Org picks terrible toys
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood has released a list of the worst toys, and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Barbie topped it. (Looking at the...
It’s beginning to look a lot like WATCHMEN
Living in an urban area as does The Beat, it's been impossible to miss the WATCHMEN posters and neon signs and promotions popping up...
Studio Coffee Run: PILGRIM, SUPERMAN, HEX
§ Director Edgar Wright keeps posting pics of the SCOTT PILGRIM cast:
Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers
Ellen Wong as Knives Chau,
Satya Bhabha as...
Lost: That’s why they call it sacrifice.
Looks like the episode title, "This Place is Death," was no idle threat.
Discussion of death, life and everything after the jump. SPOILERS AHOY.
Charlotte,...
Comics book reviews
Via GalleyCat, word that cartoonist Ward Sutton is now doing comics-style reviews for B&N.com. First up, T.C. Boyle's The Women.
Will America get NO HEROICS?
The Hollywood Reporter reports that ABC has ordered a pilot based on NO HEROICS, the British sitcom about a bunch of third-rate, misfit superheroes...
Let Takashi Miike make live action AFRO SAMURAI
We hear that while Japanese directing sensation Takashi Miike was at NYCC to promote the premiere of YATTERMAN, all he could do was tell...
The biggest badasses of all time
MTV recently ran a big contest to see who was the Greatest Movie Badass of All Time, with online voters choosing from a pre-selected...
Meet Movie Ramona Flowers
Via Edgar Wright's MySpace Blog, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who stars as Ramona Flowers in the upcoming SCOTT PILGRIM movie.
Book news: BEA changes; Harper reorg
With the New York Comic-Con seemingly successfully behind them, Reed Exhibitions has announced major changes to the BEA, the annual book trade fair....
Ratner to direct YOUNGBLOOD?
Rob Liefeld's YOUNGBLOOD has been optioned for a possible movie, possibly directed by Brett Ratner (RUSH HOUR, X-MEN 3):
The company paid mid six...
