Tonight, Lifetime premieres the newest of its films in its “Summer of Secrets” lineup, Secrets of a Marine Wife. The movie, which is based on real events, stars Sadie Calvano as Erin, the pregnant wife of U.S. Marine Corporal Jon Corwin (Evan Roderick), who went missing. After her body was found, suspicions grew in the Marine community. However, it was revealed that Erin was in a relationship with her neighbor, Marine Christopher Lee (Tom Stevens), which caused the paternity of the baby to be questioned as the investigation continued.

Stars Calvano, Roderick, and Stevens, along with the executive producer, Judith Verno, recently took part in a press conference to promote the film.

Stevens talked Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision about his favorite scene. “I’d say the pool scene. The pool scene was really fun to shoot. We were just in the pool all day, just swimming. It was great.” Roderick agreed.

Calvano had a different favorite. She told the site, “I actually think that I would say that one of my favorite scenes is the scene that we shot in the diner. I feel like it is really different from the rest of the film, and I think that there is a moment in that where we see the cracks really starting to appear.

One of the shows highlighted for day eight of the ATX TV Festival was The Good Fight. Paramount+ provided an early screening of the season five premiere of the series, which returns June 24th. Following the episode there was a panel Q&A with the creatives and cast.

The panel, which was moderated by NPR’s Eric Deggans, included showrunners Robert and Michelle King, stars Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Charmaine Bingwa, and Mandy Patinkin.

The Kings started off by talking about Memo 618, which was named after their daughter’s birthday. They also explained about how they decided to do a stand alone story in the first episode, because they wanted to tell what the characters lived through in the last year and what it was like for them. They also used the episode to wrap up the stories for the characters of Adrian and Lucca and give them proper goodbyes, because they didn’t get to do that last season, because they were shut down because of COVID.

FEAR, or Fear Everything and Run, which is now available to own on DVD and Digital, takes place in an apocalyptic landscape after a pathogen has been released and cities are zoned and sealed off. Ethan (Jason Tobias) and Josephine (Marci Miller), struggle to keep their family, including their daughter, Mia (Cece Kelly), who is on life support, and son, Josh (Danny Ruiz), alive while scavenging for supplies and keeping the dead at bay.

Things go from bad to worse when armed bandits raid their supplies. While defending their home, Joe is hurt, but so is the marauder’s matriarch, Desiree (Susan Moore). After a battle, there is a standoff, and an agreement is made that Ethan will go with Desiree’s brother, Lincoln (Justin Dray), to their camp to get medicine for Joe and Desiree, and everyone will go their separate ways. Of course, things don’t go according to plan, and no one can be trusted.

Tonight, as part of the ATX Television Festival, Shudder presented the panel “Horror Anthologies,” exploring modern series and why they are accepted by todays’ viewers. Panelists included Greg Nicotero, the showrunner/writer/executive producer/director of Creepshow, which will be going into its third season soon, Chloe Okuno, director of V/H/S 94, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, writers of Horror Noir, and Adam MacDonald, director of Slasher: Flesh & Blood. The panel was moderated by Damian Holbrook.

Panelists compared their influences in the horror genre and some of their favorites as well as why horror works so well in anthology format. Nicotero also gave his view on the reinvigorated genre of zombies.

The apocalyptic thriller, FEAR, directed by Jason Tobias and Geoff Reisner, follows a young family trying to survive when a group of thieves steals the last of their supplies. With time running out and the infected around the corner, Ethan, played by Jason Tobias, and Josephine (Marci Miller) must do whatever it takes to protect their children and get the vaccines they need.

Star Tobias, who also co-wrote the film with Reisner, recently talked to Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision in an exclusive interview about coming up with the idea, what it’s like writing, directing, and starring in the same project, what it took to complete the movie, and more.

The new series, Kevin Can F**k Himself, which premieres its first two episodes Sunday, June 20th on AMC, was released a week early on its streaming network, AMC+. The series follows Allison (Annie Murphy), who at first appears to be the typical sitcom wife, married to Kevin, played by Eric Petersen. We soon discover, however, that her life is anything but the happy sitcom that it first appears, when the show moves from the bright multi-camera comedy to her more realistic single-camera existence where Allison realizes how destructive her husband is. The series also stars Mary Hollis Inboden as Patty, Allison’s neighbor, and Alex Bonifer as Neil, Patty’s brother and Kevin’s best friend.

