Warning: This post contains spoilers for "Deadpool 2." "Deadpool 2" makes fun of superhero clichés, but it also relies on one of the oldest as a plot device. Violence against women used as a plot ...

The "MacGuffin" is one of the most famous, most enduring plot devices in all cinema (so much so, AMC Theaters named their in-house bars after it). The term was created by screenwriter Angus McPhail, ...

This column is intended to analyze the role women play in film — both in front of and behind the camera, above and below the line. But it would be remiss of me to ignore the ever burgeoning world of ...

Device is a monthly book discussion with a science-based twist. In each episode, we discuss a novel that uses science to drive the story’s action, and dissect the plot device for scientific ...