Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode #14: Physical and Digital Media

Bondathon: The Living Daylights

The late ‘80s saw a new actor take over the role of James Bond with Timothy Dalton. His era saw Bond become a darker character and the missions being more realistic. James Bond must protect General Koskov (Jeroen Krabbé), a senior KGB general who plans to defect to MI6. However, Bond has suspicions because the sniper sent […]

Mulan on Disney+: Disney’s Dangerous Experiment

The COVID-19 Outbreak has devasted the film industry, especially cinemas. Studios have delayed many of their major released, some many times over. One of them was  Mulan but Disney have now decided to release the film straight-to-Disney+ with a $30 surcharge. Disney’s remake of Mulan was set to be one of the first summer blockbusters for the 2020 season […]

Bondathon: Casino Royale (2006)

Following on from the big sci-fi spectacle that was Die Another Day, Casino Royale (2006) was proof the franchise has the ability to reinvent itself. The franchise went from one of the worst films to one of the best. James Bond has been promoted to a Double-0. On his first mission Bond is tasked with capturing a bombmaker […]