Pop Culturalist is excited to be partnering with Warner Bros. to give away tickets to an NYC screening of Mortal Kombat II. You and a guest will see the film before it’s released on May 8th. All the details are below. Good luck! About the Film From New Line Cinema comes the latest high-stakes installment in the blockbuster video game franchise in all its brutal glory, Mortal Kombat II. This time, the fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory
There are two sides to the artist’s journey—the one fighting to be seen, and the one who’s already arrived but is quietly questioning what it took to get there. In Original Sound, David Lambert and Laura Marano bring both perspectives to life with a grounded, affecting honesty, offering a portrayal of creative ambition that feels deeply lived-in and true to the realities of the industry. The film doesn’t just trace the pursuit of success—it sits with it, exploring the space between aspiration and arrival, and what it really means to
Winner of the SXSW Grand Jury Award in the Independent TV Pilot Program, In My Blood pulls us into the competitive world of professional baseball, where the margin for error can mean the difference between a career in the minors and the storybook path that came before. Beneath that surface, the pilot reveals itself as a generational story—one where success is expected to mirror the past, even as the weight of that legacy begins to take its toll. What unfolds is a genre-bending portrait of a young man caught between
Curtis Lum has built his art around stories that feel timely—projects that mirror the world as we’re living it while creating space for audiences to see themselves within it. Across drama, sci-fi, and action, he has brought a commanding presence to high-stakes worlds. But with The Audacity, he taps into something new, revealing a sharp comedic edge that feels both effortless and long overdue. It’s a shift that not only surprises, but expands what audiences have come to expect from him. Set in a Silicon Valley spiraling into AI-fueled excess,