Joe Williams (film critic)
Joseph L. Williams (November 9, 1958 – July 26, 2015)
Biography
Williams was born on November 9, 1958. He attended public schools in St. Louis County, graduating in 1976 from
From 1988 to 1990, Williams was a staff writer for the music industry trade magazine
In 2012 Williams completed his second book, Hollywood Myths (Voyageur Press), an anthology of movie legends and lore.
In 2013, Williams published The Grassy Knoll Report, culminating his 30 years of research into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Williams' reviews, columns and interviews with celebrities are syndicated to newspapers across the U.S. His reviews are excerpted on the popular Web sites Rotten Tomatoes,[10] where he is listed as a "Top Critic," and Metacritic.[11] Williams served as a juror, panelist and adjunct host for the annual St. Louis International Film Festival. On November 22, 2013, Williams and the festival hosted director Oliver Stone for a 50th anniversary discussion of the Kennedy assassination.[12]
Williams was killed in a single-car accident on July 26, 2015 in Jefferson County, Missouri. He was traveling southbound on Highway 67, when he veered too far to the left, over-corrected and drove into a ditch on the right side of the highway. He was 56 years old.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Holleman, Joe (July 27, 2015). "Post-Dispatch movie critic Joe Williams killed in crash in Jefferson County". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ http://moviecitynews.com/voices/2009/090302_critics.html Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine The Last 126 Film Critics in America
- List of newspapers in the United States by circulation
- ^ stltoday.com. "Movies". stltoday.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/dp/0789701227/ Amazon page for "Entertainment on the Net"
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Myths-Shocking-Incredible-Scandals/dp/0760342415/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337572519&sr=1-4 Amazon page for "Hollywood Myths"
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Grassy-Knoll-Report-Joe-Williams-ebook/dp/B00G7RPVZO/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386963246&sr=1-1&keywords=grassy+knoll/ Amazon page for "The Grassy Knoll Report"
- ^ "Post-Dispatch movie critic Joe Williams killed in crash". fox2now.com. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ http://theposies.net/press/a-very-timely-chronology-of-the-posies-1999/ A Very Timely Chronology Of The Posies
- ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/author/author-11677/ Rotten Tomatoes page for Joe Williams
- ^ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/publications/stlouispostdispatch/williamsjoe Metacritic page for Joe Williams
- ^ http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2013/11/oliver-stone-speaks-sliff-50th-anniversary-jfk-assassination/ Oliver Stone Speaks at SLIFF on the 50th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination