Anthony Burgess’s 1962 novel, A Clockwork Orange, has been adaptation fodder for quite some time. The most well-known version is the graphic (and for some unpalatable) film by Stanley Kubrick. This new stage adaptation that can be seen at New World Stages takes out some of the visual gore, but doesn’t shy away from the uncomfortable subject matter. Director Alexandra Spencer-Jones presents a minimalistic, monochromatic stage upon which a troupe of young men perform. With a blur of perfect physiques, fight scenes and scenes of terror and mayhem are almost
We’ve been eagerly anticipating the beginning of October for one reason: New York Comic Con! We’re ready to see all the rad costumes. We’ve got our tennis shoes ready to walk the expansive show floor to see all the cool booths and see Artists’ Alley. And, of course, we’ve caught up on sleep so we can catch every minute of NYCC over the course of October 5 through October 8. With so much going on (panels, autographing, artists making art, and special screenings), we’ve culled through all of it. There is
If there’s one film that everyone is talking about, it’s Blade Runner 2049. It’s being called the “greatest sequel of all time”. And Pop Culturalist is excited to partner with Warner Bros. Pictures to give away tickets to a NYC screening of Blade Runner 2049. All the details are below and good luck! About the Film Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos.
Karen McManus’s One of Us Is Lying has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 14 weeks running and it’s easy to see why after reading this fast-paced, twisty mystery that has been pitched as “The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars” and rightfully so! Five students enter detention and four leave alive—Bronwyn (the brain), Addy (the beauty), Nate (the criminal), and Cooper (the athlete). The student who dies? Simon is unpopular at school, and even more so since creating a gossip app that spreads rumors faster than