Ryan Heffernan

3 days ago | collider.com | Ryan Heffernan

No hair, no care. No good story is complete without a fantastic antagonist for the hero to rally against as the crowd cheers on their triumphs. These follically-challenged fiends have proven to be more than a match for the champions they clash with, and just as importantly, have even managed to look badass while doing it — film is a visual medium, after all.

4 days ago | collider.com | Ryan Heffernan

Making up much of television’s golden era, the series of the 2010s represent small-screen entertainment at its most prestigious and engaging. With everything from winding crime thrillers to historical dramas, contemplative comedies, and even epic sci-fi and fantasy tales thriving throughout the decade, the 2010s is rife with outstanding television series that stand among the best the medium has ever seen.

4 days ago | collider.com | Ryan Heffernan

In a purely cinematic sense, the 2010s mark a decade of incredible storytelling heft, an expansive, experimental, and exhilarating decade that saw pictures from every genre make an impact on audiences, be it the soaring box office success of superhero blockbusters or the instant cult classic reverence of horror hits and sci-fi stunners.

5 days ago | collider.com | Ryan Heffernan

In the wake of the critical success and widespread fan approval of such series as The Last of Us and Fallout, video game adaptations may finally be making an impact on the pop-culture consciousness. In addition to these violent dramas making inroads with modern audiences through their visceral impact, the recent release of A Minecraft Movie — and its barnstorming box office success — has proven there is still plenty of love out there for pure dumb fun.

1 week ago | collider.com | Ryan Heffernan

The secret is finally out: video games contain brilliant stories. While this would have been a difficult notion to embrace with the history of film adaptations of video games in recent decades, the roaring success of HBO’s The Last of Us, based on the 2013 Naughty Dog PlayStation game of the same title, has proven to the masses that the medium is a goldmine for engrossing and contemplative stories, many of which could make the transition to the small screen.