• The List: 10 worst Oscar snubs of 2012

    The Academy Awards ceremony takes place this Sunday in Hollywood, but some of the most deserving films and performances aren’t even in the running. We run down who should have been on the ballot.

  • The List: Worst love triangles

    
Romance meets geometry! With “This Means War” hitting theaters this weekend — featuring two spies vying for the affection of Reese Witherspoon — we’re counting down the 10 worst love triangles in TV and movies.

  • The List: 10 greatest Simpsons supporting characters

    With “The Simpsons” gearing up for its 500th episode, we combed through the show’s massive collection of secondary characters to pick our 10 favorites. D’oh! Sorry, Homer. You’re not eligible.

  • The List: 10 actors we can’t separate from their signature roles

    This weekend, Daniel Radcliffe will try to cast off his wizard robe and get audiences to see him as something besides “just Harry Potter” in “The Woman in Black.” It’s not always easy for actors to break away from the characters that made them famous. Read on for 10 prime examples.

  • The List: 10 TV-to-movie adaptations that need to happen

    With the news that “Party Down” and “24” will be made into feature films, we got to thinking about what television shows should also be adapted for the big screen.

  • The List: Alternative holiday movies

    Your holiday movie choices are usually obvious — “A Christmas Story,” “It’s a Wonderful Life” and so on. But if you’re looking for something off the beaten path, we’ve got some suggestions for other holiday-themed flicks that should become your traditions.

  • The List: Top 10 Muppets

    With America rediscovering its love affair with Jim Henson’s sardonic puppet creations, we decided to rank our 10 favorites.

  • The List: 10 vampires and werewolves who are cooler than Edward and Jacob

    I am, in fact, neither Team Edward nor Team Jacob. So instead I’ve decided to reflect on the vampires and werewolves that have really mattered to me over the years.

  • The List: 10 most epic movies

    This past weekend, the gods did battle at the box office with “The Immortals,” a stylized epic from former music video director Tarsem. So we decided to count down 10 of our favorite, most epic-est movies ever!

  • The List: 10 best ensemble movies

    With Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy leading an all-star cast in the new movie “Tower Heist,” we’re counting down 10 movies we love where the stars align in a big ensemble.

  • The List: 10 scariest movie characters ever

    Some scary movies rely on atmosphere. Some rely on frightening jolts. But we wanted to look at the characters that really, really got under our skin.

  • The List: 10 best movie threesomes

    As the latest movie incarnation of Alexander Dumas’ “The Three Musketeers” gets the steampunk treatment, we’ll find out why young d’Artagnan wants to hang with this trio … in 3-D no less! But movies have long known the power of a good threesome (not like that), so we’re counting down our favorite terrific trios.

  • The List: Top 10 rednecks

    The new horror-comedy “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil” features some misunderstood yet lovable rednecks. Here are 10 of our favorite rednecks from movies and television.

  • The List: 10 best sports movies ever

    “Moneyball” is a different kind of sports movie — more about what goes on in the office than on the field. Still, it’s fantastic, and it led us to debate our favorite sports movies ever.

  • The List: 10 best awesomely violent movies

    With Ryan Gosling’s excellent (and ultra-violent) “Drive” hitting Columbus theaters, I decided to count down 10 movies I love that have strong violence.

  • The List: Top 10 TV badasses

    As I was watching "Sons of Anarchy" for this week's review, I thought, "Man, Opie (Ryan Hurst) is one scary-looking dude." But being physically threatening isn't the only thing it takes to be a badass - there's an attitude and style to it as well. Here are television's most badass characters.

  • The List: Movie creatures we love

    Last weekend, scary little creatures invaded theaters in the new horror "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark." We took a look at some of our favorite critters in film, from scary to not-so-scary.

  • The List: 10 documentaries for people who don't like documentaries

    I recommend a lot of movies to people, and I see their eyes glaze over when I suggest a documentary. Here are 10 narrative docs that are as funny, heartbreaking, intriguing and enthralling as many of the fictional movies you'll find.

  • The List: 10 greatest hip hop groups of all time

    Michael Rapaport's Tribe Called Quest documentary "Beats, Rhymes & Life" hits Columbus theaters this weekend. It's a thoughtful look at one of the seminal groups in hip-hop. The genre may have moved toward solo acts and guest spots, but these were the groups that made it matter.

  • The List: Top 10 primates ever

    This weekend, the scary apes take over with "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," but not all primates are so threatening. Here are our 10 favorite monkeys, apes and more from pop culture.

