Thursday, June 5, 2025

Watch You Watching: Predator: Killer of Killers, M3GAN 2.0 & Black Phone 2

 We've got some movies for you to hceck out, including what looks like what was supposed to maybe be a mini-series turned into a movie

Predator: Killer of Killers is from the director of Prey and is out on Hulu this Friday, June 6th. It takes four stories of Predators going after different killers through different time periods. Reviews have been great and it's all made fully in the Unreal Engine.


 Out at the end of the month, June 27th, we see M3GAN 2.0 in theaters for killer robot action. Can we even consider it a horror movie when it looks like you're supposed to be cheering on the killer robot. With it's tongue-firmly-in-its-cheek sense of humor, it totally works. It's made with the intent of  realistically having a pop music loving killer android take down people as cool as possible.

 

Black Phone 2 isn't out till' October 17th in theaters, but the trailer shows off our main killer isn't gonna stop even though he's dead. Yup, it looks like he's been Freddy Kreugererd into being a dream demon or ghost and you don't want him to give you a nightmare.

And, some Jurassic World Rebirth posters were released much to chagrin of the Internet, they kind of suck.


 

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I Think Of You Dying Commercial

 

Honestly, this should be running before Bleak Week movies. So accurate if you have a Jewish Mom. But, don't send them the video, they're not gonna like the level of blood in it.

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Anime Riverside 2025: Pokemon Merch

 

Just a fascinating to see how much Pokemon is still a major part of every anime convention. Anime Riverside was no exception. What's crazy is how much of it there is and a lot of it is high quality. And, though not official it looks like it is.


 





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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Anime Riverside 2025: First Con Of The Summer

 

We once again: screamed, posed and tried to get senpai to notice us...or at least that's what various panels did at Anime Riverside 2025. Their 4th year on a bordering, not-so-distant from LA, SoCal college town seemed like another hit, despite the heat. We're telling you what captured our attention, a few gripes and just a reminder for it to keep going. Hey, it kicks off our Anime Summer!
 
First off, shout out to the cosplayers who comeout to make the convention stand-out and look different. It means so much to everyone to celebrate all the different anime by dressing up like a murderous bunny girl or Jesus or Mario awkwardly riding Yoshi.
 
As you might have seen in previous posts we love the community fan events that Anime Riverside pulls off. Yes, there's some great panels with group's of voice actors on the main stage and top animes too, but we truly love all the panels for fans. Be it the Super Saiyan Scream-Off to the JoJo Pose-Off or just anime trivia. These are the life blood of what makes Anime Riverside so much fun for an anime fan. 
 
The next would be location. And, being in the heart of downtown Riverside, doesn't hurt. So many restaurants on the main street to grab a bit before or after or during the convention make it so more relaxing than downtown LA or even near the Anaheim Convention Center. Also, having the grass fields and parking lots of the convention center are  just nice. We keep writing it here, we just wish they were utilized a little more like an anime movie screening outside at night facing the grass. Maybe, Night games? There's plenty more to do than have and After Party in the hotel nearby.
 


Main hall and artist alley are getting harder to distinguish from as a lot of merch looks like it could easily fit in either location. Sure, Labubus and Funko Pops take up a lot of the main hall with merch from Japan, but we saw a lot of booths from previous artist alleys taking up a lot of space in the main hall.
And, hats off to artist alley,hmm or we guess any of the artist in any of the halls, just look at all the amazing fan-made art and goods.



We wanted it so bad, but have so man bags. Oh, Soul Eater.


Here's our favorite ultra specific merch we liked. Who thought of chibi Severance stickers and 2000's weeb Nostalgia? Too good.
 

 

  
 
Gripes: 

Badge Check-In Moved
 
We think everyone was angry about this and we get it. They moved badge check-in to the other side of the convention center. It sucked. Most people enter and most parking is on the other side, making the walk around the actual convention center a big time waster. Especially when hot out. We asked staff why it happened and they were just as unhappy with the move. They said convention-goers were blocking traffic and the city made them do it.
 
We're not that sure about that as a Farmer's Market and a night market kind of block that lane adjacent to former check-in on Saturdays anyway. And, the city might want to make an exception for all the foot traffic. 
 
Schedule
 
We were a little saddened how stacked the panels and events are: Saturday we had to choose between a JoJo Pose-Off, Stand-Up Comedy and Anime Wrestling all at the same time. We like having options, but we don't know why everything has to be at the same time.
 
