question of the day: Where are all the British superheroes?
Is there something inherently American about the notion of a caped crusader or a vigilante crime fighter?
Superman
Henry Cavill as Superman: part of the No Superhero Left Behind program
We’re aiming, by 2015, to ensure that no caped crusader, no accidentally mutated do-gooder, no vigilante crime fighter goes unrebooted. Won’t you help?
question of the day: What comic book that has never been adapted for the big screen deserves that opportunity?
And whom would you cast in the lead(s)?
blame Twitter for Wil Wheaton’s nonblogging; ‘Shit My Dad Says’ shitcanned; Catherine Tate may take over ‘The Office’; more: leftover links
Plus: Cannes shocked by We Need to Talk About Kevin and Lars von Trier; family values robot from the future Arnold Schwarzenegger turns out to be a hypocrite…
trailer break: ‘Dylan Dog: Dead of Night’
Apparently Dylan Dog is a thing if you’re into obscure Italian comic books…
Thor (review)
I knew it! I knew Kenneth Branagh was a geek. Oh, sure, he got famous for all that snooty Shakespeare stuff, but deep down, he’s mad for comic books and superheroes and all that pulp-fiction stuff. He’s a dork.
Scott “Dilbert” Adams comes out of the closet as a misogynist; Duke Nukem Forever features “Capture the Babe” mode; how Disney invaded our childhoods; more: leftover links
Plus: Why Sucker Punch flopped at the box office; Facebook won’t delete photos of a corpse (even after the victim’s family asks nicely); the Guardian is coming to America…
The Green Hornet (review)
He doesn’t exactly kick ass: he is an ass. Life as a masked crime fighter with some slick wheels to groove him around town is not the chick magnet he imagined it would be…
question of the day: So, why Superman, anyway?
How can Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan make Superman relevant for today? What would a Supeman for the 2010’s look and feel like?
‘Harry Potter’ beats up ‘Star Wars’; Michael Caine, psychic author; TV getting gayer; more: leftover links
Plus: the deaths of Stephen J. Cannell, Sally Menke, Gloria Stuart, and Tony Curtis; Armond White is at it again (and so are his adversaries); Chris Noth thinks critics killed Sex and the City; and on and on…
