Biff Bam Pop! Is 10 Years Old And We Thank You
Today is Biff Bam Pop!’s 10 year birthday. Who would have thought this website would become a respected and well-read site for pop culture conversations?
Month: August 2018
Will ‘The Happytime Murders’ Find Happiness This Weekend?
Every year around now I start writing about the dog days of summer, and how there aren’t any big movies hitting theatres. Enter The Happytime Murders.
Prime in the Dustbin: ‘Funland’ (1987)
The difficulty in describing a movie like 1987’s Funland lies in the fact that I don’t know your boxes. That is to say, I don’t have a working understanding of all the things that make you excited about watching a particular film
‘Breath’: A Directorial Debut from Actor Simon Baker
Breath not only offered a good story, thanks to Simon Baker’s directing, but it also allowed me to feel the thrills and the frights of staying ahead of those twenty or thirty foot waves from the safety of my home.
‘What Keeps You Alive’ Presents a Flawless Execution of a Classic Concept
Sometimes, you want something completely innovative, a concept that you could never conceive of on your own. But other times, and What Keeps You Alive is one of these times, you want a classic concept that is executed at the highest level.
Trailer Time: The New ‘Suspiria’ Will Be a Creepfest
The official Suspiria Twitter feed is surprisingly active and interactive, responding to fans and detractors with quickness and wit.
Biff Bam Pop! Presents Actor Trading Cards: Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy is this week’s featured star, as Biff Bam Pop! presents another edition of Actor Trading Cards with Leo Craven.
In the Game: ‘Unexplored’ Brings the Dungeon-crawling Experience to the Switch
Lovers of tabletop gaming may find lots to enjoy in ‘Unexplored’ for the Nintendo Switch, as long they don’t mind dying a lot.
Comic Book Love Never Dies In ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ On The Wednesday Run
The comic book representation of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire-novel-made-film is finally compiled. And it features the stunningly eerie, early-career artwork of Mike Mignola!
Heroes and Villains – Planet of the Apes: Visionaries, Royal City + more
This week’s Heroes and Villains is all over the map! A classic reimagined, an instant classic, and something that’s…not a comic? Don’t worry! It’s comics adjacent so we’re cool. Onward!
Book Review: ‘Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History’
No sex, no drugs, but still rock and roll, the Straight Edge movement is covered from stem to stern in Tony Rettman’s latest book, ‘Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History.’
Raging, Full On: ‘The Ranger’ Shows Punk’s Not Dead (By Showing Us Dead Punks)
The Ranger occupies that sweet spot where it could have come out anytime in the last three or four decades and will likely still feel as fresh thirty years from now.