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

Llama Mama | 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 [...]

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 [...]

Action Chick vs. Brain Waves – IN COLOR!

Action Flick Chick | June 30, 2010

Action Chick vs. Brain Waves

Action Flick Chick | June 23, 2010

Back story:
* “Action Chick Avatar” (the first Action Chick comic)

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 [...]

Dumbest Movie Death?

Llama Mama | May 27, 2010

On Facebook and twitter, the Action Flick Chick raised a simple topic, “Dumbest Movie Death?” Two answers quickly emerged above all others.
SPOILERS ABOUND! Consider yourself warned.
Arturo R. Garcia: Cheap ticket prices?
David Frederick: Wash, in “Serenity”.
Tanner Gibson: The mechanic’s death in The Final Destination. Did they guy not have a rib cage?!
Greg [...]

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, [...]

WonderCon 2010: The Way of the Monkey Jedi

Action Flick Chick | April 3, 2010

Manuel Yoro, @monkeyjedi on twitter, got this shirt printed in order to pimp some favorite websites at WonderCon in San Francisco, California, this weekend. 
Manuel, who created this shirt unbenownst to any of us and wore it at WonderCon, is  co-founder of Someone Else’s Clothes  (VISIT IT!)  as well as ”Writer. Director. Sometime actor. Blogger. Monkey. Jedi.” Read [...]

Which Star Wars Film Makes the Best Action Movie? (thanks to David Reddick, Nathan Hamill, and all who took part)

Llama Mama | March 28, 2010

Not so long ago in a twitpic not too far away, Nathan Hamill introduced the first of several Star Wars/Action Flick Chick mash-ups. When @ActionChick commented on a different pic he’d put together (see “J2-H2″) featuring a droid-headed Jabba the Hut and Princess Leia in her famous “brass bikini,” Nathan turned around and created her the image that fulfilled many [...]

Chick Hits Winter 2009-2010

Llama Mama | March 25, 2010

The equinox struck and it was cold. As spring arrived, winter fired its parting shot by hurling a ton of snow at our Chick. Here are the posts downloaded most often from here this winter. Some extremely popular newer items don’t appear simply because they’ve not had as long to build up their hit counts. [...]

Armored DVD Release – Who Would YOU Rob?

Action Flick Chick | March 12, 2010

The heist movie Armored comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray next Tuesday the 16th. Between now and then, while I’m in Austin for SXSW (the South By SouthWest film festival), I’d like to know who you would rob if you were pulling off a heist. And for a little added incentive to tempt you toward the [...]

Movies That Gave You Childhood Nightmares

Llama Mama | February 26, 2010

After @JLoSH (of http://www.juniorleagueofsuperheroes.com, a webseries worth watching) told our heroine on twitter that “Child’s Play gave me mucho nightmares as a child,” the Action Flick Chick then asked everyone about that.
@actionchick: A topic to sleep on: What movie gave you childhood nightmares?
Recurring theme #3 – scary clowns: Peewee’s Big Adventure, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Poltergeist, and Stephen [...]

Chick Hits 2009 – Read!

Action Flick Chick | December 30, 2009

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Despite the popularity of some of the more recent content, it generally hasn’t had as much time to accumulate hits and make these lists. In honor of the year’s most popular item, the Action Flick Chick’s review of Troy Duffy’s 1999 film The Boondock Saints, we’re giving away posters and actual film props from its [...]

Dances with Avatar: Star Wars, Pocahontas, FernGully Movie Mash-Ups

Action Flick Chick | December 21, 2009

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So if you recast Avatar’s Smurfs with The Return of the Jedi’s Ewoks, is this what you get?

Star Wars isn’t the only film or film series Avatar is finding itself compared to. How about Walt Disney’s Pocahontas?

Or, as I note in my review, I kept feeling like I was watching Fern Gully: The Last Rain [...]