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I truly cannot believe that this year is almost over. I feel like I have done one million things but also have felt as though I have done much. However, Continue Reading

Arguably the coolest panel of my Saturday at WonderCon, the 11th 11th Annual Women Rocking Hollywood Panel: Surviving and Thriving in a Changing Landscape brought a group of amazing women of showrunners, directors, writers, and advocates to the convention to dig into how they've navigated a challenging business, making interesting shows and films, and their newest projects. Panelists: Writer/executive producer Aeysha Carr (Woke, the upcoming Government Cheese), director Rosemary Rodriguez (Peacemaker, The Walking Dead franchise), producer/executive producer Dara Resnick (Daredevil, Home Before Dark), writer/executive producer Carla Ching (Fear the Walking Dead, Mr.

ImpactPR always brings some great panels to conventions and their first panel of the day on Saturday was the 5th Annual “It’s Alive!”: Designing Sci-Fi, Horror, and Comic Book Genre Film and TV. Diving into their inspirations and creative processes, the panel highlighted the immense creative potential working with projects that move beyond the normal world. Panelists: Editor Brett W. Bachman, ACE (Companion, Heart Eyes), re-recording mixer Christina “Chuyue” Wen (What We Do in the Shadows Season 6), VFX supervisor/2nd unit director Johnny Han (HBO and DC’s The Penguin), editor/director Jon Dudkowski (Star Trek: Discovery), and composers Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man)

One of the greatest sci-fi TV writers of our time, Ron Moore made a pit stop from his TV domination to head to WonderCon. Moderated by Mary Anne Butler, we took a grand tour through Moore’s career and got some fun advice along the way. Getting His Start Ron’s start to his career is wild, even by early Hollywood standards. He was a big fan of Star Trek and during the filming of Next Generation, he was dating a girl who had previously been a PA on the show.

We're back with a second episode covering the quickly turned-around sequel to 1954’s Godzilla, 1955’s Godzilla Raids Again from director Motoyoshi Oda. Listen to how the duo feels about this follow-up effort, the introduction of Anguirus, the lighter story elements, favorite moments, and more. Show Notes: Official Godzilla Raids Again Trailer Check out all of Aaron’s Godzilla-themed posts Next Time: Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)

Kicking off WonderCon was the Beastly Powers: Exploring Science, Magic, and Mythology in Comics and Pop Culture. Hosted by Lorran Garrison, the panel took a dive into how animals have inspired humans and how animal powers have been woven into our cultural fabric. Joining Lorran on the panel was John Jennings (professor and author/illustrator, Marvel, DC, Megascopeto), Lyn Pacificar (chief ritualist and shaman, Katuuran), Lea Anderson (columnist, Fangoria), Mary Pastrano (writer) and Alex Langley (Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs).

It’s panels like these that make me truly love going to conventions like WonderCon. Hosted by Ron Diamond, the Giants’ First Steps: Glimmer of Greatness panel showcased a select of some digitally restored student films from some of the most impactful animated film directors of all time. The list of filmmakers included, but wasn’t limited to, John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Hercules, Aladdin, Treasure Planet, Moana), Brenda Chapman (Brave, The Prince of Egypt, Come Away), Kirk Wise (Beauty and the Beast,The Hunchback of Notre Dame), Mike Mitchell (Shrek Forever After, Trolls, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Kung Fu Panda 4), and more.

WonderCon 2025 is upon us! Seems like it was just yesterday that I attended last year's event but I am always happy to attend and cover this convention. This year's slate is one of the more fascinating collection of panels I've seen from a convention, namely cause there does not seem to be a gigantic movie panel in the group which is great cause there's so much more attention on the smaller panels.

One woman’s quest to figure out why her beloved white cheddar popcorn started to disappoint.

What good is the idea of whimsy? This question is one that I pondered by the end of Snow White, Disney’s new live action adaptation, which has a lot of what we’d perceive as whimsy. The movie hits all the cute buttons, tries its darndest to update the story, and employs a lead who can sing. But it never quite manages to make all of its elements come together, the cute moments lead to grating one, the story updates actually remove some bite, and Rachel..well she’s pretty excellent.

We’re a little over halfway through the decade, so I pulled all the winners together from my If I had an Oscar ballot pieces to make a Half-Decade Film Awards.

What a delight it is to live in the same time as Steven Soderbergh. In 2025, we have already been treated to a new take on a ghost story with Presence and now coming to our screens this month is Black Bag, a taught spy thriller that is a mix between Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

This special Out Now with Aaron and Abe (https://www.facebook.com/outnowpodcast) bonus episode is here for winners, losers, and unnecessary Bond tributes. Aaron and Abe are joined by Fast Film Reviews’ Mark Hobin and Le Noir Auteur’s Terence Johnson to go over their thoughts o...

It's exactly what you think it is.

Finally putting a bow on the 2024 movie year.

Is this my second to last 2024 film piece? Yes. What took me so long? Mind your business. In all seriousness I’m not sure it has ever taken me this long to get to a quorum of films to feel comfortable enough to put out my top 10. Furthermore, it has been years since I’ve had to reevaluate my rankings this much.

This week’s Out Now with Aaron and Abe (https://www.facebook.com/outnowpodcast) looks at Marvel’s new world order. Film lover and Cap enthusiast Alan Aguilera and Le Noir Auteur’s Terence Johnson join...

Captain America: Brave New World is disappointing in so many ways.

This week’s Out Now with Aaron and Abe takes on a spooky perspective. I joined Aaron and Abe to discuss Presence from director Steven Soderbergh and writer David Koepp. Hear what we had to say about this modern ghost story with a filmmaker-based twist regarding its style. Plus, there’s plenty of time for other movie chatter, thoughts on the