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The BreakCast: The Ready Player One Review Podcast

https://soundcloud.com/popbreakdotcombreakcast/step-into-the-oasis-the-ready-player-one-review The book that is practically regarded as Nerd Heaven has finally hit theaters: Ready Player One. Based on the best-selling 2011 novel by...

Finding Your Feet: Lukewarm Ballroom

Back in 2011, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel appealed to more than its older stars’ demographic. N ow, in the same vein, comes Finding Your...

From Amblin to Ready Player One: Ranking The Films of Steven Spielberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQdP-Sva8NI Steven Spielberg is arguably the greatest director of all time. He has given audiences nearly 50 years of some of the most popular films...

Batman and Mr: Freeze: SubZero 20th Anniversary Tribute

Back in the spring of 1997, during the opening previews of the Space Jam VHS, I vividly remember the chills I felt when the...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi DVD Review: The Force is Strong With This Blu-Ray

  In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an...

Cancel the Apocalypse! Pacific Rim: Uprising is a Damn Fun Movie

It’s been 10 years in the world of Pacific Rim since the heroic sacrifice of Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) canceled the apocalypse. His efforts,...

The China Hustle: The Next Housing Bubble

The American economy has never quite recovered from 2008's burst housing bubble. Lots of investors–both big and small–lost money and the few who didn't...

Isle of Dogs: A Good Movie That Should Have Been Great

Isle of Dogs Plot Summary: Years into the future, Megasaki City in Japan has exiled all dogs to a deserted wasteland known as Trash Island...

Unsane: Steven Soderbergh’s Gaslight Anthem

The concept of “gaslighting” isn’t new. It comes from Patrick Hamilton's 1938 play, Gas Light, about a man who tries to convince his wife...

Review: Children of the Whales

Children of the Whales original manga series was created by Abi Umeda. The anime adaptation is written by Michiko Yokote, directed by Kyohei Ishiguro...

The Breakcast: The Wes Anderson Retrospective

https://soundcloud.com/popbreakdotcombreakcast/the-wes-anderson-retrospective-1 Wes Anderson's new film Isle of Dogs comes out Friday. Pop Break's editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin, film editor Dan Cohen, and social media manager Alisha Weinberger...

Strong Women in Anime: Staff Recommendations Featuring Female Leads

In honor of March being Women’s Month the Pop Break staff thought it would be a good idea to talk about strong women in...