Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #28: Lord of the Rings

The Best Show You Aren’t Watching: Adolescence

If you’re in the mood for a devastating family drama that doesn’t offer answers but does offer some exceptional writing, performances, and directing, Adolescence, the new four-episode British miniseries on Netflix is for you. A shattering look at how a young boy, radicalized by the misogynistic dreck that exists on the internet, bullied by those […]

A year of “Yuridemption”?: LGBTQ+ Representation in Animation in 2025 [Part 2]

In my last part of this series, I talked about LGBTQ+ representation in animation in 2025, from January to mid-April. This post will cover from mid-April to mid-September, focusing on series such as #1 Happy Family USA, Oh My God… Yes!, Maebashi Witches, Lazarus, Once Upon a Witch’s Death, You and Idol Pretty Cure, and A […]

Britflix: Ironclad

Ironclad is a rarity because it’s a British action film. It was one of many historical action films released in the early 2010s to capitalise on the success of 300. The year is 1215. King John (Paul Giamatti) has reneged on Magna Carta and hired an army of Danish pagans. William d’Aubigny (Brian Cox), an ennobled wool […]