Octogenarian James L. Brooks returns to filmmaking for the first time in 15 years. This time, the director of Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets makes an ensemble comedy-drama set during the 2008 recession. Ella McCay (Emma Mackey) is the 34-year-old lieutenant governor who succeeds her boss, Bill Moore (Albert […]
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Inside Out 2 Review
Pixar returns to Riley’s mind for another coming-of-age odyssey that features a wide array of emotions in a sequel to Inside Out. Riley (Kensington Tallman) is now 13 and set to start high school. She gets invited by Coach Roberts (Yvette Nicole Brown), the coach of the high school hockey team to attend a three-day training camp. […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Review
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have had many iterations over their four decades of existence. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have put their own spin on the property with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. 15 years ago a vial of ooze falls into the sewers after the TCRI raided Baxter Stockman’s (Giancarlo Esposito) secret laboratory. That […]
Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode #10: Big Mouth
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss what makes Big Mouth so special.




