…because if you are a nerd then this is the movie you should be anticipating. Directed by Duncan Jones, whose first film was Moon, one of last year’s best movies, and who finally answered the longstanding question of “what if Groundhog Day was a thriller instead of a comedy?”:

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…but I spent last night playing Corporation Inc., which will probably explode in popularity once it spreads around due to its mini-sim-ness quality to it. Still feels very much like the start of a game rather than a game itself; this is something where you can see the designers inventing missions, objectives, customizing it in […]

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So in lieu of a fascinating post here is some Wintersleep for you lot.

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FLAPJACKS: The trailer for the Green Lantern movie is online. ME: Oh good. FLAPJACKS: That sounded sarcastic. I don’t get why you’re being sarcastic. This is a comic book movie directed by Martin Campbell starring Ryan Reynolds and Peter Sarsgaard. There is nothing in that sentence you don’t like. ME: Probably because the word “Green […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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“Batman, Incorporated”, huh? Well, it sounds like an interesting idea, and Grant Morrison does have a pretty good track record in comics…but I think it might run afoul of the Five-Year Rule. What’s the Five-Year Rule, you might ask? Well, it’s actually more of a guideline than a rule. But roughly, it equates to, “The […]

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Mr. Mxyzptlk is a great character because he effectively inverts the entire Superman storytelling model. Superman stories are in many ways about God. Superman can be capricious (as he often was with his tricks in the Silver Age). Superman can be merciful. Superman can be compassionate. Of course the Superman-as-God metaphor has been stretched awfully […]

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10.) JLA: Another Nail. After writing one of the truly clever and involving Elseworlds – one that hews more to the “what if” idea by making it more of a What If in the Marvel sense, and rather than setting characters in a drastically different setting just changes one key event in the DCU – […]

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A good outing this time around from Pratchett, and although the Tiffany Aching novels are marketed as “young adult” fiction, frankly you could fool me: this one has quite a bit of brutal violence in it, albeit almost all of it offscreen. (Then again Nation had as a set piece the protagonist having to bury […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist. Also, because I like it:

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Kurt Russell is one of those actors who will probably never win an Academy Award, not even one of those special “Lifetime Achievement” awards they hand out when the Academy suddenly looks up and realizes, “Oh, shit! So-and-so has never won an Oscar?” He doesn’t take the right parts to be an Oscar-winning actor. While […]

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THE CRIME TAILOR: Okay, maybe you should explain this to me again. OVERTHROW: I am a superb jai alai player and I wish to use that skill to become a supervillain. THE CRIME TAILOR: …I’m not seeing it. OVERTHROW: Come on, you do this all the time. Javelin is just a guy who didn’t even […]

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