GraviTrax keeps coming out with new sets that are both fun and engaging for a wide audience. Two recent sets pull in Star Wars (original trilogy) fans and nature- and animal-loving kids. Check them out below. GraviTrax Junior: My Planet Starter Set The GraviTrax Junior set is so cute, so adorable, and so fun. […]
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A few years ago, when WandaVision first dropped, I wasn’t sure what it was going to be about, but it was a Marvel show and I decided to give it the benefit of a few episodes. I still remember the slow reveal of something larger going on, and I was pleasantly surprised to discover that WandaVision […]
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In 2002, Jeremy Clarkson helped usher in the age of Top Gear when the first episode aired on December 29. The following year, the lineup of Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May was in place… and the car programming world would never be the same. After 22 years of driving each other crazy (no pun […]
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Two years ago, I wrote a post celebrating the DIY spirit of independent filmmaking by taking a look at the forthcoming debut feature-length project, Firecracker, from actor and director Andrew Lee Potts’ Keychain Productions in co-production with Empire Studios. The film, set on Bonfire Night in the U.K., is about the aftermath of a heist […]
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This week, one of the most influential actors and musicians on the planet turned 69: Kermit the Frog. Jim Henson created Kermit’s earliest “prototype” in 1955 for the show called Sam and Friends, and throughout his rising stardom, Henson himself performed the voice of Kermit until his death in 1990. Today, it is hard to […]
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Being a mom is hard. Being a mom trying to raise a son who can overcome toxic masculinity is harder. If you ask movie star Zoe Saldana, she’ll remind you that “for many centuries, the domestic role for a woman was never even acknowledged as labor. When, in reality, it is the most important role […]
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This week, one of the most influential actors and musicians on the planet turned 69: Kermit the Frog. Jim Henson created Kermit’s earliest “prototype” in 1955 for the show called Sam and Friends, and throughout his rising stardom, Henson himself performed the voice of Kermit until his death in 1990. Today, it is hard to […]
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Being a mom is hard. Being a mom trying to raise a son who can overcome toxic masculinity is harder. If you ask movie star Zoe Saldana, she’ll remind you that “for many centuries, the domestic role for a woman was never even acknowledged as labor. When, in reality, it is the most important role […]
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Every superhero struggles with the concept of identity. As readers and viewers, we connect with these stories because we have struggled to understand our place in the world and how we fit into the larger puzzle of humanity. As teenagers, we struggled to form our identities, either joining, drifting between, or feeling isolated from social […]
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Movie: The Family Plan PG-13 Action/Comedy Streaming on Apple TV+ Featured Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Michele Monaghan, Maggie Q The Family Plan, an Apple original film, is a fresh take on the assassin-transforms-into-a-normal-life trope. In most films featuring a former assassin, the hitman leaves his old world behind. He rebuilds his world with a new family, […]
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For many who celebrate Epiphany, January 6 is the official end of the Christmas and holiday season. Epiphany, or “Three Kings Day,” celebrates the visit of the Magi to the Christ child. (Not the “Baby Jesus,” as he was likely a couple of years old when they visited, but that’s neither here nor there.) No […]
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We celebrate Batman Day every September, and although the Caped Crusader is a most worthy subject for this post, I am going to think outside the belfry before the summer comes to a close and talk about some other fictional bats. Bats are one of the classic go-tos for Halloween decorating, but they aren’t really […]
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The Guild is arguably the measuring stick by which all geeky web series are now measured. Felicia Day created the show she was meant to be in at a time when networks were quick to ax things loved by geeks when they couldn’t hit the right numbers. The Guild was likely too niche for the […]
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Disclaimer: This post contains spoilers for the Star Wars franchise series Clone Wars, Rebels, and The Bad Batch. Enter at your own risk! The Sad Batch–I mean, Bad Batch–viewers got a shock with this week’s season two finale when our favorite group of misfit clones lost one of their own. Yet, after watching the episode […]
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Marvel’s new show Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur gives us the originality and joy we need. Lunella Lafayette is a spunky, sparky 13-year-old living in a loving, colorful world filled with youthful exuberance while recognizing things just aren’t fair sometimes. For anyone who remembers the comics, Lunella is a teenage genius, the smartest character in […]
