“Congratulations, nerds!” -Harry Osborn, the 2nd Green Goblin, while co-hosting the 83rd Academy Awards with Catwoman. The above quote from James Franco was given to the winners of the un-televised scientific and technical achievement awards, in a ceremony that was probably a lot more lively than the three-hour-plus train wreck the rest of us had [...]

A few days ago, and 140 fateful characters proclaimed the official director for Preacher to be D.J. Caruso, who helmed last weekend’s I Am Number Four.

To all those who Googled the education reform documentary and wound up here, I apologize. This was in no way a ploy to seed the front page of your search results with my little op-ed piece about men in tights. Okay, maybe it was, but now that you’re here, why not grab a seat and [...]

As a small handful of you out there may be aware, Super Bowl XLV was this past weekend. Turns out it was the least-watched television program in history. On opposite day. But regardless of whether you were rooting for cheese or rape, we can all agree there were some pretty cool spots for a bunch [...]

So, Henry Cavill. The Superman so nice, they cast him twice. Yes, before Superman Returns Cavill was attached to the project when it was still a J.J. Abrams script to be directed by McG. But when McG mcbagged on the project, supposedly due to his not-ironic-at-all fear of flying, the project morphed and the reboot [...]

The readership for my column is comprised of entertainment junkies with varying degrees of awareness about what’s going on in the geeky world—from avid comic collectors, gamers, and film buffs to the casual, curious observer who just likes to be periodically informed about different aspects of pop culture. At least I like to think my [...]

TEACHER: Good morning, class! CLASS: Good morning, teacher! TEACHER: And how is everyone today? CLASS: We’re “super,” teacher. TEACHER: Very good. Yes, Hal, you have a question already? HAL JORDAN: Yeah, Teach, I feel really stupid having to say we’re “super” every day. TEACHER: Well, Hal you are, after all, the superhero movie class of [...]

Over the weekend I was walking with some friends on the Upper West Side here in New York, when we spied an imposing statue, from the back, that seemed to be wearing a cape. Not a marble one, but an actual, flowing bit of black fabric that undulated in the wind. We wondered who the [...]

What better way to start a new year than with a fresh evaluation of what it means to be a geek and/or nerd? Comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt recently penned a piece for Wired magazine essentially claiming that the ease of accessibility the internet has afforded to geeky interests has allowed pop culture to [...]

Hey, Jon Favreau! You just directed two Iron Man movies and are putting the finishing touches on the epic mash-up, Cowboys & Aliens! What are you gonna do now? That’s right, he’s going to Disney World. In a somewhat shocking move, Favreau confirmed this week that he would not be returning to direct Iron Man [...]

10. The Dead Walk At this point I’m pretty sure I’ve spent more time writing about this show than its own staff. Yadda yadda Eisner-winning comic yadda yadda Robert Kirkman, blah blah Frank Darabont AMC blah blah, ratings smash, and so on. But TWD truly is a pop culture phenomenon, also having just earned a [...]

Dear Mr. Darabont, Congratulations! Looking back at the first season of The Walking Dead, I’d say you’ve done AMC, Robert Kirkman, and comic fans everywhere proud. Normally I might take offense with the creative choice to slangily refer to the zombies as “geeks,” but seeing as the first season finale received the highest ratings in [...]

If Star Wars: A New Hope gave the world its first glimpse of the creative potential of a blockbuster sci-fi movie franchise, The Empire Strikes Back was that potential realized. As the best entry of a trilogy that was the inspiration for a cultural movement, it is possibly both the greatest and most important geek film of all time.

The first rumblings of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot came about a year ago, when the director of the original movie from 1992, Fran Rubel Kuzui, announced she was interested in bringing back the franchise. Nothing came of it until the recent announcement that Warner Brothers optioned the rights from Kuzui, Sandy Gallin, and [...]

As someone who is a large fan of genre film and TV, and especially as someone who writes about them, I feel like somewhat of an ambassador to the rest of the world who only dabble in these things when the word of mouth is good enough. I feel protective about my adopted niche corner [...]