Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #7: Weaponized Nostalgia

Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode Four: The Harry Potter Franchise

Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan share their love for the Harry Potter franchise and talk about what the future may hold.

Bondathon: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Following three bombastic adventures with Goldfinger, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice, the Bond series returned to a more grounded adventure with 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. James Bond had been searching Blofeld for two years but has not come up with any results. With the case running cold Bond gets an offer from Marc-Ange Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti), […]

Burkely’s Top Ten Animated TV Shows of 2023

On December 13th, fellow writer Jean Henegan published Pop Culture Maniacs‘ annual Top Ten TV shows list. I decided to put together my own list of my top ten animated series for 2023. I’ll be focusing only on Western animated series, not anime or films. Like Jean pointed out, this year, for television, was tumultuous, […]