Action movies are the bread and butter of the summer blockbuster. There’s just something about spending a hot summer night in an air-conditioned theater, watching jaw-dropping explosions and epic ...

"Bridesmaids" proved that audiences will flock to a movie about women who are bawdy and hilarious. Here's hoping "Haywire," Steven Soderbergh's Bourne-esque action thriller about a covert operative ...

With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about gender and how depictions of female action heroes have evolved over ...

The 1980s and 1990s might have been the golden era for iconic action heroes, but a few rose to prominence during the 2000s as well.

CNN — Jennifer Lawrence shared her thoughts on the history of female-led action movies in a new interview, but the "Hunger Games" star is getting some flack for not quite getting it right. The Oscar ...

The most obvious member of an all-female Avengers team would be Carol Danvers’ Captain Marvel. Brie Larson debuted this supremely-powerful hero in 2019’s self-titled movie, and was the first female ...

You trained for five months for the first film. Did you have to train as much for the second? Do you maintain your fitness for that long? [Laughs]. When it was greenlit, I had met my man and we were ...

Arguably one of the most popular Shonen anime series of the last decade, My Hero Academia is full of powerful heroes and villains. The story follows Deku as the teenage male protagonist, but his story ...

It’s been nearly half a century since Sigourney Weaver first stormed onto screens in Alien and showed the world what a female action hero could look like, and she certainly didn’t let criticism about ...

Actress Charlize Theron criticized the film industry for being reluctant to support female-led action films, in a new interview with The New York Times. Theron and fellow actress Uma Thurman spoke to ...