Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #9: The Future of Cinema

Studios, Corporate Greed and Hollywood’s Crisis

Over the past decade, the entertainment industry has seen drastic changes. There has been the rise of streaming services, a focus on big-budget films based on recognisable intellectual property, and an increase in digital media sales at the cost of physical media. In 2023, the Hollywood business model suffered from the detrimental effects of short-term […]

Jellyfish Review

Jellyfish is a social drama in the British tradition of kitchen-sink realism as it focuses on the struggles of a teenage girl. Sarah Taylor (Liv Hill) is a 15-year-old girl living in Margate. She has to act as the primary carer for her younger siblings and bipolar mother (Sinead Matthews). To make ends meet she works […]

Venom: The Last Dance Review

The Venom trilogy comes to a close with Venom: The Last Dance. This closer sees Eddie Brock and his symbiotic buddy face their greatest threat. Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) is hiding in Mexico after being framed for murdering Detective Mulligan (Stephen Graham) in San Francisco. Eddie needs to travel to New York so he can […]