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One of the absolute joys of watching certain genres—whether action, adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, or spy thrillers—is seeing our heroes get absolutely wrecked and yet somehow miraculously keep going. When a main character gets shot, stabbed, blown up, thrown off a building, crushed, run over, electrocuted, or beaten to within an inch of their life… and yet, they still  get back up and keep fighting. Well, except when the movie is terrible, as in the recent release of Novocaine

Let me just start by saying this—I am not a strong swimmer. At all. In fact, I swim like a rock. So when it comes to movies about being caught underwater, being stranded in the middle of the ocean, or dealing with whatever the hell is lurking below the surface, I get seriously freaked out. There’s something inherently terrifying about being submerged, about the unknown lurking just beneath you, about the idea that no matter how much you fight, the water always wins. That’s wh

Taken at the press screening of "Alien: Romulus" right before the film began. In 1979, "Alien" was unleashed upon the world, and the sci-fi/horror genre immediately had a new classic on its hands. Directed by relative newcomer (at that time) Ridley Scott, "Alien" took the world by storm and was the first of several sequels and prequels that would be released pretty regularly throughout the years. Excluding the films with "Predator" in the titles (the less said about those mov