The (brief) entirety of The Golden Palace has dropped on Hulu, and I am more than here for it. If you weren’t dedicated to The Golden Girls in the 80s, here’s what you missed when it ended: Dorothy (Bea Arthur) got married and moved away, and the remaining three girls bought and moved into a […]
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The (brief) entirety of The Golden Palace has dropped on Hulu, and I am more than here for it. If you weren’t dedicated to The Golden Girls in the 80s, here’s what you missed when it ended: Dorothy (Bea Arthur) got married and moved away, and the remaining three girls bought and moved into a […]
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My son and I continued our trek through the MCU this summer and into the fall, with phases three and four. We still have yet to see SpiderMan: Far From Home but feel adequately complete having watched through Avengers: End Game. It was rough going through these last movies. The themes get heavier and more […]
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My son and I continued our trek through the MCU this summer and into the fall, with phases three and four. We still have yet to see SpiderMan: Far From Home but feel adequately complete having watched through Avengers: End Game. It was rough going through these last movies. The themes get heavier and more […]
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I wouldn’t be surprised if—just like our writers—most of our readers have a house (or Kindle) full of books, and a slew of physical or digital music and TV shows at their disposal. It’s my favorite category of gift guide, and this year we’re sharing some of our favorites from the past year. The list […]
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I wouldn’t be surprised if—just like our writers—most of our readers have a house (or Kindle) full of books, and a slew of physical or digital music and TV shows at their disposal. It’s my favorite category of gift guide, and this year we’re sharing some of our favorites from the past year. The list […]
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We are housebound for Thanksgiving again this year due to all manner of COVID-19-adjacent reasons, but thanks to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck we can go on a Thanksgiving Road Trip right from our couch in the first original podcast series starring the iconic Looney Tunes duo. You know we are in for a Thanksgiving […]
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If you’re in New York or Los Angeles in the next few weeks, don’t miss the Stranger Things pop-up stores. The store’s website says “for a limited time,” without a specified end date, but you can currently reserve the free tickets through December 19. If you’re not planning to be in either of those places […]
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If you’re in New York or Los Angeles in the next few weeks, don’t miss the Stranger Things pop-up stores. The store’s website says “for a limited time,” without a specified end date, but you can currently reserve the free tickets through December 19. If you’re not planning to be in either of those places […]
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From Elvira’s bestselling memoir to the Joe Bob Briggs interviewing the team behind the box office hit Halloween Kills, the haunting hosts of horror are really getting noticed this year. With Halloween only a few days away, it seems eerily appropriate to share some random and geeky facts about some of our favorite monster hosts […]
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From Elvira’s bestselling memoir to the Joe Bob Briggs interviewing the team behind the box office hit Halloween Kills, the haunting hosts of horror are really getting noticed this year. With Halloween only a few days away, it seems eerily appropriate to share some random and geeky facts about some of our favorite monster hosts […]
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Kicking off the 20th anniversary of Smallville, the show that defined what a superhero show could look like and paved the way for The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow, is being released today on Blu-ray for the first time ever! Retailing for $180 ($205 in Canada), the set comes with 42 discs, a digital […]
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Say hello to your friends because Netflix has dropped the second season of The Baby-Sitters Club. I was really impressed with how the first season managed to stand as a tribute to the original series while still bringing it over three decades forward in time. It’s a solid show for pre-teens, managing to hit a […]
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After six seasons, fans of the Fox-cum-Netflix series Lucifer are saying goodbye to the devil and the detective. Most fans, I would gather, have been with the celestial family and their human companions since 2016. For me, the show plowed into my life a year and a half ago. It was exactly what I needed […]
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When I was in my first year of school, many moons ago, one of my classmates was a deaf person. It seemed like an easy decision for all of us to learn the basics of Auslan (Northern), also known as Australian Sign Language. Almost 40-years later, I still remember the alphabet, simple counting, some animals, […]
