Time Travel at New Jersey's Newest Retro Video Store

Super collectors, movie enthusiasts and those among us who just enjoy a powerful flashback have something to celebrate!! This Friday, August 27th, The Big Kid Store at the historic New Egypt Flea Market Village invites one and all to attend the opening of their newest geeky brainchild; a Pop Up Video Adventure!

Garden State Film Festival Readies Virtual Screenings

Stars shine this Thursday, 26 March 2020, when the Garden State Film Festival presents hundreds of independent films virtually through parallel and dynamic digital streaming in light of the global COVID-19 crisis, and the announcement from the Governor of the State of New Jersey further restricting public gatherings.

That's right! You can see an incredible selection of +240 innovative films through an unprecedented four-day, live-stream event on your computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Starving for interesting entertainment during self-isolation? GSFF 2020 is the perfect antidote. Enjoy popcorn in your PJ's while streaming hundreds of feature-length films, shorts, documentaries, animation, student films, premieres, and more top-quality cinematic showmanship.

Six Flags Great Adventure’s 30-Hour Coffin Challenge Returns

As if laying in a cold, lonely coffin for 30 hours wasn’t hard enough, the team at Six Flags Great Adventure has developed an even more dastardly Six Flags 30-Hour Coffin Challenge to celebrate this year’s Fright Fest. The morbid special event will return Oct. 13 and 14, and this year’s challenge will feature a guest emcee -- The Munsters star Butch Patrick -- a variety of frightful, new rules and ghastly games for the six unlucky coffin dwellers.

Steampunk Roars Into Parsippany New Jersey May 17-19

C.O.G.S. (Community Organised Gathering of Steampunks) is pleased to announce they are just one week out from their second annual COGS Steampunk Expo, taking place at the Sheraton (the one that looks like a castle!) in Parsippany, New Jersey this May 17^th through 19^th.

Pro and casual cosplayers, scifi lovers, tabletop gamers, music fans and families seeking a weekend of affordable entertainment will converge to take in the sights, sounds and fanfare available in every corner of this blissfully inclusive event.

Lighthouse International Film Festival Announces 2018 Lineup

The Lighthouse International Film Festival (LIFF) has announced the complete lineup for its tenth annual event, which will take place June 7-10, 2018 on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. The Festival will open with Madeleine Olnek’s acclaimed WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY, a rousing Emily Dickenson comedy starring Molly Shannon that brought audiences to their feet at SXSW 2018.

COGS Steampunk Expo Rises from the Ashes

To quote Spike from Notting Hill, "I'm going to tell you a story that will make your balls shrink to the size of raisins." There once was an event called the Steampunk World's Fair. Like many events in the New Jersey area, SPWF was run by seemingly nice people who also appeared to be hopelessly befuddled at every turn. At the best of times, most show operation was chaos, with many an unhappy vendor and volunteer. Speaking of volunteers, also like a lot of New Jersey conventions, SPWF relied heavily on a steady stream of volunteer help to run just about everything, including those things they probably should not. It became clear to most that these volunteers were also highly expendable.

ToyConNJ Rolling Out A Weekend of Toy Hunting, Video Games, Tabletop Gaming & Family Fun

The Police Athletic League of Parsippany, NJ will play host to ToyConNj in just one week! In addition to endless aisles of vintage and modern toys and collectibles, video games and comic books, providing HOURS of toy hunting bliss, attendees will find a wide array of nerdy pursuits to fill your day and contests every hour to make sure you leave with something awesome!

Six Flags Great Adventure Erects Life Size Hall Of Justice!! ...and There's a Ride In There Too!

So i'm sitting in my living room eating Honey Bunches of Oats with no milk because I am me and in my feed pops up the picture to the left. My brain could hardly handle it. It's that building that LOOKS like the Hall of Justice...right? Nope. ...It's a diorama for toys? Nuh uh. It seems my friend Michael Sprouse has a family member who works at 6 Flags in Jackson, New Jersey and he's there...standing in front of this incredible building...probably just soaking it all in like I am.

