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Who Should Star in New Charlie’s Angels? with Blu-Ray Giveaway!

Posted By Llama Mama on July 30, 2010

Screen Team's Angels: Katie, Angie, Katrina.

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) placed an order for TV pilots and scripts for potential mid-season replacement series including a potential new Charlie’s Angels from Sony TV with writers Al Gough and Miles Millar. This order does not yet mean another Angels movie can’t hit theaters again. Charlie’s Angels producers Drew Barrymore and Nancy Juvonen told Sci-Fi Wire earlier this year that they were contemplating another theatrical film as well.

Who should don the halos now? And for that matter, who would be right for Charlie? During the time since 2003’s Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, actor John Forsythe passed away. The voice of enigmatic Charles Townsend in the 1976-1981 TV series as well as the two movies, Forsythe created a sense of continuity across different decades, from small screen to large. Although, admittedly, they’d have to cast a fourth John Bosley since two of the previous (David Doyle and Bernie Mac) are both gone and Bill Murray just didn’t get along with the cast and crew.

Tell us who should play the characters as a comment here or in reply to the Action Flick Chick on Facebook or @ActionChick on twitter. To add to the fun, Sony Home Entertainment will send a Charlie’s Angels (2000) Blu-ray away to one random participant in this discussion. Here are some answers we’ve gotten already:

Nickysurfer22: –it all depends , I thought the cast before was alright.?
mvp_repo1: new Charlies Angels? I find nothing wrong with bringing back Drew, Cameron, and Lucy.
MistiCBR: omg, seriously? Another one?
raschatz: better question is “WHY do another Charlie’s Angels in first place?”

Brash_Angel: Charlies Angels cast – @hdonoho, @juliebenz and @rosemcgowan !!!
TheTurboSloth: Mila Kunis!
faelyspryte: angelina jolie, julie benz, shannon dougherty and Norman Reedus =]
Drea0208: Not Jolie! Ugh! Lol- Lisa Locicero please!
mrjones10: Eva Mendes, Gabrielle Union, Piper Perabo
TheYoungLiar: Depends on if its portraying the Angels just starting out or not. If it’s them in the beginning, i’d go with unknowns. If thats not the case, i can see Scarlett Johannsson as one, seeing as she can do action now that she was in Iron Man 2. and i think Maggie Q would make for a really good Angel. I do have to say that Drew Barrymore was my favorite of the previous.
BookWyrm69: Ooh, that chick from Twilight! LOL, jk
roninclique: An adult/dark CA cast: Evangeline Lilly, Ivana Milicevic, Natalie Zea, Judy Greer as Bosley, and Terry O’Quinn as Charlie.
Mr__Rager: Whoopi Goldberg, Kat Stacks and Lindsay Lohan!

notmikestark: @actionchick You and two others.
BumpFire2012: New Angels: Karen Gillan, Alice Eve, and Actionchick!
Shadowbat: I say @actionchick , @zenbitch , and @teenygeek !
zenbitch: Woot! RT @Shadowbat: I say @actionchick @zenbitch and @teenygeek!
TJSlipperman: “Who would be right for a new Charlie’s Angels cast?” -IMO, probably @ActionChick, @Lights and @HaileyBright ;)
MoneyHungryJosh: @actionchick: I’d like to see YOU in a new Charlie’s Angels cast, just sayin.
NicoleWakelin: @actionchick You @bonniegrrl and @KyleeLane with @wilw as The Voice of Charlie.
GEEKLEETIST: @NicoleWakelin @actionchick @bonniegrrl @KyleeLane @wilw You guys makin a movie?
NicoleWakelin: @GEEKLEETIST @actionchick @bonniegrrl @KyleeLane @wilw What we need is a Director with vision!

Comic-Con Angels: Why Settle for 3?

Comic-Con Angels: Why Settle for 3?

Blu-ray details from Sony:

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  (1) Official CHARLIE’S ANGELS BLU-RAY
         -Winner must be in the US and have a non PO box shipping address
         -Winner must claim the prize within 2 days of notification

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 CHARLIE’S ANGELS kicks it to Blu-Ray on August 3rd, 2010!
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Action Chick vs. Inception (Color!)

