Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #32: Game of Thrones

Screw Episode Three Review

Screw has reached its halfway point. After the disappointment of Episode Two the series needs to up its game. Rose has crossed the line: she has smuggled drugs and a gun into the prison for Costa. Her actions take place on the day a new guard joins C-wing, Toby (Jack Bardoe). Leigh gets a warning from […]

His Dark Materials – The Dæmon Cages Review (A Book Fan’s Perspective)

“The Dæmon Cages” sees His Dark Materials go into horror territory as Lyra sees the full scale of the Magisterium’s operation. Lyra (Dafne Keen) has been captured (again) and taken to Bolvagar, the Fields of Evil. She gets to reunite with Roger (Lewin Lloyd) and she plans to start a jailbreak, knowing the Gyptians are coming. However, […]

Burkely’s Top Twenty Anime TV Shows of 2023

In my last post, I chose ten (Western) animated series which I felt were the best of 2023. However, of the over 40 reviews I wrote in the past year, 14 of them were anime. Originally I was planning to make this a top 10 list, but I decided that was too limiting, and added […]