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Seven vulnerabilities found through Mega’s security bounty program

Peter David is home and recovering.

Goodbye G4 TV, hello Esquire Network

The CW renews Arrow, Vampire Diaries, Supernatural.

Clancy Brown Joins Lego Batman Premiere

Image of the Day: The Early History of Dick and Babs #1

Comic Book Casting: The Dark Knight Returns Movie

The AV Club looks back at the Batman: The Animated Series episode ‘Over The Edge.’

Editorial: Why World’s Finest Should Be The Next DC Comics Movie

Bryan Singer breaks his silence on Man of Steel.

Geoff Johns Leaving Green Lantern With Issue #20.

New Spider-Man Sideshow Classics Statue.

I Love Ya But You’re Strange – The X-Men and the Case of the Exploding Communion Wafers

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – Nightcrawler was a Priest?

Jack the Giant Slayer - Official Trailer #2

Atop The Fourth Wall: Youngblood #5 and Star Wars 3D #1.

David Morrissey interview: The Walking Dead, the Governor, Doctor Who and more.

Moffat: Matt Smith is ‘not going.’

Alternate History of Doctor Who: Female Cast As The Doctor.

Rumored Doctor Who Monster Return Confirmed.

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special Will Be In 3D.

New Information On Mattel’s Ecto Goggles Prop Replica.

100 Episodes: DuckTales invented a new animated wonderland—that quickly disappeared.

10 Amazing Horror Comedies.

Toy Fair 2013: More Pics of Pacific Rim Collectibles

Toy Fair 2013: A Look At NECA’s Carrie Figures.

Toy Fair 2013: Mattel Reveals Castle Grayskull

Hasbro Star Trek Line Unveiled At Toy Fair—Possibly Revealing Some Into Darkness Clues.

Toy Fair 2013: Playmates Reveal New Bebop & Rocksteady Figures

Elizabeth Olsen Hints at Godzilla's Somber Tone

‘Hobbit’ earns first Oscars with science, tech

Under The Dome Will Hit Amazon, NOT Netflix or Hulu.

Superman on TV: February 11th-17th.

Trailers From Hell: Larry Karaszewski on The Heartbreak Kid

Comics Alliance Reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Part Two.

Birdemic II: The Resurrection Spreads Its Wings In June. And I can only hope Rifftrax mocks it mercilessly soon after.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): February 11th.

All My Children And One Life To Live To Begin Production On February 25th.

Bonnie and Clyde Cast: Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger

Tysto Commentaries: The Thing (2011)

Star Trek Monthly Monday #48: The Original Series: Devil In The Dark.

Stuart Freeborn has passed away, at the age of 98. He was the “creature effects artist who brought Yoda, Chewbacca, the Ewoks and countless other Star Wars aliens to life.” May he rest in peace.

Robin Sachs' dogs are looking for a new home.

Massive search fraud botnet seized by Microsoft and Symantec

Siegel and Shuster attorney to court: It’s over

Comic Con International’s Tax Documents Reveal Organizations Assets, Cost of SDCC.

Warren Bernard’s Citations and Fredric Wertham Documents.

Abandoned Love: How Do We Get Wonder Woman Back From Being a Mod?

Neal Adams’ Amended Cover For The London Super Comic Con

Final Series Of Being Human Announced.

Being Human Series 5 Trailer

‘Merlin’ co-creator Julian Murphy on series’ emotional conclusion

Matt Smith to star in Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut How To Catch A Monster.

Ann Nocenti Talks Katana, Kurasowa and the Changes She’s Seen in Comics

Hindi Superman: 1987.

What The End Of Death of the Family Could Bring To Batman Comics.

Alfred Pennyworth: Where Do I Start?

Great Moments In Comics History: World’s Finest #153.

The Bat Signal: Layman & Fabok Rule the Roost in Detective Comics

Greg Berlanti's Storyboard Pitch For Green Lantern.

Paradise Island Concept Art Surfaces For David E. Kelly’s Wonder Woman.

The Uncanny X-Men Revolution: Cyclops

Is Venom In The Amazing Spider-Man 2?

Farscape Rewatch: Season Two Overview, Season Three Primer

Do zombies experience consciousness?

Bryan Cranston And Elizabeth Olsen In Talks To Join Legendary's Godzilla.

TV Legends Revealed: Ernie Hudson Lost The Ghostbusters Cartoon Role?

