The Beatles of crime, in case you were wondering, is the Gallo Profaci wars, which launched the stories of The Godfather. The Lufthansa heist made its way back into the news in 2014 when Vincent Asaro got pinched. The cops claimed Asaro was in charge of all illegal activities at JFK airport. Asaro was alleged to be a big guy in the Bonanno family and his arrest made him the first gangster to face charges in the Lufthansa heist....

Can you recall the scariest nightmare you’ve ever had? Imagine the terrors your dormant mind produced: hulking monsters, terrifying creatures, and unholy shades. Now imagine that those horrors could follow you into the waking world. That is a sensation that Netflix‘s The Sandman soon hopes to capture. Adapted from Neil Gaiman’s classic comic of the same name, The Sandman is set to depict the journey of its title character The Sandman a....

For Johns, Stargirl has been a long time coming and it stands apart from his other work. “I’ve worked on a lot of comics and TV shows and films but this one was really special to me,” he says. “I wanted to just dedicate myself completely to it. So I created the pitch and DC Universe was looking for a series that was different from everything else they’ve done. And what I wanted to see was something that was more for families and all ages and that was different than Doom Patrol, Swamp Thing, or Titans....

The cop is referring, of course, to Hannibal Lecter, the former psychiatrist and serial killer played by Anthony Hopkins. Originally created by author Thomas Harris and making his first appearance in the 1981 novel Red Dragon, Lecter – otherwise known as Hannibal the Cannibal – has long since become a fixture on the pop culture landscape. The Silence of the Lambs isn’t specifically about Lecter – rather, it’s about Starling (Jodie Foster) and her efforts to catch another murderer, Buffalo Bill – but the character dominates the movie, providing some of its most oft-quoted lines and parodied scenes....

At a glance, this could apply to the climax of The Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan Demme’s masterful psychological thriller which finishes with a cat and mouse game of Starling (a peerless Jodie Foster) crawling through the dungeon created by Ted Levine’s Buffalo Bill. In that blackness, serial killer Bill most certainly watches her, playfully (mis)judging her aptitude for handling his house of horrors. Yet all of these elements are also evident in Silence of the Lambs’ very first scene....

The Simpsons Season 33 Episode 20 The Simpsons celebrates Mother’s Day by giving America’s most representational mom a break in character. “Marge the Meanie” counts as a gift. The family dynamic is slightly ajar, but the episode has the timing of the best of the series’ offerings. The premise is Marge has been hiding an improbable secret for years. She was a bad kid in school, and her pranks destroyed the life of her middle school principal....

The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 19 The Simpsons Season 32, episode 19, ” Panic on the Streets of Springfield,” is one of the most pointed parodies the series has crafted in a while. It takes on pre-teen angst with the dry iced wit of an 80s anti-Brit-pop band. But it also follows a slow, sad slide into anguished irony. I was looking for a laugh, then I found a laugh, and heaven knows I’m miserable now....

What a sweet story. The baddie was dealt with. Poor Holly finally got closure on Elise’s disappearance, and she and loving husband Nathan had the baby they’d been trying so hard for. Yes, granted, he’s now haunted by her dead sister, but what else is new? The important thing is that it all ended well. Togetherness. Baby. Lovely. Except, hang on, what? Unlovely. There was nothing sweet about The Sister’s ending....

Still, you may have noticed of late that pop culture’s obsession with crimes, those who commit them, and how they are punished has intensified of late. If you want to pinpoint a recent moment in the 21st century where our fascination with true crime intensified, you can probably do a lot worse than 2004’s The Staircase. The Staircase (titled Soupçons or “Suspicions” in its director’s native French) is a multi-part true crime docuseries that helped paved the way for so many of the other true crime docs we see today....

“It happened immediately,” Gunn says with a hint of lingering chagrin. “We started talking about what the project would be. The first thing that was brought up was Superman, but I didn’t know if I wanted to do that.” So the studio suggested a once-in-a-lifetime alternative: make whatever you want. Gunn was free to adapt “anybody out of the DC catalogue.” Somehow though, with an entire gleaming multiverse at his disposal, Gunn only had eyes for the filthiest D-listers this side of Krypton....

