Author: Mary Anne Butler

Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

The official cast has been announced for the upcoming film Suicide Squad.  Based on the long running DC Comics title, this film will center around the new 52 team featuring characters such as Deadshot, The Joker, and fan favorite Harley Quinn.  Variety confirmed just a few minutes ago that we now have our Joker. Long rumored […]

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It looks like Sony Pictures will be holding a massive press conference on Thursday, and the subject will be none other than Bond, James Bond.  While not much is known conclusively about the upcoming yet unnamed ‘Bond 24’, we do know that Daniel Craig will be back as the MI6 agent. The press conference will […]

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Did you know the short teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has accumulated 40 million views in 3 days?  That is unprecedented, the only thing that comes close is the official trailer for Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron.  Oddly enough, it appears we’ll get the full Star Wars VII trailer when Ultron hits theaters on May 1st, 2015. […]

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Ok how about a brand new 21+ holiday tradition we can all get behind, A WHISKY ADVENT CALENDAR? For the practical around the house geek, we have a selection of nerdy bathrobes from ThinkGeek.  (Personally I like the Harley Quinn one.) Or you could pre-order Battlestar Galactica: The Remastered Collection [Blu-ray]   For the Dark […]

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Reshoots for a big budget movie are not a new thing, and we shouldn’t be concerned that Joss Whedon is getting the team back together for some Avengers 2: Age of Ultron reshoots in January.  The most INTERESTING part about this news is the ongoing rumor that Captain Marvel will make her appearance. The most well […]

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We’ve been waiting for this announcement for awhile now, and I’m happy to report that Warner Brothers has chosen a worthy woman to helm their 2017  Wonder Woman film. Emmy winning director Michelle MacLaren (The X-Files, Game Of Thrones, Breaking Bad) has been named as the lady to take on the direction of the Gal Gadot […]

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It looks like we know who will be taking on the X-Men team in Bryan Singer’s 2016 X-men: Apocalypse; it’s Oscar Isaac. This casting has been confirmed by Variety.  Series director Singer also suggested that the storyline of the film set in the 1980s, could very well have new actors portraying younger versions of the main team […]

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While most of you probably won’t see the newest chapter in the Hunger Games film franchise til next week, we thought that maybe, to help calm that stirred blood (thanks Katniss), some nice calming tea would help.  We thought CheshireCourt‘s President Snow’s Capitol Tea blend would be just the thing to share with you guys to […]

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