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Minions & Monsters Beats Toy Story 5—Plus New Toys and Comics! 1. Movie Battle: Minions & Monsters vs. Toy Story 5 —Minions & Monsters opened July 1 and narrowly defeated Toy Story 5 over the July Fourth weekend. It earned approximately $36.4 million over the three-day weekend and $61.4 million over five days, while Toy Story 5 earned another $31 million during its third weekend. Howev...

Toy Story 5: Buzz vs Tech, New Buzz Army & Pixar’s Biggest Challenge Yet |  Your Nerd SideCore AngleToy Story 5 is about toys facing a new challenge: kids are growing up in a world filled with screens, tablets, and technology. The big question is whether classic toys can still matter when kids have so many digital distractions. Key Talking Points Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the toys return. The m...

Opening Line“Your Nerd Side is going full nostalgia this week — He-Man is back, She-Ra could be next, Supergirl is getting ready to fly, Spider-Noir is bringing Nicolas Cage into live-action Marvel weirdness, The Boys wrapped its final season, Star Wars is going tactical, Indiana Jones is returning to comics, Wolverine is slicing into PlayStation, and we’re giving a shoutout to a voice actor gamer...

Your Nerd Side — Weekly RecapWolverine video game: SNIKT! Marvel’s Wolverine from Insomniac is officially set for September 15, 2026 on PS5, giving fans a darker, bloodier solo Wolverine game from the team behind Marvel’s Spider-Man. The Boys: The Boys has reached its wild, bloody series finale with Season 5, Episode 8, “Blood and Bone,” which dropped May 20, 2026. The ending is getting big fan re...

On the Show with Fonseca is voice actor known for voicing many characters in many television shows, most notably the voice of Man Ray in SpongeBob SquarePants (replacing John Rhys-Davies ), and Bill Green in Big City Greens . He also provided the voice of Bagheera in segments for the Jungle Cubs television series and The Jungle Book 2 , and currently voices Grape Ape . We talk Mandalorian, Punishe...

⚡ What’s TRENDING RIGHT NOW (from theaters/news) Shrek Outhouse Bucket (AMC) – viral novelty design Top Gun Maverick Helmet Bucket – nostalgia + anniversary hype Transformers Optimus Prime Light-Up Bucket – wearable + LED eyes He-Man / Masters of the Universe Castle Bucket – super detailed collector piece Super Mario (Luma, Yoshi, Bowser mini) – still dominating resale markets 👉 Bottom line: the...

The biggest box-office nerd story right now is Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which added about $153 million worldwide this weekend and pushed its global total to roughly $629 million, making it one of the year’s biggest theatrical stories so far. On the Marvel side, Spider-Man: Brand New Day now has its official release date locked for July 31, 2026, which keeps the MCU conversation hot going into sum...

Big headline of the week: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is the current box-office monster. Deadline reports it is tracking to more than $370 million worldwide and Variety says it pulled $48.3 million Friday domestically, with a projected $129.4 million traditional weekend, making it the biggest opening of the year so far. That gives you a clean lead story: game adaptations are still gold, and Ninte...

Spider-Man is dominating chatter again. A first look at Spider-Man: Brand New Day dropped today, which is putting Tom Holland back at the center of movie conversation and boosting Marvel buzz heading into the next phase.  Marvel hype is getting an Oscars/Summer-event lift. Marvel also got a visibility bump from a high-profile RDJ/Chris Evans Avengers reunion at the Oscars, which Variety explicitly...

There isn’t a direct 1-to-1 episode of Justice League that perfectly mirrors the plot of Captain America: The First Avenger, but a few episodes from the DC animated universe capture very similar themes—especially World War II heroes, frozen soldiers, and someone waking up in the modern era. The trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day hasn’t been released yet mainly because of marketing strategy and...

Dina Sherman is an American voice actor and voice-over artist who has worked in animation, anime dubbing, video games, commercials, and live events for over three decades. She is based in Los Angeles and has developed a versatile career in the entertainment industry. 🎙️ Career Highlights Voice Acting: Dina has provided voices for numerous animated series and Japanese anime dubs, including well-kno...

