Review: ‘Plan B’ Is a Teen Girl/Sex/Road Trip Comedy with Both Heart and Smarts [SPOILERS]
Like ‘Book Smarts’ but with much higher stakes, ‘Plan B’ is a teen sex/road trip comedy with tons of heart.
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Review: The One With the Bombshells: ‘Friends: The Reunion’ Is a Fun Trip Back to the Beginning
Despite a chaotic format, ‘Friends: The Reunion Special’ is a fun look at the classic sitcom through the eyes of the cast, creators and celebrity fans.
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The One with the ‘Friends’ Trivia
Another Junkie is MIA! This time it is Hayley, who was somehow misplaced by the other Junkies. They pledge to find her by next week. This week, however, is all about Friends. Could we BE any more excited? No. The Junkies discuss the landmark sitcom, which will be celebrated with a reunion show on HBO Max on the same day this episode drops. Nicole and Shauna talk about their favorite characters and cast members while also looking at the ways the show was flawed. Then Alex is the game show host with the most when he tests Shauna and Nicole on their knowledge of the show. The winner gets to captain the Pop Culture Junkie team when they take all comers at the Alamo Drafthouse’s Friends Trivia Night on June 2nd in Tempe. Who will prevail? Find out!
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson Returns to Marvel – This Time to Play Kraven the Hunter in Standalone Movie
Aaron Taylor-Johnson didn’t get to play Pietro in Marvel’s WandaVision, but he’s still part of the Marvel family after being cast as Spider-Man nemesis Kraven the Hunter in Sony’s upcoming standalone movie.
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Middle-School Grrrl Power: Viral Sensations The Linda Lindas Get Record Deal After Scorching YouTube Performance
These punk rock girls are going places: The Linda Lindas, a girl group aged 10 to 16, just signed with Epitaph records on the strength of a viral performance at the LA Public Library.
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‘Powerpuff Girls’ Pilot a No-Go, But CW Not Ready to Give Up on Concept, Cast or Creators
The girls of ‘Powerpuff’ are down but not out; CW orders a reworked pilot that may appear on the network’s seven-night schedule next season.
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SNL Finale Leads to Speculation on Departures of Multiple Cast Members (Even Kenan Thompson!)
If you watched the season finale of ‘Saturday Night Live’, you may have felt a sense of finality in some of the cast performances.
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Review: Zack Snyder’s ‘Army of the Dead’ Leaving Las Vegas to the Zombies (SPOILERS]
Zack Snyder’s zombie heist movie ‘Army of the Dead’ is pretty good for a Netflix movie but it’s missing that super something that would make it a real winner.
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Review: Hulu’s ‘M.O.D.O.K.’ Is a Frenetic, Loud Marvel Sitcom That’s More ‘Robot Chicken’ Than ‘WandaVision’
‘M.O.D.O.K.’ may be better than ‘Robot Chicken’, but surely the studio that brought us ‘WandaVision’ is capable of so much more.
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Model Behavior
Nicole is back! The Junkies welcome her return with a big discussion of Law and Order: SVU, and whether she really was auditioning to play a cadaver. Hayley describes her solo snowboarding honeymoon in Purgatory and the junky (not Junkie!) beaches in California, but everyone still wants to vacation there anyway. Shauna delves into Jupiter’s Legacy and how it ranks next to The Boys and Invincible. Alex reviews Those Who Wish Me Dead and Together Together, and rates them by how much action the main characters get, and Alex explores the viral story of WingStop getting naughty on Twitter, while Shauna learns of the spicy texts between Olivia Munn and Chris Pine. This may be our horniest episode ever (excluding Benson and Stabler, who took 22 years to get to first base.) Then Hayley and Nicole discuss the Queens of Mean, salty Ellen DeGeneres and bully Chrissy Teigen, whose name we are not going to pronounce correctly anymore.
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- Our Favorite 'F' Word November 21, 2024The Junkies gather together to mourn some hopes, but also to celebrate an important victory. And while the future looks uncertain, Shauna and Olivia vow that we'll all get through whatever comes next together, and pop culture is going to help us do just that. Speaking of girl power and pop culture (and we were!), […]
