Cereal At Midnight

When Toys R Us declared bankruptcy and announced that they were closing most of their stores, many of us found ourselves saying farewell to a living piece of our childhood. Take one last trip into the store with Cereal At Midnight and let's wander the aisles together. This video was filmed just days before the liquidation sales began, when the shelves were stocked and the "going out of business" signs had not been hung yet. If you grew up a Toys R Us kid, this is probably how you'll want to remember the "biggest toy store there is." Though we have to say goodbye, we'll never forget how it felt to visit Toys R Us when we were young. This video is a tribute--not to a corporation, but to our childhood, when the shelves seemed endless, and our imaginations knew no limits.

In this video, we talk about the new Scooby-Doo/Batman: The Brave and the Bold movie from Warner Brothers. In the grand tradition of Hanna-Barbera animation, this movie combines the best elements of the Scooby Gang with the team-up excitement of Batman: The Brave and the Bold! We'll discuss if the movie lives up to the legacy of both shows, and I'll offer some recommendations of some other animated movies from Warner Brothers that have a similar tone. Make sure your Bat Utility Belt is packed with lots of Scooby snacks!

Greta Van Fleet is a band from Michigan that's bringing back good, ol' fashioned rock and roll! Steeped in musical influences that range from the blues to hard rock legends like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC, Greta Van Fleet is a band everyone is talking about. In this video, we'll dig into their latest release "From the Fires," explore their musical influences, and speculate about their future.

Hanna-Barbera is a giant in the world of animation, giving us The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and Huckleberry Hound. Icons! Pioneers! Magic makers! Join me as we dig into the mystery of the Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection. What is it? Why now? Where can you buy them? We will discuss all of the above, as well as the usual physical media stuff. If you were born between the fifties and the eighties, you likely grew up on a steady diet of Hanna-Barbera goodness, and this video is sure to bring back happy memories!

Honeycomb cereal from Post has been through a change lately, and I'm not sure it's for the better! With the Cereal Wars in full force, companies are doing anything and everything they can to freshen up their brands and rejuvenate older favorites. The latest victim is Honeycomb, and cereal fans everywhere must raise their spoons and their voices!

In this video, we take a look at the "digital vs physical" debate, but this time with a focus on comics. Along the way, you'll get my honest take on digital comic book services like Marvel Unlimited and Comixology as well as my assessment of their strengths and weaknesses. Then we dive headfirst into a look at the state of the comic book industry as a whole. Is it in good shape? Is it in trouble? OMG, ARE COMICS DYING?! What you don't know could harm you! On second thought, you'll be fine. We finish the video with a look at the cost of fandom, gate-keeping (*gasp*), and the changing face of collecting. As always, this video is a little bit grumpy, a little bit funny (hopefully), but always totally honest.

I picked one of these up today at a big box retailer and couldn't wait to get it home. I'd read the reviews and I knew the console had some issues, but I told myself that I had realistic expectations and I knew the strengths and weaknesses of the system, so I'd just appreciate it for what it was and overlook what it wasn't. Nope.

From the "huh?" files comes Gumby: The Movie , aka The Gumby Movie , aka  Gumby 1 .  Until I saw the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack while out shopping last week, this wasn't even on my radar. Boy, I'm glad I found it.

Here's a look at some of my favorite Spider-Man stories over the years. This isn't a "best of" list, and it isn't a list of books that are critically acclaimed. This is a personal list of Spidey stories that I love and that have had a positive impact on my fandom over the years.

Welcome to the first episode of Collecting At Midnight, a longer, podcast/vidcast format discussion about physical media collecting. This is the place where you can learn more about Cereal At Midnight, your host (me, Heath Holland), and dive deep into topics that other videos on the channel can't. There will be impressions (done poorly), cats interrupting, and maybe even the occasional surprise or two. Collecting At Midnight is geared toward the hobby (obsession) of collecting from a personal and honest perspective.

Sometimes great movies are made even when the people responsible for creating them seem to be doing their best to spoil the process. Such is the case with 1947's seminal film noir (a status I'll defend in a bit) The Lady from Shanghai . The behind-the-scenes drama of this wonderful film rival what eventually ended up on screen, with neither the writer/director/star Orson Welles being satisfied, nor its executive producer, Harry Cohn. Even audiences weren't all that interested in it back in 1947.  Orson Welles is famous for being a difficult entity with whom to work, and studio executives are famous for counting pennies and wanting things done their way. Those two personality traits aren't very easy bedfellows, and Welles has left behind a reputation as a man who pushed the buttons of the people that employed him. In response to the production of this movie, Harry Cohn went as far as to notoriously comment that he'd never again hire one person to write, dire...

