The 2016 horror film Don’t Breathe concludes with Stephen Lang’s “Blind Man” character tying up the protagonist and attempting to sexually assault her in the hopes she’d give birth to a new child to replace his late daughter. It is an exceptionally dark and disgusting place for the movie to have gone, but it went […]
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Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #27: The Suicide Squad Review
Kieran and Jean review the latest entry in the DCEU.
The Last Letter From Your Lover Review
Based on a number by Jojo Moyes, The Last Letter From Your Lover was a romance film in the vein of a Nicholas Sparks adaptation. Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones) is a journalist who is assigned to write a story about the London Chronicle’s late women’s editor. Whilst researching the editor’s documents Ellie discovers a letter from the […]
Stillwater Review
Stillwater is the latest film by Spotlight director Tom McCarthy. His Marseille set film is part drama, part thriller as an American man tries to help prove his daughter’s innocence. Allison Baker (Abigail Breslin) is a young American woman who has spent five years in prison in Marseille for murder. She has another four years to serve. […]
Jungle Cruise Review
Like Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise is an adventure film based on a theme park ride. Disney hopes to provide wholesome family fun with their Brazilian set film. Dr. Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt) is a botanist who wants to find the Tears of the Moon tree, deep in the Amazon Rainforest. She believes that the flowers could […]
Bondathon: For Your Eyes Only
After the space-set adventure with Moonraker, the Bond franchise literally comes back down to Earth with the most grounded film during the Roger Moore era. A British spy ship sinks in Albanian waters when it strikes a sea mine. Onboard is the Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC) device and the British need to find it before it […]
The Suicide Squad Review
What a difference five years and a slightly different title can make. In 2016, Warner Bros released a half-thought-out hodgepodge of a movie called Suicide Squad. Although it was a financial success, it was also an absolute mess that left a sour taste in most mouths. The final film was edited and re-edited to the […]
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain Review
When Anthony Bourdain took his own life in the summer of 2018, the culinary world – and those who followed it – were shocked. After all, this was a man who had so much going for him: a fast-paced and high-profile career, a young daughter, the chance to travel the world and explore food and […]
The Courier Review
The Courier is a Cold War spy thriller about how a British businessman became an asset for Western intelligence in the early ‘60s. Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) is a GRU officer who sends a message to the CIA and MI6 that he fears that nuclear war is imminent. The CIA and MI6 have to find a […]
The Boy Behind the Door Review
The Boy Behind the Door is an extremely tense and harrowing film about friendship. A normal day quickly turns into a nightmare after best friends Bobby (Lonnie Chavis) and Kevin (Ezra Dewey) are kidnapped by two strangers. Caught in a desperate fight for survival, the boys must work together to escape their captors and stay […]