Can you spot the real tagline from the fake knockoff, or will you fall into the trap?

On this special game night episode of Moving Panels, host Laramy Wells is joined by cohosts Nicholas Pepin and Chad Sheppard for a high-stakes, full-episode showdown of The Tagline Trap! We’re putting their comic book movie marketing knowledge to the ultimate test across decades of Marvel, DC, and iconic superhero cinema. From forgotten teaser slogans to physical one-sheet posters, watch who reigns supreme and who gets caught out by total studio imposters.

Did you guess along with the panel? Let us know your score! Drop your favorite movie taglines in the comments below or tag us on social media.

What happens when your girlfriend is a superhero—and then you break up with her?

This week on Moving Panels, Laramy Wells and Tim Williams take on My Super Ex-Girlfriend, the 2006 romantic comedy starring Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson. While the movie isn't based on a comic book, it borrows heavily from superhero conventions, giving us a Superman-inspired heroine, secret identities, superpowers, supervillains, and one very angry ex-girlfriend.

We dig into G-Girl's comic-book influences, the movie's superhero premise, Uma Thurman's performance, its strange mix of romantic comedy and Fatal Attraction, and whether the concept ever lives up to its potential.

Is My Super Ex-Girlfriend a forgotten superhero comedy worth revisiting, or should this one stay in the past?

Press play and find out!

In this special One Shot episode of Moving Panels, host Laramy Wells is joined by fan-favorite recurring cohost (and now teenager) Ruby Wells to break down five of the most iconic heroines across Marvel and DC Comics!

From Jersey City to deep space, we’re looking at how these incredible characters' powers work on the comic page versus how they translate to the screen:

• Kamala Khan: Her recent comic shift to an Inhuman/Mutant hybrid co-written by Iman Vellani, plus her MCU hard-light powers.

• Carol Danvers: Balancing cosmic, god-like Binary power with human storytelling.

• Wanda Maximoff: The fine line between grief, reality-warping chaos magic, and villainy.

• Raven: How her struggle for emotional control compares to Wanda's chaos.

• Kara Zor-El (Supergirl): Why carrying the memory of a lost Krypton makes Kara distinct from Superman.

Plus, stay tuned until the end to hear which heroine’s powers Ruby would pick to survive a normal day at school!

What happens when you drop a dysfunctional super-powered family into 1960s Texas? You get civil rights sit-ins, 1960s cults, time-travel assassins, and peak needle drops.

This week on Moving Panels, host Laramy Wells and co-host Bethany Wells travel back to 1963 Dallas to break down Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy Season 2. We compare Steve Blackman’s TV adaptation to its source material—Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá’s comic arc, Dallas (Vol. 2)—and explore how the show grounded the comic's surreal chaos into deeply personal character stories.

In this episode, we cover:

• Page vs. Screen: How the TV adaptation transformed Gerard Way's fever-dream comic into a tightly structured 1960s drama.

• Character Deep Dives: Elliot Page, Aidan Gallagher, Robert Sheehan, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, and Justin H. Min.

• Thematic Highlight: Allison’s powerful arc—what happens when your superpower is your voice, but 1960s society strips it away?

• Supporting Standouts: Kate Walsh (The Handler), Ritu Arya (Lila), Yusuf Gatewood (Ray Chestnut), and the Cooper farm.

• Verdict & Recs: Laramy gives his final verdict using our Bag It, Stack It, or Trade It scale, plus a comic/screen recommendation you won't want to miss!

We all know the classics: flight, super strength, optic blasts. But what about the comic book abilities that are so bizarre, absurd, or completely useless that Hollywood won't touch them with a ten-foot pole?

In this One Shot episode of Moving Panels, host Laramy Wells and co-host Justin Baker dive deep into the absolute bottom of the Marvel and DC bargain bins. From grotesque anatomy to deeply questionable weapons choices, we’re unpacking five of the most unhinged, obscure, and hilarious superpowers to ever grace a comic page.

In this episode, we tackle:

• 💥 The fine line between "unique mutant ability" and "living nightmare"

• 🎬 How on Earth a director would pitch these powers in a modern movie studio meeting

• 🦸 The absolute worst power you could accidentally inherit

If you could pick one terrible power, which would it be? Listen in, drop your take on social media, and don't forget to Follow, Rate, and Review the show!