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Fridge Decal.

Super Mario Busters Perfectly Mixes SMB with Ghostbusters

Who Should Play Young Han Solo?

Who do you LEAST want to play Young Han Solo in the new Star Wars spinoff?

The Star Wars Sequel That Never (Quite) Was: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye

Top 20 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movie WTF Moments.

How The Definitive Movie Scare Got Grossed Up Into A Tiresome Cliché

TR Interview: Jeffrey Combs.

New Star Trek: Into Darkness Images From Entertainment Weekly.

Here’s an Ask Me Anything from William Shatner.

It’s No Coincidence That Your Favorite Characters Are Now Winter Storms

Charles Band Vidcast 02.07.13 - Valentine's Day, Wizard Video VHS, Grindhouse, Etc…

Dark Shadows News: April California Shadows Events Announced.

10 Movies That Should Become Spinoff TV Series Right Now

Why Americans Became Obsessed With Ninjas.

Stargate SG-1: Unleashed Seeks to Revive SG-1 As An Interactive Adventure

Junk Food Dinner #146: Alien (1979), Not Of This Earth (1988), and I Come In Peace (1990). Skip to 36 minutes in, if you only want to hear the movie discussions.

Pulp Nightmare: Pulp Commentary—Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 78: Super Hero Taisen (Commentary)

Hey Kids, Comics Podcast:Volume 2, Episode 6: Happy Birthday Superman, Part 1

Smodcast: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 Commentary Track With Kevin Smith And Marc Bernardin.

Mission Log Podcast #27: Episode 27—The Alternative Factor.

André Cassagnes, creator of the Etch-A-Sketch, has passed away at the age of 86. May he rest in peace.

Remembering The Crew Of Space Shuttle Columbia.

Demonoid Breaks Record With 6 Month Downtime.

Twitter detects and shuts down password data hack in progress.

San Diego Comic Con Badge Registration Is February 16th.

The 10 Worst X-Men Villains Of All Time.

Shelf-destroying Wolverine: The Adamantium Collection will crush you.

5 Actors Who Should Play The Next Batman. I think Matt Bomer works better for Nightwing. Richard Armitage (who I’ve only seen in an few episodes of the BBC’s Robin Hood) could work, though.

The Superman Homepage interviews Bruce Timm at the premiere of The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.

Abandoned Love: Booster Gold’s New Threads

Buy the house from A Nightmare On Elm Street for $2.1 million.

Fandom Manifesto: Sapphire And Steel.

Awesome Art Picks: Wolverine, The Walking Dead, Spider-Man, and More.

Weekend Discussion Thread: It’s A Smug-Off.

Enlist As A Red Shirt T-Shirt.

Gremlins Laplander Hat.

International Jack The Giant Slayer Poster.

Labyrinth painting.

The Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: Big Trouble In Little China (1986)

Schlock Treatment #111: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984)

The Batman Universe Podcast: The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Commentary.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 77: Dredd (2012)

Sofa Dogs Podcast #271: Cellular (2004)

To prevent hacking, disable Universal Plug and Play now.

CBS and CNET Protest Looming BitTorrent Client Ban

For those out there that missed out on seeing Rifftrax Live: Plan 9 From Outer Space in either it’s original showing or encore presentation, or just want to see how it went, here’s an old Tor review, and an old Agony Booth review. Over here are the reactions at the time over at Satellite News, which links to numerous other reviews.

Dingsi is hosting a Love Meme.

An Adventure In Space And Time Cast Announcement—David Bradley will play William Hartnell.

The Doctor Who Project: An Introduction.

Some of Warren Ellis’ favorite Planetary covers.

Committed: Jeff Lemire talks Constantine.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Wendy Harris/Kuttler (Proxy).

The full episode of Pioneers of Television: Superheroes

DC Histories: The Superman/Flash Races.

Matt Kindt Mindmelds With Martian Manhunter.

Katie McGrath and Nonso Anozie join the cast of NBC’s Dracula. Katie McGrath will play Lucy Westenra, and Anonzie will play R.M. Renfield.

First Photo Of Amy Adams As Lois Lane.

Dear Hollywood: Cast Gina Torres As Wonder Woman. Whedonesque reacts to that thought here.

What Are The Ingredients For A Good Wonder Woman Television Series?

Stan Lee Narrates Iron Man: Armored Avenger App.

