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Founded in September 2009, The Pop Break is a digital pop culture magazine that covers film, music, television, video games, books and comics books and professional wrestling.

Trailer Tuesdays: Guardians of the Galaxy

Pop-Break Staff - July 29, 2014

Written by Bill Bodkin and Logan J. Fowler Release Date: August 1, 2014 Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel (voice), Bradley Cooper (voice),...

Trailer Tuesday on Friday: Fifty Shades of Grey

Pop-Break Staff - July 25, 2014

Written by Daniel Cohen and Logan J. Fowler Release Date: February 13, 2015 Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Max Martini, Rita Ora Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson...

Album Review: La Roux, “Trouble in Paradise”

Pop-Break Staff - July 24, 2014

Written by Molly Boekenheide It's been five long years since the La Roux duo topped the charts with their infectious hit, "Bulletproof;" that’s five painfully...

The Singles Party: Weezer, ‘Back to the Shack’

Pop-Break Staff - July 24, 2014

Weezer is one of those bands that evoke both love and hate -- from the same person. Many old school Weezer-ites remain enamored with...

Pop-Ed: Real Men Talk Reality TV – The Real Housewives of New York Season Finale

Pop-Break Staff - July 22, 2014

Luke Kalamar: Okay Bill, we’re back here again. Our first time out had us watching Real Housewives of New Jersey. Now we’re hopping...

Trailer Tuesdays: Hercules

Pop-Break Staff - July 22, 2014

Release Date: July 25, 2014 Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, John Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal Director: Brett Ratner (Tower Heist, Rush Hour...

Pop-Break Live: 311 (The Stone Pony Summerstage)

Pop-Break Staff - July 22, 2014

Words by Al Mannarino, Photos by Keeyahtay On July 10, 2010 I went to PNC Bank Arts Center to see a concert. I left there...

Pop-Break Live: Old Man Markley (The Asbury Lanes)

Pop-Break Staff - July 18, 2014

The raucous punk-bluegrass band Old Man Markley stormed The Asbury Lanes last weekend and Pop-Break's Jeff Crespi caught the band in all their glory. Setlist: Clinch...

The Singles Party: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, ‘Tacky’ & ‘Word Crimes’

Pop-Break Staff - July 17, 2014

When 'Weird Al' Yankovic releases new material, the world literally stops and pays attention (and if you pay attention to "Word Crimes" you'll know...

Album Review: Rise Against, “The Black Market”

Pop-Break Staff - July 17, 2014

Written by Molly Boekenheide After 15 long years together, one might think that it's difficult to continue sounding fresh. Not so, for punkers Rise...

Album Review: Those Mockingbirds, ‘Penny the Dreadful’

Pop-Break Staff - July 17, 2014

Written by Matt DeBenedetti During my first listen to Those Mockingbirds' newest work, Penny the Dreadful, their sound had an immediate comparability to bands like...