Behind famous ghost stories and campfire scares hide real events, small mistakes, and fears that turned into lasting urban ...

Film studios are all too eager to explore the backstories of established characters. Movies like "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and "Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd" have delved into the origins ...

Revisit the greatest superhero origin stories on the big screen, ranked from iconic films like Spider-Man to modern classics like Deadpool.

Featuring Bill Skarsgård stepping back into the role of Pennywise, the upcoming HBO series It: Welcome to Derry (debuting Oct. 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Crave in Canada) expands the It universe created by ...

Until about 20 years ago, the Christmas character canon included the usual suspects: Frosty, Rudolph, the Grinch, and of course, Santa Claus himself. In the weeks leading up to December 25, children ...

The BBC’s adaptation of Poldark (2015) has sweeping Cornish landscapes, intense romance and some incredibly dramatic storylines. This drama series stars Aidan Turner as the brooding Ross Poldark and ...

Article Summary Lee Child reveals Jack Reacher's true origin story in his new book, Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories. Reacher’s fighting style was inspired by Child’s own childhood experiences ...

Annabelle became a household name in 2014 when a horror film followed the story of a doll that became possessed, haunting a couple nearly to their death. Now, the real doll that inspired the movie and ...

Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on the challenges of telling America's origin story. Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on the challenges of telling America's origin story, and ...

Summer is prime time for blockbuster movies. This year was no different. Audiences were treated to everything from heart-pulling animations to valor-seeking metahumans. At first glance, Marvel movies ...

A film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley as the Bard and his wife, imagines the lives of the Shakespeare family in fantastical and heartbreaking ...