Posted By Action Flick Chick on July 29, 2010

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Comic-Con Panel: Best Superheroine Movie? No, the ONLY Theatrical Superheroine Movie

Posted By Action Flick Chick on July 29, 2010

Left to right: Katrina Hill, Jill Pantozzi, Adrianne Curry, Clare Kramer, Jennifer Stuller, Gina Misiroglu. Off screen: Comic book writers Marjorie Liu, J. Michael Straczynski; actress Cindy Morgan.

In our “Where Are the Action Chicks?” panel at San Diego Comic-Con International, we examined the dearth of action heroines in movies and comic books, including an examination of the reasons why there are so few despite the great popularity of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Xena: Warrior Princess, Aliens‘ Ripley, Terminator’s Sarah Connor, and certain others. After the introductions, I started off by illustrating the specific shortage of motion pictures starring comic book superheroines in leading roles. Hit-Girl was the breakout character who stole the show in Kick-Ass, but it was Kick-Ass’s story and he, not she, was the title character.

I’ve had numerous discussions about what’s the best theatrical superheroine movie, while acknowledging all along that it’s really a trick question. How is it a trick question? Because there has only been ONE. When I asked our audience what that movie was, I was pleased to hear a good portion say, almost in unison, that movie’s title.






Yes, it was Supergirl. Seriously, that’s the only one. Witchblade, Wonder Woman, and the Birds of Prey had TV shows, and My Super Ex-Girlfriend was a spoof that starred no character from the comics.

Over the last year, I’ve asked a lot of people why there are so few and I’ve gotten a lot of fascinating responses, but no clear consensus has emerged. Soon I’ll share the video from our panel along with more about what our members had to say.

More pics:
* My 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International Facebook Album – pt. 1
Panel information:

* Our Comic-Con Panel! Where Are the Action Chicks?
* Our ‘Where Are the Action Chicks?’ Panel Lost Luci and Gained Goddess Glory
Interviews:

* Caddyshack and TRON – But What About TRON Legacy? Actress Cindy Morgan
* Yancy Butler (Witchblade, Wolvesbayne, Kick-Ass)
* Wired Interviews the Action Flick Chick: Geek Culture’s 26 Most Awesome Female Ass-Kickers
* Wired Interviews the Action Flick Chick: ‘Action Chick’ Looks at Comic-Con’s Geek Girls
Related posts:

* The Wonder Woman TV Never Saw: Who’s Afraid of Diana Prince?
* SDCC: Women Who Kick Ass!
* Best Superheroine Movie? Round 1

Left to right: Action Flick Chick Katrina Hill, Nerdy Bird Jill Pantozzi, reality TV star Adrianne Curry.

Left to right: Action Flick Chick Katrina Hill, Nerdy Bird Jill Pantozzi, reality TV star Adrianne Curry.

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Action Flick Chick’s Hall of Fame!!

Posted By Action Flick Chick on July 28, 2010

I’m starting a Hall of Fame for those action films that are truly the best of the best of the best. The films that are beyond a mere 5/5. It’s fitting, then, that the first film being inducted into my Hall of Fame is none other than the amazing Rambo IV. This is one of the very first films I reviewed when I started my website and is the most deserving of the Hall of Fame.

Here are a few of the many reasons why it will forever be enshrined in the Hall of Fame:

  1. It’s brutal!!!
  2. With the exception of a few minutes of plot towards the beginning, it’s absolute non-stop action throughout the film.
  3. It has enemies so evil that you’ll cheer every time you see one of them get demolished!
  4. IT’S FREAKIN’ BRUTAL!!!!
  5. RAMBOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Congratulations, Rambo IV and everyone who took part in making the film!!!! You are the first inductee to the AFC Hall of Fame and recipient of the Golden Chick Award!

Rambo IV: Golden Chick Award Winner!

Category: Best Use of Rambo

Illustration by Nick and Alex Langley. Rocket Llama World Headquarters.

This is the Action Flick Chick, and you’ve just been kicked in the ass!

