Dumbass Teen Wolf Batman In a rumor that amazingly did not come from an Onion article, MTV’s Teen Wolf star Tyler Hoechlin is supposedly up for the role of Batman in the Man of Steel sequel to be titled either Superman vs. Batman or Batman vs. Superman, depending on which tests better with By Sarah • Jul 25, 2013 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews So much for Loki’s victory lap SPOILERS. BIG ASS SPOILERS. … … … I had two things in my head after Tom Hiddleston’s appearance in character as Loki at Comic Con last weekend. Click here for a refresher. A) People REALLY love Loki, and B) I wonder if Marvel will still have the stones to go through with By Sarah • Jul 25, 2013 10:56 am
The Bridge The Bridge 1.3: “I hope we all find what we’re looking for” The Bridge Season 1 Episode 3 recap After just two episodes we have a lot of plot to deal with. There’s Rich Widow and her tunnel to Mexico engaged in a casserole-based pissing match with Lyle Lovett, and by extension, the cartel he represents; there’s Creepy Steven the… By Sarah • Jul 25, 2013 09:54 am
Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlockiana That’s an actual word—it’s the name given to the cottage industry that sprung up around Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes stories, of films and television shows and even other stories written by different people. Anything Sherlock Holmes-adjacent is part of Sherlockiana, which means Comic-Con By Sarah • Jul 22, 2013 12:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel rocks Comic-Con 2013: Saturday edition On Saturday, Marvel held their annual nerd rock concert in Hall H and totally buried Warner Brothers/DC’s announcement that the Man of Steel sequel will be a Superman/Batman match-up. That got a lot of screams earlier in the day but by the end of the night, all By Sarah • Jul 22, 2013 10:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel rocks Comic-Con 2013: Friday edition Is it any surprise? It’s their second home. Marvel made an impressive showing on Friday in both Hall H for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and in Ballroom 20 for their TV venture, Agents of SHIELD. First up, the Agents of SHIELD panel in Ballroom 20. Agent Coulson himself, Clark By Sarah • Jul 22, 2013 09:58 am
Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch is a Matt Damon fanboy Who isn’t? Everyone loves Matt Damon. Speaking to Vulture about his Emmy nomination (for the HBO/BBC miniseries Parade’s End), Benedict Cumberbatch confessed he’s got a big ole man-crush on fellow nominee Matt Damon. He calls him “Matt”, imagines having a dinner party with him, and teases By Sarah • Jul 19, 2013 10:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jamie Foxx blue himself In other EW-related news, they also had a teaser for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 featuring Jamie Foxx as the villain, Electro. He looks a million times better than Rhys Ifans did as the Lizard, so the sequel is already one up on the reboot. I especially like the way his By Sarah • Jul 18, 2013 03:54 pm
The Walking Dead They gave a cover to Carl Entertainment Weekly is featuring a season four preview of The Walking Dead this week—no doubt a tie in to the show’s appearance tomorrow at Comic-Con—and they have three special covers. One is Officer Rick, one is resident badass Daryl, and the third is Carl. CARL. Everyone hates By Sarah • Jul 18, 2013 03:47 pm
The Bridge The Bridge 1.2: “It doesn’t work like that down here” Last week I got sucked into FX’s new show, The Bridge, and a bunch of you emailed to tell me that the Danish original is so much better than the US remake. That may well be, but I’m holding off on watching the original. The Bridge ought to By Sarah • Jul 18, 2013 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dork Storm 2013: The Dorkening It’s July, which means it’s time once again for the annual Gathering of the Geeks down in San Diego, otherwise known as Comic-Con. It also means we’re going to be getting a deluge of trailers and production announcements as studios and networks hawk their wares. Thursday Comic-Con By Sarah • Jul 17, 2013 04:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews 12 Years a Slave is coming for Oscar The first trailer for Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is out and holy hell, you guys. A friend put it perfectly—this isn’t Oscar bait-y, this is Oscar win-y. Based on the true story of a man who was born free in the North and then kidnapped By Sarah • Jul 17, 2013 09:40 am
Dumbass Stealing: Still not okay Popular horror geek and blogger Lianne Spiderbaby (real name: Lianne MacDougall, secondary occupation: Quentin Tarantino’s girlfriend) got caught up in a plagiarism scandal over the weekend. Here’s what happened: Someone tipped off Mike White at Impossible Funky (among others) that MacDougall was plagiarizing for her FEARnet column, “Spiderbaby’ By Sarah • Jul 16, 2013 02:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Spike Lee’s Oldboy One of the most crazily violent, and just plain crazy, movies I’ve seen is Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy, a classic of South Korean action cinema from 2003. It’s a twisted story of torture and revenge, loosely based on The Count of Monte Cristo, with some of the most By Sarah • Jul 12, 2013 02:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hanks wants that third Oscar He must be thinking, “Daniel Day-Lewis has three. Why not me?” First in October, Tom Hanks has Paul Greengrass’s Captain Phillips, about the Maersk Alabama’s crew being taken hostage by Somali pirates, which is sure to be a tense and heroic turn for Hanks. And then in December By Sarah • Jul 12, 2013 11:25 am
Judy Greer Yay Judy Greer! I can’t be the only one that greets Judy Greer news with a happy clap. Greer, hall of fame scene-stealer and professional portrayer of best friends, will star in a new pilot for FX. This is exciting on several levels. One, it gives Greer, after years of walking away By Sarah • Jul 11, 2013 04:28 pm
