‘Green Lantern’s’ Light Noticeably Absent on Super Bowl Sunday
James Wortman Allow me to join the legions of comic book geeks who were very, very impressed with Paramount’s Super Bowl ads for Thor and Captain America this past Sunday. The commercial…
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Exploit the Force, Volkswagen
As a rule, I absolutely loathe car commercials. However, I adore Star Wars references when they’re done well. As such, I find myself reasonably conflicted about how much I love…
Warner Bros. Casts a British Superman
Seeing as how Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman: The Movie essentially created the superhero film genre as we know it today, it boggles the mind how Warner Bros. has experienced so…
‘ThunderCats’ Out of the Bag
“ThunderCats, transform and roll out!” Wait, let me try that again. “And balls of string are half the battle!” No, that’s not it either. “By the power of Thundera, I…
Wonder Woman Returning to TV?
Alright, alright. The big nerd news this week is clearly the death of a member of Marvel’s first family in Fantastic Four #587—an issue that will surely disappoint overzealous comic…
New ‘Spider-Man’ Set Photo Reveals Mask, Web-Shooters
Sony recently unveiled a first look at Andrew Garfield in Spider-Man garb for the forthcoming reboot of the popular superhero franchise, but the unmasked photo that circulated online earlier this…
Liam Neeson Returns as Qui-Gon Jinn in ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’
If you’re a Star Wars geek and you haven’t been watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars, well, you should probably get on that. The second and third seasons of this…
Selina Kyle and Bane Confirmed for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Warner Bros. announced today that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle in Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. The studio press release—which you can read…
Unauthorized ‘X-Men: First Class’ Artwork Causes a Stir
I couldn’t possibly be less excited about Fox’s forthcoming X-Men: First Class—a prequel to Bryan Singer’s original X-Men film—but there was a lot of buzz earlier today about this supposedly…
‘Here’s a Headline!’
The latest Saturday Night Live featured what might be one of the best Digital Shorts I’ve ever seen. It stars Andy Samberg, and it’s called “Andy and Pee-Wee’s Night Out.”…