We can only guess the convention center hours are limited for what Anime Riverside pays for as their ain't no night panels. (Sigh) 
 
Shade for Anime Wrestling
 
It's too hot to sit without shade to watch. Give Anime Wrestling a temporary big top or something so people and the wrestlers don't burn. You can see how good the signing line area is shaded, you got to spend a little more on covering that area Anime Riverside.
 
Water
 
It's hard to believe if not true, but their seemed to be only one water bottle station for the whole convention center and it was slow. That might be a Convention Center upgrade or something Anime Riverside can rent a water bottle refill station, but you need to give fans water.
 

Sweating that stuff and I do mean sweating, it was hot over that weekend, we still got a chance to enjoy Anime Wrestling. Where wrestlers cosplay and act out fights from your fav animes. If it wasn't so hot, we'd probably enjoy more of it.
 

When not in panel or special signing the voice actors from pretty much your entire childhood were taking the time to sign stuff for their fans.
 
What we wrote earlier still holds, this is a smaller convention, but at the rate it's growing it might want to put in some fixes. There's a lot of fans and I assume volunteers who help make it special and we thank them for their service. For all the gripes, we still had a blast and we're entertained for a long as the convention could hold us.

 

 
Some more photos from the convention. 
 



 



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Anime Riverside 2025: Garfield

 

We're not sure why Garfield remains so popular among the various cons we go to. Why is this fat orange cat so beloved or remembered amongst so many big-boobed anime girls and hot anime boys collectibles and merch. Why is Garfield?







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Weekly What To Do: Get Gaming Like It Use To Be E3 Or Get Real Dark With June Gloom

Thursday, June 5th – Tuesday, July 15th
Cosm Los Angeles
1252 District Drive, Inglewood, 90305
under 17s must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian
$$ 

In partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures and Emmy-nominated studio Little Cinema, Cosm is bringing "The Matrix" to life in a groundbreaking celebration of its 25th anniversary. Experience the film as it unfolds around you on Cosm’s massive 87-foot LED dome, with visuals that dynamically interact with the action on screen.

$25 for Non-members 
 
First Fridays returns in June with another fun and thought provoking evening, featuring live music from Ha Vay and Nymphlord,  DJ sets from Glenn Red (inside) and  DJ Jen Rock (outside), and our signature discussion in the new Commons Theater with neuroscientist, music producer, and professor Susan Rogers, PhD, hosted by Dr. Yewande Pearse.  Additional activities include a sound bath micro-sessions courtesy of The Sound Healing Studio, a drop in drum circle presented by Rhythm & Truth, an art activity at the Sounds Artsy! Creative Station hosted by Nova Community Arts, a Sound Exploration Talk from our Living Collections team, and more!
 
Anaheim Convention Center
$tarting at $42.81 
 
A bunch of stars and voice actors and stars from your childhood if you grew up in the 90's/early 2000's, with a heavy  amount of Nickelodeon. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JUNE 6 - 8, 2025
Pasadena Convention Center
$tarting at $41.74 
 
The event features over 200 vendors, gaming tournaments, arcade machines, cosplay, anime, special guests, panels, skateboarding, music, and much more. The organizers' mission is to create an expo that embodies the history and passion of gaming since the early 80s.
 
Summer Game Fest
Fri Jun 06, 2025 • 2:00 PM
YouTube Theater, Inglewood, CA
$$ & Free Online 
 
Check out the latest gaming news as this event is basically the replacement to E3. Game trailers for so many titles and the world's most deadpan host.
 


Jun 7-8
Magic Box @ The Reef, Downtown Los Angeles
1933 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90007 
$15 & $30, but will increase

IGN Live is a one-of-a-kind, in-person fan event celebrating the biggest names in gaming and entertainment.

Epic Live Stage Show – Featuring new trailers, gameplay reveals, advance clips, major interviews, and a live DJ turning IGN Live into a non-stop party.

 
'Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair' Year 4
Now- 7 2025
* Don't forget, the 
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica
June 6–7, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.
 
This time around we've got more than 50 films for you to sadden your day from around the world and with multiple special guests. Oh, and six of the films were restored to make you just feel bad. Some of which have sadly, already sold out.
 
Oh, yeah, Dogtooth, cancer and so many Nazis. It's very hard to be upbeat, but it makes sense that a lot of the subject matter and any film from Yorgos Lanthimos isn't gonna be filled with puppies for this film festival...unless those puppies are murdered. 

Take your time and some tissues and go through the list for a whole new tearjerker or classic humanity at it's worst film.
 
