New FiLife Article and Is Madea the Next Ernest?

My latest financial funny for FiLife.com is your guide to fall entertainment on the cheap.

Meanwhile, over at Asylum, I ask a question for the ages: Is Tyler Perry's Madea the Next Ernest? When Madea saves Christmas, we'll know cinema has officially ended. (Link love courtesy of Star Pulse.)

New AMC Columns

Fans of stupid movie villains (like Faye Dunaway's campy witch from Supergirl) and Megan Fox stalkers will want to check out my latest comic book movie columns for AMCTV.com First up, I look at the dumbest supervillains in comic book movie history. Poor noble Doctor Doom. He's only an almighty despot in the Marvel Comics universe. Three movies under his belt, and he's about as threatening as Snidely Whiplash.

Next up,comic book movie bad girls get their due as I separate the truly "bad girl" movies from the just plain bad movies. Seriously, Sheena is one of the greatest movies ever made. Where have you gone, Tanya Roberts?

On the AOL front, I recently put together fun galleries on famous geeks of yore and a potential cast for the live-action Thundercats movie.

As usual, check out my daily gossip and entertainment news roundups for AMC and AOL's Asylum.com. And should Faye Dunaway try to steal your Omegahedron, just distract her with a bright shiny object.

Alan Moore Is Angry and Belinda Carlisle Is Still Crushworthy

With Watchmen finally hitting theaters on Friday, my latest comic book movie column for AMCTV.com explores the many reasons why Alan Moore hates the movies based on his work. Fingers crossed Watchmen changes Hollywood's track record of turning Moore's brilliant comics into unwatchable garbage. Early reviews seem to range from "this movie will change your life" to "meh," which is never a great sign.

Meanwhile, over at AOL's Asylum, you can check out my gallery of crushes from the '80s. Find out what Mia Sara and Kirk Cameron's girlfriend from Growing Pains have been up to. (Also check out the UK version of my piece, which tosses in Samantha Fox for good measure. Hey, naughty girls need love too.) I also put together a fun gallery of lesser-known Saturday Night Live Cast members from the '80s and '90s. Any excuse to work in a Danitra Vance reference.

AMC Comic Con Report, Valentine's, Oscars, and Walken

Another NY Comic Con has come and gone, and I was there covering the geekery for AMC TV. Highlights include posing for a photo with William Katt (aka, The Greatest American Hero) and watching Stephen Baldwin attempt to plug his terrible Christian crime comic. Or maybe it's a Republican crime comic. Either way it's terrible, and he has Miley Cyrus tattooed on his arm. On the Baldwin level of crazy, Stephen's about an 8.

I also have several new pieces for AOL's Asylum, including "'80s: Where Are They Now?," and a look at the most questionable Oscar winners of all time.

(Want more of my recent work for AMC? Go here. And go here if you want Asylum to be more Nick-centric.)

As for that mind-meltingly wonderful image of Christopher Walken hypnotizing a cat, it's from the 1988 family film Puss In Boots, featuring the Deer Hunter star as an "all singing all dancing" tabby . (His costar was Jason "son of Sean" Connery.) And it's pretty much sheer insanity from start to finish.

PC World Shout Out and New Year's Resolutions

PC World, the nation's top source for information related to reliable character actress Patricia Clarkson, I mean, personal computers, has chosen the Wonderfully Geek Moments of 2008 list I wrote for AOL's Asylum.com as one of the year's best tech lists.

A "best of" list for "best of" lists? Are you listening Charlie Kaufman? I think we found the follow up to your last meta brain-melter.

And since today is a time to reflect on what we hate about ourselves and plan to change for the new year, please enjoy my list of New Year's resolutions inspired by the movies of 2008 for AMC. Happy New Year!

Lots of new AMC and AOL writing...

I wrote a big year-end piece for AOL's Asylum.com, The Most Wonderfully Geeky Moments of 2008.

And for AMC, here's a fun little piece I did on movie titles that sound like horror but actually aren't. Here's one example..

Monster's Ball
The concept of a fancy-dress function designed specifically for monsters could've made for a truly terrifying moviegoing experience. Imagine the poster: Several well-dressed monsters glower at you; the tagline asking, "Will you accept the invitation?!" Blood-curdling! Of course what we got was a dark Halle Berry-Billy Bob Thornton drama set in the rural South. Come to think of it though, Thornton's nude scenes were pretty scary. (Runner-up: Monster, about a real-life monster, not the fun kind.)

Also, here are some recent comic book movie columns:

Frank Miller is Great (Sin City)! Frank Miller Sucks (The Spirit!)


Five Original Movie Superheroes That Are Better Than Hancock

After Coraline, Hollywood May Finally Tackle Neil Gaiman's Comics

Can Marvel's Knights Ever Compare with The Dark Knight?

New AMC and AOL stuff

New column for AMCTV.com just went up. Vote for which X-Men character should get the next spin-off movie. Blob, Dazzler, Skin from Generation X--so many minor characters, so little screentime.

Who's Next for X-Men Origins? Vote Now!

Also, check out the latest gallery I put together for AOL's Asylum.com on real-life celebrity spies. Celebrities were so much cooler in the old days. Today's stars are so lazy.

New AOL list

New list for AOl Men's Asylum.com, on the 10 guys you don't want your sister to date. Also, check out my daily round-up of celebrity gossip. You know you're wondering what Lilo has been up to. (She's causing adorable trouble with Stitch in Hawaii.)

Embarassing Celebrity Commercials for AOL

New gallery for AOL's Asylum.com. (Links to the YouTube videos are embedded.) In this election year, what could be more topical than a collection of cheesy ads from the '80s and '90s featuring the likes of Matt LeBlanc and Paul Rudd? You owe it to yourself to click!

Embarassing Celebrity Commercials from Yesteryear

New AMC and AOL writing

I've done a number of recent columns for AMC TV, and several gallery pieces for AOL's men site Asylum.com. You can check some of them out below.

Asylum

The 10 Most Questionable Emmy Award Winners
Funny Lord of the Rings costumes
Best and Worst Celebrity-Driven Comic Books

Boyhood Idols: Where Are They Now?
The Weirdest Olympic Events

AMC (The home of Mad Men!)
Watching Watchmen with Director Zack Snyder
Chuck Norris, Cartoon Hero
Top Five Comic Book Movies that Outdo Their Origins
The Rocketeer and Other Comic Book Movies Worth a Second Look

New lists for AOL

To get you ready for Dark Knight, here are two galleries I put together for AOL's Asylum.com. Please enjoy Batman and Robin in Love, and The 10 Weirdest Foreign Superheroes.

T-minus 28 hours until I see Dark Knight...