Petersen and Inboden recently took part in a press junket to promote the series. The two talked to Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision in an exclusive interview about working on the series and what fans can expect.

Be sure to also check out the Kevin Can F**k Himself panel at the ATX Television Festival on June 20th and stay tuned for our exclusive with creator and executive producer, Valerie Armstrong, and showrunner and executive producer, Craig DiGregorio.

On last weeks' episode of Fear the Walking Dead, everyone’s fears became realized when Teddy (John Glover) and Riley (Nick Stahl) set off the nuclear bomb from the submarine. In tonight's season finale, each group of survivors rushes to hide and protect themselves, but the devastation left from the bomb has yet to be seen.

In the episode, Sherry, played by Christine Evangelista, and Dwight (Austin Amelio) end up at someone’s home, and after helping them get rid of some bad men who have taken their storm cellar by force, join them below to wait out the bomb.

Evangelista talked to Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision earlier in the week in an exclusive post-mortem interview where she talked about working on both Fear and the original series, how Sherry’s motivations have changed, the possibility of settling down with Dwight, and more.

Tonight Lifetime premieres the next film in its “Summer of Secrets” lineup, Secrets of a Gold Digger Killer. Based on a true story and the book The Fortune Hunter by Suzy Spencer, the movie follows Celeste (Julie Benz), a mother and waitress who serves drinks to a 70-year-old widow, Steven Beard (Eli Gabay), a multimillionaire retired broadcasting executive, who she later marries. However, after entering a mental health facility, Celeste seduces another patient, Tracey Tarlton, (Justine Warrington) and convinces her that they need to murder her husband so that they can be together.

Benz, along with executive producer, Barbara Lieberman, recently took part in a press conference to promote the film.

Benz talked to Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision about her character’s accent. “You know, I'm good at it, so it wasn't that challenging for me.  For me, it was really kind of getting Celeste when she talks.  She has kind of a really flat tone, and it was really trying to get some of that flat tone; like she flattens A’s a lot. Also, I can lean too heavily into the accent, so they were constantly pulling me away, like backing me off from it, but getting that flat tone but still being able to show emotion through it [was challenging].  But when you watch Celeste in interviews, she just has this very flat kind of way that she talks. So, it was being able to do that, but also still show [everything], having the emotional range and having that go through your voice.”

On the second day of the ATX TV Festival, AMC+ presented a first look panel for its upcoming adult stop-motion animated series, Ultra City Smiths. The panel was moderated by Emily Aslanian from TV Guide magazine. The panelists included creator Steve Conrad, co-director David Brooks, and stars Jimmi Simpson, Hana Mae Lee, Luis Guzmán, and Chris Conrad.

The creator talked about wanting to work in animation but wanting to create something unique that didn’t look like anything else. He saw his friend Jeff Deidre’s art of taking baby dolls from yard sales and making them into adults, and he liked how it that aspect showed the infantile and childish side that exists in adults.

The series looks a lot like 1970s/early 1980s New York City. Crime is rampant and the police are corrupt; it’s a dangerous and hard town.

The programming schedule for day two of the ATX Festival has been released, so be sure to check it out. Panels today include those for series Hacks, Housebroken, David Makes Man, and Ultra City Smiths, as well as conversations, including one hosted by Ziwe. Be sure to also check out the VOD programming available to attendees, which includes shows to watch before the panels, interviews, and more. A lot of the series episodes are available via VOD to watch before the panels for you to binge watch! Day two releases include We Are Lady Parts, an interview with Lauren Oliver & Olivia Welch for Panic, Flashbacks from Friday Night Lights, and Home Before Dark. While we will only be covering certain panels here at SciFi Vision, we will be bringing you a few roundups and hopefully some interviews, such as for Kevin Can F*** Himself. Be sure to check out the full schedule for today's ATX programming below.