Author: Heath Andrews

How do you measure greatness? What does one have to accomplish to be considered one of the greatest in their respective field? In the case, of film direction, is greatness dependent upon awards? Is it box office and critical success? Is it all about influence? Maybe it’s something far simpler than that which we all take for granted; doing your job so well, the audience barely even knew you were there. That’s a skilled journeyman at work and that’s exactly what kind of director Richard Donner was. When film fans discuss the greatest directors of all time, its often noted…

In news that might make you feel significantly older, or make you say, “Is that still on?” Nickelodeon’s late-night programming block, Nick-at-Nite, is officially 36 years old today. That’s right, the channel that originally showed black and white classics and would later keep the same 120 episodes of “The George Lopez” show running for 13 years, is entering the back end of its third decade of life. And even though 36 might not be a big number to traditionally celebrate, we thought it would be fun to take a quick look back at Nick-at-Nite and its history. When Nickelodeon first…

It’s a tried and true trope; two characters go on an adventure together, yet they come away from it telling very different stories of what happened. One need look no further than the classic episode of “The X-Files” (“Bad Blood”) to see this trope played to perfection. Enter Disney- taking that gimmick and making it into a fun promotional blitz for their upcoming “Jungle Cruise” film. Similar to “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Jungle Cruise” derives its origins from a ride at Disneyland, expanded and adapted into a full-on story that takes inspiration from the basic elements of the theme park…

For 50 years now, people have been frantically holding onto yellow, red, green, and blue cards hoping to get rid of them so they can yell out, “Uno!” or be penalized if they fail to. That’s right, Uno is celebrating its 50th anniversary and they’re doing it in unexpected style. Not only is Mattel holding an online series of games through the official Uno mobile app, but selected players who participate will be invited to play in an official tournament in Las Vegas come November. Uno wouldn’t be the first non-casino game to have large scale championships by any means.…

While most gaming acquisitions are going to pale in comparison to Microsoft officially purchasing Bethesda parent company ZeniMax in March of 2021, Sony has just made a couple of moves to add some talented development studios to its own corporate umbrella. One of them, Housemarque, was officially announced on June 29th, 2021. The other, Bluepoint Games, may have been accidentally revealed before being official. Let’s break down what’s going on. Starting with Housemarque, this Finnish studio based in Helsinki has recently made a name for itself with the release of the PS5 exclusive, “Returnal.” Being one of the only true…

First thing first, if you haven’t watched “Dexter” yet but plan to in anticipation of its upcoming revival, this entire article is going to be full of spoilers. So with that being said, let’s talk about this little piece of news that will certainly make for a memorable little call back to Season 4. Dexter’s arguably greatest nemesis, and one of the series’ most memorable characters, the Trinity Killer, is coming back. Arthur Mitchell, the actual name of the aforementioned Trinity Killer, was played to perfection by screen and stage legend, John Lithgow during the momentous fourth season of “Dexter.”…

You ever watch that episode of “The X-Files” from the first season called “Ice?” You know, the one that was kind of like, “The Thing” with the extraterrestrial worm taking over people in an ice covered Alaskan geological station? Now we’re not saying that the following news item could be a per-cursor to that, but the whole thing reads a lot differently if you keep those events in mind. So, yeah, some Russian researchers dug up a couple frozen organisms from the Siberian permafrost and brought them back to life and now they’re even capable of multiplying. Current Biology published…

While it wasn’t exactly a full-on crossover event, it was certainly a meeting of epic proportions when His Holiness Pope Francis met with Spider-Man. In fairness, it wasn’t the ACTUAL Spider-Man. It was actually an incredibly charitable person who dresses up as the web crawler to visit sick children. It was the actual Pope though, which still makes this meeting its own kind of awesome. A quick look through the Instagram account of Mattia Villardita will show you a number of heartwarming photos from across the last two years of him dressed up as the Wall-Crawler and being hugged by…

It was 25 years ago today in Japan that Nintendo released their follow-up to the amazingly successful Super Famicom aka Super Nintendo. It would prove to be an era of highs and lows for the company as the console would play host to some of the most fondly remembered and influential games of all time, while also failing to adapt to current technological trends. The N64 would bring memorable games and 4 player multiplayer into the homes of millions, but its shortcomings would also give rise to millions of PlayStations coming into people’s homes as well. Today we look back…

The next “Transformers” movie will be the 7th in the live-action franchise and we officially have a name for it. While a title may not seem like interesting news, in this case it has some significant impact on what fans should expect, as it ties into a beloved “Transformers” property that has never had the big screen treatment. Get ready to “maximize” as we prepare for “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.” The “Transformers” film franchise is a divisive one to say the least. Despite terrible critical reviews that just kept getting worse from film to film, the money kept coming…