Author: Gig Patta

Gig Patta

Gig Patta is a journalist and interviewer for LRM and Latino-Review since 2009. He was a writer for other entertainment sites in the past with Collider and IESB.net. He originally came from the world of print journalism with several years as a reporter with the San Diego Business Journal and California Review. He earned his MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management and BA in Economics from UC San Diego. Follow him on Instagram @gigpatta or Facebook @officialgigpatta.

Ola Orebiyi, Darragh Carey, and Bertrand Desrochers on A Brixton Tale | Slamdance 2021 [Exclusive Interview]

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Sara Lynch, Saratops McDonald and Matthew Wade on Cosmic Horror A Black Rift Begins to Yawn | Slamdance 2021 [Exclusive Interview]

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[caption id="attachment_176583" align="alignnone" width="700"] Detective Chinatown 3[/caption] This weekend for Chinese New Year’s, the country nearly proved coronavirus didn’t exist, or at least they’ve recovered from it. Despite the virus is still raging worldwide, China

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[caption id="attachment_176554" align="alignnone" width="1000"] WonderCon[/caption] The year 2021 starting off to be more like a nightmarish sequel to 2020 rather than the year to normalcy. Although the vaccine rollouts started across the nation, the path