Author: Heath Andrews

A person’s preference in fast food locations is going to vary significantly depending on who you talk to. Beyond that, it’s going to vary from food item to food item. Just today I was having a debate with someone about whose French fries are better. I argued Burger King had the superior fry, but the consensus of others seemed to fall with McDonald’s. If there was one thing that could be agreed on by most people, though, it’s that Burger King had the weakest chicken nuggets among them: McDonald’s and Wendy’s. But BK has been on a tear trying to…

Nostalgia has been much kinder to the Nintendo GameCube than the past was to it. At the time of its release, it was overshadowed by the juggernaut that was the PlayStation 2. Microsoft was a newcomer to the console market as well in the form of the Xbox. The combination of all of that, combined with the issues of the Nintendo 64, caused the GameCube to wind up last in sales among the big three consoles of the sixth generation. So what’s the deal now with the GameCube getting so much love in the retro market? Is it blind love…

It seems like over the last decade or so, you can’t talk about Mike Flanagan without talking about Stephen King. Flanagan does not only do adaptations of King’s work. We promise. It just happens to be that his last three feature films and his upcoming Amazon Prime series were and are adaptations of Stephen King’s books. For those keeping track at home, we had Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep, and The Life of Chuck, with the upcoming project being Carrie. But another project has been circling Flanagan’s workspace tied to King. It’s a big one too: The Dark Tower. It’s the…

Who would have imagined that thirty years ago Judy Sheindlin would become the most-watched woman on daytime TV? In 1996, she appeared on television sets for the first time as a TV judge. The format was not new. It had already been done by The People’s Court years prior. Her personality was new. Judge Judy thrived off the no-nonsense attitude and coarse demeanor of Sheindlin. It kept viewers engaged, brought more courtroom arbitration shows to the airwaves, and carved out a place in television history. The show Judge Judy wrapped up in 2021. Sheindlin would go on to star on…

In 1999, a movie was released to theaters that never should’ve existed. The film was Lake Placid. The more you know about who is in this movie and who’s behind it, the more absurd it becomes. And yes, a movie about a giant crocodile in Maine is already pretty absurd. We get that. But this is a horror movie written by the same guy who created Ally McBeal, The Practice, Boston Legal, and more recently, The Lincoln Lawyer. Welcome to the mind of David E. Kelley. David E. Kelley – From Picket Fences to Lake Placid This is one of…

In our continuing efforts to try to help you protect your money, we bring you the latest installment in understanding scams. As we mentioned before in our previous piece, members of the Nerdbot staff have experience working in banking and finance. We would like to be able to use that information to help protect you against scams that are taking place in the world today. No one should fall victim to losing money to a scammer. That’s why we want to talk about the celebrity scam. How it works, what it’s about, and what to do if you or a…

The 2026 Emmy Awards were held on September 14th. They’re not as big an award ceremony as they used to be years ago. Still, they’re the biggest name in television recognition. This year was a momentous one for a few reasons. Though it’s not the subject of this article, we have to give Jean Smart a shout-out for doing a historic sweep. She’s the first woman to win an Emmy for every year that her comedy show Hacks aired. Five years, five wins, one woman. But it was also a huge night for Widow’s Bay. The comedy/horror show has become…

The American box office has recently experienced a massive amount of success. The 2026 summer box office was the biggest of all time, which is huge to think about. It was buoyed by successes like Toy Story 5, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey, and earlier in the year films like Backrooms and Obsession. Yet despite these successes, projects are still getting greenlit that are absolute wastes of money. Like a Crazy Taxi film, for example. Now, to be fair, this project we’re about to discuss is being developed for Netflix and not one of the major film production studios.…

Well, Sydney Sweeney just can’t seem to stop courting controversy. Last year she was blasted for a jeans ad; now one for a sports “trading” app. We want to break down this backlash and point out where it has some valid points, where it’s not valid, and where it’s completely missing the bigger issue at play. Sydney Sweeney Does Not Represent Female Athletes When it comes to current sex symbols, there are none bigger than Sweeney at the moment. Her figure has been the subject of the aforementioned ads, SNL skits, public discourse, and often the projects she appears in.…

Earlier this year, we lost Sam Neill. In many ways, we’re still reeling from that death. He was a tremendous actor and seemed like a genuinely wonderful human. It’s in the wake of that that we wanted to revisit one of the films he made before his career took off to greater heights in Jurassic Park. Before he was Alan Grant, he was John Ingram in the 1989 thriller, Dead Calm. Dead Calm & its Characters Directed by the talented Aussie, Phillip Noyce, the film is based on the book of the same name by Charles Williams. Along with Neill,…