Author: Heath Andrews

One of the biggest news items in Hollywood over the last week has surrounded the massive media company, Paramount. It’s the second oldest film studio in the United States. And because of its mergers with CBS and Viacom, is also a part of the sprawling media company, Paramount Global. Sony Pictures is at the forefront of studios in line to wholly purchase Paramount, and this could come with some pretty major changes. If the purchase happens, it may mean the end of the Paramount Pictures studio lot. Over the last few years, we’ve seen media companies take a hit in…

We didn’t have a lot of good things to say about the “Frasier” revival when it premiered in 2023. While star Kelsey Grammer declared it to be the ‘third act’ for the titular character, we noted that not everything needs a third act, Frasier included. And while the show decided to focus on an entirely new set of actors, one of the few bright spots of the season was the finale, which brought back Frasier’s friend and former radio producer, Roz Doyle. If you were a fan of the revival, or of Roz in general then there’s some good news,…

For millions of people across the world, the late, great Kevin Conroy is the definitive Batman. His vocal performance of the Caped Crusader in “Batman: The Animated Series,” the Batman: Arkham video game series, and various other projects over 30 years left little room for others to improve on. When Conroy passed away in November of 2022, it was an excruciating and devastating loss to fans. There was some solace in knowing that he had recorded voice work for projects that would be released posthumously and while it’s not much, we now have a clip of one of those projects…

A common internet horror story is the tale of someone who notices odd things around their home. They might find objects moved around, hear noises, or notice food missing. What if the reason for all these things is that someone else had been living in the house, hiding in the ceiling or behind the walls, and becoming active while the owner was away?! Real life incidents like this have happened in homes, but what about an abandoned Circuit City? And what if we told you that part was the most benign of the story? This is a story involves a…

There was a time in the 80s-90s when arcades were a big deal in America. What Space Invaders and Pac-Man started, Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat breathed new life into. While those glory days may be over, Dave & Busters has kept the fire burning by offering a substantive and fresh arcade experience. And you know what else has been incredibly popular lately? Gambling. So does that mean Dave & Busters is going to allow sports betting? No! That would be ridiculous. But they ARE going to let you bet on arcade games. Imagine if you will, a Street…

Those of you who are long-time follower and readers of Nerdbot know that we have a strong fondness and love of technology. We frequently report on what NASA is working on, what researchers find in the stars above, in the oceans below, and in the technology we create on this Earth. To put it another way, there’s a reason why we have a Science and Tech section. You may also know that as writers ourselves, we have taken a pretty hardline stance on the use of AI as a generator for written, visual, and audio content. So, when news started…

One of the biggest horror movie of all time was 1973’s “The Exorcist.” The themes of demonic possession, childhood innocence and vulnerability, and the battle of good and evil, God vs. Satan, made the film chilling and effectively horrifying. One could make the argument though, that many of these themes were also explored successfully in 1968’s “Rosemary’s Baby.” The events of the film set-up a number of questions about what the hell was going on in Rosemary’s apartment complex, and a new prequel is set to answer some of them. The original film stared Mia Farrow as the titular Rosemary.…

It’s hard to believe that its been 23 years since Sir Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” hit theaters. Since then, it and its follow-ups “The Two Towers” and “The Return of the King” have become cultural touchstones. They’ve also seen expansions and remasters in the intervening decades that have turned the films into epics that are yearly viewing experiences for some families and households all over the world. If you act quickly enough though, you may get the chance to see these movies in 4K at a nearby theater this summer. Warner Bros.…

Sequels, sequels, sequels; if there’s one thing you can count on in today’s film industry, it’s sequels. The idea of being able to build off of a currently existing intellectual property is far more attractive to production studios as opposed to something new. Heck, there’s a new “28 Days Later” trilogy coming. But we did not have a follow-up to Aaron Sorkin’s 2010’s “The Social Network” on our film sequel bingo card, nor it being about the January 6th insurrection. In case the film wasn’t your cup of tea back in the day, “The Social Network” was about the development…

There’s a lot that’s been happening in the world lately, so much in fact that you may have missed out on a major cultural event in the land of television. On September 8th, 2023 American viewers were treated to the finale of Ash Ketchum’s journey to be a Pokémon Master. It was exactly 25 years to the day from when the “Pokémon” anime series premiered in the US and it closed out an era that so many of us grew up with. But the adventures in the world of “Pokémon” didn’t end there, because a new series, “Pokemon Horizons” was…