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If there’s one thing that everyone in our house can agree on, it’s that Bluey is the best kids’ show on television right now. Need something to watch for ten minutes? Bluey. Need to regroup before bed? Bluey. Need something to have playing in the car for two hours? Bluey. My kids and their grandparents […]
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I have a 13-year-old “new teen” and a 20-year-old college kid who both love Halloween. They are both now past the trick-or-treat phase, but they still want to do something fun and spooky as a family. Well, there’s always a scary movie night. With an age gap of seven years, finding a good mix of […]
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A parent’s job is never ending and infinitely valuable, and moms come in all types. Yet, around October, when the haunting season is approaching, it is the spooky moms who get all the attention. Last year we celebrated some wonderfully spooky women as part of a look at horror and sci-fi hosts, and now it […]
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Strap yourself. This is going to be a ride. Thor has returned to the big screen with the latest MCU offering to the geek gods, Thor: Love and Thunder. Chris Hemsworth and Taika Waititi are back with as much flair and flashy lights and mad-house music as ever. Think along the lines of a 1980s […]
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Thursday evening the Paley Center for Media in New York City held a screening of Ms. Marvel‘s first episode followed by a Q&A with cast members Iman Vellani (Kamala Khan) and Zenobia Shroff (Muneeba Khan), Executive Producer Sana Amanat, and Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. The audience was packed with fans, many in costume, and the atmosphere […]
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After a long COVID delay, Stranger Things has finally returned. As one of my favorite shows of all time, I was highly anticipating the newest chapter in the upside-down misfortunes of Hawkins, Indiana. Here are some of what I found to be key highlights from my several day binge sessions. WARNING: The remainder of this article […]
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If you were to walk into our house before 6 am, you would find three sleepy kids sitting on the couch trying desperately to wake up before mum yells out “Breakfast!” On any given day, you would also find them watching Big City Greens on Disney+. Big City Greens is the cartoon masterpiece of brothers […]
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The sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders is here, and fans of the Shelby family and its allies are bracing themselves for what looks to be an explosive final chapter. One of the things I absolutely loved about this fictional story inspired by the real turn-of-the-century Birmingham gang of the same name is the […]
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Voyager has always been my favorite Star Trek series, and as I write this I’m partway through an (admittedly very slow) rewatch, so when I spotted The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway edited by Una McCormack in my Audible recommendations, I knew it was a must-read. Even more exciting, the audiobook is narrated by Kate Mulgrew […]
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When I was a kid, my dad and I would retreat to the living room, snuggle up on the couch, and watch The Simpsons together. Most of the humor went over my head, but what I loved I loved. To be honest, I think my dad got as much out of watching me not get […]
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When I was a kid, my dad and I would retreat to the living room, snuggle up on the couch, and watch The Simpsons together. Most of the humor went over my head, but what I loved I loved. To be honest, I think my dad got as much out of watching me not get […]
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Last year my kids discovered the wonders of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland thanks to Mad Tea Party from Funko games. It was only recently we realized that they hadn’t actually seen the movie. Watching it with them was surprisingly joyful: they were taken aback by the absurdity, taken in by the episodic nature of the […]
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Last year my kids discovered the wonders of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland thanks to Mad Tea Party from Funko games. It was only recently we realized that they hadn’t actually seen the movie. Watching it with them was surprisingly joyful: they were taken aback by the absurdity, taken in by the episodic nature of the […]
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About a week ago, a series of promotional stills for the second season of Netflix’s Bridgerton dropped, and if it is possible to squeal in “Dearest Reader,” then that’s effectively what I did. Also, if you read that in Julie Andrew’s voice, we just might be able to be friends. Regency romances are one of […]
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I have lately been obsessed with K-dramas, bingeing series after Netflix series as this pandemic continues. While I began this journey into the unfamiliar (I’ve never been to Korea and don’t know the language) as an escape from reality, I was surprised to realize that the series Her Private Life helped me uncover a truth about […]
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