Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode Four: The Harry Potter Franchise

Bondathon: Casino Royale (1954)

James Bond is a character many people know and love. He has led one of the most popular entertainment franchises which included films, novels, and video games. However, one of the least known adaptations was the 1954 version of Casino Royale for the Anthology series Climax! This version of Casino Royale sees James Bond (Barry Nelson) assigned to a […]

Dream Casting: The Wicked Movie

Wicked is one of the most famous and popular musicals to be made in the last 20 years. Based on a novel by Gregory Maguire Wicked sets out to tell the true story about the Wicked Witch of the West and how she came to be, reinterpreting the world created by L. Frank Baum. The musical was originally produced in […]

The Upcoming Streaming Crunch

Streaming was seen to be a game changer for the entertainment industry. It was meant to usher in a new era where most content would be available online and make cinemas and physical media obsolete. This bright future has not come to pass and now we are starting to see signs of the streaming crunch. […]