Dante Basco American actor. He is known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys , in Steven Spielberg 's Hook , Dolph in the cult film But I'm a Cheerleader , the lead character Ben Mercado in the independent film The Debut , and for voicing the titular protagonist of American Dragon: Jake Long and Prince Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender . His voice acting roles also include Zuko's gr...

On The Show this week: Dan Woren is an American voice actor who is known for providing voice work for anime , television, and video games . His role was voicing Roy Fokker in the Robotech series in the 1980s. [ Other major voice roles include Jagi in Fist of the North Star , Byakuya Kuchiki in Bleach , Yang Newman in Macross Plus , and Caster in Fate/Zero . [ He has narrated over 60 audiobooks and...

Fonseca talks with: Jamieson K. Price is an American actor, best known for his deep and booming voice in numerous anime and video game projects. He is known as the voice of the Count of Monte Cristo in Gankutsuou , Sojiro Sakura in Persona 5 , Ovan in .hack//G.U. , and Galbalan, and Milton Grimm from Ever After High . Price also had a part in the 2000 movie The Patriot . He portrays Dark Mayhem in...

Robert Frederick Paulsen   American voice actor and voice director, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Annie Awards for his role as both Yakko and Pinky in the Animaniacs franchise. His other voice roles include: Hadji in The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987) and T...

Christian Borle American actor and singer. He is a two-time Tony Award winner for his roles as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher and as William Shakespeare in Something Rotten! . [2] Borle also originated the roles of Prince Herbert, et al. in Spamalot , Emmett in Legally Blonde , and Joe in Some Like It Hot on Broadway , earning Tony nominations for the latter two. He starred as Marvin in...

This week Fonseca talks with Megan Hollingshead: Best known for her anime dubbing work, Megan's most famous roles include Nurse Joy , Cassidy in the first 6 seasons of the Pokémon anime series and Mai Valentine in the first 3 seasons of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters . She also lent her voice to the Enix role-playing game series Valkyrie Profile as Lenneth. During the start of Pokémon's 7th season, she l...

Fonseca talks with Barry Knapp Bostwick   American actor. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City (1996–2002). Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theatre , winning a Tony Award for his role in The Robber Bridegroom and performing the role of Danny Zuko in the original Broadway productio...

Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party Tickets for this event are sold out, but there is still plenty of frightful fun to be had during Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort . Enjoy spirited touches throughout the parks, ride Haunted Mansion Holiday and step on over to Cars Land for Mater’s Graveyard JamBOOree. A Grim, Grinning Good Time The spell’s been cast! On select nights in August, S...

This week with Fonseca on Your Nerd Side Omri Katz American retired actor. His television and film credits include the television series  Dallas and Eerie, Indiana , and the movies Matinee , Adventures in Dinosaur City , and Hocus Pocus We talk about Tron Aire Toys and the movie, Video games and we play Your Nerd Side Trivia!

Louis Diamond Phillips  ( né   Upchurch ; born February 17, 1962) is an American actor, director, and writer. His breakthrough came when he starred as  Ritchie Valens  in the biographical drama film  La Bamba  (1987). For his performance as Angel David Guzman in  Stand and Deliver  (1988), he was nominated for a  Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture  and won an  Independen...

On this weeks show Fonseca talks with Pete Capella American actor, stand-up comedian, producer and artistic director, who is best known for voicing Silver the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from 2006 to 2009 a NJ native, began studying acting and comedy at the age of 16 and graduated with a BA in Theatre and Film. He honed his craft studying in NYC and performing in over 3...

Fonseca and AMV talk about the movies and James Gunn on the show this week voice actor Sean Chiplock who is known for his work in English versions of Japanese  video games and anime , as well as in numerous indie games. Based in Los Angeles, California, Chiplock is known as the voice of Rean Schwarzer in the Trails series, Revali in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , Kiyotaka Ishimaru in Da...

Superman or Fantastic Four? Spiderman Brave New Day, Marvel Zombies. Kevin Fiege is going check with Marvel

Joe Ochman is an American actor who is most active in voice over roles in various animation shows, films, and video games. He is the fourth and current voice of Jiminy Cricket since 2014. Within a mural of a Ghorlectipod, or Ghorman spider from the planet Ghorman, if one looks closely, the body of the spider is the face of an iconic  Star Wars  villain - Darth Maul. X (formerly Twitter) user  Jamm...