After a month-long break, Season Five of Rick and Morty returns with a double bill for its finale. It was worth the wait. The first episode of the double bill was “Forgetting Sarick Mortshall”. In this episode Rick and Morty fall out after Rick finds out Morty had been using Rick’s portal gun to clean up his […]
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The Best Show You Aren’t Watching: The Other Two
Back in 2018, a new comedy premiered on Comedy Central to a solid amount of critical acclaim, but almost no one saw it. That’s the price of doing business on basic cable in today’s super saturated world of television. Thankfully, the show has returned for a second season – this time on the much more […]
Vigil Episode One & Two Review
Vigil is the latest police thriller from World Productions, with Jed Mercurio, the creator of Line of Duty credited as a producer. The first two episodes were shown on Sunday and Monday night in the UK to ensure viewers would be hooked in. A fishing trawler sinks near where the British nuclear submarine, HMS Vigil, was patrolling. […]
Only Murders in the Building Review
Everything that Only Murders in the Building does well (and to be clear, most of what the series does, it does well) it does very well. In fact, it’s so good at smoothing over any rough edges that it’s hard to see them when they do pop up. If you’re a true crime podcast junkie […]
The Indie Animation Boom and Crowdfunded Animation
On August 21, Vivienne Medrano happily promoted the newest episode of Helluva Boss, calling it the “most ambitious” episode they had done so far, thanking the Spindlehorse Toons team, and adding, in part, “Indie animation has POWER! Enjoy our hardwork!” Another indie animated series, EddsWorld, praised the episode, which garnered 800,000 views in a few […]
The Chair Review
Netflix’s new miniseries The Chair is the perfect bite-sized binge. Six episodes, each clocking in at around 30 minutes, packed with plot and laced with humor, the show is fun, engaging, and a great watch. It’s a series that knows what it is – and understands the insane level of talent it possesses in front […]
What to Expect at a Mid-Pandemic Fan Convention
At this point, it’s a cliche to say that these are difficult times we’re living in. So much of how we interact with the world has changed out of necessity, with many things still up in the air and evolving every day. While the majority of the pop-cultural spotlight has been cast on the movie […]
Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #28: Lord of the Rings
Kieran and Jean talk about their love and appreciation for all things Tolkien
This Way Up – Season 2, Episode 6 Review
The second season of This Way Up has come to its conclusion on British television. The season’s finale is one of the best episodes the series has ever produced. Aine receives the tragic news that her friend from rehab, Tom, has killed himself. She sets out to pay her respects and his death makes Aine try and set things […]
Nine Perfect Strangers Review
When I found out that Nine Perfect Strangers was adapted from a book (and that it was from Liane Moriarty, who also wrote Big Little Lies), many of the limited series’ shortfalls began to make sense – what can work on the page, and lend some depth to characters and stories, doesn’t always translate well […]










