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We review pop culture, including TV, movies, books & music, until we can't stand it anymore...and we nix it.

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United States

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We review pop culture, including TV, movies, books & music, until we can't stand it anymore...and we nix it.

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English

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Episodes
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The Fall of the House of Usher & Talk to Me

10/27/2023
Discussed this week: Talk to Me (VOD), Willi Carlisle, Fall of the House of Usher (Netlflix), Shining Vale (Starz), Scavengers Reign (Max), Fionna & Cake (Max), Dicks the Musical (theaters)

Duration:00:30:02

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Bottoms, Theater Camp & Barbie

9/2/2023
Discussed this episode: Bottoms, Theater Camp, Minx, Barbie, Billions, Righteous Gemstones, Oldboy, After that Night, Girls 5Eva, Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi, The Big Nailed it Baking Challenge, Us Against the World (Jungle)

Duration:01:00:31

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Indy 5, Asteroid City & Elemental

7/17/2023
Discussed this episode: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Asteroid City, Elemental, The Bear, I’m a Virgo, Nimona, Wham!, From, Project Greenlight, Claim to Fam, The Stroll, Dead and Comany, 65

Duration:00:54:27

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Across the Spider-Verse

6/25/2023
Discussed this episode: Across the Spider-Verse, Are You There God It’s Me Margaret, The Lake House, Suzume, You Hurt My Feelings, The Boogeyman, Couples Therapy, The Curious Case of Natalia Grace, Primo The Women of Jonestown

Duration:00:45:10

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

5/10/2023
Discussed this episode: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, They Might Be Giants, Beef (Netflix), Polite Society (theaters), Somebody, Somewhere (HBO), Wellmania (Netflix), Shrinking (Apple), Ted Lasso (Apple), Big Door Prize (Apple), Picard (Paramount), Unicorn: Warriors Eternal (HBO), The Ghost Eaters (Clay McLeod Chapman), The National - New Order T-Shirt, from First Two Pages of Frankenstein), Barry (HBO), Yellowjackets (Showtime), Succession (HBO), The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip (Peacock), Tiny Beautiful Things (Hulu), Blindspotting (Starz), Mrs. Davis (Peacock), Renfield (theaters), Perry Mason (HBO), Schmigadoon (Apple), Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (Hulu), The Lake House (Sarah Beth Durst), Rise of the Pink Ladies (Starz), Dead Ringers (Prime), The Last Thing He Told Me (Apple)

Duration:00:53:33

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Dungeons & Dragons

4/7/2023
Discussed this episode: Dungeons & Dragons, Party Down, Big Door Prize, John Wick 4, The Night Agent, The Power, Carpool Karaoke, Rabbit Hole, Love Is Blind, Secrets of the Playboy Mansion, Yellowjackets, Succession, Saint Omer, Missing, Vesper, All the Beauty & Bloodshed, Caveat, The Harbinger, The Mandolorian, The Number Ones, De La Soul

Duration:00:45:32

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The Quiet Girl, Creed 3 & Ant-Man 3

3/13/2023
Discussed ths episode: The Quiet Girl, Party Down, Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania, Cunk on Earth, Poker Face, The Mandalorian S3, Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (“Ice Merchants”), Don’t Make Me Over, How to Sell a Haunted House, Hell Bent, I Have some questions for you, Creed III, Stolen youth, School spirits, M3GAN The company you keep, Hello tomorrow , Wolfpack, Perfect match, Vanderpump Rules

Duration:00:42:57

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Knock at the Cabin & Women Talking

2/5/2023
Discussed this epsiode: Knock at the Cabin, Women Talking, Last of Us, Call Me Miss Cleo, Extraordinary, Tar, Reservation Dogs, M3gan, Causeway, Till, Compartment No 6, Eternal Daughter, The People We Hate at the Wedding, Lockwood and Co. The Menu, White Lotus, Avatar, Reboot, Traitors, Violent Night, This is Going to Hurt, Orphan: First Kill, Mayfair Witches, Will Trent , Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Watchful Eye, Gossip Girl, Documentary Now, The Good Fight

Duration:01:11:25

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Best Pop Culture of 2022

12/24/2022
We countdown our favorite movies, TV, music and books of 2022.

Duration:00:38:40

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Glass Onion & Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

12/4/2022
Discussed this episode: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Dead to Me S3 (Netflix), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Fabelmans, Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Disney+), Catastrophe (Amazon), Meet Me in the Bathroom (Showtime), Dangerous Liaisons (Starz), Emily The Criminal (VOD), The Menu, Hey Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? (Netflix), Echo 3 (Apple TV), See How they Run (VOD), Welcome to Chippendales (Hulu), Tulsa King (FX), Don’t Worry Darling (HBO), Bones and All

Duration:00:40:13

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The Banshees of Inisherin

11/10/2022
Discussed this episode: The Banshees of Inisherin, Cabinet of Curiosities, The White Lotus, The Vow, Reboot, Mighty Ducks, The Extinct, Ice Age: Collision Course, Love is Blind, Triangle of Sadness, Just Like Home Sarah Gailey), Dead Silence (SA Barnes), Big Mouth

Duration:00:47:33

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Werewolf by Night, Bros & Taylor Swift

10/22/2022
Discussed this epsidoe: Bad Sisters, Midnight Club, Werewolf by Night, Bros, American Gigolo, Monarch, Vampire Academy, For All Mankind, Let the Right One In, The Vow, The Lincoln Project, Rosaline, I Love You, You Hate Me. Little Demon, House of the Dragon, Handmaid’s Tale, The Patient, Fairy Tale (Stephen King), Dahmer, Reasonable Doubt., Rings of Power, The Watcher, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, White Smoke, What Moves the Dead, Taylor Swift's Midnights, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Charlotte Adigery, Tegan and Sara, Rick Hakim

