FEMMES FORMIDABLES

Without a doubt Beatrix Kiddo, central character of KILL BILL Parts 1 and 2, was the most notable femme formidable to debut in 2003. I...

Lara Croft remains the best known action-heroine created for an American videogame.  However, the zombie-killing game RESIDENT EVIL has ...

THE PRINCESS BLADE was a one-shot take on the 1970s manga-series LADY SNOWBLOOD , albeit transplanted to a vague post-apocalyptic enviro...

DARK ANGEL, a two-season wonder produced by James Cameron, took place in a slightly dystopic future not very different from the present....

Though the Barbara Gordon Batgirl remains the best known to the general public, Cassandra Cain is on the whole a more original transform...

In a general sense Faith is to Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Callisto is to Xena.  However, the approach of the two teleseries to the idea...

The 1992 BUFFY film remains important purely as a dry run for the more ambitious teleseries.  Had Joss Whedon and his company not manage...