We're All Gonna Die: A DREAD Actual Play Experience
Saturday, Jun 7, 2025, 9:30 PM
Dynasty Typewriter At The Hayworth
2511 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057, USA
18+ General Admission (unless accompanied by a guardian)
Tickets: 
$20 General Admission / $25 Day of Show
Livestream Link: $15
 
 "We're All Gonna Die: A DREAD Actual Play Experience" is a live TTRPG horror show that uses the heart-pounding DREAD system—where every risky action means pulling from a teetering Jenga tower. Set in a small town gripped by eerie secrets and creeping dread, the story spirals into chaos as the tower falls and characters meet terrifying fates. Tension builds with every pull… because in this town, something wants you to fall.  
 
 
Opening Reception:
Saturday, June 7th 6-10pm
ANTHONY HURD
Lovers + Fighters
FLOYD STRICKLAND
The Little Devil In America
HALLIE PACKARD
Synthesis
FRESH SERIES: Session Two
Spotlight on Local Creatives (with Francesca Quintano / Jesus Lopez / Margaret Chiaro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vought on Ice - An Immersive Experience for The Boys 
Friday, June 7- Saturday, June 8, 2025
WHERE: Westfield Century City Mall, Los Angeles, CA
COST: Free with reservation
INFO & RESERVATIONS: https://voughtonice.simpletix.com
 
We truly...it's not even Christma...they made Vought on Ice real!?! If you caught up with The Boys episode where the show has the cringe inducing Vought on Ice, then you're all good, if not, see it...if you're old enough to be watching it.
 
"Inspired by the show's infamous in-world holiday special, this immersive experience features a live three-minute ice performance of “Put The Christ Back in Christmas,” complete with lip-syncing skaters and all the satirical flair fans expect. Attendees can also lace up their skates for 40-minute public ice skating sessions held every hour. On display will be actual costumes from Season 4’s show-stopping sequence, offering a unique photo-op and a chilling look into Vought’s holiday propaganda machine."
 
 
The Mayan
June 7  12pm - June 8 · 9pm PDT
1038 South Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90015
 $45 – $75
Ages 21+
    
EXOTIKON is a rollercoaster, weekend-long celebration of Mid-Century suave escapism culture. Enjoy music, shopping, cocktails and more!
 
Hollywood Bowl
$$

The award-winning singer and actor performs songs from The Greatest Showman, The Music Man, and more.
 
 

Tail Town Cat Cafe Hosts Second Annual “Carnival of Cats”
Free Admission and Open House at Pasadena’s Cat Café
June 7, 2025   11am – 6pm
1780 E. Washington Blvd, Pasadena (just west of Allen Ave). 
210 to Hill, north to Washington Blvd, east to Tail Town Cat Cafe
Free 
 
Pasadena-based Tail Town Cat Café is announcing its second annual Carnival of Cats – a free, family-friendly event and a must for cat lovers aged 6 and older. Feline fans can play, party and purr with 30-40 free roaming rescue cats at the Pasadena cat café’s annual open house on Saturday, June 7 from 11am – 6pm.

Tail Town’s adoption lounge will be open for guests for free visits to meet the adoptable rescue cats and play shortened versions of Tail Town’s monthly events such as Kitty Bingo, Cat Trivia, Cat Cornhole and Meow N Paint. Guests can also have their fortunes read and play carnival-style games, enjoy refreshments, help with cat socialization, make new feline friends and more. 

Kitty Bungalow's Purr-rom - 15 Year Celebration
Saturday, June 7th, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
5515 Franklin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
$100.00
 
Kitty Bungalow’s Purr-rom will be held at Immaculate Heart High School, on Saturday, June 7, 2025. Teleport back to the 80s with totally awesome cover band, the Spazmatics leading the dance party. The kids too cool for school can visit The Purr Room, artist and cat-friend Gary Baseman’s immersive black cat installation. Fun and games will include a silent auction, an IHHS student art show and sale, refreshments, a raffle, crafts, school photos, tarot readings, claw machines, and of course, adoptable kittens to cuddle.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Free Movies at Gardena Cinema in Support of Independent Theaters from Pluto TV
14948 Crenshaw Blvd, Gardena, CA
Free 

The Gardena Cinema will host 7 FREE screenings throughout the weekend of classic films Grease (Sing-along!), Saturday Night Fever and Ghostbusters! Additional information on screenings timing and tickets links are below!