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“Comic Con Girls” Makes BusyGamer Happy

Posted By Action Flick Chick on July 27, 2010

We’ve all pretty much agreed that I should appear over at BusyGamer sometime. We just have to work out some details and the schedule. I’m in Dallas, they’re over in Austin, no big problem. My friend Andre Meadows (Black Nerd of BlackNerdComedy.com and the “Bird versus Nerd” Super Mario Bros. movie review I did with him) was their first and only “Gamette of the Day” back on April Fool’s Day. Last week they covered our Screen Team Show song, “Comic Con Girls,” a parody of Katy Perry’s “California Gurls.”

FYI: The video hit 50,000 views last night, less than a week after its YouTube debut.

From BusyGamer:

Some of you might recognize the fact that we have a soft spot in our hearts here at BusyGamer.com for the hawt geek girls out there. We’re crazy about ‘em and they’re… well, they tolerate us for the most part. At least until we start talking about role playing. Yeah, maybe we should have been specific about it being pen and paper roleplaying but hey, we tried.

Among some of the fairer sex are those rare few who go to the Cons dressed up as their favorite characters and actually enjoy themselves. They know as much about the various geek genres as most of the guys and aren’t afraid to flaunt it. We fear them because they are if the female persuasion and yet are drawn to them for their beauty and their huge… collection of action figures.

They are the Comic Con Girls… (continued at BusyGamer.com)

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Wired Interviews the Action Flick Chick: ‘Action Chick’ Looks at Comic-Con’s Geek Girls

Posted By Action Flick Chick on July 26, 2010

Hugh Hart of Wired.com interviews Action Flick Chick Katrina Hill about Wired’s choices for the “26 Most Awesome Female Ass-Kickers.”

From Wired:

Fierce female characters are gaining traction in the pop-culture landscape, but even in 2010, guys still outnumber women in starring roles for movies, TV, comics and videogames. Several Comic-Con International panels this weekend look at the phenomena of the geek girl.

Among the panels (listed after the jump) is Where Are the Action Chicks? (Friday, 2 p.m. Room 26AB). Blogger Katrina Hill from Action Chick Flick moderates the panel. She’s a Texas über-fan who champions an upbeat take on the growing presence of female characters and creators.

“Without a doubt there are more action-chick movie roles today than there were 20 years ago,” she says. “And its not just about film. TV shows, comic books, videogames — all these storytelling media are expanding to make way for action chicks.”

In an e-mail interview with Wired.com, Hill dissects the “female power landscape” with her breakdown of sci-fi’s most compelling female characters past, present and future. (continued at Wired…)

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Comic-Con: Geek Girls vs. Sly Stallone, Bruce Willis, Michelle Rodriguez, Joss Whedon, Morgan Freeman, & Angelina Jolie!

Posted By Llama Mama on July 22, 2010

True friends and fans of this site who are attending San Diego Comic-Con International may find themselves torn between our fellow geek girls and an amazing series of panels to be held in Hall H. The Action Flick Chick has said more than once that outside her responsibility to her own “Where Are the Action Chicks?” panel, the convention sessions of utmost importance to her would be “Geek Girls Exist” and Liongate’s The Expendables panel. So of course the two overlap and are far away from each other at opposite ends of the massive facility.

For those of you unfamiliar with the layout of the San Diego Convention Center: Hall H has 6,500 seats. Up to 130,000 people buy tickets for Comic-Con, in addition to all the press, pros, guests, exhibitors, and VIPs. So a person might have to wait in line for hours to get in there. You don’t go to Hall H on a whim. Even if you attend only a single panel, it’s a lengthy commitment.

So if you’re at Comic-Con and haven’t decided to live in Hall H for the day, go see our friends in Room 8 at 5:30 – and tell them the Action Flick Chick sent you!

Official SDCC program descriptions:

ROOM 8

5:30-6:30 Geek Girls Exist— Really? Kristin Rielly (Geek Girls Network) leads a discussion about growing up geek, turning passions into careers, and who shot first. Representing the many awesome aspects of the geek culture, panelists Morgan Romine (The Frag Dolls), Bonnie Burton (The Star Wars Craft Book), Marian Call (singer/songwriter), Sarah Kuhn (One Con Glory), Jill Pantozzi (Has Boobs Reads Comics blog), Veronica Belmont (Qore), Kari Byron (MythBusters), and Kiala Kazebee (GeekWeek.com) school you on what it means to be a real geeky girl and even make you LOL IRL.

