We’re launching a new podcast…..The Raving Academy. While a complementary piece for the site, it is its own independent project. Many aspects of the podcast are still being worked out so a couple of things are likely to change from the first few episodes you may notice when compared to the newer ones with a … Read More “Raving Academy” »

I never grew up with the Polar Express book as a kid and yet when I saw the movie as teenager, it made me feel like a kid that had read the book and loved the story. I remember it getting a lot of criticism at the time but now that many people who grew … Read More “All aboard the Polar Express multimedia franchise” »

I remember watching the trailer for Red One and thinking how awful it looked just like most people did. A superhero movie with Santa and the rock. Beyond terrible, the marketing came and went and the movie didn’t perform well and well a couple of weeks later it was avaiable on streaming just in time … Read More “A new Christmas Classic: Red One” »

Summer 2001 was forever marked in my life with the song One More Time. I had seen a bit of the music videos as a kid adn always wondered what happened but never imagined there was an actual movie about it. I didn’t find out about that until much later. But a whole animated movie … Read More “Discovery of Interstella 5555” »

We got a nice Trilogy of computer animated Dr. Seuss movies circa 2010s. I guess technically two movies by Illumination and only one by Fox. But even though they’re different studios that made them they not only came out around the same timeframe but feel like they were taking note of each other as they … Read More “Dr Seuss CG Movie Trilogy (Illumination / Fox)” »

When I first heard of a live action Sonic the Hedgehog movie I thought it was the worst idea for the franchise. It was just not something that could work. When we finally got a trailer…it seemed fine. Nothing particularly great or bad. Yet the internet went crazy. Sonic got a redesign and now it’s … Read More “Sonic Movie Trilogy & Knuckles” »

There was a lot of hype around a new Sonic the Hedgehog animated show, especially since it was supposed to be handled by Sega in a way so that it was game accurate. After Sonic Prime premiered a lot of that hype seemed to be gone. I didn’t begin watching until it was all over … Read More “Sonic Prime is disappointingly ok” »