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Many holidays have suffered from cinematic slasher villains. Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day are some of the most notable. Eli Roth has added to this seasonal sub-genre with his tongue-in-cheek gore fest Thanksgiving. In Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Black Friday sales at Right Mart go horribly wrong due to a lack of security, a group of […]
2012 was a monumental year for big-budget blockbusters. It saw the releases of films like The Avengers, Skyfall, and The Dark Knight Rises. It was also the year that saw the start of The Hunger Games film series. In the future, the nation of Panam has replace the United States. After a failed rebellion the Districts of Panam are […]
Don’t Look Now is one of the most revived British films of 1973 and an essential horror-thriller. Seeing that it is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and Pop Culture Maniacs has already celebrated The Exorcist and The Wicker Man’s 50th Anniversaries it seems fair to complete the unofficial horror trilogy. John and Laura Baxter (Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie) are a […]
The Marvels sees the return of Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel. This time she teams up with a couple of stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Disney+ Shows. In the deepest depth of space, the leader of the Kree, Dar-Benn (Zawe Ashton) finds an ancient bangle. This discovery leads to a chain of events that results […]
2023 has been the year of video game adaptations. Cinemas saw the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Gran Turismo whilst The Last of Us and Twisted Metal have found success on television. Blumhouse has taken on the task of adapting the horror game franchise Five Nights at Freddy’s. Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson) is an out-of-work security guard who’s battling his aunt, Jane […]
Dreamworks is the home of many franchises like Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon and Kung Fu Panda. Trolls is another franchise for the studio and the Musical Creatures have a third film with Trolls Band Together. When Branch (Justin Timberlake) was young he was in a boyband with his brothers, but they broke up when […]
The Wicker Man is considered one of the greatest and most influential British horror films. It is celebrating its 50th Anniversary so now is a great time to revisit this film. Sergeant Neil Howie (Edward Woodward) is a police officer and a devoted Christian. He receives a letter from Summerisle, a remote island in the Outer Hebrideans […]
Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest filmmakers ever who has made a multitude of classic movies. He has made another crime epic with his adaptation of Daniel Grann’s non-fiction book Killers of the Flower Moon. In the early 20th Century Osage County in Oklahoma was one of the wealthiest areas in the world after […]
BlackBerry is a Canadian comedy-drama about one of Canada’s most famous companies and shows the rise and fall of BlackBerry. In 1996 Research in Motion (RIM) was a struggling tech company in Waterloo, Ontario. The company founders, Mike Lazaridis (Jay Baruchel) and Doug Fregin (Matt Johnson) pitch their revolutionary invention, the Pocket Link, to Jim Balsillie […]
Adam Deacon returns to the director chair with a spiritual sequel to his 2011 film Anuvahood and continues to satirise British urban crime films. Riko (Deacon) and Kane (Jazzie Zonzolo) are best friends and losers who live in a bedsit in East London. After being threatened by a loan shark they have to find a way to […]