Miss Saigon has returned to Broadway. From the team behind Les Misérables, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, this Madame Butterfly-inspired show is one that will appeal to those nostalgic about the original production. Kim (Eva Noblezada, making a solid Broadway debut), a Vietnamese peasant whose village has been bombed, has arrived in Saigon looking for work. Naïve and innocent, Kim winds up in the clutches of The Engineer (Jon Jon Briones), a pimp and the owner of a brothel called Dreamland. American Marines swarm the Dreamland each night—they get a
All’s fair in love and war. And who isn’t a fan of an epic love story?Pop Culturalist is excited to partner with Open Road Media and Gofobo to give away tickets to an advance screening of The Promise—starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, and Christian Bale! About the Film Empires fall, love survives. When Michael (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant medical student, meets Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between Michael and Ana’s boyfriend Chris (Christian Bale), a famous American
What a morning it’s been for T@gged fans! Not only did AwesomenessTV and go90 announce the premiere date for the second season of their hit series, but we also got our first teaser trailer and four new cast members. Amazing, right? I guess Monday mornings don’t have to suck. T@gged follows three teenage girls, Hailey (Lia Marie Johnson), Rowan (Lulu Antariksa), and Elisia (Katelyn Nacon), that become connected to each other after they receive a series of violent videos from an unknown user called Monkeyman. The psychological thriller had me
I’ve always respected the Ghost in the Shell franchise. The 1995 anime feature with the same name introduced me to a world full of sociopolitical strife, questioned the concepts of free will, and dabbled in themes of trans-humanism. It’s a deep franchise to be sure, and I’ve been following it from the bleacher seats for almost two decades. Directed by Rupert Sanders, Ghost in the Shell is a live-action adaptation of the 1995 classic and stars Scarlett Johansson as Major Mira Killian, a practically full blown android (a la the