Old School Lane

In this episode of PixMix, Patricia and Arun discuss about the 2025 Pixar animated film Elio. The film is about a young boy named Elio who feels alone and isolated because his aunt Olga, who works at the Air Force after his parents died in a car accident, is almost never around, and bullies pick on him for his dream of being abducted by aliens. Before being dropped off at a summer camp, he sends a message to a call from an unknown ...

In this episode of DreamMachine, Arun and Patricia are talking about one of the TV shows based on a DreamWorks movie franchise as voted by YOU. The winner was DreamWorks Dragons and the first season is called DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk.

Taking place after the first How to Train Your Dragon movie, the village of Berk are beginning to become accustomed to dragons roaming around. Some are accepting of it, others aren't. Hi...

In the first episode of DreamMachine of 2025, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2025 DreamWorks animated film Dog Man, a spin-off of the 2017 animated film Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. Based on the book series of the same name by Dav Pilkey, Dog Man is about an officer and his dog Greg stopping the evil plans of a cat named Petey who wishes to destroy Ohkay City. When trying and failing to diffuse a bomb, the doctors...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guest Chris "RowdyC" Moore discuss about the animated Disney films from 2009 to 2019 consisting of The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-it-Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Frozen 2. These slew of films are known as The Revival Era since they came out when Disney had made a massive comeback with releasing contemporar...

In the first episode of Casual Chats of 2025, Patricia and Arun discuss about the 1999 TV movie Wakko's Wish based on the 1993 animated series Animaniacs. In a small town called Warnerstock, people were living in peace, happiness, and harmony. But then the kingdom of Ticktockia took over Warnerstock and the king is taxing the people to the point of living in disarray, despair, and poverty. Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are orphans who...

In the last episode of Casual Chats for 2024, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2024 stop motion animated film Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the 2nd film of the Wallace and Gromit franchise by British animation company Aardman Animations. Taking place decades after the 1993 short Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers, Feathers McGraw, the evil penguin who tried to steal The Blue Diamond thanks to Wallace's invention,...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2024 Disney animated movie Moana 2, the sequel to the 2016 animated film Moana. Originally, Moana 2 was supposed to be a Disney+ series, but was released in theaters due to the poor box office performances of Strange World and Wish. Years set after the events of the first film, Moana is a Wayfinder traveling to search for other people in other islands. When she re...

In this episode of DreamMachine, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2024 DreamWorks animated film The Wild Robot based on the 2016 book of the same name by Peter Brown. A robot named ROZZUM Unit 7134 or Roz for short is sent to an uninhabited island to help others in need. But she is surrounded by animals who see her as a threatening monster. One evening, Roz accidentally falls on a nest killing a goose and her eggs. She finds tha...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and Arun discuss about the 2016 Walt Disney animated movie Moana in honor of Moana 2 in theaters. 1000 years ago, a demi-god named Maui stole the heart of a god named Te Fiti in an uncharted island. While trying to leave the island, a lava monster named Te Ka attacked Maui and was never seen again. A Polynesian chief's daughter named Moana wishes to explore outside the island that she grew...

In the final bonus episode of Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats of 2024, Patricia and Arun discuss about the 2023 psychological horror fan film Emesis Blue based on the 2007 online first person shooter video game Team Fortress 2 by a YouTube channel called Fortress Films. On Halloween night in 1968, The Scout was let go from his team, the BLU team, after complaining about getting strange side effects from the respawning machines. He vis...

In this second bonus episode of Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats, Arun and Patricia continue their lookback at the 1989 animated series Beetlejuice based on the 1988 movie directed by Tim Burton with the 4th season that aired exclusively on Fox Fids. Lydia Deetz is a 12-year-old goth girl who lives in a small town called Peaceful Pines with her parents, goes to an all girls' school with her friends Prudence and Bertha, and befriends a ...

In this bonus episode of Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats, Patricia and special guests Nikki Blake from ScoobyAddicts and Mark Norman from The Folklore Podcast and the author of Zoinks: The Spooky Folklore Behind Scooby-Doo discuss about the 1999 direct to video movie Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost. Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred are invited by horror book author Ben Ravencroft to his hometown of Oakhaven where a celebrat...

Happy Halloween, everyone! In this episode of Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats, Arun and Patricia interview television writer and Nickelodeon animated series Aaahh!!! Real Monsters co-creator Peter Gaffney in honor of the show's 30th anniversary. They also go over the pros and cons of AI, what kids' shows were able to get away with decades ago compared to now, and the uncertainty of what Nickelodeon is doing now compared to their golden...

In this episode of Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2006-2012 OVA series Hellsing Ultimate based on the 1997 Hellsing manga created by Kouta Hirano. The Hellsing Organization, led by Sir Integra Fairbrooks Wingsgate Hellsing, protects the citizens of England from supernatural beings, including vampires and ghouls. When a group of them attack a police force in Cheddar, Sir Integra sends her top agent,...

In this episode of Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats, Patricia and Arun continue their coverage of the ghost with the most with the 1989 animated series Beetlejuice that ran on ABC in honor of its 35th anniversary and the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Lydia Deetz is a 12-year-old goth girl who lives in a small town called Peaceful Pines with her parents and her cat Percy, goes to an all girls' school with her friends Prudence and...

In this episode of Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2014 Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall in honor of its 10th anniversary. Two brothers named Wirt and Greg are lost in the woods and are trying to get home. Along the way, they meet up with a bird named Beatrice who tells them that a witch in the woods can help them out. But a woodsman warns them that there's a beast in the woods that ...

It's October once again and Casual Chats is going in a spooky direction with Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats for the third time. In this episode, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2024 horror comedy film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long awaited sequel to the 1988 film Beetlejuice directed by Tim Burton. Taking place 36 years since the original, Lydia Deetz is now a full grown adult who has a very successful TV series where she talk...