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Alicia Vikander - Ex machina Ava : Isn't it strange, to create something that hates you? Tim Curry - Legend The Lord of Darkness :  We are all animals m'lady. Bill Nighy - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Davey Jones : Life is cruel. Why should the afterlife be any different?  Doug Bradley - Hellraiser Pinhead : Welcome to the worst nightmare of all... reality!  Andy Serkis - Rise of the Planet of the Apes Caesar : War has begun.  Doug Jones - Hellboy II: The Golden Army  Abe Sapien:   If there's trouble, all us freaks have is each other. And I'm stuck in here, so look after the big lug for me, will you?

I WANT YOU! Originally published as the cover for the July 6, 1916, issue of Leslie’s Weekly with the title “What Are You Doing for Preparedness?” this portrait of “Uncle Sam” went on to become–according to its creator, James Montgomery Flagg–”the most famous poster in the world.” Over four million copies were printed between 1917 and 1918, as the United States entered World War I and began sending troops and material into war zones. We Can Do It!  We Can Do It! is a WW II era American wartime propoganda poster produced by J. Howard Miller in 1943 for Westinghouse Electric as a tool to boost worker morale. Surprisingly, the poster did not enjoy wide popularity during World War II. It was rediscovered in the early 1980s and widely reproduced in many forms, often called “We Can Do It!” but also mistakenly called “Rosie the Riveter” after the iconic figure of a strong female war production worker. The “We Can Do It!” image was used to promote feminism and o...

  10. Battle of Monte Cassino, 17 January–18 May 1944: 185,000 casualties Waged between the Allies and the joint German and Italian troops in the early part of 1944, the Battle of Monte Cassino was one of the hardest fought battles of the Second World War. The main objective for the Allied forces fighting their way up from Southern Italy was to break through the Germans’ Gustav Line — a series of military fortifications running across Italy — and gain control of Rome. Named after the 1,400-year-old monastery of Monte Cassino that stood at the center of the German defensive line (and which was controversially destroyed by American bombers during the battle), the fighting was made up of four smaller battles that took place in January, February, March and May, respectively. The eventual capture of Rome came at a high price, with at least 125,000 casualties on all sides — and as many as 185,000 by some estimates.      9. Battle of the Bulge,...