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Riddick (film)
Riddick (2013), also marketed as Riddick: Rule the Dark, is David Twohy's third Chronicles of Riddick film, starring Vin Diesel stranded on a deadly planet hunted by mercenaries; $38M budget, $98.3M worldwide, 58% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Riddick Bowe
Riddick Bowe (Big Daddy), American heavyweight boxer born 1967 in Brooklyn; 1988 Olympic silver medalist; undisputed heavyweight champion after beating Evander Holyfield in 1992; dumped WBC belt rather than fight Lennox Lewis; won Holyfield trilogy 2-1; IBHOF 2015.
Riddick Moss
Riddick Moss (Michael Carter Rallis, Mike Rallis, Madcap Moss), American wrestler, ex-Minnesota linebacker; WWE 2014-2023, 24/7 Champion, 2022 Andre the Giant Battle Royal winner, released September 2023.
Riddim (dubstep)
Riddim, also known as riddim dubstep, is a dubstep subgenre built on sparse, repeating synthesized bass patterns over half-time drums, emerging in the early 2010s.
Riddim (music)
A riddim is a Jamaican instrumental backing track voiced by many different artists; recycling riddims over decades is a cornerstone of dancehall, from Real Rock to Sleng Teng.
Riddle
Riddle: a folklore genre of witty, deliberately obscure questions requiring an apt answer; found in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Sanskrit traditions; exemplified by the Sphinx's riddle and the Old English Exeter Book riddles.
Riddle of Fire
Riddle of Fire (2023) is Weston Razooli's debut feature, a 16mm neo-fairytale adventure premiering at Cannes Directors' Fortnight, following three Wyoming children hunting a speckled egg for a blueberry pie.
RIDDLE syndrome
RIDDLE syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive primary immunodeficiency caused by RNF168 mutations on 3q29, combining radiosensitivity, IgG/IgA deficiency with high IgM, dysmorphic features, and learning difficulties.
Riddler
The Riddler, Edward Nygma (born Nashton), is a DC Comics Batman villain created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang in Detective Comics #140 (1948), a genius criminal who leaves riddles as clues, portrayed by Gorshin, Carrey, Smith, and Dano.
Ride (2024 film)
Ride (2024) is an American crime drama, Jake Allyn's directorial debut, starring C. Thomas Howell, Annabeth Gish, and Allyn as a Texas bull-riding family resorting to robbery for cancer treatment money; released June 14, 2024 by Well Go USA.
Ride (band)
Ride: Oxford shoegaze band formed 1988 by Gardener, Bell, Queralt, Colbert on Creation Records; albums Nowhere (1990), Going Blank Again (1992); split 1996, reformed 2014.
Ride Along (film)
Ride Along is a 2014 American buddy-cop action comedy directed by Tim Story, starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. Released January 17, 2014 by Universal, it grossed $154.5 million on a $25 million budget despite a 17% Rotten Tomatoes score, spawning Ride Along 2 (2016).
Ride Along 2
Ride Along 2 is a 2016 American buddy cop comedy directed by Tim Story, starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart as Atlanta officers pursuing a Miami drug lord.
Ride Like the Wind
Ride Like the Wind, also known as the Christopher Cross debut single, is a 1980 soft rock and yacht rock song peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, produced by Michael Omartian with Michael McDonald on backing vocals, inspired by Wings' Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five.
Ride Lonesome (1959 film)
Ride Lonesome (1959) is a Budd Boetticher Western starring Randolph Scott as bounty hunter Ben Brigade, written by Burt Kennedy, fifth of the Ranown cycle, first in CinemaScope, James Coburn's debut.
Ride Lonesome (album)
Ride Lonesome is Beck's 15th studio album, released September 18, 2026 on Iliad/Capitol. Produced by Beck, mixed by Nigel Godrich, it is a spiritual sequel to Sea Change and Morning Phase, written after his 2021 divorce.
Ride Lonesome (song)
Ride Lonesome (song): Beck's April 20, 2026 surprise single, self-written and self-produced, mixed by Nigel Godrich with his Sea Change band; it opens the album Ride Lonesome (Capitol, September 18, 2026) and completes his Sea Change–Morning Phase trilogy.
Ride of Steel
Ride of Steel is an Intamin hypercoaster at Six Flags Darien Lake, New York. Opened in 1999 as Superman: Ride of Steel, it remains one of the three operating hypercoasters.
Ride of the Valkyries
Ride of the Valkyries (Walkürenritt): orchestral prelude opening Act III of Wagner's Die Walküre (1856, premiered 1870), depicting Wotan's warrior daughters; famous from The Birth of a Nation and the Apocalypse Now helicopter assault.
Ride On (龙马精神)
Ride On (龙马精神) is a 2023 Chinese action comedy drama directed by Larry Yang, starring Jackie Chan as stuntman Lao Luo fighting debt collectors and a custody battle over his horse Red Hare; released April 7, 2023, 126 minutes, Metascore 50.
Ride or Die (2026 TV series)
Ride or Die (2026 TV series), also known as Cómplices hasta el final, is a Prime Video action comedy created by Tessa Coates, starring Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham as friends on the run in Europe; canceled after one season in September 2026.
Ride Rupes
Ride Rupes is a large tectonic scarp on Pluto's southern hemisphere near the southern tip of Tombaugh Regio, named for astronaut Sally Ride and IAU-approved in 2021; it is 2-3 km high, about 250 km long, and borders the Wright Mons cryovolcanic region.
Ride the Cyclone
Ride the Cyclone is a dark comedy musical by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell in which six dead Canadian choir teens compete in limbo for a return to life; a 2008 Victoria, BC cabaret turned Off-Broadway cult hit.
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country (1962), Sam Peckinpah's second feature, a Western starring Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott as aging lawmen guarding a gold shipment; Scott's final film, Metascore 92.
Ride the Lightning
Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 1984. Recorded in Copenhagen, it expanded thrash metal with structured songs and darker lyrics.
RIDE trial
RIDE (NCT00473382), with sister trial RISE, was a phase 3 sham-controlled trial of monthly intravitreal ranibizumab (0.3 mg, 0.5 mg) for diabetic macular edema; 382 patients, ≥15-letter ETDRS gains at 24 months, basis of 2012 US approval.
Ride with Norman Reedus
Ride with Norman Reedus is an AMC reality travel series (2016 to present) in which The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus motorcycles worldwide with celebrity companions, exploring local biker culture across seven seasons.
Ride with the Devil (film)
Ride with the Devil (1999), Ang Lee Civil War drama from Daniel Woodrell's novel Woe to Live On, written by James Schamus, starring Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel, and Jeffrey Wright as Missouri Bushwhacker guerrillas; a box-office flop later reissued by Criterion.
Ride Your Wave (きみと、波にのれたら)
Ride Your Wave (きみと、波にのれたら, Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara) is a 2019 Science SARU anime film directed by Masaaki Yuasa: surfer Hinako's firefighter love Minato drowns, then reappears in water when she sings their song.
Rideau Canal
The Rideau Canal is a 202 km waterway in eastern Ontario linking Ottawa to Kingston, built between 1826 and 1832 under Lieutenant-Colonel John By and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.