His mother was a waitress; his father, a violent man, struggled to find work during the Depression, and abandoned the family ...

Fans have seen several takes on Lex Luthor truly challenge Superman, from Gene Hackman's live-action version to numerous ...

Charlie Cox's blind hero returns in an era when justice is stacked against would-be heroes. That seems about right.

The late Gene Hackman leaves a legacy of cinematic grasping, of striving for more. What's more common—or more American—than that?

Thanks to meme culture, Lex Luthor's most unexpected crime outside DC Comics became Superman's arch-nemesis greatest legacy.

Marvel and DC comics take place on very different Earths, but one thing is the same — the United States of America. Each ...

Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and made him one of the industry’s most respected and honored performers ...

To many, he will always be Superman supervillain Lex Luthor, but with a career spanning six decades, Gene Hackman's acting CV was as varied as it was long. A former Marine, his work on the screen ...

“Gene Hackman may have been known for playing the ‘tough guy,’ including the hard-nosed cop Jimmy ‘Popeye’ Doyle in ‘The French Connection’ and the supervillain Lex Luthor in ...

“Gene Hackman may have been known for playing the ‘tough guy,’ including the hard-nosed cop Jimmy ‘Popeye’ Doyle in ‘The French Connection’ and the supervillain Lex Luthor in ...