Pop Culture Happy Hour
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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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 348
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Romantic Comedy Guide: Irish Wish, Anyone But You, Upgraded
If there is a spot in your heart-shaped like a rom-com, we've got some good news for you. You can stream a few playful love stories from your couch, whether you're a fan of Lindsay Lohan's red hair s…
00:24:24 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Problemista
In the very funny and gently surreal new film Problemista, Julio Torres plays Alejandro, a young man from El Salvador scraping by in New York City as he pursues his dreams. But those dreams – and his…
00:20:10 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Love Lies Bleeding And What's Making Us Happy
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, playe…
00:22:09 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
Girls5eva
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 …
00:14:34 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
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 Drag…
00:18:53 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Love Is Blind
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 …
00:29:09 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
Our 2024 Oscars Recap
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. Plu…
00:28:02 |
Mon 11 Mar 2024
2024 Oscars Preview And What's Making Us Happy
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, direc…
00:47:37 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
2024 Oscars Guide: Documentary Feature
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 ch…
00:24:05 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
Couple To Throuple
Most dating shows have two things in common: They are terrible and they are watchable. That dynamic continues on Peacock's new dating show Couple to Throuple. Four couples exploring polyamory arrive …
00:22:01 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
2024 Oscars Guide: International Feature
This year's crop of Oscar nominees for the best international feature adopt vastly different approaches to tell their disparate stories. There's a couple that tackle the specter of fascism, one about…
00:14:21 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
2024 Oscars Guide: Original Song
This year's Oscar nominees for best original song are headlined by two songs from Barbie: one from Billie Eilish, and the other from Ryan Gosling. But there's also an intriguing mix of tracks from Jo…
00:23:11 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
Dune: Part Two And What's Making Us Happy
Dune: Part Two is a sweeping, soaring space epic and this year's first big movie. Starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, and directed by Denis Villeneuve, the film delivers plenty of spaceships and …
00:24:24 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
Wendy Williams
The new and unsettling Lifetime docuseries Where Is Wendy Williams? documents the former daytime talk show host as she struggled with alcohol addiction, serious health ailments, and financial issues.…
00:24:56 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender is regarded as a classic. Now, it's gotten a live-action adaptation on Netflix. The series tells the story of a boy named Aang (Gordon Cormier) who must…
00:20:34 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer tells the story of the brilliant physicist (Cillian Murphy) who oversaw the construction of the first atomic bomb. It goes on to chart the dark, complicated legacy of what he made – a tec…
00:25:42 |
Mon 26 Feb 2024
Drive-Away Dolls And What's Making Us Happy
The movie Drive-Away Dolls is a shaggy comedy about a couple of lesbian friends (Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan) who take a road trip and unwittingly find themselves wrapped up in a bizar…
00:22:16 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Jennifer Lopez's This Is Me... Now
The wait to learn more about Jennifer Lopez's love life is finally over. The singer and actress has released a new film on Prime Video called This Is Me...Now: A Love Story, in conjunction with a new…
00:21:20 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Madame Web
Madame Web, the latest Spider-Man-adjacent film that stakes out its own corner of the Spider-Verse. Dakota Johnson plays a New York paramedic who sees glimpses of the future. She bonds with three you…
00:16:42 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
True Detective: Night Country
HBO/Max's True Detective: Night Country is the fourth season of the murder mystery anthology series. It's a bit of a welcome departure, with new showrunner Issa López at the helm. Set in a remote Ala…
00:21:36 |
Mon 19 Feb 2024
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