Introduction
When DC Comics introduced Supergirl in 1959, she wasn't simply conceived as a female version of Superman. She was created during a period when...
Introduction
Few horror films have left a mark on popular culture quite like The Exorcist (1973). The film redefined what audiences expected from the genre....
Early Years
Greta Lovisa Gustafsson aka, Greta Garbo, was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 18, 1905. She was the youngest of three children born...
Introduction
In the summer of 2005, audiences boarded a flight they didn’t expect to remember for long — a modestly budgeted thriller from horror maestro...
Introduction
Half a century ago, a great white shark chomped its way into the cultural zeitgeist, forever reshaping the landscape of American cinema. Cinema Scholars...
Introduction
When Final Destination premiered in Spring 2000, it arrived quietly, without the hype of a franchise in waiting. A high-concept thriller from X-Files veterans...
Early Years
Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was born in Lansing, Michigan, on February 11, 1936. Reynolds had a nomadic childhood because his father was in...
