Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode #15: WandaVision

True Detective: Night Country – Part One Review

Here we are, back in the land of True Detective a decade after the much lauded first season of the series premiered on HBO. What would follow were two additional seasons, one atrociously bad and one that wasn’t quite as bad, but still neither series would capture the strengths and the pop culture cache of […]

Cherry Magic! Spoiler-Filled Review

Cherry Magic!, also known as Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, is a comedic boy’s love series, adapted from a manga of the same name by Yuu Toyota. There were previously TV drama and film adaptations. The anime is directed by Yoshiko Okuda and written by Tomoko Konparu. Tomoki Hasegawa […]

Ms. Marvel – Crushed Review

Color me impressed: It’s hard to pull off as complete a premiere episode as Ms. Marvel did last week – one where the characters are clear, distinct, and interesting and the cast already feels at home in their skin. But to do it again with the second episode of the series – a point where […]