Dylan Schmid is a fresh face in Hollywood who’s letting his performances do all the talking, and we’re definitely paying attention! He’s quickly built an impressive body of work that would rival any of today’s top leading actors, and it’s hard to believe he’s only eighteen. His credits include hit TV programs and films including Once Upon a Time, Beyond, and the newest Stephen King adaptation, 1922, a psychological thriller about a husband who conspires to murder his wife and convinces his young son to participate. He’ll next be seen
See why two Pop Culturalist writers highly recommend The Wolves: Christine says: The Wolves opens on a group of teenage girls as they warm up for a soccer match. They banter, talk about the Khmer Rouge and periods within the same conversation, and stretch. Personalities are revealed as the young women talk: one is the loud, foul-mouthed one, used to being outrageous. Another is a soft heart who knits scarves for “Mexican children in cages.” Yet another is a bit of an oddball who is homeschooled. And yet, as the
After a 17 year hiatus, Philip Pullman returns with The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, the first in a new trilogy set ten years before his iconic His Dark Materials trilogy. Whether or not you are familiar with Pullman’s previous (and amazing) trilogy, you will fall into the fantastic world Pullman creates. Malcolm Polstead is the young protagonist that carries us along with him as he discovers the world is a darker place than he thought. His parents own a local pub, The Trout; it is here where he hears
True to form, Disney/Pixar’s latest animated film, Coco, will make you laugh, fill you with joy, and tug at your heartstrings. Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of being a musician like his idol, the great Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). Music is in his soul. There’s one problem, though. His family has a generations-long ban on music. His great-great-grandfather left his great-great-grandmother, Mamá Imelda (Alanna Ubach), and great-grandmother, Mamá Coco (Ana Ofelia Murguía), to become a musician so ever since then, the family has outlawed music. They are a family of shoe makers. Miguel finally