Eva Green To Play Ava Lord In Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

The Unwritten and Fables Cross Paths In May.

Some Spider-Man casting ideas more insane than Paul Giamatti as the Rhino.

TV Show Opening Monologues That Are Worth Reciting In The Shower Each Morning.

Five Female Characters Who Should Star In Star Wars: Episode VII.

5 Alternative Zombie Movies To Get You Undead And Ready For Warm Bodies.

10 Reasons Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters Is Secretly Great.

The macabre Beetlejuice is a reminder of the dazzling Tim Burton of old.

You’re A Zombie, Chuck T-Shirt.

Harry Potter Sorting Hat Cake.

Through The Looking Glass With An Alice In Wonderland Wedding.

Oz: The Great and Powerful SuperBowl Teaser Trailer

Two new posters for Jack The Giant Slayer.

Cryptid Catalog: 'The Barghest Hound'

Spawn of Dark Shadows: Gothica ABC Pilot.

Dark Shadows #13 Extended Preview.

Brand New Dark Shadows For 2013, From Big Finish.

6 Filmmaking Tips From Silent Era Icon Harold Lloyd.

Trailers From Hell: Marshall Harvey on Unfaithfully Yours

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Comic To Pilot

It Just Popped In There: The Making Of A Stay Puft Costume.

The Sandman Re-Read: Dream Country.

Evil Dead to open a week early.

Title and Plot Revealed for the Muppets sequel.

These Masters of the Universe Plushies Are Powerfully Cuddly.

Roseanne Barr To Play Krang Prime In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

10 episodes that make the argument for SCTV as one of TV’s all-time greats.

How I Met Your Mother officially renewed for final season.

Radiodrome, Episode 108: The Predator Retrospective.

Radiodrome, Episode 109: Adaptations

Nerdist Writer’s Panel #71: American Horror Story: Asylum In Review. Tim Minear joins the panel, along with co-executive producers Jennifer Salt and Jessica Sharzer.

Now Playing Podcast: Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

Comic Issues #103.

Geekfest Rants, Episode 125.

Junk Food Dinner #145: The Day My Kid Went Punk (1987), Mr. T’s Be Somebody Or Be Somebody’s Fool (1984), and For Safety’s Sake (1986). If you want to skip the interview portion, and go straight to the movie discussion, skip ahead to 1:25:19.

Reminders: Rifftrax at SFSketchFest/Best Of Rifftrax. I have tickets to the encore of Rifftrax Live: Manos. Provided we do not have a snowstorm (there’s a chance—last time a tornado, hail and migraine, this time a possibility of snow) or any other insanity going on at the time, I will be trying to go.

The First Doctor on BBC America. William Hartnell’s First Doctor story The Aztecs will air on BBC America on January 27th at 8 PM CST.

Doctor Who Snowmen Popping Up In The UK.

Arnold Schwarzenegger will appear in the next Terminator movie.

A Female Jimmy Olsen In Man Of Steel?

Man Of Steel—Man Of Ages.

Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: Robin’s Reckoning: Part 1 and 2.

Geoff Johns on Justice League America: Unlocking Characters’ Potential.

Neil Gaiman And Teddy Kristiansen Deadman Story

A list of the 131 reasons David Banner turned into The Hulk.

S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot starts filming

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Jean Grey Tribute

Superhero Hocky—Bane Ends NHL Lockout.

Matt Wagner Unveils The Shadow: Year One.

The Zombieland TV show heads to Amazon.com

Daniel Gillies Joins Vampire Diaries Spin-Off

Is there any science fiction left on TV, now that Fringe is over?

‘Merlin’ showrunner shares his thoughts on the series finale in DVD commentary

The Cinema Snob—DVD-R Hell: Deception of a Generation, Part 1.

Eleven Alternatives To Carrie

Honest Trailers: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.

Fan Art: Awesome head of Mr. Stay Puft by Alter-Ego-Dezines

7 Books That Would Make Great TV Shows.

30 Things We Learned From The Jurassic Park 3 Commentary.

Check Out These Alternate World War Z Posters.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #187: What is a comic you are currently enjoying?

The Covers of Oz Reimagined.

These Character Names Should Be Banned Forever.

More Famous Historical and Cultural Figures Who Could Become Monster Hunters.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): January 22nd.

