Eric Francisco
Eric Francisco is a freelance entertainment journalist and graduate of Rutgers University. If a movie or TV show has superheroes, spaceships, kung fu, or John Cena, he's your guy to make sense of it. A former senior writer at Inverse, his byline has also appeared at Vulture, The Daily Beast, Observer, and The Mary Sue. You can find him screaming at Devils hockey games or dodging enemy fire in Call of Duty: Warzone.
Latest articles by Eric Francisco

The 35 greatest TV theme songs
By Eric Francisco published
Feature Sometimes, they're actually the best part of any episode

The 35 greatest sci-fi movie characters
By Eric Francisco published
Feature Androids, aliens, and space wizards, behold the all-time heroes and villains of sci-fi cinema

The 32 greatest Reese Witherspoon movies
By Eric Francisco published
Feature What, like it's hard?

The 33 greatest Sandra Bullock movies
By Eric Francisco published
Feature From driving runaway buses to falling from space, Sandra Bullock has done it all

The 32 greatest '80s movies characters
By Eric Francisco published
Feature With big hair and bigger attitude, these are movie's greatest heroes and villains in the 1980s

The 32 greatest '70s movie characters
By Eric Francisco published
Feature Journalists, crooked cops, kung fu masters, the 1970s have them all

34 greatest video game references in movies and TV
By Eric Francisco published
Feature Those times when arcade hits and console classics get a moment to shine

The 32 best sci-fi movie uniforms and costumes
By Eric Francisco published
Feature From explorers to soldiers, sci-fi movies have the cleanest fashion in all of cinema

The 32 greatest '60s movie characters
By Eric Francisco published
Feature Amid sweeping societal changes, the cinema saw an influx of iconic characters

The 32 greatest '50s movie characters
By Eric Francisco published
Feature In the decade following World War II, these were the heroes and villains of the silver screen

The 32 best '70s movies
By Eric Francisco published
Feature With "New Hollywood" in full swing, director-driven works reflected a morally ambiguous atmosphere

The 32 greatest Disney movie moments
By Eric Francisco published
Feature These are the Disney moments that take us wonder by wonder

The 32 best date night movies
By Eric Francisco published
Feature For couples who want to cry, laugh, scream, or do it all

The 32 greatest casting choices in superhero movies
By Eric Francisco published
Feature It's a great power, and a great responsibility, to bring superheroes to life on the big screen

The 35 greatest songs made for movies
By Eric Francisco published
Feature They're cheesy, they're catchy, they're what make us love our favorite movies even more

The 32 greatest 2000s movies you've forgotten about
By Eric Francisco published
Feature At the dawn of smartphones and social media, these were the movies of the decade that came and went

32 movies that actually deserve a sequel
By Eric Francisco published
Feature Because sometimes, one movie just isn't enough

The 32 best '50s movies
By Eric Francisco published
Feature After World War II, Hollywood studios perfected its formulas

The 32 best '80s movies
By Eric Francisco published
Feature With the rise of shopping malls and the Cold War heating up, movies got bigger and bolder in the 1980s

The 32 best '60s movies
By Eric Francisco published
feature As American society dramatically changed, foreign filmmakers produced work that eclipsed big Hollywood studio features.

The 32 greatest '90s actors
By Eric Francisco published
Feature As America logged online, these were the greatest actors who blew up the big screen

The 32 greatest '80s actors
By Eric Francisco published
Feature As the Cold War ended and shopping malls sprang up, these were the biggest stars on the screen

The 32 greatest '70s actors
By Eric Francisco published
Feature These movie stars lit up the screen amid a tumultuous decade in American history
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