Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #6: His Dark Materials

The Mandalorian – Chapter 16: The Rescue Review

Well, that was a hell of a finale. Not only did the episode bring several of the season’s best characters together for one final assault on Moff Gideon, it also brought back (for good and for ill) one of Star Wars’ most important characters to take little Grogu under his Jedi wing and train him. […]

Killing Eve – Are You Leading or Am I Review

And, with an incredibly poetic (albeit frustrating) final scene, Killing Eve wraps its most uneven season to date. While I’ve been writing about it for the past eight weeks, often calling it out for its shockingly incoherent plotting and spiraling narrative, I had genuinely high hopes for the finale. I was expecting it to tie […]

Rick and Morty – Claw and Horder: Special Ricktim’s Morty Review

The fantasy-themed “Claw and Horder: Special Ricktim’s Morty” has quickly earned a reputation for being one of the worst Rick and Morty episodes. But is it really worthy of this status? After an off-world adventure, Rick has to live up to his promise to give Morty a dragon. However, the dragon, Balthromaw (Liam Cunningham), is unenthusiastic about the arrangement […]