https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pop-culture-happy-hour--4321062enFilm ReviewsCopyright SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6b32d1ffa9d1afaef350c7e02128dc51.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pop-culture-happy-hour--4321062Fri, 03 Sep 2021 07:41:56 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMSAZKÖYPLATFORM FMfeeds@spreaker.comPop Culture Happy Hour is a fun and freewheeling chat about the latest movies, television, books, and music.true97299eb9-66f9-52d3-8873-3b082bedf456episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chair--46356562dbe51f40-6b41-4205-a5d6-205540c7dc87Tue, 24 Aug 2021 04:01:00 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMIn the Netflix show The Chair, Ji-Yoon Kim (played by Sandra Oh) has just become the first woman to chair the English department at the fictional Pembroke University. Ji-Yoon is determined to usher in a new era, but is immediately saddled with...1414falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-suicide-squad-and-what-s-making-us-happy--46356564304b6e0d-0686-44ec-8eea-6dbff91f6c35Fri, 06 Aug 2021 04:01:34 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMJames Gunn takes over the 'Suicide Squad' franchise, in which DC villains take on black-ops missions. The tone is jokier, the violence gorier and the body-count much, much higher.1651falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/regina-king-essentials--43773649c52b4ddc-ca83-43b4-9431-4d0089bac7beThu, 04 Mar 2021 05:01:47 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMVery few actors will ever put together a run like Regina King. Among other things, she's won four Emmys in the last 10 years - all for different roles. She won an Oscar for her role in If Beale Street Could Talk, and this year, she might win an Oscar...937truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-united-states-v-billie-holiday--437736500363f684-5563-4de9-aebc-1693a9e43bf8Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:01:31 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMThe United States v. Billie Holiday is the latest dramatization of the singer's tumultuous personal life. Directed by Lee Daniels and starring Andra Day, it focuses on the government surveillance Billie Holiday endured for her drug addiction and her...982falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2020-best-books-for-music-lovers--43555953e0f4273d-b6d2-4722-915d-3df8ecebc687Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:01:33 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMEvery year, NPR brings together some of the best books in a searchable, explorable guide called the Book Concierge. It can help you find exactly the read you're looking for. Today we're talking about some of the best books for music lovers that show...753falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/desus-mero-writer-josh-gondelman-on-making-a-late-night-talk-show-during-covid-19--4355595562c18589-e6c4-4908-b737-f245f5888b88Tue, 09 Feb 2021 05:01:27 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMTelevision production changed practically overnight when COVID-19 began to spread in the United States in March 2020. One corner of TV that's carried on is the late-night talk show. There have been no live audiences — and in some cases, no studios in...995falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/derek-delgaudio-s-in-of-itself--432983815a96c626-e2d1-4d8d-b7f7-43f660226c6bMon, 01 Feb 2021 05:01:07 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMThe off-Broadway show In & Of Itself, performed by Derek DelGaudio, was a one-man show, a magic act and a piece of interactive theater. The show is now available on Hulu and it showcases a series of storytelling vignettes that are punctuated by...945falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/locked-down--43039628c8bb4102-6ac8-4f47-affc-4c5def9cd691Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:01:01 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMIn Locked Down — the first movie to be filmed and released during the pandemic — Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway play a couple sheltering in London together. The film takes them on an adventure that might not have been possible in normal...587falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/promising-young-woman--43039630da8670b9-9b80-423a-9d41-1e98346bb8bdTue, 19 Jan 2021 05:01:41 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMPromising Young Woman is a revenge thriller, and a dark comedy, and a few other things, too. It stars Carey Mulligan as a woman who spends her evenings in bars being picked up by men who misunderstand who they're dealing with. Directed by Emerald...1487falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-night-in-miami-and-what-s-making-us-happy--43039632a2e60789-dd92-4961-992a-617919528068Fri, 15 Jan 2021 05:01:52 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMRegina King has won an Oscar and a collection of Emmys as an actor. Now, she's making her debut as a feature film director with One Night In Miami. The film imagines what might have happened in a real night in 1964 when Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim...1456falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dickinson--43039627fbc595f5-7435-4cf0-bc43-487f547ed5eeWed, 13 Jan 2021 05:01:03 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMDespite its preponderance of bustles and bonnets, the Apple TV+ series Dickinson is not some fusty old biopic. It casts Hailee Steinfeld as a young Emily Dickinson: a feminist free-thinker and iconoclast, chafing against the rigid social and sexual...956truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bring-it-on--430396319a9d8c58-acaf-4a01-abab-f41a7d1294a3Tue, 12 Jan 2021 05:01:42 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMThe cheerleading film Bring It On recently turned 20. It spawned direct-to-video sequels and a Broadway musical. And with an all-star cast of Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, and Gabrielle Union, the movie remains a quotable classic. But a lot has...1170truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sylvie-s-love--4303962904708533-46a0-4a7c-9ad1-976bac5341b2Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:01:14 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMSylvie's Love follows a relationship that blossoms in the late 1950s between a spirited young woman who loves television and a gifted saxophone player. Written and directed by Eugene Ashe, Sylvie's Love has all the swoon and the style of old Hollywood...873falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/great-2020-movies-you-may-have-missed-and-what-s-making-us-happy--43039633ac0d6d04-20e4-4426-9ece-901f8b7b2cc1Fri, 08 Jan 2021 05:01:33 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMWe spent a lot of time watching movies in 2020. Plenty of our favorites ended up on this show, but with release schedules scrambled and publicity scattered, there are still things that manage to slip through the cracks. Today we are recommending a few...1535truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2020-best-books-love-stories--42809808e20493eb-5f2b-4788-9b41-eb06a1b57915Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:01:04 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMEvery year, NPR brings together some of the best books of the year in a searchable, explorable guide called the Book Concierge. Today we're talking about some of the love stories that show up in this year's guide.507falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-2021-pop-culture-resolutions-and-what-s-making-us-happy--42809810f5a74094-d6df-4747-9475-be100d5c0df7Thu, 31 Dec 2020 05:01:04 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMIt's the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, as much as it seemed like we might never get here. That means we're looking back, and we're looking ahead. What did we resolve to do in 2020, did we accomplish them and what do we want to do in the year...1847falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coco--428098046aa393f7-579f-4d36-896d-dfda6657f514Tue, 29 Dec 2020 05:01:23 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMThe 2017 movie Coco is about a Mexican boy named Miguel who has an adventure on Día de los Muertos, a holiday dedicated to remembering the dead. He finds himself in the Land of the Dead, where he learns about the importance of memory and how we tell...1003falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/soul--428098065333a508-81c3-4a56-8779-99d6e1435130Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:00:20 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMIn Disney and Pixar's Soul, a jazz musician voiced by Jamie Foxx falls down a manhole and finds himself teetering between life and the afterlife. He winds up on a New York adventure with a wandering soul, voiced by Tina Fey, who needs help getting...981falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-midnight-sky--4280980735673249-6abd-4af2-a487-da291f39ea44Wed, 23 Dec 2020 05:01:51 +0000SAZKÖYPLATFORM FMThe new George Clooney movie The Midnight Sky takes place in two very lonely, post-apocalyptic settings: the Arctic, and outer space. Clooney plays a scientist at an Arctic research station who tries to tell the crew of a NASA mission that Earth is no...736falsefull