast, I Can't Believe It Wasn't More Successful

Michael Bay released a sci-fi action thriller called The Island in 2005, and it could have been much more successful.

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John Franklin as Isaac and Jackson A. Dunn as Brightburn.
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From Children of the Corn and Brightburn to Village of the Damned, movies about scary kids are always enough to give people nightmares.

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Is Sicario Based On A True Story? Taylor Sheridan's Inspiration Explained

Sicario is Denis Villeneuve's crime thriller, and this is where screenwriter Taylor Sheridan came up with the story.

Will Smith as Det. Lt. Mike Lowrey talking to Martin Lawrence as Det. Lt. Marcus Burnett in Bad Boys 4.
Why Michael Bay Didn't Direct Bad Boys 4

Michael Bay chose not to return for Bad Boys 4, and here is why he didn't come back and why it still turned out okay.

Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs in the Fast and Furious franchise.
Why Dwayne Johnson's Luke Hobbs Was Not In F9

Dwayne Johnson was a huge part of The Fast and the Furious for four movies, but Luke Hobbs was nowhere to be seen during the events of F9.