Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode Four: The Harry Potter Franchise

Living Review

Living is a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 drama Ikiru. This remake changes the setting to 1950s London and has Bill Nighy in the lead role. Mr. Williams (Nighy) is a senior bureaucrat at London County Council. His world gets shattered when he gets diagnosed with a terminal illness. With only a limited amount of time to […]

We Live in Time Review

We Live in Time is a romantic dramedy that stars two main British actors and focuses on the highs and lows of a young couple. Tobias Durand (Andrew Garfield) and Almut Brühl (Florence Pugh) meet after Almut runs Tobias over when he tries to retrieve a chocolate orange. The pair find they have a spark […]

Black Phone 2 Review

Scott Derrickson makes his second film of 2025 with a sequel to his 2022 hit The Black Phone. It has been four years since Finney Blake (Mason Thames) survived being held captive by the serial killer The Grabber (Ethan Hawke), whom he killed. He’s suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from the experience. His sister, Gwen […]