The Weekly TV, Movie, & Games Discussion Post For Week Of February 1st, 2026

The winter season is just about to get underway when it comes to broadcast TV, as the next month will feature a lot of returning shows, but broadcast TV hasn’t been my jam for years, outside of a sitcom or two. We’ve had a number of things we’ve checked out, but a lot of what I’ve been doing is rewatching older stuff. There’s a good mix of things as we gear up to get back into our Nordic Noir and some Brit crime, but as we barely watch any primetime broadcast stuff, it’s pretty much a feast or famine kind of situation for a lot of things.

We’re keeping things a bit short today as we’re still largely dealing with temps below zero, so keyboards are tough to use!

I am watching a few things, however, and am beyond glad to have Shrinking back for a third season. We’re also down to the final episodes of Spartacus: House of Ashur, and are really pleased with the return of School Spirits. And as someone who has had Star Trek in their life since the mid 70s with the cartoon, and my father being a huge fan of the original, I’m enjoying Starfleet Academy, but am enjoying reading other voices talking about it than spending time on doing that myself.

First, Kelvin is taking a dip back in time with the 2004 SpongeBob SquarePants Movie release. I still have fond memories of seeing it when it came out, and then being able to get my kids to watch it when it hit home video the year after, since they were starting to get old enough. Does it still hold up all these years later?

Check out our full review.

And rounding things out, I’ve got a look at the third episode of Gimbap and Onigiri. Emotions are running high with this episode, thanks to a lot of miscommunication, and both of them need to just chill a bit and be clearer about things. Taiga’s in a place where he has to learn how to manage things better, and to be more socially outgoing with Rin so that she feels like she’s important to him. Rin, for her part, needs to ease back a bit since not everyone can justtext anytime throughout the day. And to also ease back just a touch since the relationship is so new, to put it through such hard paces so quickly. Just more clarity for both would be a big plus, but you also get the sense that Taiga is just so inexperienced with this, and broken from other things, that it’s going to be harder work for him that he needs to put in to get things on track – both now and in the future.

Check out our full review.

Movie reviews:

1. SpongeBob SquarePants The Movie
2. Mercy
3. Civil War (2024)
4. Marty  Supreme
5. Alice in Wonderland (1966) Review
6. Avatar: Fire and Ash
7. The Running Man (2025) Movie Review
8. 28 Years Later (2025) Movie Review
9. Rental Family
10. Crimson Peak (2015)
11. Brokeback Mountain (2005) 20th Anniversary
12. Mimic: The Director’s Cut (1997)
13. Twinless (2025)
14. Wake Up Dead Man
15. Jay Kelly
16. Bones and All (2022) Review
17. In a Glass Cage (1986) Review
18. Ponyboi (2025) Review
19. The Compatriots (2024) Review
20. Went Up the Hill (2025) Review
21. Shin Godzilla
22. Zootopia 2
23. The Wiz (1978) Review
24. Longlegs (2024) Review
25. The Long Walk (2025) Review
26. The Shining (1980) Review
27. Return to Oz (1985) Review
28. ALL YOU NEED IS KILL Review
29. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Review
30. Thunderbolts* Review
31. Captain America: Brave New World Review
32. Fixed
33. Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning
34. The Lord of the Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim Review
35. Make a Girl Review
36. The Boy and the Heron Review
37. Perfect Days Review
38. Wicked Little Letters Review
39. The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
40. The Marvels 4K UHD Review
41. HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle Anime Movie Review
42. The Crow Steelbook 4K Ultra HD Review
43. The Idea of You Review
44. SPY x FAMILY CODE: White’ Review
45. Sometimes I Think About Dying Review
46. Rascal Does Not Dream Double Feature Review
47. The Marvels Review
48. The Zone of Interest Review
49. GREAT PRETENDER razbliuto Anime Movie Review
50. Night of the Comet Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD Review
51. Hayao Miyazaki Says ‘Farewell’ with “The Boy and the Heron”
52. The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes Review
53. The Canterville Ghost
54. Animation Is Film 2023: The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
55. Animation Is Film 2023: Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower
56. Animation Is Film 2023: The Concierge Review
57. Animation Is Film 2023: The Boy and the Heron
58. The Inventor
59. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Review
60. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Film Review
61. Shazam! Fury of the Gods Review
62. Justice League: Warworld Blu-ray Review
63. The Little Mermaid
64. The Boxtrolls Review
65. Kubo and the Two-Strings Review
66. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania Review
67. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends Anime Movie Review
68. Sword Art Online The Movie – Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night Movie Review
69. Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan’s Island
70. Missing Review
71. The Whale Review
72. Point of No Return Review
73. Blonde Review
74. Wendell & Wild
75. Clerks III Review
76. Luck Review
77. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
78. Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
79. Hustle Review
80. Top Gun: Maverick Review
81. The Bob’s Burgers Movie Review
82. Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers Review
83. Stu’s Show Review
84. Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition Review
85. Bubble Anime Review
86. Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis Anime Review
87. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Review
88. Turning Red Review
89. The Batman Review
90. Belle Review
91. Drive My Car Review
92. The Power of the Dog Review
93. Robin Robin Review
94. BoxBallet Review
95. Bestia Review
96. Eternals Review
97. Encanto Review
98. 8-Bit Christmas Review
99. Music Box: Jagged Review
100. Ghostbusters: Afterlife Review
101. Tick, Tick…BOOM! Review
102. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Review
103. Free Guy Review
104. My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission Review
105. Dune (2021) Review
106. Black Widow
107. Jungle Cruise Review
108. As the Village Sleeps Review
109. Space Jam: A New Legacy Review
110. A Quiet Place Part II Review
111. Knots: A Forced Marriage Story Review
112. School-Live! The Movie Blu-ray Review
113. In the Heights Review
114. Over the Moon Review
115. Feeling Through Review
116. Two Distant Strangers review
117. Yes-People Review
118. A Love Song for Latasha Review
119. If Anything Happens I Love You Review
120. Burrow Review
121. Godzilla vs Kong
122. Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story Review
123. Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years Preview
124. Raya and the Last Dragon Review
125. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Review
126. The Little Things Review
127. In Other Words Review
128. Earwig and the Witch Review

What did you watch this past week?

Chris Beveridge

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Chris has been writing about anime, manga, movies and comics for well on twenty years now. He began AnimeOnDVD.com back in 1998 and has covered nearly every anime release that’s come out in the US ever since.

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