This past Sunday, Studio Ghibli representative director and co-founder Toshio Suzuki announced some changes in the studios future after rumors of the company’s demise for the last few years. Studio Ghibli has been responsible for many beloved animated movies, not limited to Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, and Howl’s Moving Castle. But they made no secret about…
#WWACNerdMovie Was Incredibly Fun
Wednesday July 30th was the inaugural #WWACNerdMovie Night, in which we get together to watch a classic nerd movie and live tweet our snarky little hearts out. This month’s movie was Barbarella, a film that practically whimpers with ecstatic joy to be snarked upon. And snark we did.
UNESCO Requests Report on Star Wars VII Shoot in Skellig Michael
Star Wars VII is set to shoot on a small, rocky island off the coast of Ireland, Skellig Michael. The location was chosen because of the island’s distinctive, craggy rock formations and its lush landscape. UNESCO though, is concerned that the shoot might interfere with the island’s inhabitants: birds. Skellig Michael, home to puffins, manx shearwaters,…
Mighty Marvel Monday: SDCC Wrap-Up!
Happy Monday, kids! This isn’t just any Monday — it’s the Monday after San Diego Comic Con, which means this entire piece is dedicated to the announcements Marvel made at SDCC!
Soska Sisters Ushering Painkiller Jane to a Theatre Near You
In need of more female-led superhero movies? The Soska Sisters have got you covered: Jen and Sylvia Soska have signed up to direct a film adaptation of Painkiller Jane. The cult hit comic created by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada features a cop who finds herself with “preternatural regenerating abilities and a high tolerance for…
Classic Nerd Movie Club: Mini Review of Barbarella
In the not too distant future, humanity has turned into a species of space travelling, sexually repressed squares. People no longer engage in fluid exchange for sexual pleasure, but have instead replaced physical intimacy with drugs and hand holding. One adventuring astronaut on a mission to save humanity rediscovers the value of “doing things the…
Forbes’ Top Highest-Paid Actors (and Actresses) List Is Very White And Manly
Forbes released its Highest Paid Actors List yesterday and Robert Downey Jr topped the list with $75 million. Not surprising given his very profitable role as Iron Man in 4 Marvel films, two of which joined the very exclusive billion dollar club. According to Variety: Forbes says it compiles its salary figures based on talks with agents, producers, lawyers…
Casting Call: Lucy Lawless for Agents of SHIELD, The Rock for The Rock
Two pieces of news yesterday exploded the brains of fan-casters everywhere: first, that your role-model and probable girl crush Lucy Lawless will join Season 2 of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, and, secondly, that The Rock will be playing a DC hero “with the power of Superman,” which…has to be Shazam, right? So, who will these…
Update on the Possible Black Widow Solo Film
Latino Review has released an interview with David Hayter about the rumored Black Widow film he’s working on according to IMDB. He sets the record straight: For ‘Black Widow,’ I wrote [a script] ten years ago and I was attached to direct it then. Then a few female action movies came out and they didn’t do…
Marvel Announces Five Dates For Untitled Films Through 2019
Marvel Studios announced Friday afternoon the dates of five mystery movies yet to be titled from July 27, 2017 to May 3rd, 2019. Ant-Man is set to come out on July 17, 2015 and Captain America 3 is slated to come out on May 6, 2016 against Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Murdoch’s Bid for Time Warner Rebuffed… for now.
Murdoch wants to own things, all the things! Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch, owner of 21st Century Fox (Fox News) has already had an offer rebuffed once to buy Time Warner, which owns popular channels TBS, TNT, CN and HBO. But he’s regrouping to try again. This move would make a mega-corp, in competition with Comcast,…
Classic Nerd Movie Club
This month marks WWAC’s first Classic Nerd Movie Club meeting! Once a month, we will don our black cloaks, meet under cover of night, and select one film to rule them all (for the month). To join the fun, all you must do is pop the flick on at the designated time—whether through Netflix, Amazon…
