Monday December 15 to Sunday December 21
The Walk - Scared of heights? Then you should probably avoid the first trailer for director Robert Zemeckis’s film based on the French high-wire artists who attempted to high-wire walk between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. (imdb.com)
Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas - Nerd royalty Mark Hamill and Jim Parsons lend their voices to this stop-motion animated movie loosely based on the Will Ferrell holiday classic Elf. See it Tuesday at 8 p.m. (nbc.com)
The Comic-Book Guys Quivering in Fear of Cosplay- Noah Berlatsky offers a thoughtful take on the backlash against cosplay – costume play – inside the comic-book industry and the panic that he sees underlying it. (theatlantic.com)Chris Young/The Globe and Mail
The Colbert Report finale - Stephen Colbert is saying goodbye to the show that made him America’s favourite fake conservative pundit. It’s been 10 seasons. Should be quite a send-off. We’ll see on Thursday. (thecomedynetwork.ca)Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
North Korea reviews The Interview - The North Korean Ministry of Culture gives the Seth Rogen comedy about a plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un “two highly-enriched-uranium programs down” in its review, actually written by humorist Teddy Wayne. (newyorker.com)Reuters