Event Reviews
All the conventions, festivals and other exhausting live events you can shake a camera at.
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SDAFF 2025 : The Rose Come Back to Me
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2025 An in-depth documentary chronicling the rise of The Rose, from a group busking in the South Korean streets, to a global Indie band sensation. Movie Moxie is a Blink, a big fan of the K-Pop girl group Blackpink, and other South Korean bands besides, but honestly I had only ever heard of The Rose in passing. There was a big scandal a few years ago involving one of The Rose members, which the film addresses, if briefly. But nothing prepared us for...
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Crunchyroll Anime Fan Fest 2025
Reviewed by Alicia Glass During the madness that descends when the biggest gathering of nerds, geeks and all things fan-atics takes places towards the end of sweltering July here in too-sunny San Diego for Comic-Con, anime distributor powerhouse Crunchyroll...
SDCC 2025 : Aztec Batman Clash of Empires
Reviewed by Alicia Glass A young Aztec boy encounters tragedy when Spanish Conquistadors murder his father, the tribe leader, and escapes to Tenochitlan to warn King Moctezuma, while learning to embrace his warrior destiny as Batman! Welcome home, fans of...
SDAFF Spring Showcase 2025 : I am a Ghost 10th Anniversary Remaster
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Way back in the, it seems like now, far-off year of 2012, I attended a showing of H.P. Mendoza’s I Am A Ghost at the San Diego Asian Film Festival of that year. I was absolutely blown away, as was the audience, and you can still read my...


