Pop Culture Happy Hour
Get obsessed with us. Five 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.
Gladiator II
The new film Gladiator II is a sequel to Gladiator, Oscar-winning swords-and-sandals blockbuster that...
EscucharA Real Pain
The moving dramedy A Real Pain stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin as two very different cousins...
EscucharThe Best Musical Movie Numbers
If you've ever loved a movie musical, then you've probably got a favorite movie musical number — a...
EscucharRed One And What's Making Us Happy
In the deeply goofy Christmas action comedy Red One, the holiday season comes to an emergency halt when...
EscucharSay Nothing
One night in Belfast in 1972, a mother of ten was abducted from her home in front of her children and...
EscucharEmilia Pérez
Emilia Pérez is Netflix's new divisive musical about a Mexican cartel boss who disappears from the...
EscucharCan't Sleep? Catch Some ZZZs With These Songs
There are songs you want to groove to, and songs you want to pump up to. But sometimes, you just want...
EscucharHeretic And What's Making Us Happy
In the claustrophobic thriller Heretic, two young Mormon missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East)...
EscucharTom Hanks Explains How To Deal With Attention
Today, we're bringing you an episode of How To Do Everything, a new NPR podcast from the team behind...
EscucharYouTube Rabbit Holes That Are Great Distractions
Elections can be pretty stressful. And it never hurts to have some emergency distractions on hand if...
EscucharThe Penguin
In the HBO new series The Penguin, an unrecognizable Colin Farrell reprises his role as Oswald Cobb...
EscucharTom Hanks' Movie Here And What's Making Us Happy
What if you spent eternity in one living room? That's the premise of Here, a new drama starring Tom...
EscucharThe Diplomat
In the Netflix drama The Diplomat, Keri Russell plays an ambassador who's thrust into an international...
EscucharAgatha All Along
Agatha All Along is a darkly funny new Marvel show on Disney Plus. It stars the selfish, sardonic and...
EscucharVenom: The Last Dance And What's Making Us Happy
In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns for a third time as a sad-sack loser with an alien symbiotic...
EscucharWoman Of The Hour
Netflix's Woman Of The Hour is not your conventional serial killer movie. It's based on the true story...
EscucharWe Watch Classic Movies For The First Time
We've all been there. A major movie is mentioned, you shrug, sheepishly, and someone says, "I can't...
EscucharSmile 2 And What's Making Us Happy
The horror movie Smile was a massive hit. Its flashy new sequel Smile 2 finds the franchise's terrifying...
EscucharWe Live In Time
Two people meet, they fall in love, and someone gets sick. The new film We Live In Time tries to bring...
EscucharThe Pop Culture That Scared Us As Kids
A lot of us are about to have the experience of opening our front doors to find witches, goblins, ghosts,...
EscucharDisclaimer
In the powerful new Apple TV+ drama Disclaimer, Cate Blanchett plays a woman who's terrified after she's...
EscucharSaturday Night And What's Making Us Happy
The new film Saturday Night attempts to capture the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the very first...
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