Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #9: The Future of Cinema

The Call of the Wild Review

2020’s version of The Call of the Wild is the latest adaptation of Jack London’s classic children’s story. This time more special effects were used to bring the story to life. During the Klondike Gold Rush, there was a demand for big, strong dogs to work as sleigh dogs. Because demand was so high it leads to […]

Men in Black: International Review

Men in Black was a pop culture phenomenon when it was first released in 1997. Since that time Sony has tried to recapture that magic and now they are attempting a soft-reboot. Molly Wright (Tessa Thompson) is a woman who had an encounter with the Men in Black as a child. She avoided being neuralized and […]

Arrow Blu-ray Review: Dune (1984)

Dune is considered one of the greatest sci-fi novels ever published. Seeing that the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is about to be released it is a good time to revisit David Lynch’s version of Dune and Arrow Video’s re-release. In the distant future, the known universe is ruled by the Padishah Emperor and a feudal system of government functions. […]