SXSW 2020 may have been canceled, but that doesn't mean some of the non-attendance stuff was as they still decided to give out its Gaming Awards. The coronavirus may have forced the event to not happen, but they can still give away awards to all those who were nominated and eventually won. Here's the complete […]
Midway Games was responsible for some of the best arcade games ever. NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat, and WWF Wrestlemania will always hold special places in my heart, as they will for many others. Many a day after school and on the weekends were spent pumping quarters into these games, and now that I know there […]
It looks like another March event has been canceled. Earlier today Reedpop announced that they would be canceling Emerald City Comic-Con and now another March event has canceled due to public health concerns. According to the official twitter account, South by Southwest 2020 has been canceled after at the recommendation of the city of Austin, […]
The organizers behind SXSW have announced the nominees for the 2020 SXSW Gaming Awards, which will be held during the festival. We have the full list of nominees for you below, who will be in attendance at the ceremony happening on March 15th at 7pm at the JW Marriott in downtown Austin. Aside from this […]
Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins have been making the movie The Show for at least ten years. It began life as a burlesque video that Mitch was making but got more elaborate as Alan Moore provided character, backstory, plot and dialogue, then spitting out five short films collectively dubbed Show Pieces, as well as the […]
Reggie Fils-Aimé still has some cool stuff to do even after leaving Nintendo as SXSW announced him as a keynote speaker for 2020's festival. The event announced that he will be joining a long list of speakers, including Kim Gordon and Robert Rodriguez, to speak during the event on a number of topics. You can […]
Pet Sematary held its premiere at SXSW last night, and the first reactions are pouring out from the screening. From the looks of things, we seem to have another great Stephen King adaptation on ours hands. There have been a lot of great Stephen King adaptations lately, but PET SEMATARY feels the most perfectly, specifically […]
Pet Sematary is a thrill ride that is bound to chill audiences to their bone. Closing the last night of the SXSW (South by Southwest) Film Festival, the film premier brought audiences to their feet in a well-deserved standing ovation. It's bloody, it's scary and brilliantly acted. However, we shouldn't overhype this too much. While […]
SEGA brought in a few surprises to SXSW's Gaming section this weekend as they showed off new materials for Team Sonic Racing. The reveal came during their annual "Gotta Go Fast: The Official Sonic the Hedgehog," panel, featuring Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka, Sr. Community Manager Aaron Webber, Director of Product Development Austin Keys, Sonic […]
The River and the Wall is a beautiful nature and travelogue documentary with a sharp political edge. Those things don't normally go together, but that is exactly the point as director Ben Masters attempts to show exactly how incongruous the idea of a 2,000 mile border wall is with the varied and gorgeous landscapes of […]
It's been a bit since we've heard anything about Noah Hawley's Doctor Doom film- a passion project the Fargo and Legion creator/head writer- about the Marvel Comics masked monarch of Latveria. Theories ranged from it being on hold til the Disney / Fox merger completes, to Hawley's tv schedule being a bit too busy to fit in the […]
YouTube Originals kicked SXSW audiences in the face with the premiere of the second season of original series Cobra Kai, as fans packed The Highball and were treated to the first two episodes of the new season, followed by an extensive Q&A with stars Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, and Martin Kove, and series creators/executive producers […]
Annie (Aidy Bryant) wants to have it all. But her ultra-demanding boss won't give her a shot at writing her first article and her boyfriend is more of a long-term booty call. While she knows she deserves better, her weight makes her self-conscious and thinks she has to settle. But some sage advice from a […]
In an excellent example of Karmic timing, Hulu has released the first official trailer and key art for comedian Ramy Youssef's new comedy Ramy. If the 10-episode, half-hour series sounds familiar then it should: Bleeding Cool's Andy Wilson had a chance to check out the show's SXSW panel this past weekend, and will have an […]
Greetings from Austin, Texas… and the 2019 South By Southwest Film Festival (SXSW)! This year, everyone is talking about television! After a hard first weekend of long lines, screenings, and lots of buzz, it's time to check in on all the crazy happenings… or at least everything I was able to get to (so far) […]
What if Neil Gaiman's Sandman finally got a feature film? Why hasn't it happened yet? What might the holdup be? During the Amazon Studios' series Good Omens panel at SXSW, Gaiman fielded a question about the possibility of an eventual feature film about The Sandman. Thanks to The Verge's Tasha Robinson on Twitter for the video: "The […]
A bunch of guys go on a road trip to get laid. It's been done, right? But making its world premier at SXSW, Come As You Are tells a beautiful, empathetic version of that otherwise tired, problematic story. Inspired by the true story of Asta Philpot (who also appears in the film), three guys with […]
Marvel Comics Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada and Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski took over a packed ballroom at the Austin Convention Center during SXSW (South By Southwest) on its opening day- Friday, March 9th- to deliver an important message to a rapt audience of cinephiles: READ YOUR COMICS. During their hour-long presentation, they went through all of […]
Fans of the cult classic 2014 mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi are in for a treat with a newly updated and made-for-tv version coming soon to the FX Network. The pilot episode screened Friday night at SXSW (South by Southwest) in Austin, TX with Clement, Waititi, and […]
Welcome goblins and ghouls to the BC Horror Round-Up! This will be a weekly look at some little fiendish news stories, horrifying new trailers, and more. I am your host Scaremy K., and in this edition we will bring you news on if there will be a Happy Death Day 3, some new info on […]
