Penny Marshall dead at 75 Schlemiel, schlimazel, no more, as Laverne DeFazio has gone to the big brewery in the sky. Actress/Director Penny Marshall passed away yesterday at her Hollywood … Read More
Secret Cinema Announces Casino Royale
Casino Royale Secret Cinema is back – presenting another night that is part movies, part interactive-in-a “Tony and Tina’s Wedding”-way theatre, with some voluntary cosplay thrown in that can might … Read More
Comptoir Libanais opens at London Bridge
Comptoir Libanais I now own a fez. About bloody time. PCB was invited to the opening of the newest location of the growing UK-based outfit Comptoir Libanais, this 100-seater tucked … Read More
Breaking News: Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad Movie? Although most agree the ending of the six season run of Breaking Bad was thrilling and satisfying, creator Vince Gilligan wants to give us more. According to The … Read More
The Spice Girls Are Back! (mostly)
Spice Girls Reunion Tour Oh joyous day! Four-fifths of the Spice Girls are getting back together and hitting the road. SRight now it is just UK dates – these ladies … Read More
Review: Hunter Killer
Review: Hunter Killer Oh my, Beasts – where do we start with this submarine nightmare? Not with any fond memories of 1995’s Crimson Tide, so stop those, stop it, rightnowstop! We … Read More
DVD Review: Table 19
Review: Table 19 Ahh, Table 19. See, at Pop Culture Beast, our goal is to share those music, stage and film offerings, anything fun, that might otherwise pass you Beasts … Read More
Review: David Hockney: Time and More, Space and More…”
Hockney, Chicago, at Gray Warehouse Hockney goes 3-D. Well, he probably thought in 5-D long before any of us were aware of the possibilities of 3-dimensional multimedia installments, but let’s … Read More
Mini-Review: A Simple Favor
Review: A Simple Favor Go in to A Simple Favor knowing nothing, and you’ll have the delight of the movie taking you down a path most films don’t or won’t. … Read More
Banksy’s Latest Prank
Banksy Destroys His Million Dollar Art at Auction Beasts, this is bizarre. As we post this, the details are limited, and if Banksy is involved, they will stay that way. … Read More
Concert Review: Dar Williams at City Winery
Review: Dar Williams, City Winery, Chicago Lots of shows, gigantic or intimate, can collapse or sail into your happy memories based on the venue. Taylor Swift sure did her best … Read More
Mini Review: Crazy Rich Asians
Mini Review: Crazy Rich Asians Ever gone to your kid’s, or your babysitter’s, nephew’s, whatever, highschool production of… pretty much anything grownup, maybe Cabaret or South Pacific, and while registering … Read More
Review: We The Animals
Review: We The Animals When there are three children closely spaced, sometimes barely spaced at all, they are usually referred to by their parents as “the boys” or “the girls”. … Read More
Review: Circa’s Peepshow
Peepshow Underbelly Festival Lordy lord, please reincarnate me in sparkly hotpants, hoisted high above my sexy castmates, making levitation look easy and backwards bending look fun. I am irrationally sure … Read More