by James Lindorf While at Emerald City Comic Con earlier this month I had the pleasure of speaking with Daniel Barnes and D.J. Kirkland, the author and illustrator of the upcoming graphic novel Black Mage from Oni Press. Thanks to the "Magical Minority Initiative,"...
Cast: Eliza Coupe, Steve Howey, Bob Stephenson, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Ed Begley Jr, and the late Glenne Headly Katie and John Kelly (Eliza Coupe and Steve Howey) are ready to settle down and have kids but five years later, all they have to show for their efforts is a...
By James Lindorf Saturday March 23rd attendees to the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) were treated to an advance screening of AMC’s Into the Badlands. The show returns from a break with a special episode at 10pm est on Sunday the 24th before another new...
By Preston Barta EXTRA ORDINARY Not rated, 94 minutes. Director(s): Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman Cast: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte, Claudia O'Doherty, Jamie Beamish and Terri Chandler AUSTIN – EXTRA ORDINARY, written and directed by newcomers Mike Ahern and...
By Preston Barta After the firestorm of success that was A STAR IS BORN, dramas about music have been sprouting up more and more it seems. The Scottish film WILD ROSE, about a young and talented musician from Glasgow (the riveting Jessie Buckley) who chases her dreams...
Born in the Bay Area and now living in the Big Easy, I consider both to be home. Along the way I went to school, worked a few jobs and learned a thing or two. Throughout it all, I wrote. Never studied writing, it's just a hobby that grew into a passion. A dozen books...
Via Preston Barta AUSTIN – Friday saw the world premiere of Jordan Peele’s much-anticipated follow-up to GET OUT, titled US. We were there on the red carpet at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX, to talk to writer-director Jordan Peele, star Shahadi...
Susan Meissner is a multi-published author, speaker and writing workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her novels include A Bridge Across the Ocean; Secrets of Charmed Life, a Goodreads finalist for Best Historical Fiction 2015; and A Fall of...
Dan Stout lives in Columbus, Ohio, where he writes about fever dreams and half-glimpsed shapes in the shadows. His prize-winning fiction draws on his travels throughout Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Rim, as well as an employment history spanning everything from...
A sixth-generation native Texan, New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn grew up in San Antonio where she met her college sweetheart. She married him on her graduation day and went on to teach high school English and history. During summer vacation at the...