Sci-fi and noir thrillers are two genres that many filmmakers have merged together. Directors like Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, and Christopher Nolan have made great films in the neo-noir genre and Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy attempts to join them with her feature film debut. In the future, Miami has been flooded by rising sea levels. Dikes […]
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Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #28: Lord of the Rings
Kieran and Jean talk about their love and appreciation for all things Tolkien
Space Jam: A New Legacy Review
25 years ago, Michael Jordan and Looney Tunes joined forces to defeat aliens on the basketball court. After years of development hell, a sequel has finally been released with LeBron James in the main role. LeBron James is an NBA megastar and wants his sons to follow in his footsteps. But his younger son, Dom […]
Fan Control: Why Giving Into Fandom Outrage is Bad for Hollywood
On Thursday, March 18, HBOMax (and by extension, Warner Brothers) released the “Snyder Cut” – writer-director Zack Snyder’s recut version of Warner Brother’s 2017 disappointment Justice League, the culmination of a years-long campaign by a very vocal segment of the internet who hated the original version of the film and demanded that the studio allow […]
10 Potential Harry Potter Spin-Off Ideas
Recently there has been reported that Warner Brothers and HBO Max are in the early stages of developing a TV series based on the Harry Potter franchise. Harry Potter is one of Warner Brothers’ most lucrative franchises – there have been seven novels, spin-off books, video games, studio tours, and theme park attractions. And of course, there’s the […]
Wonder Woman 1984 Review
Wonder Woman 1984 is the last major blockbuster to be released in 2020. Considering how horrible a year 2020 has been the second Wonder Woman cinematic adventure is a nice well to close the year for film fans. In 1984 Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) works as an anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institute and does superheroics […]