Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Show Me A Hero' And A Summer Update
This week's show has HBO, summer box office, pop songs and summer songs, television we forgot to tell you about, and a lot more. It's just packed — just like summer.
Movies
From One Low Moment, 'Queen Of Earth' Follows A Swirl Of Pain
The latest from director Alex Ross Perry stars Elisabeth Moss in the story of a woman who spends a very hard week in a very isolated place.
A 'Second Mother,' Trapped In Service
Brazilian filmmaker Anna Muylaert's comedy suggests that to look at a society's political health, you look at the way the help is treated — like the housekeeper at the story's center.
'We Are Your Friends' Gets A Blissful Beat, Sometimes
Zac Efron is little more than a good-looking void in this story of dance music in the San Fernando Valley, but the film is intermittently engaging as a medley of themes and genres.
Former Marine Adam Driver On What Acting And The Military Have In Common
"You have a group of people trying to accomplish a mission that's greater than themselves," the actor says. Driver stars in the film comedy While We're Young. Originally broadcast April 9, 2015.
In 'Straight Outta Compton,' Hip-Hop Legends Get The Biopic Treatment
N.W.A's hard-won battle for mainstream success is illustrated in a film produced by Dr. Dre and Ice Cube.
Sir Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Stewart talks about living in Brooklyn, becoming a knight, and his new show Blunt Talk.
Amid A Hubbub At The Hugos, 'Puppies' See Little Success
At science fiction's Hugo Awards, voters largely rejected a slate of nominees pushed by a group called the Sad Puppies. In an unusual end to the controversy, a few categories didn't even get a winner.
A Stoner Film Goes Up In Smoke In 'American Ultra'
The action comedy almost makes it through on the easy chemistry of Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, but it loses its way in a series of pointless, unmotivated shootouts.
'Learning To Drive' On Well-Traveled Roads
A charming performance from Patricia Clarkson can't overcome the conventional notes of a story about a privileged woman and a struggling immigrant.