Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #21: Sports and TV Rights

This Way Up – Season 2, Episode 2 Review

The second episode of This Way Up sees Áine get an unexpected proposition and Shona prepares for her wedding with Vish. Áine’s boss, James (Ekow Quartey) has had enough working at the college and plans to set up his own business. He asks Áine to join him as his business partner but Shona is sceptical. Shona tries to make […]

Mayor of Kingstown Review

With a cast that boast names like Jeremy Renner, Diane Wiest, and Kyle Chandler, and Taylor Sheridan – the co-creator of Yellowstone – as a co-creator and showrunner (the other half of the creative team is Hugh Dillion, who also co-stars on the series), one can’t help but hope a series like Mayor of Kingstown will live up […]

House of the Dragon – Rhaenyra Triumphant Review

This week in Queen’s Landing, Rhaenyra learned an incredibly difficult but crucial lesson: It’s not easy being Queen. Because it turns out, everyone wants a piece of you – from your fellow nobles and family to the small folk who rely on the crown for aid. And, she also learned, it’s not possible to give […]