  • The List: Top 10 cowboys and aliens

    This week "Cowboys & Aliens" pairs two staples of little boys' imaginations in one movie. So we decided we'd run down 10 of our favorite cowboys and/or aliens.

  • The List: Top 10 Harry Potter characters

    After eight movies spanning a decade, the "Harry Potter" movie saga finally comes to a close this weekend. Here are my top 10 favorite characters - strictly based off the films, mind you.

  • The List: 10 worst movie bosses

    This week, "Horrible Bosses" hits theaters with a comedic tale of three friends plotting the deaths of their employers. We've all had lousy bosses. Hopefully, none quite as bad as these ...

  • The List: 10 worst Michael Bay movies ever

    The third "Transformers" has roared into theaters, and it's actually not bad. But Michael Bay is still the man responsible for some of the loudest, fastest, dumbest movies ever. We look back at 10 of the worst things he's done as either producer or director.

  • The List: 10 worst employees in movies

    This weekend "Bad Teacher" brings bad behavior to the big screen, with Cameron Diaz playing a foul-mouthed junior-high teacher who gets an "F" for effort. So let's look back at some other characters who - through incompetence or just apathy - really suck at their jobs.

  • The List: Top 10 kid adventure movies

    As "Super 8" promises to bring back those great kid adventure movies that we loved so much in the '80s, we decided to count down our favorite flicks that put kids in the middle of the action.

  • The List: 10 great actors who have done superhero movies

    When "X-Men: First Class" drops into theaters this weekend, it brings a trio of top-notch young acting talent. They may not have always given their best performance in these movies, but here are 10 great talents who have popped up in superhero flicks.

  • The List: 10 comedy sequels we want to see

    "The Hangover Part II" is stumbling into theaters this weekend, and there are already talks of doing another "Bridesmaids" movie. Here's our wish list of 10 comedies we would love to see get the sequel treatment.

  • The List: 10 worst blockbusters

    The increasingly lackluster "Pirates of the Caribbean" series is sailing into theaters again this weekend, sure to plunder the box office again. So here's a look at 10 less-than-stellar movies that made a ton of bank.

  • The List: Top 10 most-wanted TV spin-offs

    Spin-offs are generally a bad idea - "Joanie Loves Chachi" and "The Lone Gunmen," for example - but here are 10 ideas for downright awesome shows that would feature some of the best characters on TV right now.

  • The List: 10 things Community should spoof

    In honor of Thursday's "Community" finale - the much-anticipated follow-up to last season's paintball episode - here are the ten genres, movies, TV series, whatever we'd like to see spoofed next season. Yea for Season 3 of "Community!"

  • The List: Top 10 Looney Tunes characters

    Next Tuesday the Cartoon Network premieres "The Looney Tunes Show," a half-hour series where Bugs, Daffy and friends live in the modern world. Thinking about it made us nostalgic for our favorite characters from the original shorts.

  • The List: 10 planets that deserve their own holidays

    We all love Earth, and Earth Day is a great way to celebrate its spectacular beauty. But where do we get off thinking ours is the only planet deserving of its own special day? Here are ten awesome planets that merit their own 24-hour celebration.

  • The List: 10 fatal mistakes in horror movies

    The self-aware horror series "Scream," which returns to theaters this weekend with its latest installment, taught us the rules of horror films ("Never say, 'I'll be right back!'"), but there are plenty of mistakes people still make. Read on if you want to live.

  • The List: Top 10 movies named after main characters

    We love it when movies conveniently tell us the name of the main character right in the title, like "Arthur." Here are our 10 favorite movies that stick to this simple one-word title formula.

  • The List: Top 10 style-over-substance movies

    With Zack Snyder's "Sucker Punch" getting roundly KO'ed by audiences and critics alike, we thought we'd take a look at some movies that put beauty over brains, perfect for when you've got a sweet tooth for eye candy.

  • The List: 10 most awesome movie aliens

    This weekend, the friendly alien in "Paul" will no doubt delight audiences with his shenanigans. Aliens are a staple of movies - and they don't always come in peace. Here are 10 of our favorites.

  • The List: 10 greatest Misters of all time

    It's no "mister-y" how important misters are to pop culture. They teach us important lessons, give us a pick-me-up and pity our fools. Here are the 10 best.

  • The List: 10 greatest Schwarzenegger movies

    Sadly, this weekend's Arnold Sports Film Festival is not just showing the fine films of the Governator. Let's check out my 10 favorites. Come with me if you want to live ...

