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12 Futuristic Facts About Escape From New York

Kurt Russell stars in Escape from New York (1981).

12 Futuristic Facts About Escape From New York

20 Facts About Terminator 2: Judgment Day On Its 30th Anniversary

Edward Furlong and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

20 Facts About Terminator 2: Judgment Day On Its 30th Anniversary

15 Things You Might Not Know About Brave New World

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15 Things You Might Not Know About Brave New World

The Strange Story of the Vril-Ya Bazaar and Fete, the 'World's First Sci-Fi Convention'

An illustration of the Vril-Ya Bazaar and Fete.

The Strange Story of the Vril-Ya Bazaar and Fete, the 'World's First Sci-Fi Convention'

16 Surprising Facts About Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

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9 Things You Should Know About Ray Bradbury

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2001: A Space Odyssey: 16 Things to Look for the Next Time You Watch

Keir Dullea in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Godzilla vs. King Kong: Whose Poops Would Be Bigger?

A monster from the deep and a massive brown beast: potentially the kind of dumps Godzilla and King Kong would produce.

90 Fascinating Facts About William Shatner

William Shatner has done it all.

Watch What The Mandalorian Looks Like Before and After ILM Adds Its Special Effects

Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and the Child in season 2 of The Mandalorian.

Kenner's Misguided Alien Toy Line of 1979

What kid wouldn't want an Alien toy?

Woman In Motion: How Star Trek and Nichelle Nichols Forever Changed the Face of NASA

Nichelle Nichols in Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA (2021).

For Sale: H.R. Giger's Eerie Prototype Costume From Alien

An early Xenomorph design from 1979's Alien is up for auction.

Alien Almost Had a Much Darker Ending

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8 Facts About Attack the Block

Franz Drameh, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones, and John Boyega in Joe Cornish's Attack the Block (2011).

How a Newspaper Article Became the Last Straw for Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Prolific Partnership

Stan Lee next to a portrait of himself in his Beverly Hills office, 2004.