homogeneity How pop culture turned into a placid sea of franchises, sequels, reboots and other reliable earners Rob Beschizza

Bruce Willis Kevin Smith buries the hatchet with Bruce Willis Devin Nealy

game shows The secrets of Hollywood Squares David Pescovitz

Yet another superhero movie Why did the big Hollywood musical die Devin Nealy

better than Cats Andrew Lloyd Webber thought the Cats movie was so horrible that he bought a dog. Seriously. David Pescovitz

orcs Elijah Wood says one of the Lord of the Rings orcs' faces was modeled on Harvey Weinstein David Pescovitz

seinfeld Here's a fantastic supercut of the movie references seen in Seinfeld David Pescovitz

psycho Watch Jim Carrey prank Norm Macdonald at the real house used in Hitchcock's Psycho David Pescovitz

Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe on ending up relatively OK, unlike many child stars Rob Beschizza

hollywood Interview with Animal House's "Otter" (Tim Matheson), 43 years after the iconic film's release David Pescovitz

film industry Dwayne Johnson accounts for 1/3 of Asian and Pacific Islander lead roles in top films Thom Dunn

99 percent invisible How megaplex movie theatres shaped the movie industry — for better, and for worse Thom Dunn

arclight theater ArcLight and Pacific theaters permanently close doors Jess Sabine

economic aid TV writers and actors made a wonderfully awful Batman short film for charity Thom Dunn

telephones Watch: "A Eulogy for the Movie Phone Booth" David Pescovitz

cinemas AMC cinemas now offering private party screenings for $100 David Pescovitz

reunion John Stamos offers to play 'Chachi', Scott Baio not amused Kevin Reome

1940s Watch 1940s film footage of the streets of Hollywood David Pescovitz

james hong The most prolific actor in Hollywood history Rob Beschizza

martial arts Japanese sword master reviews the movies, shows how it's done Rob Beschizza