Geek Mythology

It was exactly 25 years ago this week that Disney dropped its most unexpected sleeper hit. I was seven the first time I saw A Goofy Movie, and to this day, I still won’t forget the first time I saw Max step onto that stage and “cause the entire student body to break into a […]

Disney+ introduced its most famous breakout star, Baby Yoda, on The Mandalorian when it launched on November 12, 2019. Turns out…the Baby Yoda puppet cost $5 million to make! Such was the power of Baby Yoda’s cuteness that, when Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premiered on December 20 to conclude the Skywalker journey started

Audiences are currently reliving the epic Avengers: Endgame (because who can resist Fat Thor?) through the recent launch of Disney+, Disney’s answer to Netflix (and the slew of streaming services competing for our precious eyeballs). Upon browsing the Disney+ selections recently, I recalled a fact I recently learned regarding Chris Hemsworth’s Fat Thor (otherwise known

Welcome to the 21st-century, where a widespread pandemic afflicts society at an alarming rate. The pandemic? A sedentary lifestyle. In the age of Netflix and great video-games, the temptation to sit around and collect dust is all too real. France has found a way to fight the dark side of sedentariness (or is it sedentarianism?)

Robin Williams’ Genie exploded onto screens in a mad frenzy of puns, songs and pop-culture references in 1992. His performance captured lightning in a bottle, and it was as mesmerizing as it was hilarious. As with any role that’ was previously occupied by Williams, the next genie of Aladdin’s lamp has some massive, curly-toed shoes

Tony Stark is lost in space, and NASA comes to the rescue Marvel has been playing with our emotions since the cliffhanger ending of Avengers: Infinity War. Will our dearly departed superheroes come back? When will the Avengers 4 trailer drop? What will Avengers 4 be called? Marvel has officially answered some of these questions

The Great Pyramid of Giza has a long history of secrets, baffling generation after generation of archeologists and tourists. But every once in a while, that sly pyramid reveals a secret that raises more questions than answers. In late 2017, archeologists detected a hidden void in the Great Pyramid of Giza. They found the void

To understand the relation between Groot and Baby Groot it helps to look at the origin of Groot. Baby Groot made headlines in February 2018 when James Gunn revealed that he wasn’t Groot reincarnated. After Groot captured our hearts in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1, he proceeded to shatter them at the end. Many of us

Whether you’re on team Halloween or team Christmas, The Nightmare Before Christmas is a must-watch for many of us in the Fall. I was watching it on Halloween, as I usually do, as a way to transition out of Halloween mode and usher in the Christmas season, and was reminded of the fact that the idea for this