Friday, June 12, 2026

Square Enix Cafe & Shop Soft & Grand Opening Dates

Movie Hype: Timur Free Screening, Gardena Cinema Needs Help, Chloé Zhao Probably Doesn't Like Being The Face of "Poorface" & That Place In Obsession

The Gardena Cinema needs your help. If you've ever gone, please try and donate for their busted pipe problem.

Survival of the Richest: Hollywood's Broken Talent Pipeline

Good read on how hard it is to make an indie movie and how numbers get fudged to make some seem way more cheap. New word "Poorface."

Nice Anime Expo 2026 Schedule Reminders

It's weird, because there's been so much turnover and controversy over at Dark Horse, we really sue wonder what they're gonna bring to AX. They use to be such a major booth and one of the first manga publishers.

They were no shows at WonderCon and you can read more about there recent activity here.

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Adventure Time: Side Quests Out June 29th On Hulu and Disney+

Don't know how the heck we have Adventure Time on Hulu and Disney+, but at least it's it'll be out there.

Some changes, most of the main staff who've been making Adventure Time aren't involved, but Nate Cash, now showrunner, worked on Adventure Time, so he knows the show.

Jeremy Shada is TOO OLD to voice Finn, it is a prequel series, so now we have Sasha Knight voicing the hero of Ooo.

We're optimistic about it, it's back to fun adventures with our boys, Finn and Jake. Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake went a way different route and isn't a show for kids, but more for moody teens. So, it's nice to see them back in classic mode.

Palm Springs ShortFest 2026: Top Picks

Palm Springs ShortFest 2026 is taking place June 23-29th. Here's our guide of our top picks of blocks of shorts. Plan ahead and spend some time in the Coachella Valley.

 
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Festival Theaters 5
5:00 PM
 
Wade into seven sinful selections that explore each cardinal vice—gluttony, lust, greed, wrath, sloth, envy, and pride—in which transgression, temptation, and the thrill of wrongdoing run rampant. 
 
Friday, June 26, 2026
Festival Theaters 5
8:00 PM
 
Terror lurks in the most unexpected places in this collection of horror shorts—from bizarre rituals to cursed desires and darkly comic retribution, expect the unsettling, the outrageous, and the truly disturbing.

Saturday, June 27, 2026
Festival Theaters 5
8:00 PM

The absurd and the surreal converge in this playfully unhinged collection of after-dark shorts featuring a wild array of antics and abnormalities.


Anime Expo 2026: Artist Alley Size, Los Angeles Anime Artist Alley & 18+ Section Gets A Row?

As pointed out online it looks like Artist Alley has been trimmed due to work being done on the LA Convention Center. Not the greatest news. Social media claims it's half the size it was last year. Still, there's quite a few booths and returning artists that you'll no doubt want to check out.


It look like some artists are coming together for an outside Artist Alley. Los Angeles Anime Artist Alley is not officially connected to AX, but it happening the same weekend. It tells you a lot if so many people banded together to do this. It seems like a lot of space was lost this year at AX. It's a nice alternative if you want to ogle and grab artist/fan made goods without having to pay for AX and it's not far from Little Tokyo. Which has the Kondasha pop-up happening then too and the Delicious in Dungeon Exhibit nearby as well.

Jul 4 -5 12:00pm — 7:00pm
411 S Hewitt St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Free entry 
 


The newest change and a bit of space removal from Anime Expo's artist alley, at least for some people, is that a row will now be part of 18+ and sectioned off. Just like the 18+ section, you'll be carded to peruse the more naughty booths at AX.

Oh, jeez, what will American artists make to sell at these booths? We'll give you the skinny for probably the weirdest stuff. Here's hoping some artists makes the Food Network's top host into something we're gonna have to black bar to show you on this site.

Writing about 18+ section, the MEME50 Autograph Session #1 & #2 sold out already. People like there p0rn.

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

TMNT Pizzeria Los Angeles Opens June 11th