“Appearance: The Princess Bride (1987)
Creator: William Goldman
Performer: Mandy Patinkin
Defining moment: “I want my father back, you son of a bitch!” Inigo’s moment of revenge is perfection.
Fascinating fact: Patinkin bruised a rib trying not to l” read more
“Appearance: The Pink Panther films (1963-2009)
Creator: Blake Edwards, Maurice Richlin
Performer: Peter Sellers, Alan Arkin, Steve Martin
Defining moment: “I suspect everyone and I suspect no-one!”
Fascinating fact: Sellers and Edwards announced that” read more
“Appearance: The Addams Family films (1991-1993)
Creator: Charles Addams
Performer: Christina Ricci
Defining moment: At a costume party as herself — “I am a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.”
Fascinating fact: The character takes h” read more
“Appearance: The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogies (2001-2014)
Creator: J. R. R. Tolkien
Performer: Orlando Bloom
Defining moment: With the rest of the Fellowship bogged down in a snowdrift, Legolas walks across, not leaving a mark.
Fascinating ” read more
“Appearance: Gladiator (2000)
Creator: David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson
Performer: Russell Crowe
Defining moment: Rousing the troops with his immortal line, “What we do in life, echoes in eternity!”
Fascinating fact: Original choice Mel Gi” read more
“Appearance: Despicable Me movies (2010-2013), the Minions movie (2015)
Creator: Sergio Pablos
Defining moment: Singing “banana” to the tune of Barbara Ann during the Despicable Me 2 trailer.
Fascinating fact: In Minion, Bu ta na ma ka means ‘To infinity a” read more
“Appearance: The Psycho films (1960-1990), Psycho remake (1998)
Creator: Robert Bloch
Performer: Anthony Perkins, Henry Thomas, Vince Vaughn
Defining moment: With a superimposed skull, he says, “I wouldn’t hurt a fly.”
Fascinating fact: Hitchcock” read more
“Appearance: The Transformers series (2007-)
Creator: Denny O’Neil, Jim Shooter, Bob Budiansky
Performer: Peter Cullen (voice)
Defining moment: Riding high on a mecha dinosaur in Age Of Extinction.
Fascinating fact: He has his own Mr. Potatohead, call” read more
“Appearance: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Creator: Ken Kesey, Bo Goldman
Performer: Jack Nicholson
Defining moment: When Nurse Ratched bans the World Series, McMurphy improvises a commentary.
Fascinating fact: Kirk Douglas played McMurphy on s” read more
“Appearance: The Incredibles (2004)
Creator: Brad Bird
Performer: Brad Bird
Defining moment: “No capes!” — Mode’s more than eccentric personality hides a distinctly practical approach to superhero fashion.
Fascinating fact: Edna appeared alongside” read more
“Warning: SpoilersBeing an avid FPS PC gamer I enjoy new games as much as the next gamer. When I heard Crysis was coming out my trigger finger got itchy. As I opened my shiny new copy and installed it I was drooling from the user manual. Now happily I already have a computer that can virtually launch” read more
A dire game with little thought put into it
“Warning: SpoilersI had very high hopes for C&C4 as many a long-term C&C fan did. It was after all the game that was supposed to tie up a 15-year long story arc that had engrossed many millions of players. The game itself is actually of very poor quality - you only need to read the reviews on” read more
“Warning: SpoilersOut of all of the strategy games I have played, Command and Conquer Generals: Zero Hour. It ranks above others simply because it keeps you hooked for hours with its breathtaking graphics and interesting units and special abilities, like the nuclear missile, SPECTRE gunship, and the ” read more
“Warning: SpoilersC&C 3 Tiberium Wars is a Wonderfully Colefull and Playable Game. The Graphics will have even the best graphics cards working out. The Only let down for me was after spending hours and hours playing the missions, The Endings Were Crap! Uttter Crap. I worked my way through all the” read more
“Warning: SpoilersThis is one of the greatest games i've ever played. When you turn on the game, you see a movie about Albert Einstein who travels back in time and removes Adolf Hitler out of history. Because of this change, not Germany, but the Soviet Union caused World War II.
You can pla” read more
“Warning: SpoilersBefore the widely hated and greedy company of Electronic Arts took over the beloved Command and Conquer series of Real Time Strategy games, there was good old Westwood Studios. This (now defunct) company put out all the games in the C&C series, up until 2003 when Generals came o” read more
“Warning: SpoilersIf I had to choose just one video game to play for the rest of my life and I wasn't allowed to play anything else, I would choose Generals. For the past 15 or so years, this game has been a huge source of enjoyment for me, due to its huge amount various units, buildings, usable stra” read more
“Warning: SpoilersWhile Generals may be my favorite game of all time, I am in the minority when I say I like it the best out of all the Command and Conquer games. Most people think that the games that preceded it were much better, as they had more interesting storylines and more creative units. Not t” read more
“Warning: SpoilersThis game may be one of the best games ever made. It is very good. It is funny to play. The strategic parts are very good. Well, it is an old game but it is very good. The Full Motion Video is also very good. I usually play as G.D.I. If you like Command & Conquer games, play thi” read more
“First appeared in: BioShock (2007)
As the great Andrew Ryan puts it, Big Daddies are "...lumbering palookas in foul smelling diving suits..." and yet, despite these words coming from the big man himself, it's not quite true - there's a lot more to those metallic, gene-fiddled behemoths. T” read more
“John Marston, the Red Dead Redemption series protagonist, is a straight-attainment Western movie star and everyone’s favorite gun-for-hire. Marston must track down and kill his former gang mates to ensure his family’s safe return to the US government. Marston is a captivating Western-themed ” read more
“Joel Miller will likely move up the list after HBO’s upcoming series, The Last of Us, is released. Pedro Pascal will play Joel Miller’s character, as he is well-known for his role as the Mandalorian in Star Wars.
Joel guides Ellie, a little girl, through a landscape that a deadly vir” read more
“He was one of the first playable characters in Mortal Kombat and quickly became a fan favorite. Scorpion is an undead Ninja who seeks revenge for his death and the deaths of his family. Quan Chi is his main foe. He is an evil sorcerer. Sub-Zero is his main rival. He is a ninja of a rival clan a” read more
“The game Assassin’s Creed received high praises for its creativity in story-telling and gameplay when it was released. The game’s main character, Desmond Miles, is a descendant of Desmond Miles. This was a big reason for its success. Desmond uses force to return to the memories of his ancest” read more
“Spyro is the cutest dragon in video games. Spyro, as cute as he is, can still breathe fire with the best of them. He can also charge at enemies to knock them down. He can glide in-game, which allows him to land on difficult-to-reach areas and platforms. He was a unique platform gamer, and this m” read more
“Diddy Kong is a mini-Kong and contains more chimpanzee components than Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong Island is home to Diddy Kong and Donkey Kong, where they play, explore, and romp together. Diddy Kong might not be as well-known as Donkey Kong, but he is a fan favorite and has his own set of Nintendo ” read more
“Sam Fisher is the protagonist of both the Splinter Cell and a series of Tom Clancy novels. He’s your classic black-ops hero video game. He is proficient in computers and can track down bad guys. He is part of a fictional NSA branch called the “Third Echelon”, and is involved in several und” read more