Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #27: The Suicide Squad Review

The Lion King Review

Disney has continued the mining of their animated classics for box-office gold. 2019 sees the studio going for a triple whammy of cinematic remakes – concluding with a “live-action” remake of The Lion King. In the African Savannah a new crown prince is revealed to the animals. The birth of Simba (JD McCracy/Donald Glover) means the power-hungry Scar […]

Alice in Terrorland Review

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most adapted novels to screen and it serves as the inspiration for the horror film Alice in Terrorland. Alice (Lizzy Willis) is a teenage girl who moves in with her grandmother (Rula Lenska) after her parents die in a house fire. Alice’s grandmother tells the […]

The King Review

The King is the most recent film that retells to the story of Henry V and his 1415 campaign in France. It comes across as the English version of Braveheart. Prince Henry (Timothée Chalament), or Hal to his friends, is the reluctant heir to the English throne. He is a disappointment to his father (Ben […]