I Hear Of Sherlock Everywhere, Episode 50: A Golden Passage.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 94: Tooth Fairy 2 (2012)

Due to an extended power outage, Sff.Net’s systems are temporarily shut down. Follow that second link to find Yuletide Chat’s back-up home.

Kim Dotcom’s new file locker Mega opens to the public. Mega goes down as 250,000 users sign up.

A Year After SOPA: These Are The Next Five Battles For Internet Freedom.

Peter David posted an update on his condition.

The next movie for Svengoolie is The Black Cat.

The Past Was Close Behind: Spider-Man’s Wife Makes a Curious Pledge

Watch The TV Batmobile Sell For A Lot Of Money At Auction.

Listen to the real, undubbed voice of Ghostbusters II’s Vigo the Carpathian.

This M.O.D.O.K. marionette is awesomely horrifying.

Interview With Amber Benson.

Obscurus Lupa Presents: Witchcraft 2: The Temptress.

Atop The Fourth Wall—Linkara Riffs: The Bottle And The Throttle.

Performer Of The Week: John Noble.

Krang cosplay is the greatest Ninja Turtles cosplay.

Schlock Treatment 109: Leviathan (1989)

The Ultimate Movie Commentary: Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)

The Batman Universe, Episode 21.

The Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: The FP (2011)

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 74: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour (1990) Commentary.

Canadian Court Refuses To Ship Megaupload Servers To The US.

New Images, Cast Interviews for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.

Could Damian Wayne Kill The Joker?

Possible New Wonder Woman Has Experience At Torchwood, As A Misfit And Of Being Human.

Justice League Exclusive, Part 3: Making The Animated Series.

Your Living Room Needs These Justice League Prints.

Director Roman Coppola almost made a Doctor Strange movie back in 1992

Alphas cancelled by Syfy.

Syfy Finalizing A Straight-to-Series Deal for Ron Moore's Helix

Horror Poster Redux: Mondo Does Jaws…

Two New Images from Frankenstein's Army

Warner Bros. Planning Gremlins Reboot. Again.

Gremlins 3? Only If There’s a CGI-Limitation Clause In The Contract, Please

10 Marvel Heroes That Should Meet With Their Past Selves.

British Shows On DVD and Blu-Ray For January.

11 Heart-Melting Doctor Who Moments.

Revisiting Torchwood: what is its legacy?

Stephen King Reveals Shining Sequel Details.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: Christine.

Geeky Nesting Dolls.

How It Should Have Ended: The Hobbit. Worth a watch, especially for their version of Misty Mountains at the very end.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 9, Barrels Out of Bond.

Gateways To Geekery: Kathryn Bigelow.

Marvel Characters Typography.

Sam Raimi’s Horror Short That Inspired The Evil Dead—Within The Woods.

From Cracked: 6 Deleted Backstories That Totally Change Classic Movies.

Patrick Lussier, Laeta Kalogridis To Pen New Terminator Film.

Deadpool Shot First: A Collection of Ridiculous Deadpool Crossover Art.

Sherlock series 3: what do we know so far – and what can we deduce?

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 283: Alfred Hitchcock Director Spotlight (Part 3).

Saturday B Movie Reel #95—Starcrash.

Mission Log #24—Episode 24—This Side of Paradise.

Game of Thrones star Wilco Johnson has terminal pancreatic cancer.

Buffy vs. Edward remix unfairly removed by Lionsgate.

It’s official: 2012 was the hottest year ever in the U.S.

New Year, New You? 10 Extreme Superhero Makeovers.

What TV shows should others resolve to add in 2013?

All The Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Are Coming In 2013

The Dark Knight Trilogy In 3 Minutes.

Justice League Exclusive: Making The Animated Series, Part 1.

Every Significant Superman Logo Infographic.

Warner Bros. wins huge legal decison in Superman case—Updated

Stan Lee's Real Life Radioactive Ooze

Son of Atop The Fourth Wall Live.

A House Shaped Like a Flying Saucer, Perched Atop a Volcano

Revisiting Torchwood: James Moran interview.

Starfleet Academy Class Ring (2009)

Texas Chainsaw 3D Sequel Talk Premature, No Movement Yet

New Line Announces Y: The Last Man Director

Prometheus, ParaNorman, Frankenweenie, Hitchcock Take Oscar Nominations.

Skyfall, The Hobbit and The Avengers Nominated For Academy Awards. The latter one is for Visual Effects, and Whedonesque reacts to the news here.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: Different Seasons.

