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Saturday Morning Edition by Joel Champagne The downside to having such wonderful sleeping conditions (thanks to the amazing generosity of the Smiths) is that when you have to get up early, it makes it that much harder. However, the lines are long and pitiless, bowing to no man, regardless of press credentials. I manage to […]

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Kick-Ass the Movie by Jason Helms I’ll admit, though I’ve been reading Kick-Ass the comic for more than a year now, I wasn’t expecting much from the movie. The comic, by superstars Mark Millar (Wanted) and John Romita Jr. (X-Men, Spider-Man, the Eternals, Wolverine) — son of the legendary John Romita — was overhyped to […]

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Arrival by Joel Champagne When the freeway is too slow, RedFence provides alternate means of transportation. The Con seems different this year. Maybe it’s the four hours we spent in traffic to get here; maybe it’s the fact that it’s no longer all new to me. Of course, it might be the ravening hordes of […]

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus by Ben Helms Possibly more infamous for being Heath Ledger’s last film than Terry Gilliam’s latest, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus looks like it might live up to the hype of both. Writer/director Terry Gilliam and actor Verne Troyer showed up to promote the film as well as take Q&A […]

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Pandorum by Ben Helms After three hours of fighting crowds of 5,000 fanboys and fangirls (intermittently chanting, “So say we all!” and “I’m king of the world!”), we were corralled into the illustrious Hall H to witness the lore and wonder of many soon-to-be blockbusters. Out walked producer Paul Anderson (Resident Evil, Death Race) to […]

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Twilight vs. Avatar by Jason Helms RedFence informants suffered monstrous lines Thursday night only to be blocked out of the Avatar screening by an enormous crowd of Twilight fans. For those of you who don’t know, Avatar is the upcoming 3-D live-action film from James Cameron, the director of Aliens, The Terminator, and The Abyss. […]

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The intent to make videos with some hope of “going viral” may be entirely transparent, but for once the attempt was not also completely insulting. These ads are actually goofy, engaging, and maybe even worth Stumbling.

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Collision by Titus Gee A surprising number of thoughts played through my mind as I slid down the freeway on my backside. The first couple fell outside the usual decency standards of RedFence content. In the words of Hagar the Horrible: #$%$ &$%# and @#*&-ing, @#*&-ing, %#$& I also had time to think about the […]

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A pick from guest blogger James Roland. Also catch a glimpse of RF contributor Sarah Carman debuting her soon-to-be-famous scream of terror. Fan-Made Trailer for A Nightmare on Elm Street What happens when you love horror films, find out a major production company is remaking the ’80s classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, and you […]

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