The second season of His Dark Materials has come to its conclusion which sees the series live up to the title. Lyra, Will, and the witches have to decide on what their next course of action. Lyra fears that the witches will suffer the same fate as Roger if she stays with them. Will has […]
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A Christmas Gift From Bob Review
A Street Cat Named Bob was a big hit in the UK. It was a touching story about how a man saved a stray cat and that cat helped him overcome his drug addiction. The pair return for a Christmas themed sequel. Following the events of the first film James Bowen (Luke Treadaway) still busks […]
Wonder Woman 1984 Review
Wonder Woman 1984 is the last major blockbuster to be released in 2020. Considering how horrible a year 2020 has been the second Wonder Woman cinematic adventure is a nice well to close the year for film fans. In 1984 Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) works as an anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institute and does superheroics […]
His Dark Materials – Malice Review
The second season of His Dark Materials has reached its penultimate episode with its main characters coalescing in Cittàgazze. The forces for and against freedom continue to make movements for the upcoming war with the Angels making their first appearance since the last war. The Witches have arrived in Cittàgazze and save Lyra and Will […]
Warner Brothers, HBO Max, and the Future of Film Distribution
Since the pandemic has struck the film distribution model has been disrupted. Many companies have tried and failed to make a profit from the Premium Video-on-Demand. Warner Brothers have made the radical decision to release all their 2021 scheduled films in cinemas and HBO Max at the same time. Reactions to Warner Brothers’ has been […]
Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #8: Pirates of the Caribbean
Kieran Freemantle and Jean discuss the past, present, and future of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
White Lie Review
White Lie is a drama that has been well received by critics and was selected as one of the Top Ten Canadian Films at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Katie Arneson (Kacey Rohl) is a university student who has been faking she has cancer. Even her girlfriend, Jenn (Amber Anderson) believes she’s ill. Katie […]
His Dark Materials – The Scholar Review
Following on from the events of “Tower of the Angels” that stuck closely to events of the books, “The Scholar” takes a bigger diversion from the source material. Will and Lyra have decided to steal the Alethiometer back from Sir Charles Latrom. With the Subtle Knife in their possession, they plan to bypass Latrom’s security […]
Bad Times at the El Royale Review
Bad Times at the El Royale was Drew Goddard’s homage to film noir and ensemble casts. What he created was a film about people with deep, dark secrets coalescing at a single location. The El Royale Hotel is literally on the border of California and Nevada. On one faithful day in 1969, five people with […]
His Dark Materials – Tower of the Angels Review
“Tower of the Angels” is the most loyal episode to the books so far this season. It’s also the best so far as the wider plot of the series starts to come together. Lyra and Will have been tasked by Sir Charles Latrom to retrieve The Subtle Knife from the Torre delgi Angeli – a […]