  • The List: 10 worst Best Picture mistakes

    The Academy Awards have a long tradition of playing it safe, rewarding pompous period pieces and snubbing the true best picture if it has too much edge. Need proof that the Academy sucks? Here are 10 examples.

  • The List: 10 worst comedy sequels

    Martin Lawrence is putting the fat suit back on for "Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son," likely the latest in a long line of ill-advised comedy sequels. Here are 10 of the most ill-advised-est.

  • The List: 10 TV couples to root for

    With Valentine's Day right around the corner, here are 10 TV couples you should be rooting for - some because they're feel-good, happy couples, others because their troubles are representative of real-life relationships.

  • The List: 10 worst Ohioans

    In compiling our research for our 100 Greatest Ohioans issue, we found out that a lot of interesting people have Ohio ties. We also found a lot of people we wish didn't have a connection to the Buckeye State.

  • The List: Top 10 signature hairstyles

    Leave it to Bieber. The precocious pubescent pop star is everywhere, and we blame that stupid haircut. Here are 10 way better signature looks. Take note, Biebs.

  • The List: 10 greatest bad Nicolas Cage performances

    Nicolas Cage is a talented actor, yet his resume is littered with overblown performances in awful movies. And his two newest releases - "Season of the Witch" and the upcoming "Drive Angry 3D," which looks like a contender for worst ever - are no exception. Here are 10 of Cage's most wonderfully awful performances to date.

  • The List: Top 10 sidekicks

    With this weekend's release of "The Green Hornet," we'll get to see Kato, one of the all-time great sidekicks, sidekicking some ass on the big screen. Here are 10 more of our favorite partners in crime.

  • The List: 10 movies that deserve 24-hour TV marathons

    The 24-hour marathon of "A Christmas Story" is already a modern holiday tradition. But what other movies could be run in a loop on TV and be fun no matter when you flipped over to them? Glad you asked.

  • The List: Top 10 rock documentaries

    When we heard "The Secret to a Happy Ending," a documentary about alt-country rockers Drive-By Truckers, was coming to the Gateway this weekend, we started thinking about the greatest rock docs made over the years. Turn it up.

  • The List: 10 awesome robots

    With the holiday season just around the corner, it's the appropriate time to recognize the coolest artificially intelligent characters from movies and television.

  • The List: 10 best pop-culture mustaches

    What would Mustache Month be without a top-10 list of the coolest lip warmers worn by our favorite pop-culture characters?

  • Top 10 bands with numbers in their names

    We get a kick out of interesting band names, and for whatever reason musicians seem to like numbers. Here are our favorite bands with numerical names.

  • The List: Top 10 buddy comedies

    In honor of this week's release of the Zach Galifianakis-Robert Downey Jr. comedy "Due Date," here are 10 of our favorite buddy comedies.

  • Top 10 underrated scary movies

    'Tis the season for scary movies, but everyone already knows that "Psycho" will make you run for your mother and "The Exorcist" will make you pee yourself. So we decided to highlight some scary movies that haven't gotten their due.

  • 10 creepy actors you don't know by name

    You recognize their faces because they haunt your dreams, but you've probably never known their names. These are the creepy character actors who send shivers up your spine every time they pop up on screen. Now you'll never have to lose a game of Name that Creep against your friends ever again.

  • 10 unlikely movie sequels

    With sequels to 1987's "Wall Street" and 1998's "Happiness" popping up in theaters, we decided to take a look at some sequels we doubt we'll see. Spoiler alert for "JFK 2." Turns out, it was Lee Harvey Oswald after all.

  • Top 10 college movies

    It's officially time to go back to school, so we're counting down the 10 greatest college movies of all time. Some are hilarious, some are poignant and some are about NERDS!

  • Fall Arts Preview: Movies

    The 10 movies we're most looking forward to checking out this season.

  • 10 movies we wish were in 3-D

    The seemingly endless "Resident Evil" franchise returns to theaters this weekend, and they're latching on to Hollywood's new favorite toy: 3-D. While the series is better than most movies based on video games (and we do love zombies at Alive), here are 10 movies we wish would get the extra dimension instead.

  • Top 10 worst college mascots

    Yeah, the Ohio State mascot is a nut. You wanna make something of it? We found 10 college mascots way sillier than good old Brutus.

