Mission: Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol (2012) Review!

Action Flick Chick | February 2, 2012

I hope Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has good car insurance because he’s going to need all the help he can get after Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol. Seems like every time the dude steps foot in a car it wrecks and/or blows up. Maybe he’s saved so much with Geico he just doesn’t care!
MI 4’s story [...]

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Fall 2011 Television Lineup! What are you Looking Forward to?

Action Flick Chick | September 13, 2011

The fall season will be upon us shortly and that means the television networks will also be airing their new shows! You can expect to see some favorites from Lost and Buffy herself (Sarah Michelle Gellar) this time. There are also a number of shows featuring women as the main characters, some of which are [...]

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

Action Flick Chick | 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 [...]

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Which Movie Villains Died Too Easily?

Action Flick Chick | June 12, 2010

Darth Vader, art by Alex Langley.

Following up on her previous topic, “Dumbest Movie Death,” the Action Flick Chick asked more specifically, “Which movie villains died too easily?” A few of the same names came up both times – especially names out of Star Wars.  
WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND!!!!!  
 Tanner Gibson: WHIPLASH! Geez, that was the biggest problem with Iron Man 2!  
 Ric Mulligan: Whiplash [...]

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Sci-Fi Expo 2010 – with Stars from Tron, Firefly, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, and More

Llama Mama | April 22, 2010

This weekend (April 24-25) our friends who run Dallas Comic-Con are holding their Sci-Fi Expo with special appearances by a nice variety of film entertainers and comic book creators.
Media guests:
Adam Baldwin (Firefly, Serenity, Chuck)
Jaime King (Clone Wars, Scream Queens)
Mira Furlan (Lost, Babylon 5)
Bruce Boxleitner (Tron, Babylon 5, Heroes)
Cindy Morgan (Tron, Caddyshack)
Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica)
Kate Vernon (Battlestar Galactica, [...]

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SDCC: Women Who Kick Ass!

Action Flick Chick | July 31, 2009

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Sigourney Weaver, Eliza Dushku, Zoe Saldana, and Elizabeth Mitchell. What do all these names have in common? They’re all women who kick a lot of ass! And I was super pumped to be at this panel during Comic-Con 2009. All of these women have set good examples for women everywhere by playing strong female roles in movies or TV shows, and done quite nicely showing Hollywood that women have what it takes to “run with the big dogs” and basically kick a lot ass along the way.

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