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When Daniel Day-Lewis announced his return to acting for the first time since Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, the industry reacted with cautious excitement. Not that anyone in their right mind feared his otherworldly skill had atrophied in his absence. Rather, it was the impetus. It’s impossible to fault him for coming out of retirement […]
Mummies is a Spanish animated film that aimed to capitalise on the Easter holidays in the UK. Under the Earth is a secret city for Ancient Egyptian Mummies. In this city is Thut (Joe Thomas), a retired chariot racer who enjoys the single life. Nefer (Eleanor Tomlinson) is the princess, and heir to the kingdom, […]
The Black Death was one of the traumatic events in world history. It was a pandemic that has been estimated to have killed between 75 million to 200 million people. This event serves as the backdrop for the Anglo-German horror film Black Death. In 1348 the Black Death is sweeping across England. It has even […]
The Bond franchise is one of the most resilient around. It’s able to adapt and when some critics have written the franchise off Bond comes back stronger than ever. 1995’s Goldeneye was proof of this and is often seen as one of the best films the franchise has ever produced. The Iron Curtain has been lifted and the Soviet […]
Curfew is a British action dystopia series that has a talented cast of big and emerging names. What was delivered was the TV version of a B-Movie. In the near future Britain has a nightly curfew to protect civilians from zombie-like creatures called Mooks. During the curfew is an annual race from London to Scotland. The […]
Wolfwalkers is the latest critically acclaimed film from the Irish studio, Cartoon Saloon. It has ended up being released on Apple TV+ internationally and Apple has got themselves a gem of a film. Bill Goodfellowe (Sean Bean) is a hunter who is tasked by the Lord Protector of England (Simon McBurney) to hunt the wolves pestering […]
Leading up to the April 14 premiere of the final, six-episode eighth season of HBO’s massive hit series Game of Thrones, Pop Culture Maniacs will be rewatching the entire series (season by season) and writing on how each season fares in light of all that we know now (and thoughts about how the major plot […]