It’s brooding and heavy. It’s about loss and redemption. It’s about putting together a family. It’s about changing perceptions of policing. It’s about immigration and acceptance. Wait—did I submit the wrong review? Am I really describing Walker? The CW’s Walker (Thursdays at 8 pm EST) is about as similar to the original CBS series, Walker […]
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The Equalizer Review
It struggles to stay consistent. It’s a work in progress. And yet you get a strong feeling it might be considerably better as the season goes on. That accurately described the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their first game of the season last fall. And it also accurately describes the pilot episode of The Equalizer, the […]
Black Narcissus (2020) Review
The 2020 version of Black Narcissus was a lavish three-part miniseries for FX and BBC One and aimed to bring Rumer Godden’s story to a new generation. Sister Clodagh (Gemma Arterton) is an Irish nun in India who gets offered the Sister Superior role for a new mission in the Himalayans. Sister Clodagh takes four nuns with […]
WandaVision – On a Very Special Episode. . . Review
Lots to discuss in this week’s jam-packed episode of WandaVision – the first one that really felt like an episode of the show Marvel likely wanted to make and not a piece of exposition to get us ready for the real story to begin. We have Vision starting to see through the ever widening cracks […]
WandaVision – We Interrupt This Program Review
So, four episodes into WandaVision and we have what appears to be the answer as to who or what is manipulating Westview, New Jersey: Wanda. Yup, it looks like there’s no hidden witches or devils, just an extremely powerful mutant who can manipulate reality and potentially destroy the world. Is it a bit disappointing that […]
Disenchantment Part 3 Review
Disenchantment returns for a third part and doubles down on the mystery and world-building. Part Three picks up where Part Two left off: Bean, Elfo, and Luci survive being burnt at the stake and find themselves in the underground world of the Trøgs. Odval and Arch Druidess have taken over Dreamland and plan to turn the […]
Wandavision – Now in Color Review
“Now in Color,” the third episode of Wandavision, brings our two leads into the swinging ’70s – complete with technicolor, a new Brady Bunch-esque set and opening credits sequence, and era appropriate phraseology to boot. The episode also brought us a step closer to solving the mystery of just what is happening with Wanda to […]
Lupin – Season One (Spoiler-Free) Review
While I was scrolling through my Netflix account last week, I noticed a show called Lupin had made it into the US Top 10 list. Intrigued, mainly because I hadn’t really seen all that much in terms of promotional material for the series, I did some digging. And then I immediately binged the entire first […]
Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode #11: Doctor Who
In a podcast double whammy Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the modern version of Doctor Who and debate on who should play the 14th Doctor.
Wandavision – Episodes 1 and 2 Review
Let me level with you: I don’t know the endgame for Wandavision. I don’t know why Wanda seems to be living in recreations of classic sitcoms (The Dick Van Dyke Show and Betwitched would be the templates for Episodes 1 and 2, respectively, in case you aren’t up to date on your TV history – […]










