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Pop Culture Happy Hour

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Frequency: 1 episode/2d. Total Eps: 870

Get obsessed with us. Four days a week, Pop Culture Happy Hour serves you recommendations and commentary on the buzziest movies, TV, music, books, videogames and more. Join arts journalists Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris - plus a rotating cast of guest pop culture aficionados. The Happy Hour team leaves room at the table for exploring a range of reactions and opinions on every bit of the pop universe. From lowbrow to highbrow to the stuff in between, they take it all with a shot of cheer.

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🇨🇦 Canada - tvReviews
28/07/2025
#1
🇨🇦 Canada - tvAndFilm
28/07/2025
#13
🇬🇧 Great Britain - tvReviews
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#6
🇬🇧 Great Britain - tvAndFilm
28/07/2025
#74
🇩🇪 Germany - tvReviews
28/07/2025
#15
🇩🇪 Germany - tvAndFilm
28/07/2025
#77
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28/07/2025
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Afraid And What's Making Us Happy

Episode 1920

vendredi 30 août 2024 • Duration 22:07

The new movie Afraid is latest in the well-established genre of "the computer is alive" stories. John Cho plays a dad who has a chance to try out a very advanced AI system at his home — and it does a lot more than talk back.

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The Crow

Episode 1919

jeudi 29 août 2024 • Duration 16:12

In the new film The Crow, Bill Skarsgård plays a man who gets brutally murdered alongside his soulmate (FKA twigs). He returns to life as an unstoppable figure of vengeance, hunting down their killers. It's not a remake of the 1994 cult classic; the filmmakers are pitching it as a brand new reimagining of the comic book series that inspired the original film. But how does this new movie stack up?

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$#@*! Profanity In Pop Culture

Episode 1910

mercredi 14 août 2024 • Duration 16:04

We've got dirty words on the brain, and we're chatting about the use and functions of profanity in entertainment. In this encore episode from 2013, we cover everything from Anchorman to South Park to Shakespeare.

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Love Lies Bleeding And What's Making Us Happy

vendredi 15 mars 2024 • Duration 22:09

The movie Love Lies Bleeding is a fun and weird erotic thriller. It's set in the late 1980s and stars Kristen Stewart as a brooding gym manager who falls in love with a hitchhiking bodybuilder, played by Katy O'Brian. Directed by Rose Glass (Saint Maud), the film's got a killer electronic soundtrack, and cinematic references of everything from John Waters to Showgirls.

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Girls5eva

jeudi 14 mars 2024 • Duration 14:34

The bingeable comedy series Girls5eva is a silly parody of the music industry. It's about four down-on-their-luck members of a 90s girl group who reunite to stage a comeback, and find that a lot has changed. The show features a stacked cast, including Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps, and Paula Pell. Girls5Eva recently moved to Netflix and just returned for a new season, so today, we revisit our conversation about the series.

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Kung Fu Panda 4

mercredi 13 mars 2024 • Duration 18:53

Kung Fu Panda 4 is the latest movie in the popular and surprisingly thoughtful animated film franchise. Jack Black returns to voice Po, a gigantic, adorable panda who becomes the highly unlikely Dragon Warrior. He embarks on a quest alongside a devious fox, played by Awkwafina, to face a new villain, the Chameleon, played by Viola Davis. You got your hero's journey and training montages and some pretty stellar voice acting.

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Love Is Blind

mardi 12 mars 2024 • Duration 29:09

Netflix's Love is Blind is like a bad relationship that's hard to give up. We've had doubts. We've had fights. And now, in its sixth season, we just can't seem to call it quits. This season has more strange proposals, more fights between people who obviously should not get married, and more moments when we find ourselves saying, "Really, Love Is Blind?"

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Our 2024 Oscars Recap

lundi 11 mars 2024 • Duration 28:02

At this year's Oscars, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer won in most of the major categories, including best picture and best director. It was also a big night for Emma Stone, and Robert Downey Jr. Plus, Ryan Gosling brought the kenergy with a performance from Barbie.

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2024 Oscars Preview And What's Making Us Happy

vendredi 8 mars 2024 • Duration 47:37

Will it be Oppenheimer? Will it be Barbie? Or will it be some other story entirely? It's time to get down to business, because the Oscars are upon us. In this guide, we're talking about actors, directors, best pictures — and everything we think will and should win.

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2024 Oscars Guide: Documentary Feature

jeudi 7 mars 2024 • Duration 24:05

This year's Oscar nominees for outstanding documentary feature are really strong entries that are available on streaming now. They also happen to be pretty heavy, gripping watches — and well worth checking out. Today, we get into what we think will win, what should win, and where to watch this year's nominees.

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