Sony Animation’s new film The Mitchells vs The Machines is a movie for young movie lovers. The film follows the titular Mitchell family as they embark on a cross-country road trip to take daughter Katie (Abbi Jacobson) to her first year of film school. Katie is passionate about making movies, as demonstrated by the (often […]
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Pop Culture Maniacs Episode #19: Derry Girls
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan shared their love for Derry Girls.
Multi-Platform Releasing: the Future of Film Distribution?
The pandemic has been the big disturber to many businesses and industries, including the film industry. The long closure of cinemas and the backlog of unreleased films has led to studios looking for alternative methods of distribution. Warner Brothers planned to release most of the 2021 slate in cinemas and on HBO Max simultaneously, with films […]
Last Chance U: Basketball Review
Last year, I wrote about how Netflix has found a niche in the college sports documentary corner of the documentary game, churning out the excellent Cheer and the Last Chance U series (along with the less popular, but still compelling, QB1). Which, for someone like me who adores a good college sports documentary, has been […]
Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode #14: Physical and Digital Media
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the current state of physical and digital media.
Malcolm & Marie Review
Malcolm & Marie centers on the eponymous couple, played admirably by John David Washington and Zendaya respectively, who return home after the premiere of Malcolm’s latest directorial effort, to yell at and manipulate each other for 106 straight minutes. This is a deeply troubled, toxic relationship where neither party says what they really mean, preferring […]
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Review
It’s a far trickier thing than one might assume to adapt a stage play to film. After all, a play is written to be performed in the intimate medium of the theatre, with an audience sitting mere feet from the performers and the actors feeding off the energy through the immediate feedback provided by their […]
Disenchantment Part 3 Review
Disenchantment returns for a third part and doubles down on the mystery and world-building. Part Three picks up where Part Two left off: Bean, Elfo, and Luci survive being burnt at the stake and find themselves in the underground world of the Trøgs. Odval and Arch Druidess have taken over Dreamland and plan to turn the […]
Lupin – Season One (Spoiler-Free) Review
While I was scrolling through my Netflix account last week, I noticed a show called Lupin had made it into the US Top 10 list. Intrigued, mainly because I hadn’t really seen all that much in terms of promotional material for the series, I did some digging. And then I immediately binged the entire first […]
Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode #10: Big Mouth
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss what makes Big Mouth so special.