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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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Linda Holmes Glen Weldon Stephen Thompson Aisha Harris

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Ana de Armas
Ana de Armas is a Cuban-Spanish actress known for her roles in films such as Blade Runner 2049, No Time to Die, and the spinoff film Ballerina, where she plays a ballerina-turned-assassin.
Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves is a Canadian actor and producer, renowned for his roles in The Matrix series, John Wick franchise, and numerous other films.

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animated classics remake How to Train Your Dragon dragons epic battles cinema rock band coming-of-age journalism sex rock 'n' roll parenthood perils of trying to be cool summer blockbuster Jaws Armageddon Beverly Hills Cop II Ghost The Fast and the Furious Steven Spielberg Wes Anderson The Phoenician Scheme Benicio del Toro Mia Threapleton Michael Cera film review stylized cinematography European industrialist pop culture John Wick Ballerina Ana de Armas Keanu Reeves film

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0:00 19:45

How to Train Your Dragon

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Linda Holmes Glen Weldon Stephen Thompson Aisha Harris
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animated classics remake How to Train Your Dragon dragons epic battles cinema
Disney has been remaking its animated classics for years to great financial success Lilo & Stitch has been dominating the box office for weeks now. So it's no surprise that DreamWorks is now getting in on the action with a remake of How to Train Your Dragon. It's full of epic battles, majestic countrysides and, of course, dragons galore.
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0:00 20:07

Almost Famous

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Linda Holmes Glen Weldon Stephen Thompson Aisha Harris
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rock band coming-of-age journalism sex rock 'n' roll parenthood perils of trying to be cool
In Almost Famous, writer and director Cameron Crowe looks at the ecosystem surrounding a rising rock band in the early '70s. Starring Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand, and many more, the movie is a coming-of-age story that touches on journalism, sex, rock 'n' roll, parenthood, and the perils of trying to be cool. Almost Famous turns 25 this year, so today we are revisiting our conversation about the movie.

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0:00 21:58

Summer Blockbusters

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Linda Holmes Glen Weldon Stephen Thompson Aisha Harris
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summer blockbuster Jaws Armageddon Beverly Hills Cop II Ghost The Fast and the Furious Steven Spielberg
Fifty years ago Steven Spielberg's Jaws was released in theaters, kicking off the summer blockbuster phenomenon. And you know a summer blockbuster when you see one: It's a film that's hugely popular and as a result, financially successful, and seen by lots of people. But not everyone has seen every last one of them. Today, we fill in some personal blockbuster gaps, and finally see a movie that absolutely everyone saw, except for us including Armageddon, Beverly Hills Cop II, Ghost, The Fast and the Furious.

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0:00 18:12

The Phoenician Scheme

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Linda Holmes Glen Weldon Stephen Thompson Aisha Harris
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Wes Anderson The Phoenician Scheme Benicio del Toro Mia Threapleton Michael Cera film review stylized cinematography European industrialist pop culture
Wes Anderson's new film The Phoenician Scheme is classic Wes Anderson, complete with a great cast delivering heightened dialogue and stylized cinematography. It stars Benicio del Toro as one of Europe's richest men, an amoral industrialist, who, along with his daughter (Mia Threapleton) and a tutor (Michael Cera), travels to convince his business partners to fund his latest venture. But where does the film rank among Anderson's past movies?

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0:00 21:39

Ballerina And What's Making Us Happy

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Linda Holmes Glen Weldon Stephen Thompson Aisha Harris
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Ana de Armas Keanu Reeves
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John Wick Ballerina Ana de Armas Keanu Reeves film pop culture
John Wick's back in a spinoff new film, Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas. She plays a ballerina-turned-assassin making her way through the international criminal underworld, and crossing paths with some new and familiar faces — including the one and only Keanu Reeves.

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Ratings

Global:
4.5 rating 12189 reviews

USA

4.5 ratings 11000 reviews

Canada

4.5 ratings 633 reviews

Australia

4.6 ratings 238 reviews

UK

4.5 ratings 226 reviews

New Zealand

4.8 ratings 32 reviews

Ireland

4.7 ratings 30 reviews

South Africa

4.6 ratings 21 reviews

Singapore

4.8 ratings 9 reviews