Now this is interesting. Or maybe not. But that’s what makes it interesting. The news this week out of the Warner Bros. publicity machine is the confirmation that both Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are indeed cast in The Dark Knight Rises, but as seemingly peripheral characters who don’t ring with any recognition from the [...]

I’m beginning to suspect that the Warner Bros. public relations department is running an algorithm that automatically releases casting information strategically timed just before interest generated by the previous announcement wanes. It seems as if there is casting news being released every week about Wonder Woman, The Dark Knight Rises, Superman, and even Green Lantern. [...]

Putting aside how you might feel about Zack Snyder after Sucker Punch, you gotta admit the casting for his Superman is shaping up pretty nicely. I’ve been so busy carping on Wonder Woman that I only recently had the chance to digest the newest addition to the film: Amy Adams, who will be playing Lois [...]

I guess it’s true what they say about the squeaky wheel getting the grease. In this case the squeaky wheel is fanboy whining, and the grease is a possible sartorial concession. The first pictures from the set of David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman have surfaced, showing some changes to the costume depicted in the publicity [...]

Wonder Woman. David Kelley. Adrianne Palicki. Costume. Let’s do this. The first official image of Adrianne Palicki in full Princess Diana regalia was released this past week, and faster than you could say “Wow! That looks like sh—” fans of the iconic DC character were already voicing their, shall we say, unenthused opinions about it. [...]

Well, okay, it wasn’t really Martians that killed the Beatles, it was more like Mickey Mouse. And motion capture technology. And YOU. Yes you, average entertainment consumer. Your lack of enthusiasm for Mars Needs Moms was the final nail in the coffin for Disney and Robert Zemeckis’ mocap animated remake of Yellow Submarine, the ‘60s [...]

All right, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. I think I’ve kept quiet about you long enough. The bizarre Broadway spectacle is a schadenfreude gravy train to those of us who have been shaking our heads ever since news about a Spider-Man musical first surfaced. Let me say, though, that I’m in no way making light [...]

“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 [...]