Duration:00:57:02

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Bad Sisters, Reboot & Andor

9/29/2022
Discussed this episode: Bad Sisters (Apple), Reboot (Hulu), Andor (Disney),The Patient (Hulu), The Woman King (theaters), Moonage Daydream (theaters), Ring Shout (book), Outlaws (Amazon), Little demon (Hulu), Central Park (apple tv+), The good fight (paramount +), Cobra Kai (Netflix), The Invitation (theaters), Breaking (theaters), Barbarian (theaters), For all mankind (appletv+), The Handmaid’s tale (Hulu)

Duration:01:01:18

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House of the Dragon & Rings of Power

9/4/2022
We're back with reviews of House of the Dragon and 3,000 Years of Longing Also discussed: Rings of Power, Sandman, She Hulk, Drag Becomes Her, The Rehearsal, Inu Oh, C’mon C’mon, Only Murders in he Building, Mythic Quest, Warhol Diaries, When Women Were Dragons, The Darkness Outside Us, Howl’s Moving Castle, The Resort, Evil, P Valley, The Chi, Bad Sisters, Blackbird, Animal Kingdom, Suspicion, American Horror Stories, Bullet Train, Girl Forgotten, Cult of the Lamb

Duration:01:07:15

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Nope & Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

7/28/2022
It's been a minute - we play catch up with reviews of Jordan Peele's Nope, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On and more. Also discussed: The Bear, Ms. Marvel, Stranger Things, The Bob's Burgers Movie, Lightyear, Thor: Love and Thunder, The Black Phone, Mrs. Snake Charmer, The Violence, Just Like Mother, The Pallbearer's Club, The Old Man, P Valley, The Rehearsal, The Wilds, Slow Horses, Blackbird, Mind Over Murder, The Girl in the Picture, First Kill, Players, Phrogging, The Anarchists, Jurrasic Park: Dominion, The Sea Beast, Devil in Silver, Big Machine

Duration:01:01:04

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

5/10/2022
Benedict Cumberbatch is back in this Marvel sequel, with the same patchy American accent and a new soul patch. Also discussed: Moon Knight finale (Disney+), Girls5Eva (Peacock), Heartstopper (Netflix), Grace and Frankie (Netflix), Drag Race Espana (World of Wonder), The House Next Door (Anne Rivers Siddons), The Broken Girls (Simone St. James), Big Thief live, Shining Girls (Apple), The Flight Attendant (HBO), The Way Down (HBO), Made for Love (HBO), Under the Banner of Heaven (Hulu), The Staircase (HBO), Swimming with Sharks (Roku), Barry (HBO), The Wilds (Amazon)

Duration:00:49:22

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Lost City & Severance Finale

4/27/2022
We review the new Bullock/Tatum flick, Lost City. Also discussed: Severance finale (Apple), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (theaters), Moon Knight (Disney), The Baby (HBO) Romancing the Stone (HBO), Frayed (HBO), The Batman (HBO), Great Pottery Throwdown S5 (HBO), Grown-Up (Gillian Flynn), The Woman in Black (Susan Hill), Song: Sprints (How Does the Story Go?); Roar, The First Lady, Wecrashed, The Dropout, Super Pumped, The Winning Season, Roar, Outer Range, Gaslit, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Captive Audience

Duration:01:04:40

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Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

4/10/2022
We review the bananapants Everything, Everywhere All at Once. Also discussed: Starstruck (HBO), Severance (Apple), Central Park (Apple), Major Labels (Kelefa Sanneh), The Master (Amazon), After Yang (Hulu), The Dropout (Hulu), Big Grrrls (HBO), Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (HBO), Fresh (Hulu), As We See It (Amazon)

Duration:01:04:48

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Moon Knight & The Oscars

3/31/2022
Discussed: Moon Knight (Disney), The Academy Awards (ABC), The Adam Project (Netflix), We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime), House of Gucci (VOD), Central Park (AppleTV+), Bad Vegan (Netflix), The Minx (HBO), Pam & Tommy (Hulu), Afterparty (Appletv+), Reacher (Amazon Prime), Upload (Amazon Prime), As We See It (Amazon Prime), Peacemaker (HBO Max) Love Is Blind (Netflix), Inventing Anna (Netflix), WeCrashed (Appletv+), Ptolemy Grey (Appletv+), SuperPumped (Showtime), The Dropout (Hulu), Phoenix Rising (HBO Max), Severance (AppleTV+), Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (VOD), Law & Order Reboot (NBC - Hulu), Windfall (Netflix), The Power of the Dog (Netflix), Shining Vail (Starz), Force: Power IV (Starz), Pieces of Her (Netflix), Deep Water (Hulu), Mr. Mercedes (Peacock), Girl From Plainville (Hulu), Pachinko (Appletv+), Here’s to Us, Flee (Hulu), After Yang (Hulu), Master (Amazon), Death on the Nile (Theaters), Worst Person in the World (Theaters), Kimi (HBO Max), Better Things (Hulu), The City Beautiful (Aden Polydoros), Ibibio Sound Machine (“17 18 19” from Electricity)

Duration:01:04:43

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2022 Pop Culture Preview

1/31/2022
We run down some of our most anticipated movies, TV, books and music of the year ahead. Also discussed: F: Twenty something Austin Cobra Kai (Netflix), Heels (Starz), Peacemaker (HBO), Togetherness (HBO), Billions (Showtime), Encanto (Disney), Archive 81 (Netflix), Don’t Look Up (Netflix), Licorice Pizza (Theaters), The Medium (Shudder), The Puppet Master (Netflix), Nightmare Alley, Boba Fett (Disney), Just Like That (HBO), Sinead O’Connor memoir Rememberings

Duration:00:56:25