John McClane. The T-800. Captain America. These names have earned their place in the public imagination as some of the greatest action heroes of all time. When most people think of action stars, these ...

Action movies are the bread and butter of the summer blockbuster. There’s just something about spending a hot summer night in an air-conditioned theater, watching jaw-dropping explosions and epic ...

With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about gender and how depictions of female action heroes have evolved over ...

Action movies test their protagonists both physically and mentally, and there are just as many great action movies with female leads as there are with male leads. One of the long-standing perceptions ...

Back in 1990, Luc Besson's fourth feature film, La Femme Nikita, hit U.S. arthouses, and few action aficionados could have ...