It’s a new year, and that means a new year of comic book movies! The Lego Movie‘s already given us the joys of Lego Batman and Lego Wonder Woman, but what other big screen adaptations do you want to see? Cap versus the Winter Soldier? X-Men: Days of Future Past? And hey, someone has to…
Friday Poll! Yays & Nays of Free Comic Book Day 2014
Free Comic Book Day! It’s not for a while yet, but most (all?) of the available titles have been released. Do you know where your Local Comic Shop is? Do you know which titles they’ll be getting in? Register your preferences now, let proprietors know what to order. This is also the perfect time to…
Friday Poll: Best Comic Book Movie or BEST Comic Book Movie?
The list of my Top Five Comic Book Movie Adaptations is a little unconventional, in that there’s only two items on the list. (My list of Top Five Comic Book Movies That Had Great Potential But Really Let Me Down consists of one. I’m looking’ at you, 2008’s The Dark Knight.) In one corner we…
Friday Poll catch-up: your favourite crim
Fashions may seem hot at the time they’re on top, but time is the great leveller. Which trends make it into the history books? It may shock you–it may shock him–to learn that Shia LaBoeuf was not your favourite artburglar. When placed in a short race against other accused tracers, stealers, borrowers and the Heavily…
US Court Rules Holmes is Public Domain–now I can write him into my sexy dinosaur stories
All of the Sherlock Holmes canon is finally recognized as public domain in all of the places! We must therefore prepare ourselves for the coming rash of gonzo Holmes adpatations. Sort of. Maybe. Effectively, this means that anybody can write about Sherlock Holmes, but they might have to leave out some details that were added in later…
Cabin Fever
Winter is a magical time. It contains a lot of holidays as we humans try in our human way to stave off the dark and the cold. One of our favorite ways to do that — at least those of us who have to endure the bitter cold winter weather — is TV! Sadly, due…
Friday Poll: Your Favourite Cultural Plagiarism Scandals
It’s been a newsy kind of week. Power-play harassment isn’t the kind of news we want to have fun with, so this week’s poll is all about plagiaristic reminiscing: literary and artistic Ghosts of Christmas Past. Who made you really angry? Who made you laugh and eat that popcorn? Which of these alleged non-creators made…
Your favourite comic book movie of the year is…
Blue Is the Warmest Color! With its hefty three hour plus running time, and the epic tales of its asshole director spread far and wide, it’s even more impressive that Blue Is the Warmest Color has charmed critics, audiences, and our loyal readers. For those of you who haven’t yet seen it, here’s the elevator…
A Little Wonder in Another Woman?
There’s been a lot of casting speculation since the rumor was confirmed that the sequel to Man of Steel will have a Wonder Woman role. Last week we learned that Israeli actor Gal Gadot was chosen for the role. In the words of director Zack Snyder, “We look forward to audiences discovering Gal in the first…
Friday Poll: Favorite Comic Book Movie of the Year
2013 is winding down and “Best of” lists are sprouting up everywhere like X-Men comics starring Wolverine, so WWAC wants to know: what was your favorite comic book movie of 2013? Were you impressed by Marvel’s follow-ups to The Avengers, or thrilled by Man of Steel? Was Red 2 underrated, or did you make it…
Anne of Green Gables for Mayor! (But you can call her ‘Cordelia’)
The results to last Friday’s poll on who should replace Rob Ford (the infamous, lying, crack-smoking and friend to Etobicoke drug dealers, mayor of Toronto) are in!
Friday Poll: The Mayor Toronto Deserves
In not so shocking news, the winner of last week’s Wonder Wouldn’t poll was Frank Miller. Out of our way, sperm bank! He’s the person you’d least like to see attached to a Wonder Woman movie in any way shape or form. And with good reason. Here’s Wonder Woman from Frank Miller’s carnival of horrors, All Star…