Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode Three: The COVID Effect on Film and TV

The Indie Animation Boom Continues in 2022

In August of 2021, I wrote about the boom in indie animation, consisting of almost exclusively crowdfunded animations. Earlier this month, I expanded on that and wrote about various indie animations, specifically noting Hazbin Hotel and Wild Card which are in development. As storyboarder Amber Avara put it on January 7, “2022 is the year […]

Britflix: Hot Fuzz

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost were a comedic dream team, making some excellent films and TV shows. Their 2007 action-comedy Hot Fuzz is arguably their best work and loved by a generation of males. Nicolas Angel (Pegg) is the best police officer in the Met. Angel’s so good that he makes the rest of the […]

Stranger Things Season Five Part Two Thoughts

I’ve been writing about television for a long time. And during that time, I’ve come to recognize a handful of truism that tend to separate the good from the mediocre when it comes to effective dramatic storytelling. Now, for folks who have studied criticism – or literature, drama, creative writing, any of the major arts, […]