Author: Heath Andrews

The 80s gave us a number of cartoon series that have become embedded into the pop culture zeitgeist. You’ve got the “G.I. Joe” animated series, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” of course, and “Transformers” amongst others. None of them had the glitz and vocal prowess of “Jem and the Holograms.” Across three seasons and 65 episodes, Jem aka Jerrica Benton, used the power of Synergy to craft a pop star alter ego, protect the secret of Synergy itself, and feed a bunch of orphans! It’s 40 years later, but Gem and the Holograms are ready to rock out again! Hasbro will…

“Arise, now ye tarnished.” These words have echoed in the minds of many a gamer since they were spoken at the start of 2022’s “Elden Ring.” The open-world, action RPG has become one of gaming’s biggest successes as it married the challenging gameplay that FromSoftware had become known for, with the storytelling of George. R.R. Martin. It is widely considered to rank amongst the greatest games of all time, and it looks like it’s coming to the big screen with Alex Garland at the helm. Last summer, GRRM teased a possible “Elden Ring” film. “Oh, and about those rumors you…

The tale of Legendary’s upcoming Street Fighter film has been up and down more times than a fighter who keeps getting knocked down to the mat. We started reporting on this project in 2023 when Capcom announced they would be partnering with Legendary Pictures to produce a live-action adaptation of the beloved fighting game saga. There have already been two different directors with no announcements about a script or a cast. Until Sony removed it from their release schedule entirely. We still don’t know when it’s coming out but hey, we have reports about a cast! Four actors are currently…

Series revivals are and have been a hot topic for some time now. Sometimes we dread seeing them come back and watching things silly their reputation, (“Frasier”) and other times they up the game and show how much life was still in the project (“X-Men 97”.) When talk of a “Scrubs” revival started being tossed around, we were skeptical. Now we have some added hope as we can report that Zach Braff is officially on board for the upcoming series. “Scrubs” aired for 9 seasons, though the last one is in itself kind of a spin-off. While it featured members…

It is with an extremely heavy heart that we report the passing of a television sitcom icon, George Wendt. Though he had been in numerous projects over the years, in film and television, he was always be primarily remembered as Norm Peterson from “Cheers.” George Wendt was a Chicago native, something that played into his multiple guest appearances on “Saturday Night Live” in the ’80s and ’90s. He would pop up as Bob Swerski, the brother of Bill Swerski of the Chicago sports Superfans. The recurring sketch is often regarded as a classic and showed off Wendt’s talents in sketch…

Musical biopics have a history of producing some stellar films showcasing some stellar performances. “Walk the Line” brought us the story of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. More recently we had “A Complete Unknown” with Timothée Chalamet taking on the role of Bob Dylan. And if there’s any artist that could rival Dylan in terms of great American songwriters, it’s Bruce Springsteen. Scott Cooper is directing a biopic of The Boss starring Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”), and we’ll be watching it later this year. “Deliver Me From Nowhere” takes it’s name from a book by Warren Zanes that…

It is with a heavy heart today that we report the passing of a lesser known Hollywood great. It’s not often a specific animal has such longevity in the industry that they make a name for themselves. Sure, you have Keiko from “Free Willy,” Moose aka Eddie the dog from “Frasier,” and who can forget Bart the Bear from “White Fang,” and “The Edge?” But another of those greats was Morris the Alligator, and we are very sad to report his time on this Earth has ended. Morris had a number of parts in film and television. Along with appearing…

Its been 21 years since Mel Gibson directed and released “The Passion of the Christ.” Gibson’s religious beliefs were well-known, and the film was not without controversy when it was released. That controversy didn’t affect it too negatively, considering it held the record for the highest-grossing “R” rated film for two decades. The sequel, which had been rumored for the better part of a decade, got an official title last year, and now it has a new home- Lionsgate. According to the Bible, following the crucifixion and burial of Jesus, he resurrected three days later. He appeared to his apostles…

“Into every generation, a Slayer is born.” Those immortal words opened tv series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” For seven seasons, Sarah Michelle Gellar staked vampires, chopped the heads of demons, and defended the residents of Sunnydale against all kinds of horrors as Buffy Summers. There were other Slayers as well, something that resulted from story points that are a bit too complicated to go into now, but we were curious if the upcoming “Buffy” reboot would bring a new Slayer with it. Indeed it has. Ryan Kiera Armstrong is not a stranger to the notion of playing a young girl…

In 2006, the world was treated to the third-person, action video game “Gears of War.” At the time, it had one of the most cinematic trailers in video game history set to the Gary Jules cover of the song, “Mad World.” it’s only fitting that things are coming back full circle for the franchise as it gets its own film adaptation to bring all that cinematic flair to the world of film. We originally reported on the movie being announced back in 2022 when Netflix grabbed the rights to make it. Since then, we haven’t learned too much more information,…