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The Lord of the Rings will go down as one of the greatest movie trilogies in history, and this year Peter Jackson’s follow-up trilogy The Hobbit will be coming to a close as well. The movies are tremendously detailed and, at least with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, incredibly faithful to the books. Obviously, there are some omissions and additions, but particularly with the extended editions, the

Some monsters in fiction are so striking, so terrifying that they become icons recognizable around the world. You wouldn't think that these monsters need any

Let’s hear it for horror! Sometimes we need a break from even our most beloved superheroes and it’s titles like these that remind us why we liked them as good guys…

The world of celebrity always seems like a pretty exclusive club, and it’s no real surprise that famous people tend to pal around with other famous people. But something you may not have realized is that people who get famous don’t just meet after they become famous. In fact, a lot of famous people grew up together, including some you may not expect.

Popular music is primarily about showmanship, which in turn is partially about making a tremendous ass out of yourself. Whether they go with a bizarre costume

We recently wrote about 7 guys who put the "man" back in TV because people love to watch men at their best and manliest. But not every character on TV can be a

I love country music. That's why I'm qualified to make fun of it when it goes awry. I grew up listening to country and occasionally had to suffer through a

Hollywood is so devoid of original ideas these days that it’s rare to see a flick hit the screen that wasn’t already a TV show, book, video game, action figure or amusement park ride. And when it’s not one of those, it’s probably just a remake, even if you hadn’t heard of the original…

Some movies, like Basic Instinct and Species, provide countless displays of gratuitous nude scenes, and that’s great because we expect them to. Conversely,

How hard can it be to come up with an interesting and original premise for a scare flick? Here’s one: a homicidal, unstoppable zombie kills teenagers by a