[1][2] It became the duo's third consecutive number-one bestseller on The New York Times Best Seller list.

[3][4] Movies (and Other Things) is Shea Serrano and Arturo Torres's third book together.

Actor John Leguizamo contributed a preface and Don Cheadle wrote an afterword.

[5] 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.