HALL H

11:15-12:45 Walt Disney Pictures: TRON: Legacy Returning for an unprecedented third year to the fans and convention that started it all, Walt Disney Pictures is pleased to present a special insider look at the upcoming TRON: Legacy. Panelists include filmmakers and talent from the film: director Joe Kosinski, producers Sean Bailey and Steven Lisberger, and cast members Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen, and Bruce Boxleitner. The discussion, moderated by Patton Oswalt, is set to include exclusive glimpses of the film, as well as a Q&A involving all panel participants, along with special surprise guests.

1:00-2:00 Sony Pictures Entertainment: Battle: Los Angeles and Salt Two great new films from Sony Pictures Entertainment are showcased in this Hall H presentation!

Battle: Los Angeles — When unknown forces suddenly and mercilessly attack the City of Angels out of nowhere, it’s up to a local Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and a new platoon of unseasoned soldiers to meet the threat. As the invasion hits the streets of LA, these Marines become our first and last line of defense in an intense battle against an enemy unlike any they’ve ever encountered before. Appearing in person are Michelle Rodriguez, Aaron Eckhart, Neal Moritz, and director Jonathan Liebesman.

Salt — Opening in theaters everywhere tomorrow, Columbia Pictures brings an exclusive and surprising look at Salt to Comic-Con today, featuring some very special guests. As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, but her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: “Who is Salt?”

2:15-3:15 Summit Entertainment: RED Summit Entertainment presents a sneak peek of exclusive footage from RED. They used to be the CIA’s top agents — but the secrets they know just made them the Agency’s top targets. Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren star in RED, an explosive action-comedy based on the cult DC Comics graphic novel by Warren Ellis. Join him, director Robert Schwentke, and the film’s stars as they share footage from the film and debut the final trailer before it’s ever in theaters.

3:30-4:30 Entertainment Weekly: The Visionaries— A discussion with geek gods J. J. Abrams (Star Trek) and Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) on the future of pop culture. EW presents an in-depth conversation with these two creative geniuses about how technology, gaming, and global culture are reshaping how we tell and consume stories on television, film and the web. Plus: Is the superhero movie waning, or is it on the cusp of reinvention? And what do they think the pop culture universe will look like a decade from now? Moderated by Jeff “Doc” Jensen.

4:45-5:45 Lionsgate: The Expendables Prepare to have your ass kicked by The Expendables, the biggest action movie this summer! Lionsgate presents exclusive scenes and the inside scoop on every punch, kick, and bloodied lip from the most iconic cast of heroes and villains ever assembled, including the director, writer, and star Sylvester Stallone (Rambo), along with Dolph Lundgren (Universal Soldier), Steve Austin (The Condemned), Randy Couture (Scorpion King: Rise of the Warrior), and Terry Crews (Gamer).

6:00-7:00 Universal: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Genre-bending filmmaker Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz), graphic novel author Bryan Lee O’Malley, and the cast of Universal Pictures’ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World provide a sneak peek of summer 2010’s epic of epic epicness. Joining Wright will be our hero, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera of Superbad); Scott’s two current girlfriends, Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead of The Thing) and Knives Chau (Ellen Wong of Unnatural History); his band, SEX BOB-OMB: Kim Pine (Alison Pill of Milk) and Stephen Stills (Mark Webber of Broken Flowers); SEX BOB-OMB super-fan Young Neil (Johnny Simmons of Jennifer’s Body); Scott’s awesome roommate, Wallace Wells (Kieran Culkin of Igby Goes Down); and four of Ramona’s seven evil exes: Matthew Patel (Satya Bhabha of Fair Game), Todd Ingram (Brandon Routh of Superman Returns), Gideon Graves (Jason Schwartzman of Funny People) and Roxy Richter (Mae Whitman of Parenthood); plus Scott’s younger sister, Stacey Pilgrim (Anna Kendrick of Up in the Air), and the obnoxious Julie Powers (Aubrey Plaza of Parks and Recreation). Q&A to follow.

