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Britain has a long tradition of making kitchen sink realistic dramas. It is often a genre for new British directors to cut their teeth on. A lesser-known film from this subgenre that’s worthy of being written about is The Violators. Shelly (Lauren McQueen) is a 15-year-old girl who lives on a rough estate. Despite her older […]
This weekend saw the release of eccentric Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, a biopic epic about the troubled life of the king of rock n’ roll. Oh boy, this is a whole lot of movie. Luhrmann and company have stuffed an almost overwhelming amount of sequins and style into every frame of this film, and […]
It’s that time of year again! Time for PopCultureManiacs’ resident East Coast American to trek into Washington DC to report on the goings-on at the biggest fan convention in the Capital area: Awesome Con! While last year’s convention was all about recovery and the return of fan events during “Difficult Times”, this year celebrated much […]
Queen Elizabeth II has sat on the British Throne for 70 years and is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee. It’s a momentous achievement for her majesty, so now seems like a good time to check out the royal biopic The Queen. 1997 sees two massive events that affects the UK. The first was the election of Tony […]
2010’s Never Let Me Go was an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel of the same name. The adaptation was able to attract some amazing talent in front of and behind the camera. In 1952 there has been a medical breakthrough that allows people to live up to 100 years old. But this health revolution came at a […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the recent troubles Netflix has experienced and ask what the future holds for the streaming giant.
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the issue of LGBT representation in film and TV
The Wizarding World franchise should be one of the jewels in Warner Brothers’ crown. However, the Fantastic Beasts spin-off series has been suffering from diminishing returns, both critically and financially. The Secrets of Dumbledore has suffered from The Crimes of Grindelwald’s negative reception because its opening box-office has been disappointing. The Wizarding World franchise, particularly the Harry Potter series still has fans. It’s a franchise […]
The Dark Knight Returns is a graphic novel that hardly needs an introduction. It’s one of the most well-known graphic novels, it changed the public perception of the Caped Crusader, and arguably Frank Miller’s magnum opus. Along with Watchmen it was the graphic novel that ushered in the Dark Age of Comics. Elements of the graphic novel […]
The 2015 version of Far from the Madding Crowd is the fourth cinematic adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s famous novel. Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) is a free-spirited woman in 1870s Dorset. She inherits her uncle’s farm upon his death. Bathsheba also becomes the object of desire for three men, the rugged shepherd Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), mature bachelor […]