Ride shotgun at the 2018 World of Wheels Custom Auto Show, sponsored by O'Reilly Auto Parts. This is the Birmingham, AL show, which took place the weekend of February 9, 10, and 11. Thanks to O'Reilly Auto Parts for sponsoring the event each year.

A quick video account of my FIRST and also my LAST trip to Taco Bell for breakfast. Run from the border?

The 30th DC Universe Animated Movie is here, and it's a big one: Gotham by Gaslight, the classic story from writer Brian Augustyn and artist Mike Mignola, was DC's first Elseworlds comic, placing Batman and Gotham in a Victorian, 19th Century world that's stalked by Jack the Ripper. How does the new adaptation live up to expectations?

Whether you're a long-time physical media collector or have just come to the hobby, here are five tips to live by when collecting anything! These tips apply to Blu-rays, DVDs, comics, vinyl records, books, CDs, video games, and just about everything else, and by living by these five tips, you're collection will be growing in no time.

The first of a series of videos looking at Roger Moore's tenure as James Bond! How did the role of Agent 007 change with the retirement of Sean Connery from the iconic British spy and the casting of Roger Moore? What works? What doesn't work? Does the transition from Connery to Moore leave us shaken, stirred, or unmoved altogether?

Aloha and welcome to the second shindig at the Space Lounge, blasting you back through time to the atomic age and beyond. Kick off your creepers and grab a pineapple drink, because this clambake starts in 3.....2.....1.....

Dig deep into the history of Disney's Ducktales and the comics that paved the way for the modern television classic. We examine the comic book work of Carl Barks and Don Rosa, then take a deeper look at "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck," an Eisner award winning collection of some of the best Disney comics ever. This video also includes our first ever "breaking news" interruption!

I can't tell you how excited I was to get the package in the mail that I knew contained my Blu-ray copy of  Yor, the Hunter from the Future. I'd never seen the movie, but as a fan of low-budget genre entertainment, I was chomping at the bit to spin the disc. The movie does not disappoint.

This is a twenty-minute therapy session in which I explain why I'm currently a little upset at Disney as a company. We cover Disney's purchase of Fox (again), talk about the rising ticket prices of the parks at Disney World while the rides themselves continue to decline, and look to the horizon with the construction of Star Wars Land (Galaxy's Edge) and the injection of Marvel into the parks. We also look at the tenure of Bob Iger as the CEO of Disney and see how he compares to the notorious Michael Eisner. It's less angry than it sounds, and we might actually figure out a thing or two about ourselves and the way we interact with our entertainment!

This video attempts to answer the question "What is Cereal At Midnight?" The truth is, it's more than just a wholesome and nutritious snack; it's also a way of life.

In this video, we look at three new releases from Mill Creek Entertainment that just hit shelves this week and examine the progress these new discs represent. We just discussed Mill Creek Entertainment in the last video, but this just couldn't wait!

The world of Star Wars  is absolutely littered with characters that are fascinating and have detailed back-stories, yet get very little screen time. It's the double-edged sword of the iconic film series: they give us an awesome world that feels lived-in and is populated by characters that feel like they've always existed, yet they don't have the time or the means to delve too deeply into the mythology of every nook and cranny. Such is the case with Captain Phasma, a character that follows in the tradition of Jango Fett, Aurra Sing, Zam Wesell, Count Dooku, Plo Koon, Kit Fisto, and all the bounty hunters we met in The Empire Strikes Back , particularly Boba Fett. The movies just don't have the ability to give each one of these interesting characters the attention they deserve. Luckily, that's exactly the kind of thing that the Expanded Universe was created to do.

Let's take an in-depth look at the company Mill Creek Entertainment, the guys behind those massive 50-movie sets that seem to be everywhere. We look at the pros and cons of the company's business model, highlight their successes, and point out a few areas that could use a little improvement. This one's for fans of exploitation, horror, sci-fi, drive-in, martial arts, and cult classic DVDs, Blu-rays, and physical media. We also look at their box sets of Miami Vice, Knight Rider, Airwolf, That '70s show, Quantum Leap, and a few of their mega-movie sets including the 200-film Drive-In Cult Classics box set.