SID THE SCIENCE KID is a new animated kids’ show by the Jim Henson Company. Their innovative puppet masters create characters with motion capture suits… it’s a different kind of Muppets. Watch below are you are taken behind the scenes!
The show is geared toward young kids that wants to know how things are done scientifically.

The Day The Earth Stood Stillwill be released in December 2008 and is a remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.
In the original movie, a flying saucer orbits Earth, and lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. Klaatu (Michael Rennie) steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort (Lock Martin), an indestructible robot steps out of the spacecraft and proceeds to melt all the weapons, including tanks, without harming a single human being. Later, the Earth comes to realize that Gort has used very little of …read more

So we’re continuing our couch potato role for the remainder of August until new episodes of our favorite showshit Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and the Science Network. So sit back on the couch and relax as we get caught up with I-Robot.
I-Robot was relased in 2004 and stars the ultmate guy of the sumemr, Will Smith. He plays a detective in the future where robots are everyday objects and are programmed to live alongside humans. Will plays, Detective Del Spooner and is called out to investigate the apparent suicide of the scientist behind these robots.
Watch the 2 minute trailer from the …read more

So we know the summer has been super hot and we already started cooling off with the DVD relase of Ice Road Truckers. Well stay indoors a little while longer and checkout the Futurama release Futurama: Beast With a Billion Backs.
Futurama follows the comic exploits of Fry, a pizza delivery boy, who was accidentally cryogenically frozen in 1999, and awakens in the year 3000, finding much has changed, and, yet, is seemingly familiar. Together with an assortment of alien, robot, and human friends, he works for an intergalactic delivery service, Planet Express, run by his descendant nephew, and finds many …read more

Meet Dave is a sci-fi comedy starring Eddie Murphy that is about a crew of miniature human aliens that are on board a human “spacecraft” hoping to saving their endangered planet.
The movie hasn’t done so well at the box office but if you’re looking for some quick and easy laughs you can find it in the cast of Meet Dave.
Watch the trailer for the movie below.

Back on May 2nd, I posted about the CD-animated science fiction movie Terra, which was going to be featured at the Tribecca Film Festival. Watch the interview below with director Aristomenis Tsirbas so that you can get a better understanding about the film.
The interview is done by Anastasia of Your Geek News and it was conducted during the last Toronto International Film Festival.
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Meerkat Manor – The Story Begins is set to premier on Sunday, May 25th on Animal Planet. The movie had its first viewing at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month. The full-length feature film (Oxford Scientific Films/South Star) follows the real-life adventures of the “Whiskers” family of Meerkats. The movie documents Flower’s incredible journey from birth to matriarch of the Whiskers mob.
The film is narrated by Whoopi Goldberg and traces the transformation of Flower from a young, inexperienced Meerkat into a remarkable leader who puts her family above all in the fight for survival in one of the harshest deserts …read more

I went to see a movie with my four year old this weekend and saw the trailer of the new Ice Age movie. I thought it would be appropriate to post here. Cute looking movie. Watch below and let me know your thoughts.

A few days ago I reported that the Meerkat Manor film Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins would debut at the Tribeca Film Festival today for the free family feature films. Well it seems like the production staff at the film festival have really done a great job this year to feature more films that are science and “green” related.
Check out this movie, Terra, which will play at the BMCC Tribeca PAC on Saturday, May 3rd at 1:30PM.
The film is a CGI feature, which tackles both social and environmental issues in a family friendly way. The premise of the films is that after the …read more

Can you separate myth from reality?
Even if you’ve NEVER, and I can’t think of any reasons why you wouldn’t have, set eyes on the hit series MythBusters  I’m sure that you’re aware of some of the myths that they’ve put to the test.
Test your MythBusters IQ below and let me know how you rated.
1. True or False: The boy who portrayed “Mikey” in TV commercials for Life cereal died when his stomach exploded from consuming Pop Rocks and Coca-Cola.
2. True or False: When Elvis Presley appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show  in 1957, he was only filmed from the waist up because his moves …read more