As someone who was born in the ’70s and shaped in the ’80s, I can tell you that trips to the “corner store” in search of candy weren’t just about pleasing our insatiable sweet teeth (tooths?) — they were also our first taste of independence and even a crash course in financial planning. A Sugary … Read more
Nostalgia has a funny way of playing tricks on your mind. It’s like when you try to recall the lyrics to a song that you thought meant a lot to you. You’re sure you know them by heart, but they vanish. Then you hear the chorus and it all comes rushing at you like a … Read more
Will Ferrell is executive producing a live-action version of France’s Totally Spies! animated series for Prime Video. Sacré bleu! Will Ferrell is brushing up on his French for a live-action adaptation of the cult cartoon series Totally Spies! at Amazon! Ferrell is executive-producing the YA adaptation based on the Banijay Kids animated show. Totally Spies! … Read more
Warner Bros. has ordered Smiling Friends Season 3 and Totally Spies! Season 8, as well as full series greenlights for a pair of new animated shows. During its Defying Expectations Panel at Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the studio unveiled that they will be bringing Totally Spies! back for an eighth season. This comes after … Read more
While the common consensus is that Crocodile Dundee II is a less-than-worthy sequel, we totally disagree with that assessment. When a movie is as big as Crocodile Dundee, you better believe there will be a sequel. Audiences renting a VHS tape of the movie back in 1987 had a little introduction before the film, teasing … Read more
Get in, losers. 20 years after the original movie came out, Mean Girls is returning to the big screen. Tina Fey’s iconic 2004 teen movie was adapted into a Broadway musical and is now being re-adapted back into a musical movie. Once again, we have a new student, Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) from Africa, who … Read more
Adam Driver has admitted his Star Wars redemption story was never part of the plan. The Ferrari actor has reflected on the original idea for Kylo Ren’s character arc, which would have seen the character — who was revealed to be Ben Solo, the son of Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) … Read more
Sesame Street has changed over the years, but it’s always kept up the same core identity. It’s always been a show you know children will learn important lessons from. That being said, Sesame Street upcoming season will look very different from all the others that have preceded it. There will be an animated segment which may eventually become … Read more
There’s a new trailer for Marvel’s final big production of 2023, The Marvels, and what I find interesting about it is how different it is than the earlier trailers. The initial clips for this movie were all about its trio of heroes — Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Monica Rambeau — and about how they somehow get their … Read more
It’s Halloween night, 2023, and Shipka’s Jamie Hughes is getting ready to go out with her friends. Her overprotective mother, Pam (Julie Bowen), is naturally concerned about her daughter’s safety: Thirty-five years ago, around Halloween, three teenage girls were slaughtered, and the so-called Sweet Sixteen Killings have defined this small town ever since. But when … Read more