Event Reviews
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Wondercon 2026 : Aliens 40th Anniversary Panel
The panel was officially called “Aliens 40: The 40th Anniversary of One of the Best Sequels Ever Made”, and the movie may very well be exactly that. After the incredibly commanding presence of the first Alien film, it would take a hell of a lot more of just everything, for a sequel to follow something that bold. And thus we have the movie Aliens, where our beloved Ripley and a bunch of colonial marines have to battle an alien queen and her offspring! The panel was moderated by...
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SDIFF 2025 : Rental Family
San Diego International Film Festival 2025 A struggling American actor living in Tokyo finds new purpose in a very different acting gig, as part of a “rental family” agency, where he plays stand-in roles for strangers. Brendan Fraser is a wonderful actor who...
SDIFF 2025 : Magic Hour
Reviewed by Alicia Glass San Diego International Film Festival 2025 As her suburban hell life falls apart when her cheating husband asks for a divorce and her scornful college-age daughter brooks no sympathy, Harriet decides to pursue her lifelong dream of...
SDIFF 2025 : Silent Rebellion (À bras-le-corps)
Reviewed by Alicia Glass San Diego International Film Festival 2025 Set in neutral Switzerland in 1943, the story of teenage servant girl Emma, and her private struggles inside her restrictive Protestant community. Despite the beautiful, wide sweeping...