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Gauge Comics’ Comic-Con Entertainment Line-Up with “My Damn Tweeter Buddy” Sean Patrick Flanery

Posted By Action Flick Chick on July 22, 2010

Press release:

I’m BUSY BUSY with San Diego Comic-Con International. Today is packed with amazing panels, as I’ll explain in the morning; tomorrow I finally have the “Where Are the Action Chicks?” panel. The list goes on and on. And, oh yeah, I hear Sean Patrick Flanery is expecting me. I can’t see him today (Thursday – it’s past midnight even here in California), but before this weekend is over I’ll get to sit down with this Boondock Saints star to chat with him about his new film Sinners and Saints and more.

Sean is signing at the Official Pix booth courtesy of some other great friends, Mark Walters and Ben Stevens – to me, they’re the Dallas Comic-Con guys.

So much is happening so fast – and tonight was only Preview Night! (more…)

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The Action Chick Comic: Action Chick vs. Inception

Posted By Action Flick Chick on July 21, 2010

COLOR WILL FOLLOW AFTER WE GET BACK FROM COMIC-CON.

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Inception (2010): Prepare to Have Your Mindhole Blown

Posted By Action Flick Chick on July 21, 2010

Prepare to have your mindhole blown with the summer blockbuster Inception!!!! This is an amazing film that combines action, a new storyline, intricate plot, and awesome special effects. That’s it in a nutshell, folks.

Okay, so I was a little bored the first hour because there was a lot of talking and planning and little action. I wanted it to get to the point, and boy did it! I can’t tell you how excited I was to see a completely original film. Christopher Nolan, I salute you. And, I bet Joseph Gordon-Levitt was happy to finally be the tough guy and not the nerd I’m used to seeing him play. There’s not much else for me to say here, folks. The movie’s just that great! Now, go out and watch this friggin’ movie!!!

Beware SPOILERS below.
Time until initial action starts: ~ 4 minutes

Baddies: Projections of your subconscious.

Best Line: “You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling” This is said as Eames (Tom Hardy) pulls out a grenade launcher that shrimps Arthur’s (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) gun.

Best Kill: Eames is skiing down a hill with baddies hot on his heels. He realizes he’s had enough of being the victim, turns around, skiing backwards and mows down the baddies with a gun. Nice move!

Best Explosion: Eames has set up explosives all around a snowy mountain fortress. They explode causing a huge beautiful explosion against a snowy background, collapsing the fortress. Notice that all the best moments involve Eames doing something awesome? That’s cause that dude is the balls.

Action Rating: 3 ½ Dreams Within Dreams, out of 5.

Picture coming soon!

Illustration by Alex Langley. Rocket Llama World Headquarters.

This is the Action Flick Chick, and you’ve just been kicked in the ass!

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Wired Interviews the Action Flick Chick: Geek Culture’s 26 Most Awesome Female Ass-Kickers

Posted By Action Flick Chick on July 21, 2010

Hugh Hart of Wired.com interviews Action Flick Chick Katrina Hill’s about Wired’s choices for the “26 Most Awesome Female Ass-Kickers.” It’s just a quote from her today, but the full interview continues over the next couple of days. Please note that it’s Hugh who calls Angelina Jolie the most compelling ass-kicking heroine. While she ranks Angelina way up there, Katrina has someone else she’d rank #1.

From Wired:

Angelina Jolie extends her reputation as filmdom’s most compelling ass-kicker, Female Division, when Salt opens Friday. Midway through a summer freighted with testosterone, Jolie’s lithe Agent Salt is a potent reminder of the power of feminine fighters.

A minority presence in sci-fi and action realms even in 2010, women warriors remain the exception to the guy-centric rule in film, TV, videogames and comic books. But that’s changing, according to Action Flick Chick blogger Katrina Hill, who moderates the “Where Are the Action Chicks?” panel Friday at San Diego’s Comic-Con International.

“Compare the original Predator to this summer’s Predators,” she said… (continued at Wired).

Full interview at Wired.com: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/07/action-chick-looks-at-comic-cons-geek-girl-phenomenon/

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Girls’ Guide to Comic-Con with Ninja Tricks – L.A. Times Article by Geek Girls United

Posted By Geek Girls United! on July 20, 2010

Check out our L.A. Times article!

