November 26th, 2021Who wants to be productive the day after Thanksgiving? We're all full of delicious food and our bodies are pumped of tryptophan. Maybe you did some shopping this morning, and now you're exhausted and ready to become one with the couch. But if you have family traditions, you probably watched loads of football and holiday movies yesterday....
August 2nd, 2019In an era where the gradual move away from physical media seems to be never-ending, there are still a few media companies mounting a serious case for being a collector. No one does that quite like the Criterion Collection.
A mainstay of the best in home video presentation for 35 years, Criterion launched during the height of the...
July 26th, 2019If you’re a real pop culture nerd, chances are you get as excited when you see a supporting character with a familiar face as you do when one of your faves is the star. Let’s celebrate these heroes!…
Back in the early World Wide Web days, defunct site Fametracker had an awesome column called “Hey, It’s That Guy!”,...
July 19th, 2019We're at #SDCC2019 all weekend, so once again we're devoting our Friday Five to our favorite cosplayers (so far)!
These awesome folks caught our eye, but there are so many amazing cosplays as always. Watch our Twitter feed for more from the floor!
And if you are in a rad cosplay, please come by Loot Crate's booth at #229 so we can...
July 12th, 2019They're baaaa-aaaack! Marvel Entertainment, in all its forms, has a huge presence this year leading up to their 80th Anniversary on August 31st, 2019...
Though the comics and collectibles arms of Marvel have traditionally been hugely represented every year, this year sees one of the biggest turnouts ever for both television and,...
July 5th, 2019For fans of all sorts of science fiction television, the early 2000's were a gold mine of fun, thought provoking and exciting series. For some reason, though... Farscape is that fan favorite that hasn't gotten much of a streaming spotlight.
Unlike beloved contemporaries such as Battlestar Galactica and Firefly, for most of the digital...
June 28th, 2019Over its nearly 50 year history, there have been many iterations of Scooby-Doo. We're here to tell you that The New Scooby-Doo Movies is the BEST one.
Doesn't ring a bell?! Possibly because it's one of the earliest versions of the show you know and love, and may have been segmented and renamed in syndication over the years. But in a...
June 21st, 2019If you’re a real pop culture nerd, chances are you get as excited when you see a supporting character with a familiar face as you do when one of your faves is the star. Let’s celebrate these heroes!…
Back in the early World Wide Web days, defunct site Fametracker had an awesome column called “Hey, It’s That Guy!”,...
June 7th, 2019This weekend, Dark Phoenix arrives in theatres as the twelfth installment in Fox's X-Men movie franchise, which has now spanned nearly two decades. And probably five times as many cast members along the way!
Now that Disney has acquired 20th Century Fox, the waiting game begins to see how Marvel will move forward with the X-Men on the...
May 31st, 2019Fans of one of the most acclaimed TV shows of the 21st century (so far) are finally getting their closure. Tonight, HBO airs Deadwood: The Movie, a two-hour coda to the David Milch Western series that was unceremoniously cancelled back in 2006 after airing a very open-ended third-season finale.
Now, Deadwood might not immediately seem...
May 24th, 2019Ah, the power of the moving image. It played a role in shaping our entertainment from an early age, during those hours of kids' programming on weekday afternoons or Saturday mornings. No wonder it was the best place to appeal to our need for TOYS!
Though the staple programming schedules of those of us who grew up from the late 70's...
May 17th, 2019We're now just over 48 hours away from the last episode of Game of Thrones. Ever. This is it. And we're probably still going to be talking about it for weeks yet...
The last season of the beloved HBO series has transcended geek culture and turned into the biggest (and some say, the last) watercooler TV discussion of the century so...
May 3rd, 2019May the Fourth Be With You! Well, tomorrow anyway... it's nearly Star Wars Day and we wanted to dip back into the archives for some classic Star Wars cast memories.
When the original Star Wars was released in 1977 (well before it got the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope and launched the biggest juggernaut franchise of all time), it...
April 26th, 2019If you’re a real pop culture nerd, chances are you get as excited when you see a supporting character with a familiar face as you do when one of your faves is the star. Let’s celebrate these heroes!…
Back in the early World Wide Web days, defunct site Fametracker had an awesome column called “Hey, It’s That Guy!”,...
April 19th, 2019We are ONE WEEK away from Avengers: Endgame! And we're still marveling at how little those trailers have given away...
Sure, theories abound. And word on the street is that there are a LOT of spoilers already out there if you go looking. (Full disclosure: We haven't looked for them, and we recommend you don't either. COME ON!) That...
April 12th, 2019When it was announced this week that Disney+ was working on a Hawkeye series featuring Jeremy Renner, to many fans it came as no surprise that the name which started trending on social wasn't "Clint Barton" but "Kate Bishop"...
In 2012, Marvel Comics launched Hawkeye, written by Matt Fraction and drawn by David Aja. The new title...
April 5th, 2019When you say the word "showdown," the first thing that might spring to mind is a brawl. But the truth is, some of the best showdowns of all time don't involve the throwing of a single punch.
Our April theme is SHOWDOWN, and while there have certainly been a number of memorable fight scenes in our favorite franchises over the years, we...
March 29th, 2019Of all our favorite 80's flicks, few are as quintessentially L.A. (specifically, L.A.'s San Fernando Valley) as The Karate Kid. But how much of it was actually shot in the Valley?!
As it turns out, a heck of a lot!: Director John G. Avildsen's location crew managed to capture just the right settings for most of the key moments in Daniel...
March 22nd, 2019If you’re a real movie nerd, chances are you get as excited when you see a supporting character with a familiar face as you do when one of your faves is the star. Let’s celebrate these heroes!…
Back in the early World Wide Web days, defunct site Fametracker had an awesome column called “Hey, It’s That Guy!”, celebrating...
March 15th, 2019Hey, fans of Netflix's Lost In Space! You're undoubtedly aware that the show is a remake of a classic 60's scifi series, but do you know the long and storied history of the creator of that original show, the legendary Irwin Allen?
Yep, when the space family Robinson saga hit the airwaves in 1965, it was not the first of the televisuals...