Carrie - Official Teaser (Revised Release Date)

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 8, Flies and Spiders.

Aaron Johnson has been offered the human lead in Godzilla.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 282: The Horror Hall of Fame

Hey Kids, Comics Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5: Knightfall, Part 3.

Saturday B Movie Reel #94—The Monster of Phantom Lake.

Mission Log #23—Episode 23—A Taste of Armageddon.

Sean Pultz Commentaries: Ghostbusters (1984) Commentary.

We’re up to Dumpster #11 for Nellie’s house. One of the workers has just been hauling everything daily, even as the others are rotated in and out in shifts...as of today, between pulling things out, he’s just staggering through the rain, looking done in. Which isn’t a surprise, since it’s looking like she had more stuff in there than could possibly fit, and the workers are still not done.

The government leaves Google alone—what it means for users.

Gifts will be revealed at Fandom Stocking on Monday, January 7th. (Might as well link to mine one more time, since I haven’t done so very much)

John Barrowman injured in Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime horse fall. The injury was reportedly minor.

Matt Smith, Michelle Dockery Read Poems For Disney Junior.

10 To Watch In 2013: Events That Will Shape The New Year.

Chiller TV’s Winter Schedule Includes The First Re-Air Of Pushing Daisies. Unfortunately, I don’t have this channel.

Why can’t any Sherlock Holmes adaptation get Irene Adler right?

Sam Humphries’ Tumblr celebrates mohawk-era Storm.

Q&A With Young Justice Producers.

Awesome Art Picks: Spider-Man, Batman, X-Men and More

The Scream Factory Brings Home Lifeforce and The Vampire Lovers In April.

The Long Road To Remaking The Evil Dead.

Agnes Nixon Releases Statement Confirming Return Of All My Children And One Life To Live.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Disagreeing with the Brains.

Dave Bardin Draws Junior Punisher, Bat-Squirrel, And The Fashion History of Superman.

Drawing Crazy Patterns—Other Characters Lifting Thor’s Hammer.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #400 (Part 2)

From Cracked: 6 Important Things You Won’t Believe Were Invented In Comics.

Watch Two Clips From Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Bates Motel: 5 facts about the Psycho prequel.

Compare: Animated Storyboards For Hitchcock’s Shower Scene, Non-Animated Storyboards For Psycho’s Shower Scene

5 Episodes To Get You Into Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Schlock Treatment 107: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)

The Collinsport Historical Society Podcast, Episode 2: Morbius The Living Vampire

Livejournal Status Update: possible slowness and access problems. If LJ is down and you’re reading from my cross-post on Dreamwidth, meridian_rose has copied the text of the post here.

Yuletide 2012 Statistics Post.

This is what the Lizard could have looked like in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies.

Behold an Alien facehugger made entirely out of animal bones.

The Phil Coulson Memorial Awards: Comics Alliance’s Best Comics of 2012, Part 5.

Handmade Doctor Who Gallifreyan Collar.

Doctor Who Christmas special ratings surge.

Amazing Spider-Man #700 Steve Ditko Cover Breaks $1200 On eBay.

Japanese Poster For The Cabin In The Woods.

Crash Course: Dario Argento.

Trailers From Hell: Larry Karaszewski on What's The Matter With Helen.

Looking Forward, Looking Back: Creators weigh in on 2012 and 2013, Part 2.

J.M. DeMatteis on the Supernatural DCU and Phantom Stranger.

P:R Redesign: Denis Medri’s Fantasy Deadpool

Interview: Gregg Hurwitz & Ethan Van Sciver on Batman: The Dark Knight.

Stan Lee's Real Life Hobbit One Ring

Oz: The Great And Powerful—Two New Teaser Trailers.

After Elton interviews Colin Morgan and Katie McGrath.

The Evil Dead Wedding Cake.

Has The Roster For The Justice League Movie Been Revealed?

Is Scream 5 The New Ghostbusters 3?

5 Unfinished Comic Series We Want To Come Back.

10 Book Series So Addictive, You Never Want Them To End.

Geekfest Rants, Episode 121: Reboots, Remakes, and Reimaginings.

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: Johnny Guitar (1954)

Comic Issues #99: Geek Resolution.

Stan Lee Turns 90 Today.

Stan Lee At 90: 90 Reasons To Love ‘The Man.’

