Date: April 3, 2010 Location: Moscone Center South, San Francisco, CA Player(s): Sam Bayer, director; cast members Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, and Thomas Dekker Backstory: It’s been over 25 years since “A Nightmare on Elm Street” introduced a new horror icon to teen audiences. Freddy Kreuger represented a new kind [...]
By Sandra Kraisirideja “The Square” is a movie that cannot be condensed down to a simple, Hollywood narrative, which is not a bad thing, but it makes writing a review that much harder. Discussing elements of the story would also give away the movie’s surprises leaving not much to say in terms of what “The [...]
Date: April 15, 2010 Location: Telephone one-on-one Player(s): Allen Wolf, writer-director Backstory: Plenty of filmmakers max out credit cards to raise money for their film projects, but not many launch a board game company, like Allen Wolf did, to get the financing they need. Wolf, the writer-director of “In My Sleep,” spent five years raising [...]
Date: January 16, 2010 Location: The Langham Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, CA Player(s): Adam Scott (Henry Pollard) and producer; Ken Marino (Ron McDonald); Megan Mullally (Lydia Dunree); Ryan Hansen (Kyle DeBeers); Martin Starr (Roman DeBeers); Rob Thomas and John Enbom, creators and executive producers Backstory: The cast and creators of “Party Down” share what’s in store [...]
By Sandra Kraisirideja At any given time of day people receive a slew of advertising messages from their car radios, televisions, smart phones and computers. The ads that aren’t as obvious are the ones that come from co-workers, friends, neighbors and family members. Product recommendations from trusted sources are easier to buy into, especially when [...]
By Sandra Kraisirideja Kick-Ass, a regular guy-turned-superhero, is the latest comic book character to get his own movie. Both the comic book and the movie show what happens when an ordinary teenager decides to don a mask and costume to fight crime. Without superhuman powers and a bottomless bank account, however, Kick-Ass learns quickly that [...]
Date: April 3, 2010 Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA Player(s): John Romita Jr., Jane Goldman, Aaron Johnson, Clark Duke. Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Chloe Moretz. Backstory: On the second day of WonderCon the cast of “Kick-Ass” gathered before their late afternoon panel in a room behind . At the same time Christopher Nolan was making [...]
Date: January 10, 2010 Click HERE for the “9 By Design” panel Click HERE for the impromptu one-on-one with Bob and Cortney Novogratz Location: The Langham Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, CA Player(s): Bob and Cortney Novogratz, stars; Ken Druckerman, executive producer Backstory: Deteriorating relationships and bad parenting as seen on reality TV was still fresh on [...]
By Sandra Kraisirideja With the help of Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning successfully erases her persona as a sweet, innocent child actress with her portrayal of rock singer Cherie Currie in “The Runaways.” Stewart, who plays guitarist Joan Jett, also separates herself from the lovelorn Bella in the “Twilight” franchise and both actresses appear to relish [...]
Date: April 2, 2010 Location: AMC Metreon San Francisco Player(s): Ali Larter, Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson. Click HERE to listen to the introduction of the trailer and the audience Q & A that followed. Backstory: Friday night at WonderCon attendees had a choice between a TRON viral event at the Embarcadero or seeing [...]
