Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #37: Barbenheimer

Is This Thing On? Review

Is This Thing On? is Bradley Cooper’s third film as a director, this time looking at divorce, relationships and stand-up comedy. Alex and Tess Novak (Will Arnett and Laura Dern) separate after 20 years of marriage. They need to figure out what to do with their lives now that they are apart. Alex finds an […]

Evil Dead Rise Review

The Evil Dead franchise makes it for a fifth cinematic entry. Evil Dead Rise aimed to mix the carnage of the original trilogy and the more serious tone of the 2013 reboot. Beth (Lily Sullivan) is a guitar engineer who’s constantly on tour. When Beth finds out she’s pregnant she visits her sister, Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland), a single mother […]

Indiana Jones Retrospective: The Last Crusade

Released five years after Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade aimed to recapture the magic of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Indiana Jones is approached by a mysterious figure, Walter Donovan (Julian Glover), an American businessman who asks him to find another lost artifact. This time Indy is asked to find the Holy Grail. Indy […]