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.

Guest Review: “Godzilla”

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(Editor’s note:  We’ve been REALLY looking forward to this movie.  We’ve posted about it, a lot. There was this one, this one, and my two favorites, this one and this one.  Our guest reviewer did a bang up job of not dropping spoilers.  But really.  IT’S GODDAMN GODZILLA, you know there’ll be a giant monster […]

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Most Amazing Pacific Rim Cosplay

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So first and foremost, PACIFIC RIM  WAS AN AMAZING MOVIE.  I wasn’t expecting to like it, but I left the theater elated and thoroughly entertained.  And like anything with a following, cosplay happens!  Here are some of our favorites: This is my friend Lady Sheppard in her rule 63 Hannibelle Chau costume based on a piece […]

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First Look: Branagh’s Cinderella Teaser

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We love Kenneth Branagh.  A lot.  Whether it’s his mastery of all things Shakespeare, his take on Thor, Frankenstein, or Gilderoy Lockheart, he is a character unlike anyother.  His newest film should be interesting. A live action version of the Disney classic, Cinderella set to open in March of 2015.  Here is the first official teaser trailer for it:

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Godzilla+Pacific Rim= Crossover?

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This is all taken from an interview over on Collider with Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull, where he talks the brand new Godzilla which opens worldwide on Friday and the possibility of it and Pacific Rim SOMEDAY crossing over. Why do you think audiences now like monster movies even though they have been out of fashion for so long? […]

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UPDATE: Star Trek Axanar

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When you hear the term “fan film’, admittedly there is a measure of dubious skepticism that happens.  That is NOT the case with Star Trek: Axanar.  I say this because I was lucky enough to spend a day on set while filming for the Prelude to Axanar was happening, and I cannot begin to adequately sing the […]

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“Space Oddity” From Space

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Since the music license for David Bowie’s classic “Space Oddity” was only good for a year (and that year is up tonight at midnight), today is the last day to enjoy Commander Chris Hadfield floating far above the world from the ISS:

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First Look at Ben Affleck as Batman

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Yesterday we were treated to a shot of the tail end of Zack Snyder’s new Batmobile for his upcoming Man Of Steel sequel, Batman vs Superman. But now, NOW my friends, we have a torso shot of the Batfleck. Zoomed in and lightened Versions thanks to Adam Jay of Superhero Photography  

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