Pop Culture Movies

Rocky IV is dually symbolic - it embodies both the victory of the American boxer over the Soviet one and the victory of neo-liberalism over a...

E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg's endearing movie released in 1982, achieved the triple feat of bringing to life one of the most iconic...

How the Islamic State has created a powerful propaganda factory that manipulates and twists at its convenience the subjects and icons of the Western...

Denise Crosby takes another look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" and how the series from around the world has affected and shaped their lives.

Did you know that the quaint custom of Christmas caroling actually began with drunk and rowdy revelers threatening people door to door looking for...

Starship Troopers is the tale of young trooper Johnny Rico, played by Casper Van Dien, star of this and...well, some direct to video sequels of this,...

Compilation from the quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks

For half a century Harvey Comics characters ruled newsstands, television screens, and the imaginations of children across the United States. While...

In his time of greatest splendor, the singer Miguel 'Bambino' Vargas Jiménez (1940-99) was the last frontier of flamenco, an immense musical...

Comedian and failed musician Josh Weller's debut stand-up comedy special.Weller muses on 2000’s R&B, aging, Taylor Swift, loop pedals, the...

Documentary telling, in her own words, the story of Carole King's upbringing in Brooklyn and the subsequent success that she had.

Trek Nation is a documentary film directed by Scott Colthorp examining the positive impact that Star Trek and creator Gene Roddenberry may have had...

After a series of mysterious studio firings, George Lucas tracks down the evil forces trying to ruin his beloved franchise's fate.

For 40 years Bruce Springsteen has influenced fans from all over. His songs defined more than a generation. This film gives the fans just as much...

Candyman tells the amazing true story of David Klein, an eccentric candy inventor from LA, who came up with the concept of Jelly Belly jellybeans....

The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story delves into the experiences of six unknown young actors placed into the Hollywood spotlight, exposing the...

In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating...

At 15 years old, Kyle Kuchta went to his first horror convention. Years later, he visits multiple cons to understand why these gatherings are so...