Full Moon High Tony Walker (Adam Arkin, there are actually three Arkins in this film, which is a whole lot of Arkin) is the star high-school quarterback at Full Moon … Read More
Texas Frightmare Weekend 2018 – TFW Announces 2018 Film Festival Lineup
Pop Culture Beast will be returning to Dallas to cover this years 13th annual Texas Frightmare Weekend (Presented by Arrow Video, which is pretty awesome) from May 4th -6th at … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray for March: Ichi the Killer, Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon
Ichi the Killer Takashi Miike’s legendary Japanese crime film is every bit as gory and extreme as was on its initial release (which got it banned in three countries). Ichi … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray for February: The Silence of the Lambs, Walking Out
The Silence of the Lambs This is a very special film for me to review because Silence is on a very short list of movies that I consider to … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray in January: The Tiger Hunter, 68 Kill, Matinee
The Tiger Hunter Sami Malik (Danny Pudi, Community) leaves his home in 1970’s India to become a ‘professional American’. He is determined to impress the father of the girl of … Read More
What’s out on Blu-ray: Misery, Silent Night Deadly Night, Jabberwocky
Blu-Ray reviews for December Misery This is one of the very best film adaptations of a Stephen King novel ever. I would argue that Kathy Bates performance as Annie Wilkes … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray 11/7/2017: Darkness Rising, Killing Ground
Darkness Rising It’s a generic horror title for a fairly generic haunted house film. Madison decides to break into her childhood home with her fiancé and her cousin on the … Read More
What’s out on Blu-ray in October: Jackals, The Lure, Red Planet, The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Jackals Justin (Ben Sullivan) is kidnapped back by his family from a cult in an effort to deprogram him. However, the entire cult swarms the secluded cabin they are holed … Read More
#FantasticFest 2017 Review: Junk Head
Junk Head In the far, far future, humans learned to extend their lives, but it cost them the ability to have children. They built clone workers who eventually rebelled; now … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray 09/26/2017: David Lynch: The Art Life, The Devil’s Candy
David Lynch: The Art Life After years of relative quiet, that director we like has come back into style. Thanks to the resurrection of Twin Peaks, ‘What David Lynch is … Read More
#FantasticFest 2017 Review: Bad Genius
Bad Genius Lynn is an exceptionally bright student in Thailand who gets a full scholarship to an honors high school. While there, she develops a method of giving other students … Read More
#FantasticFest 2017 Review: 3ft Ball and Souls
3ft Ball and Souls It’s a goofy name for an admittedly goofy and yet very entertaining movie. Four strangers in Japan have met on the internet and made a suicide … Read More
#aGLIFF30 Film Review – God’s Own Country
God’s Own Country Johnny Saxby (Josh O’Connor) has unwillingly taken over responsibility of his family’s Yorkshire farm after his father Martin’s (Ian Hart) stroke. Johnny deals with his life by … Read More
#aGLIFF 30th Year Preview – Something Like Summer
We are now just a few days away from the start of the 30th Annual Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. This is the longest running film festival in Austin and … Read More