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 of villain as [...]
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 Square” [...]
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 money for his [...]
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 for season two, [...]
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 the [...]
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 being [...]
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 a surprise appearance [...]
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 everyone’s minds when Bravo introduced [...]
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 their brief [...]
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 the premiere of [...]
