When Stephen King published The Running Man under his pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982, he set his story — about a bleak America where the desperate are hunted to the death on national television — ...

In the 1980s, science-fiction movies reveled in presenting the future as a grand bad dream of where we were headed — movies like “Blade Runner,” “Outland,” “The Terminator,” and “Escape from New York.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Stephen King made you walk. Now he’s making you run! In the year 2025, the United States has devolved into a dystopian dictatorship where the ultra-wealthy have all control and ...

In 1982, Stephen King—writing under the name Richard Bachman—released The Running Man, a dystopian thriller about a deadly game show where contestants, branded enemies of the state, are hunted for ...

When the original Running Man movie came out in 1987, reality TV was still a thing of science fiction. Now, in 2025, when the genre is as ubiquitous as bad politicians, the new version of Stephen King ...

Back in 2021, Hannah’s love of all things nerdy collided with her passion for writing — and she hasn’t stopped since. She covers pop culture news, writes reviews, and conducts interviews on just about ...

In many ways, “The Running Man” is an easy film to write off as a bombastic slot-plugger. But while its glib, overcooked style requires you to leave your critical-thinking cap at the door, this is ...