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Macmillan will sell e-books to libraries in pilot program at $25 per title

How Was SFSketchFest/Best of RiffTrax? I managed to go to the Manos screening. Due to an awful movie (one of the Wayans brothers spoofing the Paranormal Activity franchise—I walked in during what seemed to be the guy being jealous as he watched someone loudly having sex with a ghost; not being interested in watching this moment with Dad, we turned and left, opting to stay in the hall until it finished) running too long, Rifftrax wouldn’t have had time for the trivia/joke cards at the start. So the manager let everyone vote—we decided even if it went overly long, we wanted it. Things were fine, until midway through one of the shorts—the power in the whole theater went out. 5-10 minutes later, it came back, and we started where we left off. Someone that had been there for the previous showing (and its interruption by tornado and power outage) said it had happened at that same point, too. The manager (who also personally went in and cleaned up after the previous viewing of that movie) came in and apologized.

Unfortunately, the heat didn’t come back on. Instead, about 20 minutes before the end, the air conditioning was going full blast—so I had my coat on. Got out around 9:45 PM, and made it home shortly before the sleet (which the Weather Channel has dubbed Winter Storm Khan—feel free to insert your own Kirk scream here) started. Outside of all of that, I have to say it was great.

J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars: Episode VII.

Who Would You Like To Direct The Next Star Wars?

Star Trek Character Names And Roles Chart.

If only one past Doctor could appear in Doctor Who’s anniversary special, which would you prefer?

Matt Smith Singing in the Rain - Behind the Scenes Exclusive On Top Gear.

An interview with David Tennant.

Trailers From Hell: Brian Trenchard Smith on Pirates Of Blood River

We’re Ready To Believe You T-Shirt.

Ghostbusters Fan Art: 55 Central Park West.

One Page Preview Of New Ghostbusters #1.

An interview with Joel Hodgson.

New Oz: The Great And Powerful Poster Spotlights Rachel Weisz. More character posters can be found here.

The Very Last Thing Broadcast On G4’s Attack of the Show Before The Lights Went Out.

Being Human (UK Version) Series 5 Trailer

Being Human (American Version): Meaghan Rath Talks Being Undead, Roommate Romance, Craving Brains, and More

Top 10 Movie Apocalypses.

Top 10 Fairy Tale and Fantasy Movie Adaptation With A Twist.

Supervillain Origins: Deadshot.

Kevin Smith - With Great Power Extended Interview

10 Ways Buckaroo Banzai Has Infiltrated Pop Culture.

10 TV Shows That Deserve A Second Life. They list MST3K, which does have a second life in Rifftrax. I agree with the inclusion of Pushing Daisies.

Impressive Robocop Cake.

Army of Muppet Zombies vs. Bruce Campbell.

Best Art Ever (This Week): January 25th.

The Best Batman Planter You’ve Ever Seen (Hopefully).

Comic Book Legends Revealed #403.

Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen Heading to Broadway in Waiting For Godot

Both The Avengers and The Cabin in the Woods win Golden Tomato Awards.

Alternate Avengers concept art released.

About Those Phantasm II Bonus Features…

All My Children and One Life To Live Set To Premiere Digitally On Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes.

Tales From The Code: The Near Extinction Of Sheena

Keith Giffen Leaves Legion Of Superheroes After Two Issues?

Movie Issues Podcast: The Covenant (2006)

Mission Log #25—Episode 25: The Devil In The Dark.

Junk Food Dinner #144: Society (1989), No Retreat, No Surrender (1986), and Vampire’s Kiss (1989)

Smodcast On Batman #23: Kevin Smith and Kyle Higgins on Dick Grayson, Part 2.

The Batman Universe Podcast—Bat-Books For Beginners Episode 96: Birds of Prey: Old Friends, New Enemies (Birds of Prey #1-6)

Retroist Podcast—Episode 129: Dungeons And Dragons The Animated Series.

SurfTheChannel Owner Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud.

Complete Indiana Jones Series Hits Blu-Ray In September.

Stephanie Brown fans launch ‘Waffles For Stephanie’ mail campaign.

There will be random badge checks at this year’s Comic Con, as a crack down against badge counterfeiting.

A New Dark Knight Rises Trailer To Premiere With The Amazing Spider-Man?

The new Van Helsing movie is a complete reboot.

New poster for The Amazing Spider-Man.

Spider-Man got his start as a fly on the wall of Marvel’s Stan Lee.

It’s confirmed: Ryan Reynolds has officially been cast as Connor in the Highlander reboot. I still don’t think he works.

Comic Con 2012: Elementary, Beauty and the Beast, and Merlin Announce Panels.

Robot Hand Beats You At Rock, Paper, Scissors 100% Of The Time.

Supervillain Origins: Thanos.

Trailers From Hell: Karyn Kusama on The Elephant Man.

Evil Dead: An Animated Tribute. They’ve done a great job on that.

10 Comics Characters Who Debuted Outside Comics.

Here’s Where You Can See The Back To The Future-Style Delorean In NYC.

Star Trek TNG S2 Blu-Ray To Include Extended Version Of Measure Of A Man

And now, 80 Teddy Ruxpin dolls strapped to a wall, screaming the subconscious of the internet. Gets weirder when you accidentally have the music from Halloween playing in another window.

Mer-Man by David Rapoza.

BBC Books: Autumn Releases.

What We Want To See From Phantasm V.

First make-up test for Freddy Krueger in Nightmare On Elm Street.

9 Ways Firefly Has Infiltrated Pop Culture.

Cabin In The Woods was supposed to be direct-to-DVD in Australia, until the fans spoke up.

Now Playing Podcast: Spider-Man (2002).

Tomorrow through (at least) Tuesday, temperatures are due to spike to 107 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s before you factor in the heat index—with it, I think it’s around 111.