Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode #18: Movie Franchises and Cinematic Universes

Gunpowder Milkshake Review

Gunpowder Milkshake is a part of the tread of mid-budget action movies. It was a film that has been released by Netflix in the US and Sky Cinema in the UK. Sam (Karen Gillan) is an assassin for The Firm. She’s given a job to get back some money stolen from The Firm. She ends up […]

Mean Girls (2024) Review

In 2004 Mean Girls became a seminal film. It was an edgy teen comedy that was a satire of high school culture, and female relationships and made many of the people involved stars. 20 years later the world of Mean Girls gets revisited with the cinematic adaptation of the Broadway musical. Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) is a homeschooled teenager […]

Babylon Review

Babylon is the fourth film from the young, celebrated filmmaker Damien Chazelle. His tale about early 20th century Hollywood is his most blazon and divisive film so far. Babylon follows five figures as they experience their ups and downs in Hollywood. There is Manuel “Manny” Torres (Diego Calva), a Mexican émigré who wants to work in the […]