Pop Culture Chronicles

Well folks, Captain America is back with a new adventure and he and his team, the Avengers, face some serious internal conflicts with one another. Due to the the constant damage from the missions, the Avengers are challenged by the United Nations to be restricted and only defend the world under their supervision with their accords. Iron Man and his team believes this is beneficial and they must sign the accords to help prevent innocent lives from being killed.  However, Captain America and others from the Avengers believe that they should not be under the supervision of the UN and continue their duties as the Avengers. In addition, Cap's friend and the Winter Soldier, Bucky, is still on the loose and Cap makes it his mission to rescue him and try to restore his good nature and not be brainwashed from the Soviet forces Bucky was under during the end of the Cold War.  Iron hates Bucky and wants to kill him due to Bucky's risky behavior and being  a threat to society. Cap is...

Everybody Wants Some, directed by Richard Linklater ( School of Rock, Boyhood, Dazed and Confused), depicts a story of a young collegiate baseball player, who is about to enter in his freshman year of college. The film takes place in the start of the 1980s, in Texas, as the protagonist, Jake, ( Blake Jenner), meets his rowdy and free-spirited teammates in his shared team house for the year. His teammates show Jake and his fellow freshmen classmates, how to pick up girls in college, what not to do at parties, engage in some "mary jane", and some childish baseball hazing rituals that every freshman must go through to gain acceptance on the team.  Along the way, Jake encounters a girl who catches his eye, he makes it his mission to find this mystery girl , later known as Beverly in the film, and get to know her better.  Overall, the film is a great throwback to the pop culture scene in the 1980s, with amazing set designs, the props such as the "8-track music player", i...

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to see the mixed reviewed Batman v. Superman. Batman, played by former Daredevil, Ben Affleck, is on a quest to prevent Superman from destroying his beloved Gotham City. Meanwhile, Superman, ( Henry Cavill), Superman wants to stop Batman , in which he thinks he is responsible for the crime in his city of Metropolis. Along the the way there are appearances from Wonderwoman, Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman. As for the film's action sequences, they were pretty decent, a little over the top on the CGI effects from director, Zack Snyder, but he is known to focus on heavy action sequences. In addition, the film was a little long, 2 hours and 30 mins is pretty long, its really 3 hours when you're in the theater, including the previews. The film could have been condensed and there were some unnecessary back stories from the supporting cast members of the film, such as the  Lois Lane and Superman love affair, we all know that she loves  Superman and ...

Lin Manuel Miranda, actor, musical artist is well known for his works in Broadway and theater in  general. Also, he has established himself as a famous composer, arranger, and overall artist. This latin artist can practically do it all and his new play, Hamilton, entailing the life of American figure, Alexander Hamilton, and Miranda has turned it into a rap musical, that had been selling out for the past couple of months in NYC. To demonstrate his amazing skills, here is a clip from his appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, back in November, and has a full-on free style rap battle with Black Thought from the Roots. I've watched this multiple times and I still don't know how he does it.  In the challenge, he is assigned random words from a computer generator and is supposed to make a rap on the spot. I guess that's why he's so talented because all the great singers and actors know how to improvise. Check it out below: Enjoy and be amazed!! https://www.f...

Last night, was the 88th Academy Awards, hosted by famous comedian and actor, Chris Rock. The Academy Awards, as we all know, is the most prestigious award in film. Actors,directors, writers, producers, production designers, costume designers, film editors clamor and hope to hear the famous words.. " And the Oscar goes too..." and their name. Well, this year in film, we have some truly great, controversial, thought provoking films and performances by seasoned actors and newcomers to the Oscars. Here are some of the major winners from tonight's show, Best Screenplay - Spotlight ( Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer ) Best Cinematography- The Revenant ( El Chivo) Best Director-  The Revenant (Alejandro G. Innaritu) Best Actor- The Revenant ( Leonardo DiCaprio) Best Actress - Room ( Brie Larson) In addition, the action film , Mad Max : Fury Road, stole the show with a total of 6 wins for: Best Film Editing Best Costume Design Best Makeup/Hair styling Best Produc...

Hey everybody, I'm back and I want to let you guys in on some great TV I have been watching the past couple of months.  There is a new show on Netflix, called Love, which is created by Judd Apatow and Paul Rust, who also stars in the show, along with former Community star, Gilian Jacobs. Love is a story of a nerdy Hollywood child star tutor, Gus , ( Rust) who was recently dumped by his girlfriend. Then, there is Mickey, a free spirited, somewhat eccentric and spontaneous satellite radio program director. The two cross paths in a local convince store when Mickey can't pay for her daily coffee and Gus, who is there the whole time and sees what Mickey ( Jacobs)  can't pay for the coffee and tries to bargain with the cashier, decides to be the hero and pay for the coffee along with his items from the store. From there, they form a friendship and hang out with one another, dabble into some crazy adventures, and possibly form an unlikely romance. The show is funny obviously, qu...

What's up all my Michael Jackson fans out there! Everyone should go watch the new documentary on the King of Pop, directed by Spike Lee. It entails the beginnings of Jackson's solo career and the foundation and processing of his debut album, Off the Wall. Michael teamed up with Quincy Jones, the legendary musician, composer, and friend of Michael's to establish his new sound and the process of developing Michael as an individual atrist. The film will also entail the roots of his stardom, which most of us already, he and his brothers started the Jackson 5 with Motown and head of Motown, Berry Gordy making the Jacksons a household name. In addition, the film also probably discuss the evolution of the Jackson 5 into the Jacksons, one the Jackson family separated from Mowtown as young adults and wanted more artistic and corporate control of their success.Especially for Michael, the lead singer of the group and unanimously the most talented and versitale of the Jackson family, h...