Author: Mary Anne Butler

Mary Anne Butler (Mab) has been part of the fast-paced world of journalism since she was 15, getting her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (where she is still Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (where she was News Editor), and now Nerdbot as Editor-In-Chief. Over the past 10 years, she’s built a reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band with an international presence. Though she be but little, she is fierce.

We are delighted to share this trailer for the upcoming third season of “Cobra Kai,” which hit the news wires this morning. For a show no one thought they wanted that premiered on YouTube of all places, this “The Karate Kid” continuation has certainly found it’s legs. Ralph Macchio stars as Daniel LaRusso, William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence, Courtney Henggeler as Daniel’s wife Amanda LaRusso, Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz, Tanner Buchanan as Robby Keene, Mary Mouser as Samantha LaRusso, Jacob Bertrand as Hawk, Gianni Decenzo as Demetri, Martin Kove as John Kreese, and Peyton List as Tory. COBRA KAI…

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While we’re still kind of miffed an addtional season of “Hannibal” still isn’t happening anytime soon, we are delighted that CBS’s upcoming “The Silence of the Lambs” offshoot series all about our favorite FBI agent, Clarice Starling, is looking pretty promising. The first teaser was released earlier today, and it’s got some beautiful iconography going on that’ll no doubt interest fans of the Thomas Harris literary character being brought to the small screen. This show is set to follow Agent Clarice Starling (played by Rebecca Breeds) one year after her encounter with Jame Gumb, aka Buffalo Bill, the central villain…

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This just in- sounds like Alfred Molina’s amazing portrayal of Marvel Comics baddie Otto Octavious (aka Doc Ock) will be joining the stacked cast of returning “Spider-Man” characters in the third Tom Holland-starring film! Variety, THR, all the usual outlets confirmed this news, and we’ll let you know what else we hear about it.

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We’ve been WAITING impatiently to share officially released images from Disney+ series “Hawkeye,” which is filming right now. Thankfully, Jeremy Renner shared a photo featuring his co-star(s) Hailee Steinfeld, who is playing hero Kate Bishop, and the pooch playing Lucky the Pizza Dog! Lucky the Pizza Dog first appeared in Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye comics run, and we are absolutely delighted to see him included in the Disney+ series. Renner is reprising his role of Clint Barton, aka Avengers member Hawkeye. He’s training young Kate Bishop, played by Steinfeld, who takes over the mantle of Hawkeye in the comics (and we’re assuming in…

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Taika Waititi is one of our favorite filmmakers, and anytime he releases a new project, we’re immediately interested. Cue “Lucid Odyssey,” a short 3 and a half minute film Waititi did for Microsoft’s next gen console, the Xbox Series X. Welcome to the dreams of MoonLiteWolf—all powered by her experience playing the Xbox Series X. This epic, dream-fueled journey will take you from the depths of her lucid imagination into the outskirts of space, with plenty of twists along the way. To make this film, Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi used real dreams MoonLiteWolf had after playing the Xbox Series X.…

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We are absolutely delighted to bring you this bit of music (and film) trivia that contains two of our favorite things- “Wayne’s World” and Queen. Arguably one of the most iconic uses of a song in a film, the classic driving sing along “Bohemian Rhapsody” moment continues to be multi-generational delight and right of passage. As it turns out, it’s also a moment that the legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury was rather fond of.This information was shared by Queen’s guitarist Brian May during the most recent episode of Josh Gad’s YouTube series “Reunited Apart,” all about the 90s comedy classic,…

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For what ever reason, Lifetime has teamed up with KFC (yes, Kentucky Fried Chicken KFC) to produce a short romance film starring Mario Lopez as Colonel Sanders. Described as “full of mystery, suspense, deception, ‘fowl’ play and at the heart of it all, love and fried chicken,” “A Recipe for Seduction” is a 15-minute short film starring Lopez as Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of the restaurant chain. A young heiress whose mother has handpicked a suitor for her, gets involved in a steamy love affair with the Colonel. “But when a handsome, young chef with a secret fried chicken…

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Leave it to “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker to bring the perfect darkly twisted mockumentary about 2020 to Netflix. The very first teaser trailer for the upcoming project pretty much sums up this very “The Twilight Zone” year. “2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn’t make it up… but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a little something to add. Death to 2020 is a comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is? This landmark documentary-style special weaves together some of the…

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Just as we were getting comfortable with the idea of FINALLY getting to see Legendary and Warner Bros. Pictures “Dune” reboot at some point, things are getting messy. If you’ll recall, the entertainment world was stunned when last week, Warner Bros. announced plans to release their upcoming 2021 movie slate on streaming service HBO Max the same day each film was set to ‘release in theaters.’ We’re not sure if that’s cockeyed optimism, or outright refusal to accept the ongoing state of the world, honestly. Either way, we were very excited to see that Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” was included in…

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