  • 10 awesome actors-turned-directors

    Bexley native and "How I Met Your Mother" star Josh Radnor's directorial debut "Happythankyoumoreplease" premieres this weekend with a red-carpet bash at the Drexel. Here are our 10 favorite thespians who went on to be even better directors.

  • Top 10 ways to get the girl in movies

    This weekend, Scott Pilgrim will battle his new girlfriend's seven evil exes, prompting us to look at movies featuring great ways to win the hearts of the one you adore. Fortunately, none of them involve flowers, candy or attending medical school.

  • Top 10 awesome things found in our office move

    Moving time always means finding a bunch of old s--t you have no idea why you kept in the first place. Well, the Alive staff just relocated to some cushier digs, and here are the treasures we found.

  • Top 10 movies that would make great singalongs

    The new "Grease Sing-a-long," opening Friday at AMC Easton, got us thinking about other movies we'd like to see get the singalong treatment.

  • Top 10 movies that mess with your mind

    With Christopher Nolan's "Inception" set to blow our little minds wide open this weekend, we decided to take a look at 10 other favorite movies that mess with your head.

  • Top 10 premature cancellations

    Last week's news that "Party Down" has been canceled made us sad. Then we started to think of all the great shows prematurely canceled over the years, and we became downright depressed. Here's the 10 canceled TV shows we miss the most.

  • 10 things that make us proud to be American

    Amid the flags and the fireworks of the Fourth, it's easy to forget that some of the most awesome things about this country don't end up on bumper stickers and T-shirts. We'd like to salute 10 things that make us swell with national pride.

  • Top 10 cartoons for grown-ups

    With "Futurama" set to return with its first new episode in seven years, we're taking a look at our favorite cartoons of all time aimed at grown-ups.

  • Top 10 greatest doctors

    They make us feel better when we're sick, make us laugh and teach us to love to "love the bomb." Here are our favorite doctors of all time.

  • '80s TV shows we want to see adapted into movies

    With a movie version of "The A-Team" set to invade theaters this weekend, we decided to look at some other '80s TV classics we want to see on the silver screen. We love it when a plan comes together.

  • Top 10 comedy scene-stealers

    Russell Brand's pompous (but oddly lovable) rocker Aldous Snow certainly got enough laughs in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" to justify his own movie. Let's look at some other notable examples of actors who got maximum laughs in limited screen time.

  • Top 10 hair metal frontmen

    Barring any further medical setbacks, former Poison lead singer and erstwhile reality TV celebrity Bret Michaels is slated to headline the Brew Blast at the LC Pavilion this Sunday. Let's bust out the Aqua Net and look at some of the finest specimens from the hair metal era in which he thrived.

  • The List: SNL movies

    The latest "Saturday Night Live" sketch-turned-movie is "MacGruber," starring Will Forte as a "MacGyver"-like bomb defuser. Let's run through some of the rest of the SNL-movie oeuvre, from terrible to terrific.

  • The List: When rappers act

    Musicians have tried their hand at movies since Elvis, but no genre has been more represented in the acting field than hip-hop. This week's basketball romance "Just Wright" features rappers in both leads (Common and Queen Latifah). Here we take a look at 10 memorable examples of rappers gone thespian, ranking their acting chops from worst to first.

  • The List: Top 10 movies based on comic books

    With "Iron Man 2" set to invade theaters, it's pretty clear that movies based on comic books are big money - and, over the past decade or so, they've gotten pretty good. Here are 10 awesome movies that got their start in the pages of comics and graphic novels.

  • The List: All-slasher all-star basketball team

    We were brainstorming the boring old "top slasher villains of all time" list we've seen a million times when we arrived at the obvious question: If all of these psycho killers formed a basketball team, what would their roles be? Go, Slash-Os!

  • The List: 10 Best PlayStation games

    Nostalgia for classic Nintendo games is still paramount, but the original PlayStation had some pretty awesome stuff (and it was the first console where you didn't have to blow in the games to make them work). Here's a look at the best from a gaming era long, long ago - the '90s.

  • The List: Worst first-date movies ever

    There's a reason the old boring dinner-and-a-movie is still the go-to date. Nothing diffuses the awkwardness of getting to know someone like a good flick. These movies, on the other hand, are guaranteed to end your night in an uncomfortable handshake and a strange look.

  • The List: 10 best date-night double-features

    Steve Carell and Tina Fey will unite onscreen for the first time as a married couple in "Date Night," opening Friday, about a night on the town gone horribly wrong. Play it safe on your next date night by staying in and watching movies. Here are 10 great double-feature ideas.