Ralph Jones
Inverse
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“He might as well be Tom Cruise, Action Star.” Why the Directors of '65' Made Adam Driver Fight a Dinosaur
The directors of the “Adam Driver fights a dinosaur” movie speak about embracing the B-movie label, and the spin-offs of 'A Quiet Place.' → Read More
Funnier than fiction
"The Rehearsal" and "How To with John Wilson" mess with our sense of reality, and audiences love it. → Read More
The oral history of 'I Am Legend,' Will Smith's post-apocalypse masterpiece
On the movie’s 15th anniversary, Inverse presents an oral history of 'I Am Legend' according to the people who made the film. → Read More
The oral history of 'Event Horizon,' Paul W.S. Anderson's sci-fi cult classic
25 years later, seven key members of the production (including director Paul W.S. Anderson and writer Philip Eisner) reveal how 'Event Horizon' was born, died, and resurrected. → Read More
The oral history of Men in Black: “He was kind of a pain in the ass.”
Director Barry Sonnenfeld and 13 others involved reveal how Men in Black came to be. → Read More
The oral history of 'Face/Off,' Nicolas Cage’s inexplicable sci-fi masterpiece
An $80 million budget and visionary director Woo helped 'Face/Off' rise above the absurdity of its premise to become something the skeptics could never have imagined: a good movie. → Read More
Inside the Hidden World of Rhino Poachers
Glass garages are springing up in the small towns near the border of one of South Africa’s biggest game reserves. The owners want you to be able to see their sports cars. Kruger National Park is home to a threatened and rare species of animal, the rhino, and the people who poach them are getting […] → Read More
How to dance with the dead
"All the Living and the Dead" and "This Party's Dead" bring new insight and surprising joy to the biggest subject of them all. → Read More
Orson Fortune and the Joy of Ludicrous Movie Character Names
Christmas Jones. Tugg Speedman. Plutarch Heavensbee. Hooligarth Van Klosfock. Which one of those names is the odd one out? Well, it’s the last one. Why? Because I made that one up. The other three are bona fide names from real movies. But what does that mean? Someone made those three up as well. And hats […] → Read More
Index: A History of the
The history of the index is dotted with big personalities, scandals and moral panics, as a new book explains. → Read More
The oral history of 'The Lawnmower Man,' the sci-fi movie that predicted VR
Three decades later, director Brett Leonard, production designer Alex McDowell, and five others tell Inverse how 'The Lawnmower Man' made its mark as one of the most prescient (and outdated) films of the early ‘90s. → Read More
The secret suffering of the woman who thought of 'Titanic' before James Cameron
From The Wrestler to Phone Booth, it’s more common than you think. Here's what it's like to see your big idea turn up on the big screen — from someone else. → Read More
The oral history of 'Mars Attacks,' Tim Burton’s misunderstood sci-fi masterpiece
By the mid-1990s, Tim Burton had reached a level of success few other filmmakers could dream of, but he was about to come crashing down to Earth. → Read More
The 'Human Centipede' Director's New Film Is Just as Dark as You'd Expect
Tom Six's shock horror franchise became an unlikely phenomenon in the 2010s. Now, he's struggling to get his films released at all. → Read More
“Squid Game” and the Alluring Falsity of Rejection Stories
We love an underdog story, but should we be more realistic? → Read More
Why Are Men Obsessed With Imaginary Fights Against Wild Animals?
Humans are physically pathetic. But a not-insignificant number of them refuse to accept it. → Read More
'Terminator 2': 30 facts you didn’t know about the greatest sci-fi sequel of all time
As timeless as 'Terminator 2' may be, the story behind it is even better. Inverse combed through hours of podcasts and making-of interviews to unearth 30 fascinating nuggets. → Read More
The scariest monster in Stranger Things 3 was almost too gross for Netflix
The Rodeo team behind 'Stranger Things' Season 3 explains how they created the flesh monster and why it was almost too disgusting to show the world. → Read More
Book review: Infinitely Full of Hope
On becoming a dad, philosopher Tom Whyman was confronted with the question: "is it cruel to bring new life into an awful world?" → Read More
Kate Darling Knows the Secret to Coexisting With Robots
“Robots that feel alive aren't going away,” writes Kate Darling. Darling is an expert in robot ethics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), → Read More