Turns out the building houses Six Flags' new attraction "Battle For Metropolis"! The "a 4D, interactive, competitive gaming adventure featuring WONDER WOMAN, BATMAN, SUPERMAN and more." The full name of the attraction is JUSTICE LEAGUE: Battle for Metropolis, and it opens this Saturday! This all sounds well and good, but the most important question is WHEN CAN WE GET COSPLAYERS IN FRONT OF THIS MASTERPIECE??!!

Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses Reviewed

by Evelynn Faith Moon

The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, Master Quest landed at NJPAC of Newark, NJ for a one night only show. Produced by Jason Michael Paul Entertainment, Inc., The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses has been touring in one form or another since the 25th anniversary of the franchise back in 2011.

New Jersey Comic Expo Returns to Edison This Weekend!

The state has been buzzing about the upcoming New Jersey Comic Expo, and the time has almost arrived for the family-friendly event to make it’s return to the NJ Expo Center in Edison, at the crossroads of Jersey, in just two weeks on November 19 and 20!

The New Jersey Comic Expo (NJCE) has lined up another exciting weekend of celebrity guests, legendary and top creators in the comic book industry, interactive exhibits and hours of seminars and panels.

Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market Halloween Edition!

We'll be having loads of creepy fun with all the awesome people of the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, kicking off TOMORROW, Saturday, October 29th from 10am to 5pm and rearing its undead head once more Sunday the 30th at the same hours. We'll be there SATURDAY so look for the chainsaw!! For a meager $5 (includes entry to both days), you'll have access to over 200 different vendors selling antiques, art, t shirts, comic books, vinyl records, toys, jewelry, oddities and more, and indulge at 10 different food trucks (each day for both!), enter the Halloween Costume Contest and take in live music. Here are the spooooky details...

Bitches Get Stitches: Lily Mashes Buttons at A Video Game Con

Hi there, Lily Stitches here! I'm gonna chat about an awesome convention that's pretty dear to my heart called A Video Game Con.

AVGC is run by one of my oldest friends, Paul Solomine at the Parsippany PAL. I remember when this convention was just a thing he talked about at parties, and I'm so happy and honored I got to be a guest again in its second year!

Let's go back to Baby Lily's videogame days.... my first experience with video games was on an airplane when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I was seated next to another little girl who was flying on her own. She was playing a Sega Game Gear. She was probably older than me, but she was super nice to let me look over her shoulder at whatever game she was playing. I think I may have played some Mario games here or there before that, but this is the moment I turned to my mom and said, "I want a video game." So that Christmas, Santa brought me a Sega Genesis with Jurassic Park and Aladdin. This was before the combo pack with Sonic and generic sports game happened so I guess my parents (or "Santa") grabbed two random cool looking games off the shelf...THAT WERE HARD AS ALL HELL. But there was my love of games, blooming indefinitely from fighting random baddies in Aladdin and eating people as a Velociraptor in Jurassic Park to being 29 years old adventuring Rapture and Columbia in Bioshock, Bioshock 2, and Bioshock: Infinite.

Get Ready for the 18th Annual Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival in 2016!

Punk Rock Bowling is pleased to announce the first round of bands for the 18th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament and Music Festival to take place in Las Vegas, NV from May 26-30 and the inaugural debut of PRB East in Asbury Park, NJ from June 10-12, 2016.

Due to overwhelming demand from our East Coast brethren that just can’t make the cross country trek to the City of Sin, we will celebrate our 18th Birthday on both coasts for 2016. And to take part in the celebration, Punk Rock Bowling is proud to announce a sneak peak of the lineup so far. . .

Flogging Molly, Descendents, Cock Sparrer, Flag, Exploited, Dagnasty, Subhumans, Dillinger Four, Anti-Nowhere League, Youth Brigade and The Dwarves have all signed on to play so far.

NECA Announcing a New Product Line at the New Jersey Comic Expo

New Jersey based licensed merchandise giants National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA), are set to showcase at the inaugural New Jersey Comic Expo on November 21st and 22nd at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison.

NECA will be exhibiting at the expo, as well as presenting a panel, and plan on giving attendees a great and exclusive look into what makes them leaders in the marketplace. Fans can get their hands on some rare warehouse finds, as well as out of print/production items and some highly sought after items previously exclusive to SDCC such as figures from their leading lines of Predator, Pacific Rim, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, Nightmare Before Christmas, and more.

