Glen Weldon
Stories
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Review: 'I Think You Should Leave'
We review season two of the Netflix show, I Think You Should Leave.
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Weekly recommendations from Pop Culture Happy Hour hosts and guests
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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A Censored Sex Scene In 'Harley Quinn' Sparks Debate On Depictions Of Female Pleasure
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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'The Nevers': When Steampunk Gets Foggy
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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'Raya And The Last Dragon' Soars
A nuanced, flawed hero lends the latest Disney animated feature surprising depth, even if its grab-bag depiction of a world drawn from Southeast Asian cultures feels shallow.
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'Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts' Returns, Weirder And Warmer Than Ever
Netflix's post-apocalyptic animated series about a girl and her friends in a world of giant mutant animals is so colorful and sunny it makes the end of the world look ... kinda fun.
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Short Attention Span Theater: A Quick Look At Quibi's Launch Titles
The streaming service "designed specifically for your phone" launches with 50 shows — and over a 100 more on the way. Here's our highlights from the opening batch.
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Immersive, 'Open-World' Video Games To Get Lost In At Home
Here are recommendations for pleasant, immersive video games now that old hands, as well as the dilettantes among us, have more time to play them.
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Tech Bubble: 'Devs' Is Stylish, But Hollow At The Center
Writer/director Alex Garland's techno-thriller limited series tries to be many things at once, but it parcels out its pulpy delights sparingly, in favor of ponderous navel-gazing.
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Highly Specific Superlatives: TV And Movies From 2019
NPR's All Things Considered best of 2019 lists are going highly specific this year. Up first: highly specific superlatives from TV and movies.