Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #32: Game of Thrones

The Mandalorian – Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore

Well, it looks like we found the one person who can break through Bo-Katan’s tough, too-cool-for-school exterior: Grogu. Because when that little guy came rushing back to her throne room, all worried for his dad, she was pretty quick to jump into action. She was also pretty quick to pick up that dark saber and […]

A year of “Yuridemption”?: LGBTQ+ Representation in Animation in 2025 [Part 3]

In the last part of this series, I focused on series such as #1 Happy Family USA, Oh My God… Yes!, Maebashi Witches, Lazarus, Once Upon a Witch’s Death, There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless…, and A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof, and films like Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 4. There […]

Secret Invasion – Resurrection Review

I have very high hopes for Secret Invasion, the latest entry in the now sprawling MCU – a series that has had far more misses than hits in the last couple of years. Billed as an espionage series and starring a murderer’s row of incredible actors – Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role as Nick […]