Ian Bryce - With Great Power Extended Interview

Being Peter Parker: Thoughts On Amazing Spider-Man #700.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Surpasses $500 Million Worldwide.

The Soviets Made A Hobbit Movie In 1985. It’s So Terrible, It’s Incredible.

Great Quotes About Writing From Game of Thrones Author George R.R. Martin.

Only Bruce Wayne can afford this ludicrously expensive Batman chess set.

Women of the Whedonverse T-Shirt.

Labyrinth Knocker Earrings.

10 To Watch In 2013: Comic Book Characters.

The 10 Most-Anticipated Geek Movies of 2013.

The Absolute Best Cosplay Of 2012.

iFanboy’s Best of 2012: Best Comics Stuff That Isn’t Comics.

Doctor Who: Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman interview each other

Play The Game Of Time T-Shirt.

NBC Officially Passes On Mockingbird Lane.

Rumor: Star Wars Comics License Returning To Marvel?

The Worst TV Of 2012.

Marvin The Martian, Hong Kong Phooey Live/CG Footage Leaked.

The Hub January 2013 Highlights: Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation Joins, Batman and Superman Movies.

Titles For Young Justice, Green Lantern: The Animated Series Episodes Airing January 2013.

From Cracked: 6 Places You’ll Recognize From The Background Of Every Movie.

Best Art Ever (This Week): December 28th.

Awesome Retro X-Men Comic Book Cover Tattoo.

FYI: What Kind Of Dinosaur Meat Would Taste Best?

10 Incredibly Stupid Ways Superheroes and Villains Have Died.

51 Things We Learned From The Looper Commentary.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #399.

Ask Chris #134: The Dubious Continuity of Rudolph’s Shiny New Year.

Bill Morrison organizing art auctions to help save Metro Entertainment.

New Stills From Bryan Singer’s Jack The Giant Slayer.

Film Pigs DVD Commentary #45: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Movie Issues Podcast: Strange Days (1995)

Charles Durning has passed away, at the age of 89. May he rest in peace. After checking IMDB, I mostly remember him from The Hudsucker Proxy and Dick Tracy.

Gerry Anderson has passed away, at the age of 83, after suffering from dementia for several years. May he rest in peace. He was the producer of Thunderbirds, Space: 1999, and many other shows over the decades. I don’t believe I have ever watched any of his shows.

From Cracked: Where Aren’t They Now? 13 Overlooked Deaths of 2012.

Yuletide 2012: Highlights from the biggest fanfic challenge of the year.

Novel created from tweets raises money for charity.

Doctor Who: 'The Snowmen' Christmas Special 2012 - Behind the Scenes

Matt Smith, Jenna-Louise Coleman and Steven Moffat answer questions about Doctor Who.

Doctor Who: Inside The New TARDIS Interior. A clip from the Christmas special. I liked the new interior.

Royal Mail reveals Doctor Who stamps.

Relive your favorite Doctor Who deaths in the Gallifreycrumb Tinies

The 12 Most Epic Action Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

JJ Abrams Turned Down Directing Star Wars Episode VII Over Loyalty To Star Trek.

Teaser trailer for BBC America’s Orphan Black.

Paul Giamatti Still Hopes To Sink His Teeth Into Bubba Nosferatu.

Shock Interview: Don Coscarelli Talks John At The End, Phantasm 5, and more.

Bruce Campbell: Heroes and Inspirations.

Guardians of the Galaxy: James Gunn denies casting rumors.

Sir Patrick Stewart: Next Generation, X-Men and Hollywood history.

Bizarro Back Issues: Boxing Day With Captain Marvel (1944).

Massive Chart of Superpowers.

Massachusetts retailer gets road renamed Lois Lane.

Amazing Spider-Man: Dan Slott talks Peter Parker’s fate. There are major spoilers for a pivotal moment that occurs in the final issue of The Amazing Spider-Man.

This Day In Horror: The Exorcist Is Unleashed Upon Audiences.

Grendel as Grinch.

The Batman Universe Commentary Podcast: Batman: Year One (2011)

The Batman Universe Commentary Podcast: Justice League: Doom (2012)

The Forgotten Flix Podcast, Episode 89: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Pulp Nightmare Pulp Commentary: End of Days (1999).

Geekfest Rants Geek Commentary, Episode 120: Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Arrow In The Head Podcast, Episode 188: Reviews of Elves, Rare Exports, Gremlins and Jack Reacher.

