A year ago, Thrilljoy didn't really exist as a name collectors knew. Now it's sold north of a million pieces, thrown a Comic-Con party that pulled in 50,000 people and sold out in minutes, and just landed a Disney license. That's the kind of year Karissa Marston, Thrilljoy's Director of Marketing,
Casper Kelly's Buddy is a mind-bending journey into a very dark version of children's television. Back in 2014, Casper Kelly gave the world "Too Many Cooks," an 11-minute dive into aging television conventions that swam deeper into a twisted darkness the longer it went on. It seemed a fun inheritor
George Lucas says he embraces AI, and the internet roasted him for it. But if you read the interview and take his comments in larger context, you'll see Lucas isn't accepting AI as a fix-all solution. He's arguing that no tool can replace a storyteller who actually has something to say, a passion
Russell Crowe is one of the very, very few movie stars who combine that seemingly effortless, chameleon-like ability to shift into vastly different characters while sustaining his magnetic movie-star charisma. His newest film is The Get Out, a modern crime thriller fresh from the Elmore Leonard
The Outlaw Robin Hood (Hugh Jackman) is old, haggard, and haunted by the actions of his brutal past. He fends off would-be assassins when his old friend Edward, formerly Little John (Bill Skarsgård), shows up in need of help in the second life he's formed outside of their violent ways. Things go
'Masters of the Universe' is a unique IP, drenched in 1980s nostalgia, reinvigorated on the smaller screens many times over, but only having had one other major theatrical effort in its now 40+ year lifespan. For this 80's kid, being at the red carpet under the massive facade of Castle Greyskull
DC Studios is branching out. Instead of following the normal comic-book movie playbook, we're getting a movie based on the Batman villain, Clayface. Clayface is an interesting look at what we can do when a comic-book villain gets humanized a bit. The film stars Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen, an
"The Debut" turns a comedy that pokes fun at the sincerity of the local stage and elevates it to a fascinating character study of a woman on the edge. While still being hilarious.
The 2026 reboot of Magic Knight Rayearth shows us that friendship is quite powerful in the magic department in Ep. 4 "Our Battle". It's a lesson from My Little Pony, but it's quite applicable to this anime too. Our trio of heroines will need that power, since this is their bloodiest battle to date.
