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 ...

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 ...

The 1970s were a fantastic time for cinema, but what are the best action movies from the decade? Action cinema, as audiences recognize now,, didn't emerge until the 1980s. Key examples would be ...

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 ...

Quentin Tarantino puts this "top-tier" martial arts movie from 1971 above all the other ultra-violent films in the genre.

In the glamorous world of Indian cinema, Bollywood, with its stars performing gravity-defying action, there exists a hidden ...

"I think the thing that always frustrates me is the fact that guys will get a free ride," the Oscar winner says. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Charlize Theron is calling out Hollywood studios for ...