ActionFest 2011 Awards!

Action Flick Chick | April 11, 2011

ActionFest 2011 has officially come to an end. This was only the second year of the Asheville film festival but it brought forth some great action movies and guests! Every year the festival gives out action awards to recognize the films that are forgotten by the rest of the award ceremonies. Five jury members were [...]

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Which Iconic Film Characters Should Fight Zombies?

Action Flick Chick | September 10, 2010

Zombieland: Smile for the camera!

Cracked.com has posted some smart and interesting analyses of important issues related to your survival during the zombie apocalypse – like the scientific reasons why a zombie outbreak could occur, how a viral-based zombie outbreak would not spread too rapidly, and which zombie combat maneuvers will probably just get you killed. One recent article looked at how [...]

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The Making of VH1’s Scream Queens 2: The Screaming Resumes!

Llama Mama | August 3, 2010

During Katrina’s super secret trip to L.A. for her super secret Next Woman of the Web photo shoot, she paid a super secret visit to the set of VH1’s Scream Queens 2, the competition in which 10 actresses compete to win a role in Saw VII, a.k.a. Saw 3-D, which happens to include her friend Sean Patrick Flanery (Young Indiana [...]

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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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Our Comic-Con Panel! Where Are the Action Chicks?

Action Flick Chick | July 9, 2010

At last! Comic-Con is posting their schedule later than ever this year, although no later than they’d said they would. We finally get to post the complete information about our “Where Are the Action Chicks?” panel. Bringing together a number of online friends and several others I look forward to meeting, I’ll lead a discussion on [...]

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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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May Mega Mayhem: 31 Games in 31 Days Plus the Month’s Movies and More

Llama Mama | June 1, 2010

Hurray, hurray, back on the first day of May, the Action Flick Chick started May Mega Mayhem that day:
You might be wondering, “What’s this chick up to?” Well, folks, in the month of May I’m going to play one game a day, every day, for at least 31 minutes. To commemorate this month of MAY [...]

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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. [...]

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