Comic Issues #98—Best of 2012.

The Shut Up And Watch This Commentary, Episode 72: The Snowman (1983 David Bowie Intro).

UTorrent Makers Distance Themselves From Piracy.

The Yuletide deadline is at 7 PM CST.

The Hub Rings In The New Year With Hercules and My Little Pony Marathons.

Chloe Bennett Joins Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.

New trailer for The Great Gatsby.

New shot of Janine from IDW’s Ghostbusters.

The worst films of 2012.

The Best and Worst Television Moments of 2012.

Rose McGowan joins Once Upon A Time.

Revisiting Torchwood: Children of Earth.

Doctor Who: The Magic of the TARDIS.

Captain Jack Harkness Bathrobe.

The 10 (Fictional) Comic Book People of the Year.

A Christmas Carol: the best and worst adaptations.

Ink and Pixel: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.

Cocktails With Stan Lee, Episode 12, Season 2: Marc Silvestri.

Psych Renewed For Eighth (And Final?) Season.

Being Human Series 5 Synopsis Revealed.

The Great Stephen King Reread: Cujo.

The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 6, ‘Out of the Frying Pan Into The Fire.’

Silhouettes Of Pop-Culture Duos Stare Each Other Down.

Iron Man 3 Reveals A New Still.

NASA’s brand new spacesuit prototype really does look like Buzz Lightyear.

Producer Dan Lin On The Godzilla Remake

Super Café: Man of Steel.

Deadpool and Boba Fett Do Christmas.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Blu-Ray Detailed.

Marvel’s Christmas-Themed House Ads From The 80’s Are Bizarrely Jolly.

Gaiman Announces Final Book-Signing Tour.

Swing Into Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark With These Discount Codes.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 279: X-Mas Spectacular ’12 (Silent Night).

Junk Food Dinner #140: Babes In Toyland (1986), Blast of Silence (1961), Sint (aka Saint) (2010). If you only want to hear about the movies, skip ahead to the 53 minute mark.

Mission Log Podcast Supplemental #2: The One With Robert J. Sawyer.

Pop My Culture #102: Jane Espenson and Brad Bell.

Hey Kids, Comics Season 2 Episode 2: Detective Comics #526.

I Hear Of Sherlock Everywhere, Episode 49.

Syfy pulled last night’s episode of Haven out of respect to the victims of the Newtown Elementary shooting, as it dealt with violence occurring within a school. The date for when it will be aired instead is currently undecided.

Syfy will show the entire first series of K-9 on Christmas Day.

Best Art Ever (This Week): December 14th.

Awesome Art Picks: Psylocke, Catwoman, Colossus and More.

Frozen Concept Art

Concept Art From Unproduced Fourth Live-Action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie.

Jian Guo Illuminates Scenes From The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

The Joss Whedon/Bryan Hitch Spider-Man Comic That Never Was.

Geeky Gingerbread Men.

Flux Capacitor Tattoo.

Back To The Future/Oregon Trail Design T-Shirt.

Studio letterhead used during production of Back to the Future in the mid-’80s.

The World’s Greatest Hobbit Cupcakes.

Christmas Hobbit Cake.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Opens To Record $37.5 Million On Friday.

Romulan Ale Energy Drink.

BBC America’s trailer for Doctor Who: The Snowmen.

Isn’t It About Time You Gave Red Dwarf ‘Back To Earth’ Another Chance?

Costume Clues Reveal All In The Cabin In The Woods. Whedonesque discusses it here.

Collector pays $1.2 million for rare posters, including Metropolis.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Good Characters, Bad Decisions.

Worldwide Release Dates For The Wolverine.

From Cracked: The 4 Weirdest Anime DVD Extras (Are Weirder Than You Think).

Jonathan Nolan On Constructing The Dark Knight Rises, Robin, Justice League And What’s Next.

Evolution of the Batman Symbol.

Six canceled comic movies we would love to have seen.

The Shadow knows…

Saturday B Movie Reel #90: Dragon Wasps.

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #155: Pray For Death (1985)

Smodcast: The Dini Dossiers, Part 3: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) Commentary. Paul Dini and Kevin Smith are watching the uncut version. Here’s part 1 which discusses two episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, and here’s part 2, which discusses Mask of the Phantasm.

Masters of None Podcast: He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985) Audio Commentary.