At first glance, the weapons of Dune make no sense. Humanity can cross interstellar space, manipulate bloodlines...
Movie Swords
Swords from movies often capture our imaginations due to their unique designs, iconic status, and the characters who wield them.
Ridley Scott’s Gladiator remains a towering Roman epic. We examine its performances, arena fights, weapons, historical liberties...
Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai remains one of cinema’s defining action epics. We examine its characters, weapons, historical...
Seven Swords is what happens when Tsui Hark looks at the basic premise of Seven Samurai and...
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune takes place thousands of years into the future, yet its warriors settle arguments with...
Zack Snyder’s 300 is what happens when ancient history drinks six energy drinks, discovers slow motion and...
Fantasy writers have never been particularly interested in leaving swords alone. A perfectly serviceable piece of sharpened...
Herugrim is one of those weapons in The Lord of the Rings that gets surprisingly little page...
Few fantasy swords have earned a nickname as intimidating as Goblin-cleaver. The name alone tells you this...
The story of Excalibur has survived for nearly a thousand years because it sits in that fascinating...