Author: Heath Andrews

Heath Andrews has been a student of pop culture ever since he found himself to be the only student in 3rd grade who regularly watched "Get Smart" on Nick-At-Nite. Ever since then he's been engrossed in way too much media with a growing collection of music, books, comics, TV on DVD box sets, and a video game collection that could rival a brick and mortar store. Prior to writing for Nerdbot he's written for Review You, MyAnimeList, and various advertising companies. Since 2016 he's run his own YouTube channel under the moniker of The Critical Android where he livestreams video games and uploads podcasts about pop culture and Frasier.

Kelsey Grammer will once again be taking on the role of a doctor in his latest film project. No, we’re not talking about Dr. Frasier Crane. Grammer will be taking on the role of Dr. Andre Boxer in the medical drama film “The God Committee.” Originally set to premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, those plans were dashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only will the film premiere at the 2021 festival, it’s also picked up a North American distributor for theatrical release this summer. It was announced earlier today that Vertical Entertainment picked up the rights to the…

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When animated sitcom,”The Proud Family” premiered in 2001, it was groundbreaking for being one of Disney’s first series to feature a predominantly black main cast. Themes of diversity were amplified by strong characters and stories that could range from teaching moral lessons to fending off an evil Al Roker genie. Well in 2022, the Proud’s are coming back even stronger and more diverse thanks to the additions of Billy Porter and Zachary Quinto. “The Proud Family” wrapped its original run of 52 episodes back in 2005 followed by a television movie. Since then, show creator Bruce W. Smith has kept…

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Do you remember when Universal Pictures wanted to create their own shared cinematic universe based on classic movie monsters? No? They started it with that one Tom Cruise movie, you know? “The Mummy?” in 2017? Well, you’re not alone. So granted the bar wasn’t exactly set high for a monster crossover like that, but it looks like that threshold is about to be crossed…by General Mills. That’s right. General Mills, the cereal company, is doing a crossover cereal event between five of its monster cereal mascots. If your response to this information is, “There’s FIVE, monster cereals?” then congrats, you’re…

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In the world of action figures, there were few things more popular in the late 80s and early 90s than “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” Thanks to the popularity of the 1987 animated series, seemingly every kid had a few of them. A decade prior to that, the hot ticket items were the original line of Kenner “Star Wars” figures. Now imagine what would happen if someone tried to combine those worlds together in a bizarre Dr. Moreau-like fashion. Avid toy aficionado and member of WB Games Alan Johnson posted some pieces of artwork that apparently came from a proposal to…

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Grab your squirt guns kids, we’re goin’ back in! “Zombies Ate My Neighbors,” the classic video game homage to monstrous b-movies, is getting a re-release for a number of current consoles and PC. Even better, the oft-forgotten sequel “Ghoul Patrol” will come packaged with it, giving players the complete experience. When “Zombies Ate My Neighbors” was released in 1993 for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, it carried with it the distinctively creative and wacky stamp that LucasArts (now LucasFilm Games) was known for at the time. The game took players through a number of levels, playing as unlikely heroes,…

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“Go Team Venture!” …and more! Adult Swim dropped some bombshell news on the world of animation today when they announced three upcoming films based on some of their most beloved programs of the last 20 years. “The Venture Bros.,” “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” and “Metalocalypse” will be returning in the form of straight to DVD / Blu-ray movies, and eventual streaming on HBO Max. This is huge news for fans of all three series, especially since “ATHF” wrapped up in 2015 as did “Metalocalypse” with completely unresolved storylines. The sting of the cancellations was felt again in 2020 when it…

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When the popular SHOWTIME series “Dexter” ended its eight year run in 2013, it left a sour taste in the mouth of many fans. We won’t go into details in case you haven’t watched it, but there was much rejoicing when it was announced in October of 2020 that the series would be continued in the form of a 10 episode limited series run, sometime in 2021. Well, Showtime has just dropped a new trailer upon us to continue building excitement for the return of the much beloved serial killer. We reported the return of “Dexter” when it was announced…

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Well, it’s official, retired and undefeated championship boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight YouTuber turned boxer, Logan Paul. The exhibition match will be held at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami and be broadcast on Showtime Pay Per View. Paul’s only other professional fight before this was against fellow YouTube star KSI back in November of 2019. The bout was actually a rematch from 2018 which ended in a draw. The follow-up resulted in a split decision loss for Paul, leaving his current professional record at 0-1-0. Mayweather on the other hand has a record of 50-0-0, and has been…

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The last few days has been a tumultuous one for physical media collectors and online news outlets. Articles and social media posts were alight with news that Warner Bros. was supposedly moving out of the Blu-ray and DVD market in 2022. As it turns out, those reports were based off of some out of context messages about “Looney Toons” from someone with no actual affiliation with Warner Bros. home media distribution. The confusion started when on April 19th, 2021, a Twitter user shared screen shots of comments made by noted animation historian, Jerry Beck. The user in question will remain…

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