There is one common ingredient among the truly great heroes of fiction. It's that ingredient that makes us keep coming back, year after year, decade after decade, until they become true icons of the fictional landscape: the greatest heroes have the Read More
Rumors are flying at the Berlin Film Festival that Martin Scorsese will remake Taxi Driver. I cannot believe that’s true because when something’s perfect, it doesn’t need to be done over. Here are my five nominees for great films which should never be Read More
If you haven't already sent in your book list for our newest "100 Greatest," you'd better do it soon! You have until midnight on Monday night, February 15, 2010, to get your opinions in. That's when we'll be cutting off the submissions, and we'll start Read More
It’s time for a movie homage to Valentine’s Day. No, I don’t mean sticky love stories like other publications talk about. Instead, we’ll go with the opposite and offer a list of 13 Real-Life Lethal Movie Couples. These stories prove that there are many Read More
That's the question we want you to answer between now and next Monday, February 15. Hundreds of books have been nominated by your fellow readers, but only one hundred will make the final cut. Please take a few minutes to support the ten books you think Read More
We've been admiring posters for new films like Avatar, Solomon Kane, Edge of Darkness, The Last Airbender, and Legion. They inspired us to have another look at the 25 greatest and most intriguing movie posters of all time, not listed in any particular Read More
Last year we consulted you, our readers, to compile a list of the 100 Greatest Fictional Characters of All Time. That poll was such a huge success that we're doing it again, this time with books. The voting starts now! Read More
Vampires are famous not only for coffin cribs and an affinity for sanguinary necks, but also for their hard-earned immortality. Do Bill Compton or Edward Cullen have the necessary staying power to hang in there like my eight favorite vampires? Read More
It's the end of another year, and we're closing out 2009 by taking a look back at our top 10 posts of the year, measured by the total number of hits. Read More