Interview with Ashley Eckstein at Star Wars Fan Days!

Action Flick Chick | October 27, 2011

Writer Kimmie Britt  caught up with Ashley Eckstein at Star Wars Fan Days and was nice enough to write about her experience for Action Flick Chick. Check it out!
Guest post by: Kimmie Britt
Autograph booths have been really hit-or-miss lately. The more conventions I stop in at, the more I see ridiculously overpriced signs with bored [...]

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You’re No Geek!

Action Flick Chick | June 9, 2011

What a horrible thing to say! And yet…even if it shouldn’t, even if it’s utterly unfair, something comes to mind. Doesn’t it?

You’re not really a geek if you’ve never _____________.
Answers on twitter:

ashmeaboutit: gone to a midnight release of a Harry Potter book. lol.

BKLYNPaula: memorized the lines to Neverending Story …borticusmaximus: … seen Han shoot first.
BunniculaGirl: [...]

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Interview: Danielle Nicolet (Syfy’s Red Faction: Origins, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

Action Flick Chick | June 4, 2011

Tonight Syfy premieres the original motion picture Red Faction: Origins, a feature-length television series pilot based on the popular Red Faction video game franchise. The movie stars Brian J. Smith as Jake Mason and Robert Patrick as Alec Mason, the main protagonist of Red Faction: Guerilla. The film takes place between Red Faction: Guerilla and [...]

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BleedFest Film Festival: Celebrating the Women Who Make Indie Genre Movies

Action Flick Chick | November 28, 2010

Press release from my friends at BleedFest:
Monthly Genre celebration BLEEDFEST FILM FESTIVAL relaunches in Los Angeles
December 5th, 2010*
After an auspicious first event July 18th, 2010, the original plan for
BleedFest Film Festival to occur quarterly has expanded to the more daunting
and ambitious task of monthly screenings of genre films by female
filmmakers. Says co-founder Elisabeth Fies, “the [...]

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Coming Attraction: Drive Angry (2011)

Action Flick Chick | October 21, 2010

Nicolas Cage is being chased by the Devil’s right hand man! Again! No, it’s not a Ghost Rider sequel, it’s Drive Angry. Milton (Cage) busts out of Hell in order to save his baby granddaughter from a cult that has already killed his daughter. In the meantime, Satan wants Milton back, so he sends a [...]

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Webseries: Universal Dead Starring Doug Jones, D. B. Sweeney, Gary Graham Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture – in 3-D!

Action Flick Chick | October 7, 2010

Left: Action Flick Chick Katrina Hill. Right: Universal Dead

Universal Dead turned out to be one of the highlights at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, where Paramount Pictures announced that it would be the first webseries to become a full-length major motion picture. Writer/producer Kelly Parks told me that he and director/producer Vernon Mortensen have been busy in pre-production for the 3-D feature [...]

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Interview: G33K & G4M3R GIRLS (Geek and Gamer Girls Video) 1 Week, 1 Million Views

Action Flick Chick | September 17, 2010

In its first week, Team Unicorn’s ”G33k & G4m3r Girls” (a.k.a. the ”Geek and Gamer Girls Song”) has racked up a million views at Break.com. Their parody of Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” celebrates the fact that women can be into comic books, anime, manga, sci-fi, fantasy, tech, all kinds of gaming, and so many other nerdy delights.
Team Unicorn features Michele Boyd, Clare [...]

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Geek Girls Conquer San Diego Comic-Con 2010 – Do We Ever!

Action Flick Chick | July 12, 2010

This year, geek girls are conquering San Diego Comic-Con International. Look at all the awesome things we’re up to.
THURSDAY, JULY 22
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 [...]

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