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Gencon Game Preview: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Board Game(s)
Each player takes control of one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or one of their allies and rolls custom dice to face the mission's challenges and obstacles.
Read More »RTX Film Review: ‘Blood Fest’ Lives Up to its Name’s Promise
What if you went to a horror movie fan event and the zombies and vampires were real?
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Christopher Robin’ – This “Pooh” Tale’s the Antidote to Growing Up
The film makes one thing clearly understood – growing up sucks, but we don’t have to allow that to happen, even though the world seems to be saying “Grow up!” from the moment we are born.
Read More »Anthem Film Review: ‘No Safe Spaces,’ Just a Creative One
Producer Mark Joseph summed things up: “We only believe in one safe space. It’s called America.”
Read More »Anthem Film Review: ‘Sweden: Lessons for America?’
Senator Bernie Sanders built his career on heaping praise on the democratic socialism found in Sweden and other Nordic countries. There is another point of view available, from a person born, raised and educated in Sweden. Sweden: Lessons for America? screened at the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, part of FreedomFest, …
Read More »Anthem Film Review: ‘Off the Grid’ with Congressman Thomas Massie
The world premiere of Off the Grid, a documentary which screened at the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival at the Paris Resort in Las Vegas July 11-14, takes viewers to the very un-Washington home of Congressman Thomas Massie. The film won both the Best Libertarian Values Short Documentary Award and Audience Choice Award. In …
Read More »Anthem Film Festival: Stories from Behind the Iron Curtain
Polls show increasing numbers of young people in America say they prefer socialism to capitalism. This subject was explored in films and by a panel at the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, part of FreedomFest, which took place at the Paris Resort in Las Vegas July 11-14.
Read More »SDCC Interview: Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth on ‘Instant’
Rod Roddenberry (son of Star Trek creator Gene) brought a new project to San Diego this year for Comic-Con (SDCC). The film short, Instant, begins innocently enough in Mickey’s, a neighborhood bar with a group of regulars doing the usual stuff: drinking, playing darts, schmoozing. But things get very tense …
Read More »Anthem Film Review: ‘Skid Row Marathon’
When everyone around you thinks you’re crazy, you may be the most sane person in the room. Or, in the case of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig Mitchell, the most sane person in the marathon. Skid Row Marathon, a feature documentary which screened at the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival …
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