The Princess Bride (film) Rob Reiner

“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

The Princess Bride is a cultural phenomenon at this point, as a loving satire of the fantasy genre. The movie catapulted this story to its popular culture status, and...

Many of the great modern works of literature and film find their inspiration in the classical works of authors such as Homer, Chariton, and Xenophon. While modern authors may not even realize they are imitating the characters and generic...