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Every movie, no matter how tiny the budget or unknown the star, needs to create characters that viewers will care about enough to last the length of the movie.

Chances are good that you've seen the movie Highlander. Released in 1986 it starred Christopher Lambert as an immortal Scottish swordsman (hence "Highlander,"

Gotta love cameos. Any film that’s willing to overpay a big name just to get a little bit of recognition from the audience is okay in our book. And here are some of the best.

With summer coming up, we’re about to see an influx of superhero movies, as the likes of Captain America and Spider-Man have become the biggest box office draws among summer blockbusters these days. Of course, that wasn’t always the case. In fact it wasn’t all that long ago when comic book movies were box office poison, with a rare exception like Tim Burton’s Batman back in 1989. But just because

In the long history of cinema and television there have been a number of memorable creatures. Some have been friendly and some have been rather nasty. The

Occasionally, a work of fiction is so inventive it needs more ways to express itself than possible with just the speech it’s written in, and a new language is

If you’re like us (and by you’re reading this, you forfeit any claims of individuality), you enjoy a good horror flick. Also, you think that one of the

A clever cameo won’t make or break a movie but it can be more than enough to get people talking. For example, Mel Gibson was originally set to have a cameo

Film composers have a tough job. When they’re good at doing their job you might not even notice them because they’re so good at immersing you in the experience. And when the movie is complete crap, nobody is going to go see it just for the score... even if it kicks as much ass as these did.

Books were those treats you could have before bedtime. They sat waiting for you quietly on the shelf and they might well have been the very things that taught