There’s a common misconception, especially in the outsider-media coverage, that female fans are “only going” to Comic-Con to scream for the famous men — we can’t simply be geeks because, well, we’re female. As you can imagine, it’s easy to feel slighted when confronted with that mindset and, for many ladies, the automatic response has been to pull out some arcane trivia to assert true geek cred or somehow downplay our femininity. “Oh my gosh, don’t see me as a girl, see me as a geek…” (continued)

Click here to proceed to full article: COMIC-CON 2010: San Diego insiders share their survival tips (and ninja tricks)

Authors:
Amanda Schuckman (@eruditechick) AllThingsFanGirl.com
Elisabeth Rappe (@ElisabethRappe) Cinematical.com
Jill Pantozzi (@thenerdybird) TheNerdyBird.com
Katrina Hill (@actionchick) ActionFlickChick.com
Kristin Rielly (@geekgirls) GeekGirlsNetwork.com
LoquaciousMuse (@loquaciousmuse) AllThingsFanGirl.com
Geek Girl Diva (@geekgirldiva) GeekGirlDiva.EntertainmentEarth.com

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Our “Where Are the Action Chicks?” Comic-Con Panel Lost Luci and Gained Goddess Glory

Posted By Llama Mama on July 20, 2010

Friday at Comic-Con, Katrina will be in charge of the “Where Are the Action Chicks?” panel discussing the shortage of action heroines in comic books and movies – with a whole lot of cool people we’ve mentioned here a couple of times, like J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5 TV series, Wonder Woman comic book), Cindy Morgan (Caddyshack, TRON), and more. Ah, but not Luci Romberg. We already knew the erratic nature of stuntwoman Luci’s work meant a job could pop up at any time and keep her from coming to Comic-Con. That’s exactly what happened. Luci’s such a dear, she promised to make up for it by talking to us about her work on Green Lantern and other goodies later this summer.

And stepping into her place, courtesy of our friends at Official Pix, will be actress Clare Kramer who kicked Buffy’s ass repeatedly as the self-absorbed goddess Glory Glorificus a.k.a. “That Which Cannot Be Named” or “The Beast” when she wasn’t turning into a guy named Ben during season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (you know, the season when Buffy got a sister, Dawn, who’d never been mentioned before).

Buffy vs. Glory - BtVS Season 5

Buffy vs. Glory - BtVS Season 5

Thanks, Arturo (@aboynamedart) and MarQ (@swiv) respectively of the “Hour 42″ and “Somewhere in Vegas” podcasts for helping Katrina find this video. Incidentally, MarQ interviewed actress Cindy Morgan about our panel and much more just yesterday on Somewhere on “Somewhere in Vegas”.

See also:
* Geek Girls Conquer San Diego Comic-Con International - Do We Ever!
* Our Comic-Con Panel! Where Are the Action Chicks?
* Rocket Llama Crew at San Diego Comic-Con 2010: Digital Comics, Action Chicks, Batman’s Empty Next, & More
* How do Convention Experiences Differ for Women and Men?

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Mini Review: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)

Posted By Action Flick Chick on July 19, 2010

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice starts off making Balthazar (Nicholas Cage) look like a creepy pedophile. Good job guys! Don’t worry folks, this is not that kind of movie, and Balthazar mostly shakes off the creepy vibe pretty quickly.

Balthazar is a really old sorcerer who has spent many years looking for “the one.” Only this time he isn’t looking for a mate, he’s looking for the Prime Merlinian, the only person to inherit Merlin’s magical powers and is capable of stopping the ultimate evil sorcerer, Morgana. That so-called Prime Merlinian happens to be Dave (Jay Baruchel), a geeky, clumsy college student. Thus, Dave becomes the sorcerer’s apprentice to learn how to use his powers to save the world.

The film is rated PG. That’s the biggest problem for this Action Chick, but I recognize that not every film can be or needs to be rated R. As an action film, it’s pretty friggin’ tame. It does have some great special effects, though; They didn’t come off as too cheesy or too fake, so kudos on that part. There were a lot of attempts at ‘humor’ and ‘character growth’ a.k.a blah, blah, blah. This film would be heaven for anyone looking for a family movie that isn’t about animated talking/dancing animals. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice did a passable job as an action film and salute to Fantasia.

Time Action Starts: ~ 11 minutes

Action Rating: 2 ½ Mops, out of 5.

This is the Action Flick Chick, and you’ve just been kicked in the ass!

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