Well, that was a hell of an episode, right? This is the first installment that really feels like the story is taking a step forward – in both the past and present – with our characters starting to move beyond their set patterns of the past seasons and step into the future. And it’s always […]
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Yellowjackets – Dislocation Review
This second installment of season three wasn’t a particularly flashy episode. Rather, it was a tablesetting episode, pushing our characters into their main arcs for the season, showing us which characters would be up against one another, who would be teaming up, and who might have secrets about to be exposed. Once again, our central […]
Yellowjackets – It Girl Review
The Yellowjackets writers know what they’re doing – at least when it comes to hinting at the one thing fans seem to want to know about more than anything else in the series: “Pit Girl” and the hunts. Because boy, was this an episode that teased that particular future moment in spades. From the game […]
Yellowjackets Season Three Review
I was mixed on season two of Showtime’s Yellowjackets, which was hit or miss in its sophomore season after a strong debut. In my season two post mortem, I had a couple of hopes for the series’ third season – namely that the “modern” half of the series would tighten things up from a narrative […]
IF Review
IF is a family film that shows a young girl navigating the hidden world of Imaginary Friends in New York City. Bea (Cailey Fleming) is a 12-year-old girl who moves into her grandmother’s (Fiona Shaw) apartment as her father (John Krasinski) is taken into hospital. Whilst living at her grandmother’s, Bea comes across some strange creatures […]
Studios, Corporate Greed and Hollywood’s Crisis
Over the past decade, the entertainment industry has seen drastic changes. There has been the rise of streaming services, a focus on big-budget films based on recognisable intellectual property, and an increase in digital media sales at the cost of physical media. In 2023, the Hollywood business model suffered from the detrimental effects of short-term […]
Top Ten TV Shows of 2023
It’s that time of year again. The temperature is dropping, the days are growing shorter, and 2023 is drawing to a close. Which can only mean one thing: It’s time for Pop Culture Maniacs’ annual TV Top Ten list! This year in television was a tumultuous one, as it was for all of Hollywood, with […]
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Spoiler-Filled Review
Star Trek: Lower Decks is a mature animation which combines elements of the adventure, comedy, and sci-fi genres. Series creator Mike McMahan is known as a co-creator of Solar Opposites, a producer on Rick and Morty and as a consulting producer on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. This is the ninth series in the Star […]
Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie Review
PAW Patrol is one of the biggest franchises currently for younger children. The heroic pups have earned a second feature film and this time they gain superpowers. The citizens of Adventure City are excited to see a meteor shower, but the PAW Patrol is called into action when a meteor heads toward the city. Within the […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Broken Circle Review
There’s something almost soothing about watching an episode of Strange New Worlds. The episodic nature of the series is a lovely throwback to an earlier time of television writing – where the main antagonist of an episode is dispatched in a timely fashion, even if threads of an overall, serialized season arc continue tying episode […]