Did you have to, McG? /Film noticed a new TV spot for Terminator Salvation that gives an obvious, sigh-worthy wink-wink to the audience: Christian Bale gives the old "I'll be back." Brother. OK, cute enough, McG, but no more....

Several years ago, I vowed to myself no more devoting any more money or desk surface space to overpriced plastic things shaped like my favorite notable film/comic characters. I think it was a good move on my part. Besides...

It's the year 3009 of the Third Age. Middle Earth has been at relative peace for hundreds of years. But now the great shadow has grown stronger in the East, and the time has come for Guy Who Looks...

Movie audiences this weekend, as expected, heavily favored movies about guys with claws: 1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Neither an early internet leak nor hundreds of awful reviews could stop Hugh Jackman-cuts-through-things from grossing $87 million. 2. Ghosts of...

Here's one for fans of Felix the Cat-style spousal abuse (who isn't?): cartoonist Chris Ware, with the help of animator John Kuramoto and musician Andrew Bird, made a Quimby the Mouse cartoon short to promote This American Life --...

AICN put up this character poster from Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, and it got me thinking: are you allowed to say "bastards," even misspelled, in advertisements? It seems like there will inevitably be some complaints from the crazies. Not...

Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to Death Note, the manga series about a magical, convenient method of murder-by-Post-It. Live-action adaptation time! From Variety: Story centers on a college student who accidentally finds a misplaced "death note," infusing him...

On the official Scott Pilgrim vs. The World blog, a third video blog has been posted, this one focusing on director Edgar Wright and his cast and crew doing their first week on location in Toronto. Honestly, it isn't...