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Unfortunately, the Make/Play/Watch/Read series has been a little sporadic of late. The Evil Genius Family, like millions of others, is currently in COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney, Australia. It’s not ideal, but we are managing with Lockdown Learning, Zoom calls, and the brilliantly-timed Birds in Backyards Spring Survey—thanks to Birdlife Australia. Because if there is one […]
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Every time we turned on our Roku over the past few days, we were inundated with commercials for Paw Patrol: The Movie. My kids are 5, 9 and 11, and have been into Paw Patrol on and off over the years. It’s not a stalwart in our house, but it is something they will watch […]
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Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year and BAFTA Children’s Award Winner for Best Feature Film, Coraline, returns to theaters for one night only, today, August 24th at 3 PM and 7 PM respectively (local time). Tickets can be purchased from Fathom Events for participating theater locations. Theatergoers will be treated […]
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At the end of our adventures with phase one of the MCU, Iron Man (the character) was the clear favorite with my eleven year old, with Falcon coming a very, very close second. At the conclusion of phase two, both have been thoroughly dethroned, and a new champion has won his heart. Phase two consists […]
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Fall is on its way soon, but the hot days of August are reminding us we are just now leaving the dog days of summer. “Dog days” are often associated with the hottest days of the year, a time when dogs are lazing around in the hot summer sun, but that isn’t the origin. The […]
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Full disclaimer: I did not watch the Olympics. Despite hailing from a Sports-Obsessed country, I genuinely have absolutely no interest in the Olympics; Summer or Winter. However, I am fascinated with Japan. From professional studies to my all-around personal love, I absolutely believe Japan deserved all the attention it could get from the Olympic coverage. […]
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Though the technology in and design of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) looks pretty dated by today’s standards, when it originally aired, it looked more futuristic to the viewers. Despite the fact that many of the set elements were retrieved from contemporary stores and shops, the set designers and art directors strived to make […]
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He’s read all the Scholastic young reader books. He’s seen cartoon versions from the 80s and 90s. He even watched Captain Marvel with me last year when he walked through the room and got sucked into the story. We’re going for one more summer of keeping pretty much to ourselves, and so on our summer […]
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As a GeekMom, there are many subjects I am eager to share with the spawnlings. STEM covers most of it, and I’m fairly confident with history and literature. However, there is one area I feel more comfortable “phoning a friend”: creative arts. Now, I can draw a fair stick figure and even progress to some […]
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This Sunday, Discovery returns to the plains of Tanzania to visit with some old friends and meet some new ones in Serengeti II. Kali, Sefu, Nalla, Tembo, Bakari, and Shani are living their lives in their beautiful home, and we are introduced to Aiysha, daughter of season one’s KiKay and her cubs. We will also […]
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There are no less than four (4) different Chess sets in our home… possibly five if the spawnlings are bored and decide to makeshift one. It’s not that we are a chess-crazed family. On the contrary, I’m pretty sure it’s been a solid three months since I last had my butt handed to me by […]
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Truly fun, joy-filled podcasts are hard to come by. There are plenty of reviews and political commentary in any direction you want, but when you want something that is just a funny, crazy, grin-inducing affair, Lord of the Rings fans discovered you only need a pair of hobbits to do the task. Bring on The […]
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One of the most delightful franchises in the Pixar world has to be that of Monsters Inc.. Released in 2001 to great acclaim, the original movie starring Billy Crystal and John Goodman, spawned a 2013 prequel movie Monsters University, and now a long form television series Monsters at Work. My husband and I fell in […]
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As we start rolling towards the end of the second season of LEGO Masters, we supplement our first interview with LEGO Brickmasters Amy Corbett and Jamie Berard with another interesting round of questions with LEGO Brickmaster and The Art of the Brick artist Nathan Sawaya. Sawaya is both a challenge creator on the show and […]
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A few themes seem to never go out of fashion, one of them being the ever-popular PIRATES. Of course, this is helped along by recent news like game updates or new movies. And yet there is something everlasting about the nature of pirates. We have heard tall tales and survival stories for many ships and […]
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