Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi classic Dune is an epic far-future tale of feuding space dynasties, secret sisterhoods, and New Age prophets. The book has…
Michael Burry sees that subprimes are about to blow and persuades his boss to gamble the firm’s entire capital on financial instruments that will…
Paul Ritter plays Anatoly Dyatlov in Chernobyl. Dyatlov was the deputy chief engineer at Chernobyl. Dyatlov was sentenced to 10 years in prison for…
Hagrid is one of the most loved characters in the Harry Potter series, created by J.K. Rowling. He was born on December 6, 1928,…
As his career develops, it may turn out that British maverick filmmaker Guy Ritchie only the taste and talent to make one kind of…
The spoof movie genre has been sullied by a couple of later years bad examples, Scary Movies, Meet The Spartans, and – oh, the…
Vigo is the main antagonist in Ghostbusters II and is portrayed onscreen by Wilhelm von Homburg, and voiced by Max Von Sydow. "On a…
When it first crash-landed in cinemas 40 years ago, the movie “Airplane!” wowed critics and audiences with its fast-and-loose brand of humor and still…
Written by J. R. R. Tolkien, few books have had as much of an impact on their genre as The Lord of the Rings…
The Matrix series features a very cyberpunk-esque story of the technological fall of mankind, in which the creation of artificial intelligence led the way…
The Boys is another one in a long host of superhero-drama shows that have been adapted from the comic-book world. From quirky characters to…
Mr. Robot, a series hatched from the mind of Sam Esmail, stars Rami Malek in the role of Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer, and…
Chrisjen Avasarala, played by Shohreh Aghdashloo, is a master politician and maneuverer, she achieved one of the highest ranks in UN government without ever…
Frankenstein (1931) stars Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein, an obsessed scientist who digs up corpses with his assistant in order to assemble a living…
The most common standpoint on the Pirates of the Caribbean series seems to be the belief that the first movie is the only good…
King Kong was a landmark American monster film, directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. The screenplay by James Ashmore…
Following the Battle of Hoth in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Leia, and C-3PO braved the perils of the asteroid…
Every classic horror film has that scene. A scene that defines the experience for a first-time viewer, a scene that your friends talk about…
Fans of the Lord of the Rings films must watch the extended editions if they want to get familiar with the character known as…
The genius comedians behind Monty Python coming into showbusiness through the Oxbridge route, their work was influenced by a passion for history and culture,…
Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) is the main antagonist of the 1993 sci-fi cult classic action film Demolition Man. He is the most crazed and…
Zack Snyder’s 2006 fantasy historical film, 300, has probably made the Battle of Thermopylae one of the most famous battles of the ancient world.…
Kong: Skull Island from 2017 is the latest addition to the giant ape saga that began in 1933 with the classic monster movie King…
We love our heroes, we want them to look up to, to emulate, to even worship. They have been with us from the very…
Hannibal Lecter is a serial killer nicknamed Hannibal the Cannibal, who liked to feast on his victims, exquisitely in a meal designed to complement…
The Big Lebowski is a 1998 film about an amiable unemployed slacker, The Dude, and his close friends, all fond of their nights at…
Entertainment Weekly recently named the first Die Hard movie the “Greatest Action Movie Ever Made.”. It is the 1988 action-thriller that found Bruce Willis…
What makes The Dark Knight's Joker so bone-chilling is his unpredictability: He is chaos incarnate. "Because some men aren't looking for anything logical like…
He is the Dark Lord of the Sith, the villain whose malignant presence lingers over the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, and even the…
The metal-toothed killer 'Jaws' was the henchman redeemed by love. The character portrayed by Richard Kiel (1939 – 2014) participated in two films -…
Starring Henry Cavill as grizzled monster hunter Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher is adapted from the fantasy books of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski -…
Conan the Barbarian from 1982 is the film that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger's international career, even regarded by many as his finest hour. It tells…
The Man With No Name (a.k.a. “Blondie”, “Joe”, “Manco”) is a character portrayed by Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy” of Spaghetti Western…
Inspired by Daniel P. Mannix's 1958 book Those About to Die (formerly titled The Way of the Gladiator), the film's script, initially written by…
Paul Verhoeven's violent, subversive sci-fi film is now regarded as a classic, more than three decades later. The original RoboCop from 1987 really does…
The wisecracking team of Marines is probably the best thing about James Cameron's Alien sequel from 1986 and one of the best things about…
Braveheart is a historical epic released in 1995, directed by and starred Mel Gibson and was loosely based on the story of 13th-century Scottish…
Life (2017) is about six astronauts aboard the International Space Station for a fictional “Mars Pilgrim Mission” sometime in the very near future. As…
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark series Watchmen is considered one of the greatest comic books of all time. That comic book was made…
Fight Club begins with Edward Norton narration about him specifying his phycological disorders. We - the audience - meet an unnamed character who has…
The dinosaur from the third installment of Spielberg's classic trilogy is just plain evil. While the T-Rex of the first two films seemed to…
Captain Jack makes his grand entrance to Port Royal atop a sinking fishing boat. It is one of the best iconic entrances of any…
Guillermo del Toro is a master of monsters with stature as a modern-day teller of fairy tales, myths, and legends – a director with…
The first Godzilla movie was released in 1954 and is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It’s also a remarkably humane and melancholy…
Cloverfield released in 2008 is the first film in a series of loosely connected movies created and produced by J. J. Abrams. A franchise…
The avatars of Gozer, these terror gargoyles are the final form taken by the possessed Dana Barrett and Louis Tully who make love as…
Species 8472 is undoubtedly one of the most bizarre organic lifeforms ever encountered by the Federation. Their origins lie in 'fluidic space' - a…
The original Clash of the Titans was released on the same exact day as something called Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981 -…
In Blade II from 2002, we get to know a new super-strain version of vampires, the so-called Reapers. Led by Jared Nomak (Luke Goss),…