Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #8: Pirates of the Caribbean

Bondathon: Skyfall

Skyfall was the film that marked the Bond film franchise’s 50th Anniversary. The result was one of the best Bond films ever and the most financially successful. A mission in Istanbul goes wrong. A terrorist has escaped with a hard drive containing a list of all undercover NATO agents and Bond has been presumably killed in action. Three months […]

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Review

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is a prequel to the manga and anime series Jujutsu Kaisen. This prequel shows how Yuta Okkotsu joined Jujustu High and must face a great threat towards Japan. Yuta (Kayleigh McKee) is a 16-year-old who’s embedded with the spirit of his dead childhood girlfriend, Rika Orimoto (Anairis Quiñones). When Rika kills Yuta’s high school bully […]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the Rejection of Progressivism

Insanity. A perfect descriptor of Tobe Hooper’s timeless classic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films of all time, the movie shocked and terrified audiences upon its initial release in 1974. The film’s success is even more impressive when considering it had an estimated budget of only $300,000 (about […]