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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains is a list of the one hundred greatest screen characters (fifty each in the hero and villain categories) as chosen by the American Film Institute in June 2003. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series. The list was first presented in a CBS special hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Films about human sacrifice, the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public or jurisdictional demands for justice by capital punishment, an authoritative/priestly figure or spirits of dead ancestors or as a retainer sacrifice, wherein a monarch's servants are killed in order for them to continue to serve ...
John Carpenter is known best for crafting one of the greatest villains of all time with Michael Myers, but he also created a memorable hero in "Big Trouble in Little China.". For this late 1980s ...
The film takes place in Huizhou, Guangdong, China in October 1900.After failing to assassinate the governor-general by blowing up his mansion as part of the anti-Manchu Huizhou Uprising, revolutionary Shi Jianru is captured and executed.
The Devil, Le Manoir du Diable Three minutes is all it took to scare the bejesus out of people in 1896. Granted, film for entertainment was a relatively new thing to the world at this stage, but ...
Movies Director Year 1: It's a Wonderful Life: Frank Capra: 1946 2: To Kill a Mockingbird: Robert Mulligan: 1962 3: Schindler's List: Steven Spielberg: 1993 4: Rocky ...
The white savior is a cinematic trope in which a white central character rescues non-white (often less prominent) characters from unfortunate circumstances. [1] This recurs in an array of genres in American cinema, wherein a white protagonist is portrayed as a messianic figure who often gains some insight or introspection in the course of rescuing non-white characters (or occasionally non ...
Today, WatchMojo brings us a video of the top 10 most heroic sacrifices in video game history. It's pretty compelling evidence for anyone who scoffs at the idea that video games are art; without ...