Pages tagged “aliens”

The 15 Most Badass Heroines in Film

By Wyndham Wyeth at 10:00 AM on April 12, 2011

Women in pop fiction are often relegated to stereotypical, supporting roles. But we’re starting to see more and more strong female characters that challenge gender roles by refusing to sit in the corner and look pretty, electing instead to kick ass and take names.... read more

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The 40 Best Robots of All Time (Fictional and Real)

By Josh Jackson at 7:00 AM on January 27, 2011

Yesterday, the word "robot" celebrated its 90th anniversary, first appearing in Karel Capek's play R.U.R.. What better way to toast the machines than with a list of our favorite robots—past, present, future; real, fictional and Daft Punk. read more

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Salute Your Shorts: James Cameron's Xenogenesis

By Sean Gandert at 5:00 PM on December 17, 2009

Salute Your Shorts is a weekly column that looks at short films, music videos, commercials or any other short form visual media that generally gets ignored.Before James Cameron became a fabulously successful feature-film director, and long before he inexplicably became a mediocre nature documentarian, and long, long before his triumphant return to feature filmmaking, he was a truck driver. This doesn’t have too much bearing on anything, but it’s good to keep some sense of perspective on things. Sure, the man’s movies have made well over a billion dollars in theaters alone, but his rags-to-riches tale is one of the... read more

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