Daphne and Velma, the two women of the Scooby-Doo team, are getting their own movie! It’s a prequel, from before they met the talking dog, and it’s live action! Sarah Jeffery (Descendants: Wicked World) plays Daphne and Sarah Gilman (Last Man Standing) plays Velma. Here’s the trailer and description: State of the art robots and high-tech gadgets are common sights at Ridge Valley High, an innovative center of learning for some of the brightest minds in the country, including new […]

I guarantee most of you have never heard of Rockula, a cheesy bad movie from 1990 starring Dean Cameron as a teenage vampire. His mother is played by Toni Basil, his nemesis is Thomas Dolby (yes, the musician, who plays a pirate with a peg leg), and his band includes Bo Diddley. Every 22 years, his fated love gets killed by the pirate, only to be reincarnated. He’s determined to break the cycle this time, and becoming a rock star […]

Last year, the Studio Ghibli Fest, an exhibition of six anime classics, was so popular that additional showings were added. Now comes the announcement for Studio Ghibli Fest 2018, this time with nine films. Each film is shown across three days, two dubbed (Sundays and Wednesdays) and one subtitled (Mondays). Here’s the schedule: Ponyo (10th Anniversary) — Sunday, March 25; Monday, March 26; and Wednesday, March 28 When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, […]

Lady and the Tramp is coming back to Blu-ray at the end of next month as a Walt Disney Signature Collection Edition, and they’ve managed to come up with some new extra features for it. The 1955 animated movie was Disney’s 15th, the story of a pampered cocker spaniel and a street-savvy mongrel dog falling in love. It was previously released as part of the Diamond Edition line in 2012 and as a 50th anniversary DVD Platinum Edition in 2006. […]

That terrific young witches movie The Craft is showing on Comet TV this coming weekend — Sunday, January 21, at 6E/5C/6P and Monday, January 22, at 8E/7C/8P. If you’re unfamiliar, four teens — played by Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, and Fairuza Balk — experiment with witchcraft, but when they start taking revenge on those who’ve wronged them, things get out of control. Here’s the trailer: And an oral history of making the film, which came out in 1996. […]

The popular cartoon Teen Titans Go!, which launched in 2013 and is in its fourth season, is the latest superhero franchise to get a movie. And it’s going to be about … wanting to get a superhero movie. That suits the style of the cartoon, which is a comedy take on what the teen heroes do when they’re hanging around Titans Tower between times of heroing. Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that Teen Titans GO! to the Movies will be […]

If you’re in the Los Angeles area, you can get free tickets to attend the world premiere of Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. There will be an autograph signing after with Diedrich Bader (Batman), John DiMaggio (Aquaman), Kate Micucci (Velma Dinkley), and filmmakers Jake Castorena (director), James Tucker (supervising producer), Michael Jelenic (producer), and Paul Giacoppo (screenwriter). This all takes place this coming Saturday, January 6 at the TCL Chinese Theater at noon. The rest of us […]