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13 Villainous Costumes That Make Being Bad Look Good

For dresses like these, I'd turn heel too.

by Sara Goodwin Jul 5th

This fashion roundup is not last month's floofy dress edition. This is ... the fashion of the damned? Well, not entirely. (That'll come at the end.) Due to the nature of entertainment in general, few characters are one hundred percent villainous or heroic, so there will be a few entries on this list that might make you go "Wait! She's not a villain anymore! This season. Well, most of it ...."

The 9 Very Best Fictional Fashion Looks: Formal Dress Edition

My favorite foo-foo dresses I wish I had a reason to wear.

by Sara Goodwin Jun 3rd

Whether the dress is costume-y or fashion, I truly love dressing up. I respect those who don't, and would never be a jerk about it, but I have a closet of lovely things and nowhere to go, you guys! Since I was a kid, I've mentally curated an imaginary "list" of my top favorite dresses from movies. Some of them made the list for my previous article about fictional fashion, and some belong here, in my top favorite dresses I wish I had somewhere to wear.

Alternative Movie Posters for Firefly, Legend, Pan’s Labyrinth, Harry Potter and More

eye candy

by Susana Polo Jan 10th

Sometimes you find an artist online and a theme to describe their work jumps easily to mind. Sometimes it doesn't. So look. You like movies? Adam Rabalais' Etsy shop probably has an gorgeously composed alternative poster for one that you like. Initially I was just going to post his Harry Potter series, but then I saw this one for the television show Firefly and, well. Take a look.

Art Nouveau Prints For All the Non-Disney Princesses

Pretty Pretty Princess

by Susana Polo Nov 13th

Okay, Lydia Deetz and most of the other female characters featured in Kishokahime's DeviantArt gallery aren't princesses, but you know what I mean. They're the leading ladies of a bunch of animated and genre films from an era that corresponds to a lot of childhoods these days. And they may not get as much play in the media as Cinderella, but that doesn't mean we've forgotten about them. So here's to the strange and unusual movies where unicorns are a far more likely occurrence and Tim Curry is almost always the villain.

Comic Book Covers Imagined for Cult Movies

by Robert Quigley Aug 4th

Artist and funny guy Brian McLachlan wished that cult movies like Mad Max, Red Dawn, and Goonies had gotten their days in the comic book sun, untainted by "staff writers with no love for the characters." So he made it happen -- well, the covers, at least -- having lots of fun with classic comic book styles in the process.

A few of our favorites below: