Author: Tom

It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since Friends made its TV debut. A run of 10 seasons and 236 episodes earns a show a place in television history. It also earns that show a sweet commemorative Lego set.

Central Perk is a fantastic brick-built take on one of the show’s most iconic sets. It starts outside with the red and white striped awning and the big Central Perk logo on the window. Open up the double doors and there’s the stage where Phoebe belted out memorable tunes like Smelly Cat. The big, comfy, orange couch and coffee table the gang gathered around pops off easily for play or posing. Click it back on to its spot near the counter, where you’ll find Gunther waiting serve customers because neither Rachel or Joey was ever particularly good at it.

Central Perk goes on sale September 1st, and Lego has priced it at a very reasonable $59.99.

With all the talk recently about Quentin Tarantino’s 9th film “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” the folks over at The Take have put together a great analysis video on What makes a Tarantino film a Tarantino film. Check it out below!

With TV reboots on a fever pitch nickelodeon has wasted no time bringing back it’s 90’s cult hit “Are You Afraid Of The Dark?”. With a recently dropped teaser trailer (below) it already has up ramped up with excitement. For those of you too young to remember the original Are You Afraid of the Dark? ran from 1990 to 1996 (it also got a brief second run from 1999 to 2000), and it centered on the Midnight Society, a group of kids who gathered around a campfire in the woods to tell each other scary stories. Some of the stories were weaker than others, but the show provided some memorable and frightening horror imagery for an entire generation, and helped serve as a stepping stone into more horror films and TV shows as that generation grew up.

NEW TEASER TRAILER:

CHECK OUT THE ORIGINAL 90’s SHOW INTRO:

Michael Shannon is an interesting guy to say the least. We’ve met him a few time while doing carpets at Sundance and he NEVER ceases to bring some of the most entertaining interviews. On top of all that he is a celebrated and highly talented actor with a range from indie film, television to features. The guy can pretty much do it all and now with this new video from the folks over at Bon Appetit he also can apparently make a mean Nashville Chicken! Check out the video below:

Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers sure love horror and sci-fi movies and it shows in the constant homages, references and easter eggs they hide in plain sight through out the series. The fine people over at Wired Magazine put together this great video interviewing the brother creative power house as they walk us through the many elements that lay right in front of our faces that are all too familiar to any movie buff.

Well with latest Comic Con in the books the 50 year old event ended and as per usual leaving everyone’s head’s spinning with movie news for the foreseeable future and per usual Marvel Studios did not disappoint with their Hall H panel. The company laid out it’s releases for both TV and film in a sprawling panel packed with surprises and showing the world what’s in store for the next phase of heroes. Below are some of the highlights:

BLACK WIDOW

Director: Cate Shortland
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, O-T Fagbenle, and Rachel Weisz
Release date: May 1, 2020

ETERNALS

Director: Chloé Zhao
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Lia McHugh and Don Lee
Release date: November 6, 2020

LOKI

Director: n/a
Starring: Tom Hiddleston
Release date: Spring 2021

DR.STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen
Release date: May 7, 2021

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER

Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson and Natalie Portman
Release date: November 5, 2021

BLADE

Director: n/a
Starring: Mahershala Ali
Release date: n/a

Check out the complete timeline of marvel features and series in the picture below and stay tuned this week for more big Comic Con 2019 news that dropped.