There’s a lot going on in The Tomorrow War’s epic, time-hopping plot. Soldiers from 2051 travel back in time to deliver a desperate message: invaders have ravaged the earth and threaten to blot out mankind completely. These soldiers need all the help they can get to wipe out the alien monstrosities, so they draft their predecessors into the war. Former military vet and slightly disillusioned high school science teacher Dan Forester (Chris Pratt) is recruited into the war, leaving behind his wife Emmy (Betty Gilpin) and young daughter Muri (Ryan Kiera Armstrong)....

In many ways, 2002 set the tempo for the modern Hollywood blockbuster landscape, which has changed relatively little in the decade since. A quick look at 2013‘s top 10, for example, reveals a markedly similar mix of superhero movies with Iron Man 3 still ruling the roost at the time of writing, followed by effects-heavy action flicks and family friendly animated features. As usual in these lists, we’re looking at the less celebrated films of 2002–the kinds of movies that not only didn’t make the top 10, but also failed to get either the financial or critical attention they deserved....

But unlike other film franchises, the order of The Twilight Saga is not super intuitive. Although the films are chronological, aside from the final two films in the franchise, they aren’t numbered, which can leave viewers who haven’t read the books a bit confused. If you’re new to the sometimes-sparkly world of Twilight and need some help figuring out which order to watch these films, we’ve got you… Twilight (2008) Director: Catherine HardwickeWriter: Melissa Rosenberg...

Sniveling mama’s boy and inbred King of Westeros Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson) on Game of Thrones is undoubtedly the most recent popular example. The archetype, however, goes even further back with Biff Tannen, Draco Malfoy, and Johnny Lawrence (pre-Cobra Kai) all making audiences’ skin crawl with their spoiled, privileged brand of banal evil. Now, in its final season, The Walking Dead has officially introduced its own entrant into the little shit canon....

On an action-heavy show known for shambling hordes of corpses and terrifying villains, the description seemed to fall short of final season expectations. After your characters have confronted cultish freaks who wear the skin of the dead to blend in, concepts like food insecurity don’t seem quite so cinematic. Now, as part of its “11 Weeks of Reveals Until Season 11” of The Walking Dead, AMC has unveiled titles for the final season’s first eight episodes and some additional descriptions of the two-part season premiere....

One of the key things that makes a great season of The X-Files is a balance between myth-arc episodes and Monster of the Week episodes. In the seasons with a strong myth-arc, this results in a compelling story overall that provides plenty of variation in its storytelling. In a weaker season, it provides an opportunity to step away from the convoluted mythology and produce some outstanding hours of television. It’s that balance that kept the show a mainstream hit, popular with viewers tuning in when they had time as well as with dedicated fans who never missed an episode....

Titans Season 2 Episode 5 “Deathstroke” manages to be both an entertaining but incredibly frustrating episode that still moves the main plot forward – even though Conner Kent is still nowhere to be found. First up, Dick is not being a great leader. As foolish as Jason was to go after Dr. Light, Dick deserves some blame for being secretive with Robin and the rest of Titans 2.0. It is such a Bruce thing to do....

Considering that most of us watch TV to relax, it’s remarkable how many shows leave us adrenalin-flooded, with hearts beating like hummingbird wings. It’s TV characters’ fault; those guys never know when to stop. They’re always attempting a hostile takeover of the family firm, escaping a race of murderous cyborgs or trying to dismantle a totalitarian regime. It’s exhilarating but exhausting behaviour. And the better a drama is, the more invested we are in its characters, so the more we care when they put their life on the line....

Like the Doctor in the TARDIS, the new presenter of University Challenge know they have a hard act to follow, as Jeremy Paxman’s withering looks and razor-sharp question-mastery have become part of the show’s very identity. And, much like the new Doctor, when the BBC announced Paxman’s departure after 28 years in the role, it prompted fierce speculation on social media. So who were the other public favourites? Fingers on buzzers!...

Vikings Season 6 Episode 17 “Of course I do not trust them; they lie about everything.” While there’s little question it’s King Harald’s mission to conquer Wessex that garners the bulk of our attention in this episode, it’s the final gasp of Ubbe and the Greenland survivors that captures the indomitable spirit of the Vikings. During Vikings six year run, we’ve witnessed unspeakably horrific acts both on the battlefield and behind closed doors, but “The Raft of Medusa” demands we glimpse another dark side of the human condition that transcends the physical plane and puts on display the human cost of the desire for greatness....