Growing up is a monumental challenge at the best of times. Throw in a less than ideal home life, like the ones alluded to in Jonah Hill’s directorial debut, mid90s, and you have the kind of near impossible situation where simply getting through the day is a feat, never mind Continue Reading
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What We Left Behind: The documentary that gives Deep Space Nine its well-deserved place in the Star Trek sun
SNAPSHOTDeep Space Nine is described as “dark”, “edgy”, and “the black sheep” of the Star Trek family – a show that did not fit in Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the future. 20 years after it left the airwaves, fans all over the world continue to watch Deep Space Nine with Continue Reading
Think your family is weird? Get ready for an all-new animated Addams Family
SNAPSHOTGet ready to snap your fingers! The Addams Family is back on the big screen in the first animated comedy about the kookiest family on the block. Funny, outlandish, and completely iconic, the Addams Family redefines what it means to be a good neighbor. The movie centers on the family Continue Reading
What if there’s not a villain? Wall-E as sociological storytelling (video essay)
2008’s WALL-E is on the surface a delightful film about two robots falling head over heels in garbage-strewn love. Pretty simple and straightforward, right? Well, yes … and no. As Pop Culture Detective aka Jonathan McIntosh (sponsor him on Patreon) explains, the film is actually considerably more complex than that, Continue Reading
Movie review: Man in a Hurry (Un homme pressé)
If there is one thing Hollywood believes with absolute certainty, it is that sudden disability of any kind automatically and completely ennobles someone. Gone are their abrasive edges, their psychological ticks and their flawed humanity, replaced by an inspirational outlook and persona that makes Mother Theresa look like a serial Continue Reading
Toy Story 4: Another trailer, another poster, more Forky!
SNAPSHOT When a new toy called “Forky” joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy. (synopsis via Bleeding Cool) Is it possible, and I am, of course, asking for a friend, to have too much Continue Reading
Movie review: SHAZAM!
Think back to the heady, carefree days of childhood for a second. Now, anyone will tell you not all days were coloured by idyllic splendour and unfettered enthusiasm, but there were enough of them for most of us to recall the sheer joy of discovering something new and exciting that Continue Reading
Movie review: Dumbo
It has oft been said, and by far wiser heads than mine, that just because you can do something, doesn’t necessarily mean you should. That axiom could well be applied to Disney and its current mania for remaking its animated films as live-action epics, a strategy which makes sense in Continue Reading
Zombies! Fear the Walking Dead S5 trailer and The Dead Don’t Die
Zombies aren’t dead! Well, OK yes they are technically but as robustly-rambling leading lights of the pop culture zeitgeist, they are alive and kicking. Take the fact that not only does Fear the Walking Dead have a fifth season coming up on 2 June at 9/8c this year on AMC Continue Reading
The (verified) truth about Captain Marvel’s Carpool Karaoke
If you were say Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson, currently wowing audiences in Captain Marvel, which is a damn fine movie, what would you want to add to a heartily-fun session of The Late Late Show with James Corden‘s Carpool Karaoke? Well, besides the music of course which is Continue Reading