The 49th San Diego Comic Con was held this weekend and, as with every year, all the biggest sci-fi, fantasy, superhero, and nerd-adjacent news dropped at the same time. It’s like Geek Christmas and I look forward to it every year. In honour of Comic Con, this week we’re doing a Monday Link Roundup to collect all the best news that came out of San Diego.
Ep. 12 – Ghostbusters
This week we’re thrilled to report that we saw and loved the new Ghostbusters movie from Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy. Spoilers for the movie are discussed in the podcast, so please go out and see it before listening if you want an unspoiled experience. In this episode, we talk about the new Ghostbusters movie, […]
Ep. 11 – Game of Thrones & Veep
We’re back! Apologies for the lack of podcast two weeks ago—audio issues meant we weren’t able to bring you our Tony Awards episode Luckily we’ve captured the spirit in this Tony Awards Chat. On to this week’s topics! With Game of Thrones and Veep both ending their seasons, we thought it was a great time […]
Peggy Carter’s Avengers
There are so many reasons to be upset about the loss of Marvel’s Agent Carter. Maybe you really liked the way the show handled its characters’ post-war trauma and wanted to see where that would go. Maybe you were captivated by the budding romance between Peggy and that-guy-who-isn’t-Captain-America. Or maybe you appreciated the lessons on […]
Tony Awards Chat 2016
This week’s episode of The Pop Cult Podcast was going to be all about the best damn awards show there is—The Tony Awards. Due to some technical difficulties, however, we unfortunately don’t have a new episode to share our opinions with you. Instead, here are just some of our thoughts on this year’s Tonys. Jeffrey […]
Friday Link Roundup – Tony Awards Edition
This Sunday is the 70th annual Tony Awards and we couldn’t be more excited. The Tonys are often described as the most entertaining awards show to watch. The Oscars have their pomp and prestige and it’s always fun seeing actors get drunk at the Golden Globes but there’s really nothing like watching trained theatrical performers […]
Ep. 10 – So You Think You Can Dance & Challenging TV
This episode we dive right into the summer reality TV show So You Think You Can Dance as it heads into its 12th season with a twist: the contestants are all kids this time. SYTYCD (as it is cumbersomely named) is a unique corner of reality television that has managed to bring awareness around the art […]
Friday Link Roundup – Jane the Virgin Edition
You may remember that I made Jane the Virgin my Kool-Aid Pick on a recent episode of our podcast, and hoo boy, I’m in deep now. Much like Rogelio, I’m ultimately #TeamJane, and I’m excited to share my excitement with you all in this telenovela-fueled Jane the Virgin Edition of our Friday Link Roundup. Noted […]
TV Shows that Turned Critical Lemons into Lemonade
Today, television producers, writers, and creators have an unprecedented amount of access to the opinions of the people that watch their shows. For better or worse we live in a time where creative executives have access to the critical lemons being thrown at them by their audience on a mass scale. There are lots of […]
Men Like Me Come Around: The Importance of Beyoncé’s “Daddy Lessons”
During my first dozen to three dozen plays of Beyoncé’s Lemonade, one song kept sticking out: “Daddy Lessons.” Sure, the genre is way different than any of the other songs, but the song also feels extremely personal on an already very intimate album. This is evident from the very start of the song, when the […]