The 15 Most Badass Heroines in Film

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

Five Great Books Becoming Movies This Year

Not all movies are made from original scripts or comic books. Some are adaptations of good ol’ fashioned novels. Here are four of those with a treatise on baseball economics thrown in for good measure....  read more

Trent Reznor Again Teams with David Fincher for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor worked with Atticus Ross to compose the music for Paste’s favorite movie from last year, The Social Network. That movie was directed by David Fincher. Now, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, another Fincher-helmed flick set to release in December, will be scored by Reznor, according to TimesTalk. No word yet on whether Atticus Ross will also be involved....  read more

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Review

Release Date: March 19 Director: Niels Arden Oplev Writers: Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay), Stieg Larsson (novel) Cinematographer: Jens Fischer and Eric Kress Starring: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber Studio/Run Time: Music Box Films, 152 mins. Noir sees the light This fittingly Swedish adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s posthumous Millenium Trilogy introduces us to Mikael Blomkvist, a disgraced journalist hired by a wealthy former industrialist to solve the murder of his great niece, a case that went cold 40 years ago. Blomkvist is assisted by hacker/investigator Lisbeth Salander, whose history of abuse adds weight to...  read more