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.

Earlier today our EIC (Editor-In-Chief) posted her review of the first year of the newest destination convention HawaiiCon.  She even mentioned some of the fantastic guests, one of which being epic-level-cosplayer Bellechere. New England based Bellechere has been costuming for 12+ years, and continues to be one of the nicest ladies in fandom.  You can […]

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We’d talked a lot this year about this crazy awesome first year event gearing up on the Big Island of Hawai’i, and I have to tell you, the convention didn’t disappoint.  I’ve been on staff now for a few different events of various sizes and professionalism, and I have to say, for a first year […]

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For whatever reason, movie houses and television networks cannot get enough superhero action right now.  But in a move that has surprised most followers of the “bring more solo female heroes to the screen”, the bid for the new Supergirl series went to CBS. Supergirl Kara Zor-El is the cousin of the Last Son of Krypton […]

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Right from TGS (Tokyo Game Show), we have the first trailer of the upcoming “Silent Hills” game. “We talked about concepts and tools at his headquarters in Tokyo,” said Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro.  “Then he sent his first version of the playable teaser. I saw it loved it. We then… exchanged ideas and […]

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Cameras will FINALLY start rolling on Sept. 24 for the long awaited film adaptation of the novel “Pride And Prejudice And Zombies”.  Matt Smith is just the latest name added to the cast, which so far includes Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston,Bella Heathcote and Douglas Booth. The basic gist of the story is one […]

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It looks like DC Comics titles are doing pretty well in the realm of TV thus far.  From Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, and even Lucifer, the next step is of COURSE new animated content. It looks like Machinima has just picked up exclusive rights for a new 3 part animated series based on “Justice League: Gods And Monsters”, […]

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New York Fashion Week has brought us something fantastic, and I’m not talking some new wonderful cutting edge design on the runway… Well, maybe.  It looks like we’re FINALLY getting a sequel to that fantastic MTV-funded movie, Zoolander, and that Will Ferrell will be returning as Mugatu.  Ferrell even said there is a readthrough of […]

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We love Jeff Goldblum in just about anything.  He was an amazing Devil in Mr. Frost, vampire lover (because Geena Davis) in Transylvania 6-5000, whatever he is in any Wes Anderson film, and of course most recently, wedding photo participant. And now, we can add singalong leader to this list.  On a recent appearnce on Late Night With Seth […]

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While we still can’t figure out why there are arrows pointing to two of the most recognizable spaceships in all of cinema…. We do have this awesome aerial shot showing the Millenium Falcon and probably Luke’s X-Wing being worked on somewhere in London.  This makes me giddy, because PRACTICAL EFFECTS FTW.

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