Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #26: Simultaneous Releasing

Michael (2026) Review

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, finally gets his theatrical biopic with his nephew, Jaafar Jackson, playing the iconic star. Joseph Jackson (Colman Domingo) is a steel mill worker who’s determined to get his family out of Gary, Indiana. He makes his sons perform as The Jackson 5, including 10-year-old Michael (Juliano True Valid). When […]

Caught Stealing Review

Darren Aronofsky directs his ninth film, moving to the crime-caper genre by adapting Charlie Huston’s novel Caught Stealing. Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) is a bartender in late ‘90s New York. His simple life becomes complicated when his punk rocker neighbour, Russ (Matt Smith), has to rush back to London and asks the former baseball player to […]

Space Jam: A New Legacy Review

25 years ago, Michael Jordan and Looney Tunes joined forces to defeat aliens on the basketball court. After years of development hell, a sequel has finally been released with LeBron James in the main role. LeBron James is an NBA megastar and wants his sons to follow in his footsteps. But his younger son, Dom […]