I’ve been down with the post-TIFF cold for the last few days, but I worked through it because I am a big strong man and now I can share the fruits of that fevered labor with you!
Monday morning, I dragged my wheezy ass to the Lightbox to cover the first Toronto mayoral debate for NOW, because it was supposedly going to focus on arts. It quickly turned into a standard talking-points smackdown, but I wrote about it anyway.
And yesterday, I managed to type out a new edition of Superhero Nonsense! from my fainting couch, looking at the director swap on the new Bond movie and the supplements on Disney’s Solo Blu-ray … which cover up another director swap, just for funsies.
So go read them, maybe? I don’t know, I’m not the boss of you.
In this week’s NOW, I talk to 
This week at the NOW site, we’re launching a new culture column devoted to funnybook heroes and their cinematic representation. I call it 
Sacha Baron Cohen has a new show out. It’s exactly the same as his old show, except now it just doesn’t have any real purpose beyond the ritual humiliation of anyone stupid enough to sign a release.
Earlier this week, Torontonians were pleasantly surprised to hear that the Paradise Cinema is coming back after a dozen years of disuse.
Surprise! I 
I appear on other people’s podcasts all the time — it’s fun! — but today you’ll find me trying something I’ve never done before: Long-form improvisational comedy with actual comedian person Adam Peacock, on his podcast My Neighbors Are Dead.
In honor of International Women’s Day, Netflix is dropping the second season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones. If you have to ask why, you aren’t watching the show.
The Shape of Water was named Best Picture at the Oscars last night, and it was glorious.
The 90th Academy Awards are tonight! Who will survive and what will be left of them? Do you care? Does anyone? I do, because NOW pays me to!