Today is the 49th birthday of Joss Whedon, geek icon extraordinaire. Without Whedon, the world of geekdom would have had no Buffy the Vampire Slayer, no Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, and no Firefly/Serenity.
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Much Ado About Nothing absolutely feels like a gathering of old friends, with many familiar faces from the Whedonverse, all joining together to match wits and talk of love and marriage. The film opens nationwide on June 7, 2013.
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Watch this, and be very, very excited.
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So why is the term mommy blogger such a negative one? I take a look at our assumptions about things with gender labels. Plus, where you can find me dressed as Wonder Woman.
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Details continue to emerge about the TV pilot Joss Whedon is directing for ABC’s fall schedule.
Continue ReadingThis may be the most excited I’ve ever been about a new interpretation of a Shakespeare play.
Continue ReadingIt’s hard to remember a better time to be a movie lover and a geek than 2012. It was week after week of must-see movies, and it’s probably impossible to be a mom and have caught them all. After all of that, can 2013 even pretend to compare? Read this 2012 vs. 2013 movie throwdown to find out.
Continue ReadingKristen interviews the creators of Written By a Kid: Josh Flaum and Will Bowles.
Continue ReadingYou’ve likely started your holiday shopping, or at least feel guilty about not starting your shopping. But the whole process is a lot less work since the advent of internet commerce. Books are perfect for purchasing through this conduit, since one size fits all and they aren’t that fragile. Here are the GeekMom writers’ recommendations for books to buy your loved ones this holiday season. There are a very large number of them, so be sure to click to see them all!
Continue ReadingThe ongoing celebration of the 10th anniversary of Joss Whedon’s Firefly continues with the premiere of a new documentary, Firefly: Browncoats Unite, which airs on the Science Channel on Sunday November 11 at 10 PM. The hour-long special features Whedon …
Continue ReadingFirefly: Celebrations pulls together three previously published Titan books into one massive, faux-leather, 550 page hardbound book filled with full-color photos and enough reading material to cover at least three months travel across The Black. What’s in it? Glad you …
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Jane Espenson and Brad Bell, creators of the web-based show Husbands, talk about creating that show and web-based content in general.
Continue ReadingInspired by the inventive and fantastical tales told by real children, Written by a Kid is Geek & Sundry’s newest series. Each week, a new child storyteller appears and shares his tale. These stories are then interpreted by professionals, resulting …
Continue ReadingSDCC’s Firefly reunion panel brought tears to nearly every eye — including Joss Whedon’s.
Continue ReadingAfter years of toiling in the darkness, with only his true adherents knowing the unlimited bounds of his genius, Joss Whedon has stepped into the light and become the master of Hollywood. His star is shining brightly right now, and …
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I know when it comes to Joss Whedon movies, this weekend is all about The Avengers. But if you haven’t seen The Cabin In The Woods yet, it needs to be on your weekend agenda. Call it a double feature. And if you have already seen it, you no doubt have a few questions along […]
Continue ReadingBetween The Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers, you might feel like you’re swimming in Whedon lately. (And if you’ve read my GeekMom posts, you know I’m a fan of that pool!) But if you can’t get enough Whedon, …
Continue ReadingBetween The Cabin In The Woods and The Avengers, you might feel like you’re swimming in Whedon lately. (And if you’ve read my GeekMom posts, you know I’m a fan of that pool!) But if you can’t get enough Whedon, there’s a little more to love in Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion. This self-described “essential […]
Continue ReadingI know when it comes to Joss Whedon movies, this weekend is all about The Avengers. But if you haven’t seen The Cabin in the Woods yet, it needs to be on your weekend agenda. Call it a double feature. …
Continue ReadingThis piece is, and I can’t emphasize this enough, only for people who want spoilers. Seriously, do not read this if you don’t want to know anything about what happens in the film. You have been warned.
Continue ReadingTwo weeks ago, I had the great privilege of seeing The Avengers at its world premiere in Hollywood, and of attending the film’s press conferences the following day. As I’m forbidden from publishing my review of the movie until Monday …
Continue ReadingTwo weeks ago, I had the great privilege of seeing The Avengers at its world premiere in Hollywood, and of attending the film’s press conferences the following day. As I’m forbidden from publishing my review of the movie until Monday …
Continue ReadingWhen is a Joss Whedon movie not a Joss Whedon movie? In the case of The Cabin in the Woods, the new horror movie send-up, you might say it’s a Whedon half-breed. The man behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, …
Continue ReadingIt’s going to be a busy few weeks for Joss Whedon — first we’ve got The Cabin in the Woods opening up today and Avengers on May 4, 2012. Whether you’re a fan of the man’s TV shows and movies …
Continue ReadingAs I sat through a half-hour of trailers at The Hunger Games this past weekend, I realized how many geektastic movies are coming out this summer that I’m going to want to see. Seriously. It’s absolute madness how many geek-appealing movies are crammed into the next few months. I’m already behind, having not yet seen […]
Continue ReadingThe first arc of Astonishing X-Men, “Gifted,” made it clear that Whedon loved the X-men as much as any of their fans. He brought back fan favorite Colossus from the dead and made some call-outs to the classic stories, including …
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Ok, I’ve been trying to play it cool and not get my hopes up about the new Avengers movie coming out in a little over a month. There have been way too many horrible super hero movies made out of material that should have been awesome. Batman & Robin. Spiderman 3. Green Lantern. Need I say […]
Continue ReadingAn article that ran yesterday on GeekDad by Jim MacQuarrie made it very clear that, from the standpoint of professional archery, Hawkeye couldn’t hit the broadside of Tony Stark’s mansion. With my limited exposure to archery I can’t argue against what …
Continue ReadingThe Cabin In The Woods premiered as the opening night movie at SXSW Film. All I knew going into it was that it was a horror movie by Joss Whedon. I assumed based on the name that some people would go to a creepy cabin in some woods and all get brutally murdered in some […]
Continue ReadingThe Cabin in the Woods premiered as the opening night movie at SXSW Film. All I knew going into it was that it was a horror movie by Joss Whedon. I assumed based on the name that some people would …
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