Oscar wrap-up: DARK KNIGHT brings home two statues
Aside from Tilda Swinton's designer potato sack, there weren't that many surprises at last night's Oscars®. The nerd movie contingent was represented but didn't...
Our annual guide to winning the Oscar pool
One adage we live by here at Stately Beat Manor is that to win the office Oscar pool, you've got to get Best Short...
Breaking news: Movie Doctor Manhattan hung like a horse
As regular readers of this blog know, as soon as the WATCHMEN movie was announced, we had only one pressing concern: Would Dr. Manhattan...
This was once thought of as a way to increase comics readership
Via Gavin Jasper
But...The circle of life!
Movie news: WATCHMEN, SCOTT, IRON MAN
§ As many as nine movie clips from WATCHMEN are now online, and we haven't watched them (we want it to be pure), but...
Lost 5X06: Hello Lamp post, whatcha knowin’?
Let's get this out of the way. I missed the original airing of 316 tonight and am playing catch-up like the little tomato in...
Billy Herrington — UPDATE
What will the Japanese think of next? I mean, really. WHAT?
Via Simon Jones
You know, we didn't have time to read the fine print when...
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,...