Our Summer Series comes to a groovy conclusion! Laramy Wells is joined by Nicholas Pepin and James Brooks to discuss Army of Darkness, the cult classic that proves you don't need to be based on a comic book to feel like one. The trio explores how Sam Raimi's medieval horror-comedy captures the spirit of comic books through its larger-than-life hero, over-the-top action, and unforgettable visuals. They also dive into the different versions of the film, its connection to the Evil Dead franchise, Bruce Campbell's iconic performance as Ash Williams, and how the story continues in the comics.

We always talk about comic books getting turned into movies, but what happens when the traffic moves backward? In this special One Shot episode of Moving Panels, host Laramy Wells is joined by co-hosts Tim Williams, Nicholas Pepin, and Gerry D. to dive deep into the massive, chaotic, and awesome world of comic books directly inspired by cinema and television.

From canonical continuation series that picked up where canceled TV shows left off to insane crossover events Hollywood could never afford, we break down how the comic medium expands our favorite screen universes.

What we’re unpacking tonight:

• The Official Continuations: Joss Whedon’s massive, budget-free Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 and the incredible DC Universe expansions in Smallville Season 11 (including Clark becoming a Green Lantern and his tactical showdown with Batman!).

• The McClane Files: A deep dive into John McClane’s comic history, featuring the prequel series Die Hard: Year One and Laramy’s recent read, A Million Ways to Die Hard.

• The Slashers & Sci-Fi Icons: How Ash Williams (Army of Darkness/The Evil Dead) became a comic book staple, the iconic Dark Horse Alien vs. Predator runs, and the massive Ghostbusters and Star Trek comic universes.

• The 80s Cartoon Toy Box: The deep-cut lore of Transformers, G.I. Joe, M.A.S.K., Voltron, ThunderCats, Dino-Riders, Bravestarr, Visionaries, SilverHawks, and Inhumanoids.

⚠️ ANNOUNCEMENT: We hit a bit of a snag behind the scenes tonight. At one point during the recording, Laramy suffered a massive computer glitch. We kept the tapes rolling anyway, and the guys carried the torch to the finish line. We're curious to see if the audience can actually catch exactly when Laramy is no longer a part of the episode! Let us know your timestamps in the comments!

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The Summer Series continues as Laramy Wells is joined by Justin Baker and Blake Fowler to discuss Chronicle (2012), the found-footage superhero thriller that asks a simple question: what would really happen if three teenagers suddenly gained incredible powers?

As part of our series on movies inspired by comic books, we explore why Chronicle feels so much like an X-Men story despite not being based on any comic, discuss Andrew Detmer's tragic transformation, debate the strengths and weaknesses of the film's found-footage approach, and even answer the question of what we'd do if we woke up with telekinesis tomorrow.

Plus, we talk about the performances of Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, and Michael B. Jordan, examine the movie's lasting influence on superhero storytelling, and recommend a comic that takes Chronicle's central ideas to an even darker place.

Is Chronicle a hidden superhero classic or does it fall just short of greatness? Listen and find out.

What happens when film directors reject Hollywood realism and start treating the movie screen like a hand-drawn comic book page?

In this special One Shot episode, Laramy is joined by his co-host and wife, Bethany, to break down the concept of Panel-to-Frame Grammar. We aren't talking about movie reviews or standard comic adaptations—we are diving deep into the visual pacing, structural continuity, and framing tricks that original films steal straight from the world of sequential art.

Join us as we discuss:

• Wes Anderson and the rigid, symmetrical "flat page" design of masterpieces like The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

• Edgar Wright’s hyper-kinetic editing rhythm in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and how it paved his way to Scott Pilgrim and Ant-Man.

• How The Wachowskis literally had to pitch The Matrix to studio executives as a 600-page comic book storyboard to get it made.

• Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse (Clerks, Mallrats) and how he mapped the DNA of comic book continuity onto live-action indie cinema.

Do you prefer a movie that looks like a comic book page, or one that breathes like a comic book universe? Hit us up on our socials and let us know!

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This week on Moving Panels, our Summer Series continues with a movie that isn’t based on a comic book… but absolutely feels like one.

Laramy is joined by Nicholas Pepin from Pop Culture Roulette and Tim Williams from 80s Flick Flashback to discuss Hancock (2008), the superhero movie that asked: what if the world’s most powerful hero was also its biggest public nuisance?

The group talks about Will Smith’s performance, the movie’s surprisingly strong first half, the infamous tonal shift, and how Hancock evolves from grounded superhero satire into something that feels closer to comic book mythology. Along the way, they compare the movie’s immortal romance elements to stories involving Hawkman and Hawkgirl and ask whether Hancock was actually ahead of its time.

Is this messy experiment still worth revisiting nearly twenty years later?

Find out on this episode of Moving Panels.