The fourth Bond film sees MI6’s best having a nautical adventure with Thunderball. SPECTRE has stolen two nuclear bombs from the RAF and blackmail NATO for £100 million or they would attack a major city within seven days. Due to the urgency of the situation, MI6 bring in every 00 agent in Europe, including 007. Bond believes he […]
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Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode Three: The COVID Effect on Film and TV
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the effects of COVID on the film and TV industries.
Bondathon: Goldfinger
Goldfinger is often considered one of the quintessential Bond films. It’s a film that’s held as the gold standard of Bond films and was the highest-grossing film in the series until Skyfall. After a successful mission in Latin America James Bond gets to relax at Miami Beach. Whilst he was on holiday Bond gets his new assignment, investigate the gold-obsessed madman […]
Bill & Ted Face the Music Review
After 29-years break the bodacious dudes’ Bill and Ted return for a third cinematic adventure. Since the events of Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, the titular characters have not written the song that would unite the world despite their best efforts. This has led to time and space starting to collapse. Bill and Ted get taken […]
Why ‘Scream 5’ Could Be Great
By the mid-90s, it appeared the slasher sub-genre had finally run its course. The horror icons that once terrified audiences throughout the 1980s became more silly than scary. Jason Voorhees went from stalking camp counselors at Crystal Lake, to having brief stints in Manhattan and Hell. Pinhead and his fellow cenobites were now terrorizing victims […]
Cuties Review
The coming-of-age drama, Cuties, shows the perils of growing up as it focuses on an 11-year-old girl who’s torn between her traditional Senegalese background and a dance troupe from her school. Amy (Fathia Youssouf) is a Senegalese girl who has immigrated to a housing estate in Paris. Her mother (Maïmouna Gueye) and the family matriarch (Mbissine […]
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure Blu-ray Review
To coincide with the release of Bill & Ted Face the Music StudioCanal have re-released Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K UHD Blu-ray. Bill S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves) are best friends, high school students, and aspiring musicians. Their music will bring about a utopia […]
Bondathon: From Russia with Love
If Dr. No was a good introduction to the Bond series From Russia with Love was a great follow-up and showed the series starting to hit its stride. Following the events of Dr. No SPECTRE set up an elaborate plan to get revenge against Bond. This involves the recruitment of a beautiful Soviet cipher clerk, Tatiana Romanov (Daniela Bianchi) who’s tasked to […]
Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode Two: The Marvel Cinematic Universe
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henagan provide a double discussion about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and how the X-Men could be brought into the franchise.
Bondathon: Dr. No
Dr. No marks the start of the official movie series and sets up things to come. James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to Jamaica after an MI6 agent and his secretary are murdered. Bond soon discovers that these deaths are related to the agent’s investigation about a private island and the mysterious Chinese man who owns […]