Glen Weldon

Glen Weldon appears in the following:

Gleefully Lurid 'Brand New Cherry Flavor' Explores The (Black) Magic Of The Movies

Friday, August 13, 2021

The trippy Netflix series about a student filmmaker who uses dark magic to get revenge on a sleazy producer borrows heavily from Cronenberg and Lynch, but tells a weird, gruesome tale all its own.

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Batman's Sidekick Robin Comes Out. It Makes Sense, If You Were Paying Attention

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

In the pages of a DC Comics anthology series, Tim Drake — the third young man to assume the role of Batman's sidekick, Robin, has a "lightbulb moment" realization — but his journey is only beginning.

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What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

Friday, August 06, 2021

Each week, the guests and hosts on Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. Today it's Making the Cut, The Twilight Saga and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

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What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

Friday, July 16, 2021

Each week, the guests and hosts on Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. Today it's The White Lotus, KennyHoopla's song "Estella," Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' first album and more.

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The 2021 Emmy Nominations Are Revealed On Tuesday

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

The ceremony will take place in September, and will be hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. It's been a tumultuous year for television shows because of the pandemic.

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In 'Wellington Paranormal,' Clueless Kiwi Cops Meet Dryly Deadpan Demons

Sunday, July 11, 2021

The series, produced by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, effortlessly grafts the bone-dry humor of What We Do in the Shadows onto the self-aggrandizing copaganda format of COPS.

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Review: 'I Think You Should Leave'

Saturday, July 10, 2021

We review season two of the Netflix show, I Think You Should Leave.

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What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

Friday, July 09, 2021

A top-secret cache of sperm is stored under the Space Needle in Hot White Heist. Bob Odenkirk stars as a suburban dad with a secret identity in Nobody. And it's Criterion Collection's neonoir month.

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'I Think You Should Leave' Season 2 Proves That It Never Should

Wednesday, July 07, 2021

The new season of I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson finds the sketch comedian digging even deeper under the surface of toxic masculinity to reveal its soft, hilariously pathetic center.

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Pregnancy Horror 'False Positive' Doesn't Deliver

Friday, June 25, 2021

Hulu's horror-thriller about a woman (Ilana Glazer) who begins to suspect there's something sinister about her pregnancy grasps at many ideas without developing them.

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A Censored Sex Scene In 'Harley Quinn' Sparks Debate On Depictions Of Female Pleasure

Monday, June 21, 2021

Creators of the HBO Max series Harley Quinn said executives blocked a scene where Batman performs oral sex on Catwoman, sparking a social media conversation about censorship of female pleasure.

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Lights! Camera! Factions! Your Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Cheat Sheet

Friday, May 21, 2021

After taking a year off, the Eurovision Song Contest is back, and for the first time a major streaming service — Peacock — is carrying it live in the U.S. Here's what to look for.

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'Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.': A Goofy Supervillain Basks In A Comic Spotlight

Friday, May 21, 2021

The jokes come fast and furious in this Hulu series about a D-list supervillain (voiced by co-creator Patton Oswalt) struggling to keep it together.

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'Hacks': A Comedic Generational Divide Gets Bridged, (Jean) Smartly

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Two women attempt to reconcile their respective approaches to comedy in HBO Max's smart, sharp (but not too sharp), warm (but not too warm) series.

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'Jupiter's Legacy' Decodes The Superhero Genre Without Subverting It

Friday, May 07, 2021

There are lots of familiar trappings in Netflix's latest "realistic superheroes" series, but the way it grapples with the moral code at the heart of the superhero genre sets it apart.

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In 'The Mitchells Vs. The Machines,' A Dysfunctional Family Gets A Hard Reboot

Friday, April 30, 2021

A very funny machine uprising forces an estranged daughter (Abbi Jacobson) and father (Danny McBride) to save the world — and rebuild their relationship.

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'Shadow And Bone': Netflix's Latest Fantasy Series Is Tsar-tlingly Bingeable

Friday, April 23, 2021

Netflix's new fantasy series contains many familiar elements, but a twisty, fast-moving plot and smart storytelling decisions make it a satisfying, eminently bingeable meal.

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'The Nevers': When Steampunk Gets Foggy

Friday, April 09, 2021

A surfeit of characters, ideas, themes — and familiar writerly tics — obscures the storytelling in the opening episodes of HBO's new series about Victorian women granted special powers.

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A Ruthless Ranking Of The 25 Best Muppets, According To Listeners

Friday, April 02, 2021

We asked PCHH listeners to vote for the best Muppet. Nearly 20,000 votes later, here's your top 25, with accompanying commentary by Linda, Stephen, Aisha and Glen.

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'Invincible' Is Packed With Pulpy, Visceral Thrills — And Lots Of Pulpy Viscera

Friday, March 26, 2021

A stellar voice cast helps ground this fantastical tale of a fledgling superhero's first forays into a job where the stakes — and the violence — are all too real.

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