There are many reasons to see The Dark Knight, many of which have been repeated elsewhere many times over, but I will merely say this: any movie starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman which trusts one of its most powerful and emotional moments to Tiny Lister, and […]

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To the fine folks of Muslims Against Sharia (located in the well-known Islamic enclave of Omaha, Nebraska – not that I am questioning their Islamic credentials, because god knows if there’s one thing moderate Muslims like doing, it’s defending Michael Savage). They’ve seen fit to issue a drive-by comment, reprimanding all of us who might […]

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ME: So apparently the trailer for Watchmen will run in front of The Dark Knight. FLAPJACKS: Because they are both comic book movies. I get that! ME: Yes. FLAPJACKS: Maybe they could run a trailer for the new Terminator in front of it as well, because they both have Christian Bale in the movie. And […]

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L’il C: s’rprisingly d’cent j’dge. Courtney and Joshua: hip hop and rumba. The hip-hop was solid (Dave Scott! Finally a good hip-hop choreographer who doesn’t have to blend in lyrical form! About goddamned time); a charming mini-plotline, entertainingly danced. The judges more or less got it right: Joshua nailed it and Courtney didn’t but was […]

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Regular readers will know full well that I have no love for Stephen Harper, considering him a feckless, short-sighted and generally mean-spirited individual. His stance on the repatriation of Omar Khadr does nothing to change this opinion. Let us recap: Omar Khadr was arrested as a child soldier in the Afghanistan war when he was […]

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A Moroccan-born Muslim woman, married to a French man, living in the east of Paris, with three French children, lost her appeal for citizenship on the grounds that she has adopted a radical practice of her religion, incompatible with essential values of the French community, particularly the principle of equality of the sexes. And, I […]

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I am not joking. Spider-Man: The Musical. It’s coming to Broadway. If that’s not crazy already, get this: it’s being directed by Julie Taymor (The Lion King, Across the Universe, Titus) and scored by Bono and The Edge (U2, being self-righteous douchebags). Producers are holding an open casting call for the roles of Peter Parker, […]

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I will admit that I nearly opened with a joke about being given the keys to the Impala, but I figured, best just use that one the once. I don’t remember how I first encountered Supernatural; I’m sure it was an online discussion somewhere, but I don’t remember the specific pointer like I remember The […]

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From the email inbox: Hey – I love reading your I Should Write The Legion things, but writing is only half of a comic. So my question is – who would be your ideal artist(s) for the Legion when you get to write them? Firstly, I feel it’s important to emphasize that, although I appreciate […]

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Look. I know it’s not your fault that DC’s direct-to-DVD movies have been largely mediocre thus far, but come on: Wonder Woman should not have a face that looks kind of like a horse. I mean, it is Wonder Woman, she’s supposed to be an athletic paragon of female beauty and stuff. She should not […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Hello, my name is Karen and I represent 50% of the women now guestblogging at Mightygodking while MGK is being a total pussy about his internet connection. First, I’d like to confess that the idea of writing for a predominantly male readership freaks me out because I often talk about things like home decor, vaginas, […]

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One thing movies tend to do for the most part really badly is portray realistic geniuses. I mean geniuses, not just smart people. The people whose brains run on different tracks. Almost uniformly these characters get slotted into two tracks: the comic relief nerd (Egon in Ghostbusters) or the crazy savant (for example, the horrifically […]

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Shocking story from this blog post: Sunday, a Muslim woman scolded me for inappropriate behavior in her neighborhood. I was running up Bedford toward Williamsburg, following a part of the marathon course I often branch from to go over the bridge into Manhattan for a longer run. That day I elected to just do a […]

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