Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #27: The Suicide Squad Review

Freaky Review

Freaky is a horror-comedy that mashes up the slasher film with a body swap comedy. What was created was a wonderfully self-aware film that pays tribute to both genres. Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) is a quiet and bullied high school student. She lives in the small American town of Blissfield. But Blissfield has been plagued by […]

Bones and All Review

Based on a novel by Camille DeAngelis, Bones and All is a film that mixed horror, romance, a road movie, and a coming-of-age story. It was a film that attempts to tackle a lot. Marin Yearly (Taylor Russell) is an 18-year-old high schooler who has an overprotective dad (André Holland). One night Marin sneaks out […]

Dora and the Lost City of Gold Review

Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer is one of the biggest cartoons aimed at pre-school aged children. Her first live-action sees the little girl all grown up for an archaeological adventure. Dora (Isabela Moner) has grown up in the Amazon rainforest with her professor parents (Michael Peña and Eva Longoria). After one adventure too many her parents decide to send Dora […]