Rahway International Film Festival: 3 Days of Indie Film, Seminars & Parties

Rahway, New Jersey's premier film festival, The Third Annual Rahway International Film Festival returns on August 28-30, 2015 at UCPAC's Hamilton Stage for the Performing Arts.

This year’s lineup is full of brilliant films spanning 12 different countries, featuring stars like Juno Temple (Maleficent, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For), Evan Peters (American Horror Story, Kick-Ass) and Joey Lauren Adams (Chasing Amy, Big Daddy).  A highlight of this year’s festival is the introduction of feature length films in addition to the standard short films program, plus a special Saturday night outdoor screening.

Free Comic Book Day 2015 at The Comic Crypt + 44 Mini Comic Reviews

Every year, I try my very best to let people know when Free Comic Book Day is coming, encouraging all to grab their kids, friends and strangers who have nothing better to do and head to the nearest participating comic shops to see what guests have shown up to celebrate, what killer sales the store has going on, and most importantly, GRAB FREE COMICS!!! No lie, for those who wake up nice and early and lineup under the burning ball of fire, a fat stack of books await you. Latecomers are left with the scraps, if even that is still available. 

This year, I had a multi tiered agenda.

At-At Snow Day

Folks on the West Coast, though they've been getting a little taste of actual seasons this year, still won't know the insanity of all this snow falling from the skies on an almost weekly basis. Our friends in Massachusetts got hit hard, so we are grateful out snowfalls in Central New Jersey were only temporary inconveniences. Today...is another story, as the snow has been falling from the sky since sun up and shows no signs of stopping. Friends across the globe asked to see the snow, so I let the boys out to play for a little bit, as it might be their last opportunity to roll around in the white stuff (as we are promised 50 degree weather next week! Global Warming. WE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED!!) As anyone with a puppy will attest, a moment like this means you break out the camera...and so I did. Enjoy!

The Greatest Burger King In New Jersey

After an exhausting morning pitching toys at perspective buyers at the monthly Wayne New Jersey Toy Show, myself and the lovely, purple haired woman who likes to try and teach me math when we are drunk known as Emi, headed for her apartment in Bloomfield and were advised to take 23 on a straight shot by our dear friend Geepus. We'd not gotten any sleep the night before and with a 4am alarm imminent, a massive, crashing, rumbling thunderstorm sealed our groggy fate. Suffice to say, toy show coffee and muffins didn't do much to sustain us, but sales were brisk allowing a small splurge. ONLY THE BEST (of the dollar menu items) FOR U, BABE! Since gluten is not Emi's friend, a lot of options were out, but a lonely Burger King seemed like an oasis we could both agree on...and as we pulled up, the movie theme and leopard print seats made us very happy about our choice.

Steampunk World's Fair 2013

Ah yes...a day among the dandies and mechanics and robo-armed outlaws and faeries and ...Batmans...and apes....and Mothers of Dragons and Hogwarts Professors.....so naturally, I went as Finn from Adventure Time...Steampunked up of course. Emi is a recovering Goth, so her wardrobe contains slinky little black mini skirts and epic hellraisery jackets, and that would do just fine, so we packed up our leather pouches and Jake shield and headed out for the far off land of Piscataway, New Jersey. Exotic, I know.

The show is a familiar one, so navigation wasn't so difficult. Let me break it down for you. Two Hotels (or Towers to make it fancier) encapsulate the Steampunk world with shenanigans spilling over into outside courtyards and some parking lot space. As you wander the halls, you'll find hotel rooms transformed into mini Shoppes (with an E!) selling everything from corsets to the essential goggles to sheriff's badges and little tiny top hats the ladies seem to love. Larger ballrooms swing open to hold more vendors with ray guns, taxidermied cryptozoology, jewelry and the recordings of any musical act on tap that weekend.

TromaDance Hits Asbury Park, NJ This Weekend

The schedule, which contains wonderful independent films from countries all over the world, includes a work-in-progress screening of Lloyd Kaufman's latest film "Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volume One," the New Jersey premiere of James Nguyen's highly anticipated "Birdemic 2: The Resurrection," and "Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie," featuring the world-famous footage of Lloyd Kaufman being assaulted on television! However, don't take the Selection Committee's word for it, have a look at the schedule below for the complete line-up of this year's stellar short films and features.