Real life hero Sean Mullin is an exciting new voice in the world of filmmaking and a force to be reckoned with. For his new film, Semper Fi, Sean is joining forces with director Henry Alex Rubin to tell the story of five Marines whose brotherhood is put to the test after one of them has a run in with the law. It’s one of the year’s best releases and stars Jai Courtney, Nat Wolff, Finn Wittrock, Beau Knapp, Arturo Castro, and Leighton Meester. Pop Culturalist had the honor of
Maddie Hasson is transporting audiences into the shoes of Henrietta “Henry” Coles in the breakout YouTube Premium series Impulse. Her character is a young woman who discovers she has the ability to teleport after escaping an attempted sexual assault by a classmate. Since its premiere in 2018, Impulse has shattered records with over 65 million views worldwide. And that’s thanks to dynamic characters and raw, vulnerable performances by the cast, led by Maddie Hasson. PC: Season 2 picks up at the aftermath of Bill Boone’s death. How will that affect
Eliza Bennett stole our hearts with her vulnerable yet empowering portrayal of Jules Thomas in MTV’s Sweet/Vicious. Her nuanced performance received wide acclaim, making her a breakout star. She continues to impress, showing off another facet of her talent, this time as a singer-songwriter. She seriously can do it all. This fall, Eliza dropped her heartwarming debut single, “Stole Me,” a love song dedicated to her husband, and it’s given us all the feels. Pop Culturalist caught up with Eliza to chat about finding the balance between acting and music,
London Shah spent her teen years dreaming of what it would be like if humanity lived deep under water. She also yearned to see characters that shared her British-Muslim identity and Afghan heritage in the books she read. Out of these aspirations her debut novel was born. The Light at the Bottom of the World is making its mark in the young adult genre as the first to feature a British-Muslim teen girl as a main character in a science fiction story. It has received industry praise from School Library