http://actionflickchick.com/superaction Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:34:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/cinematic-sedatives/ http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/cinematic-sedatives/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:05:07 +0000 Action Flick Chick http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/?p=17759 Friends assure me I’ve watched the movie Elektra – tried to watch it anyway. Apparently I turned it on and the thing put me to sleep. Twice. ActionChick Movie most memorable for having put you to sleep? The power of ZZZZZ…. Answers on Facebook: Autograph Hound: Believe it or not, The Godfather. And I love James Caan. Branden Drew: [...]

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]]> http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/the-phantom-menace-3d/feed/ 3 http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/interview-with-ashley-eckstein-at-star-wars-fan-days/ http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/interview-with-ashley-eckstein-at-star-wars-fan-days/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:20:58 +0000 Action Flick Chick http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/?p=17140 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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]]> http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/torture-nerds/feed/ 3 http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/fff-fake-fangirl-mtv-geek-1/ http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/fff-fake-fangirl-mtv-geek-1/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:51:48 +0000 Action Flick Chick http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/?p=16335 Look who’s writing for MTV. MTV Geek, that is. MTV Geek is “the home of MTV Comics and your daily destination for the latest in comic books, games, animation, toys, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, technology and more.” It has previews, sneak peeks, behind the scenes videos, and event coverage, plus MTV original comics. [...]

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]]> http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/fff-miss-usa-alyssa-campanella/feed/ 18 http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/youre-no-geek/ http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/youre-no-geek/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:59:46 +0000 Action Flick Chick http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/?p=16032 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: [...]

]]> http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/youre-no-geek/feed/ 5 http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/killer-robots-terminator-vs-robocop/ http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/killer-robots-terminator-vs-robocop/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 04:59:42 +0000 Llama Mama http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/?p=15917 Monday, Memorial Day, the Science Channel debuts Killer Robots hosted by MythBusters‘ Grant Imahara. More on that soon. First, though, the program inspired this question, and one question leads to another. ActionChick: Which robots would you like to see fight each other? cybeam1: @Shadowbat @ActionChick Twiki!!! David_Hahn: David from A.I. up against a Matrix sentinal. #rockemsockemrobots edibleeats: hmm johnny [...]

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]]> http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/texas-frightmare-weekend-robert-englund-hams-it-up/feed/ 3 http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/most-boring-movie-entirely/ http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/most-boring-movie-entirely/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:59:58 +0000 Llama Mama http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/?p=15442 ActionChick: Most BORING movie you watched entirely? And stayed awake! Answers on Facebook: Alexander Wolfe: Thin Red Line. Shouldn’t have gone to the midnight showing of it either… Brian Knox: Gone With the Wind. Scarlett O’Hara was a self-centered bitch! “Frankly, Scarlett, I don’t give a RAT’S ASS!” Charles Quevedo: ‎”Gerry” (starring Matt Damon & Casey Affleck). The first [...]

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