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News Articles: Series: Pop Culture Happy Hour

Chloe Bailey as Marissa in <em>Swarm</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'Swarm' is about how we're doing fandom wrong

The bizarre new thriller created by Janine Nabers and Donald Glover serves as a spikey admonishment of celebrity worship. Dominique Fishback stars as a much too devoted fan.

March 20, 2023
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Directors Daniel Kwan (left) and Daniel Scheinert pose with their best director trophies for <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once.</em>

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  • Movies

Let's celebrate the mistakes the Oscars didn't make

Just one last word about the 2023 Academy Awards, which wrapped Sunday in a manner largely free of catastrophic embarrassment: Here's an unsexy-but-crucial rundown of the mistakes that were avoided.

March 18, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson
Willem Dafoe stars as Nemo in <em>Inside, </em>directed by Vasilis Katsoupis.

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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the Willem Dafoe film Inside and the podcast Louder Than A Riot.

March 17, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson,
  • Glen Weldon,
  • and 1 more
"Forget Pat's, forget Geno's. Jim's. Jim's in the best cheesesteak in Philly." Shazam (Zachary Levi) and Hespera (Helen Mirren) have a sit-down.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' is a near myth

The sequel to the 2019 film that starred Zachary Levi as the adult superhero persona of a lonely teen goes bigger. And goofier. But the fuel mixture's off and Levi's one-note performance grates.

March 17, 2023
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Ke Huy Quan, winner of the best supporting actor award for <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once.</em>

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  • Movies

In the end, it was an 'Everything Everywhere' night at the Oscars

Best picture, best original screenplay, best director, best supporting actor and actress, best actress, and best editing — Everything Everywhere All at Once won big again and again.

March 13, 2023
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By:
  • Linda Holmes

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  • Movies

What even are Oscar predictions, really?

When making predictions, Pop Culture Happy Hour host Linda Holmes follows this complicated formula: She looks at precursor awards, she considers Academy history — and she listens to her heart.

March 12, 2023
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Some of the challenges in Netflix's <em>Physical: 100</em> are literally Sisyphean.

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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Atsuko Okatsuka's The Intruder, Netflix's Physical: 100, the Wingspan board game and more.

March 10, 2023
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By:
  • Glen Weldon,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 3 more

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  • Movies

Black History Month is over, but these movies are forever

Seven years ago, Slate magazine published the Black Film Canon, a collection of 50 of the best films directed by Black filmmakers. NPR's Aisha Harris recently teamed up with Slate to update the list.

March 04, 2023
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Bashir Salahuddin as Officer Goodnight<em> </em>in <em>South Side</em> Season 3

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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: South Side, Ariana DeBose's BAFTA performance and Paramore's This Is Why.

March 03, 2023
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By:
  • Gene Demby,
  • Shamira Ibrahim,
  • and 2 more
The title<em> Cocaine Bear</em> says it all, and the film delivers on that promise in 95 minutes.

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  • Pop Culture

What 'Succession' and 'Cocaine Bear' have in common (other than cocaine)

There's an art to knowing when a story is over. The creators of the film Cocaine Bear (just 95 minutes long) and the show Succession (which will end after the upcoming fourth season) understand this.

February 26, 2023
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
A tidal wave hits a high school reunion in <em>Class of '07.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Class of '07, Snowfall and Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat and Tears

February 24, 2023
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By:
  • Jordan Crucchiola,
  • Ronald Young Jr.,
  • and 2 more
<em>His Dark Materials </em>on HBO is an adaptation of Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy.

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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Scriptnotes podcast, Elissa Bassist's Hysterical, and more.

February 17, 2023
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By:
  • Joelle Monique,
  • Daisy Rosario,
  • and 3 more
"Say, do any of you guys know how to Madison?" Scott (Paul Rudd) and Cassie (Kathryn Newton) greeted by residents of the Quantum Realm.

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  • Movie Reviews

In 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,' the setting is subatomic — as are the stakes

The third film in Marvel's Ant-Man trilogy sends the MCU's tinest titans into a subatomic universe, where they — and we the viewers — get stuck.

February 15, 2023
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
The cover of SZA's latest album <em>SOS</em>.

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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the Switched on Pop episode about SZA, the movie Sharper, Burt Bacharach's legacy and more.

February 10, 2023
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By:
  • Christina Tucker,
  • Linda Holmes,
  • and 4 more
Connie Britton plays Dee Dee, a wealthy woman who has lost her husband, in <em>Dear Edward.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'Dear Edward' tugs — and tugs, and tugs — at your heartstrings

If you enjoyed having a good cry over This Is Us, then Dear Edward, about the aftermath of a plane crash, is for you. But it's a Very Sad Show and your heartstrings should know what they're in for.

February 04, 2023
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
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