●      Saturday, June 7:

○      GREASE (1978) Sing-along version: 2:30 pm (Link HERE) & 5:00 pm (Link HERE)

■      Eventbrite link HERE

○      SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977) at 7:30 pm (Link HERE) & 10:00 pm (Link HERE)

■      Eventbrite link HERE

●      Sunday, June 8:

○      GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) at 2:30 pm (Link HERE), 5:00 pm (Link HERE) & 7:30 pm (Link HERE)

■      Eventbrite link HERE - Celebrating Ghostbusters Day!

 

 
Teen Movie Madness!

Programmed in collaboration with the Academy Museum’s Teen Council, this series highlights the teen comedy subgenre over the last four decades.
Jun 7–Jul 10, 2025
 
 
 
 
Fabled Realms By Camilla d’Errico
Allegories & Cupcakes By Peca
OPENING RECEPTION
June 7, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
ON VIEW
June 7 – July 12, 2025
COREY HELFORD GALLERY
571 S. Anderson St. Los Angeles, CA 90033
Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Downtown Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) is proud to announce its next major solo exhibition by Pop-Surrealist painter, illustrator, character creator, and comic artist Camilla d’Errico. Set to premiere June 7th in the Main Gallery, Fabled Realms will be on view through July 12th. 
 
Downtown Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) is proud to announce its next major solo exhibition by Argentine painter, illustrator, and stop motion filmmaker, Peca, marking her first solo at the gallery. Set to premiere June 7th, Allegories & Cupcakes will be on view in Gallery 3 through July 12th.
 
 
Saturday and Sunday, June 7–8, 2025, 7–10 PM
Heidi Duckler Studio
1206 Maple Ave., Ste. 1100B
Los Angeles, CA 90015 (Bendix Building)
Free admission

Curated by LACE 2025 Emerging Curator Nahui Garcia,This Home, Forever, is a two-day performance series sparking thoughts about the potential erosion of Los Angeles’s diverse and vibrant urban ecosystem against the backdrop of gentrification.

Held on the rooftop of the historic Bendix Building, performances will be presented with a 180 degree view of downtown Los Angeles. We hope to see you there! 
 
 Sunday, June 08, 2025 | 12–5 pm
 NHM Commons 
 Free to General Public.
Theater Programming will be first come, first served.
Limited paid parking will be available in the NHM Car Park on Bill Robertson Lane. 
 
Pride in Bloom flips the Museum experience on its head–adorning it with feathers and a whole lot of heart. From the fierce resilience of creatures that transform and adapt to the dazzling diversity of our planet, this celebration invites you to embrace the beauty of change and self-expression. 

Co-created with the artists of Drag Arts Lab, Inc., this event's special drag show is the art of drag with the wonders of natural science. Pride in Bloom explores how nature's evolution and community resilience beautifully intertwine.
 
Tue, Jun 10 @ 7:30 pm
Eagle Theatre - Vidiots' main auditorium with 271 seats
$13.00 

*This should be part of Bleak Week, honestly.
    
As Storm King Comics prepares to release the graphic novel John Carpenter Presents George A. Romero's THE AMUSEMENT PARK, the original 1975 film The Amusement Park — which had long been thought "lost" until its restoration several years ago — will be screened at Vidiots in Los Angeles on June 10.

This screening in the Eagle theater at 7:30 p.m. will be followed by a conversation with Storm King Comics founder and film and TV producer Sandy King and with graphic novel illustrator Jeff Whitehead.


Extra:
 
Free Hours at the Autry
Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m.
Update: During this Wildfire season, The Autry closes off, please check day of event

Let the Autry cover your next visit with Free Hours at the Autry. Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. will be free to all Autry visitors. Enjoy access to all the Autry's exhibitions including Imagined Wests, Reclaiming El Camino and more by reserving your spot today!
 

Thanks to the generous support of the Autry Foundation, Free Hours at the Autry* are every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m.
 
UCB, a cheapo comedy show almost every night, see comedians before they make podcasts and have
stories about the UCB and before they hit the big time.
 


American Cinematheque-A celebrated independent theater group that brings both the talent and catalog of films to make for some of LA's best movie nights.
 

Street Food Cinema-Outdoor cult or recent hits you'll love.

Check out classics and cult movies just a few stories above street level. Rooftop Movies at The Montalbán.


 New Bev-Tarantino owned independent theater with old school style

Cinelounge - Hollywood based tiny theater, showing off indies you've never heard of
 
Brain Dead Studios-manages to fill its schedule almost every night
611 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
 
Vidiots -A one-of-a-kind hub for film lovers, filmmakers, and everyone curious about cinema. A small theater is more than made-up for with the constant content and special screenings.
4884 Eagle Rock Blvd
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