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Valerie, Angela and Tatiana pay our respects to Luke Perry (0:40) and talk about his impact on Riverdale, Beverly Hills 90210, and pop culture at large. Then we move into DC news with Arrow ending (9:30) and Idris Elba taking over as Deadshot in The Suicide Squad (15:30). Next up is a plethora of trailers: Brightburn, Good Omens, and Game of Thrones (19:40). Angela recommends several fantasy novel...

Valerie, Angela and Tatiana discuss their favorite and least favorite Oscars wins, ranging from Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse to Green Book (1:00). Then they dissect the latest rumors to come out about the Arrowverse (24:30) as well as the controversy of sorts surrounding the latest iteration of Ghostbusters (38:30). Angela reviews the American comedy Isn't It Romantic and the Nigerian film Lio...

Valerie, Angela and Tatiana start with a TCA Round-Up that includes Amazon's Fleabag (0:50) and Good Omens (6:30), DC Universe's Doom Patrol (13:00), a new streaming service called Cleo TV (19:30), and TBS' Miracle Workers (22:00). Then they move onto the Oscars' oncoming train wreck and constant back-and-forth (23:40), as well as the Captain Marvel backlash from dudebros (28:00) and first impress...

Valerie and Tatiana discuss various pieces of news straight of the TCAs, including the fact that Netflix may soon be losing Warner Brothers content(0:40) and that Hulu will be acquiring new Marvel content (18:40). Then they bemoan certain Oscar categories being relegated to commercials (8:00) and discuss everyone's least favorite part of the new Aladdin trailer - the genie's look (12:25). Finally,...

Valerie, Angela and Tatiana talk Superbowl trailers, including Avengers: Endgame and Toy Story 4 (0:30), for as long as they can before being distracted by the shiny new object that is the television adaptation of What We Do In The Shadows (13:20). Then, impossibly, a discussion about Liam Neeson's violently racist confession (17:50) leads into a review of the far more endearing Lego Movie 2 (25:3...

Valerie, Angela and Tatiana celebrate Black Panther's historic SAG win and talk Oscar nominations (0:45) before previewing the Riverdale spinoff about Katy Keene (11:50) and Rashida Jones' new comedy called Kevin Can F*** Himself (20:00). Then we download about The Good Place finale (23:20), and recommend The Kid Who Would Be King (31:20), Been So Long (37:00) and Girl From Nowhere (44:40). Finall...

Valerie, Angela and Tatiana break down the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer (0:44) before previewing new NBC show Abby's (13:30) and reviewing Syfy's Deadly Class (22:05). Then comes Netflix, who cruelly decided to raise their prices as if we don't have 10 other streaming services to pay for. The Punisher S2 (33:00), You (40:00), and IO (47:50) get mini reviews before we talk about the upcoming s...

Valerie, Angela and Tatiana reunite in the new year to discuss Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse's Golden Globe win - not to mention our thoughts on how Black Panther, A Star Is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, and Green Book fared (0:50). Then Captain Marvel theories and expectations are shared before evolving into a discussion of Disney's cinematic hegemony - (26:30). Next, Michael Schur E...

Valerie, Tatiana and Angela gush over the latest Captain Marvel trailer and wonder about Maria Rambeau's role in the film (1:30) before discussing the rest of the announced and/or upcoming Marvel and DC movies (13:00). On the other end of the spectrum, we mourn the Daredevil cancellation and the death of Netflix Marvel (16:50). Then we take a depressing look at two more men accused of being trash,...

Angela, Valerie and Tatiana share their feelings on all the new trailers they've seen over the last few weeks, including Lego Movie 2, Detective Pikachu, Lion King, and Dumbo (0:55). Then they discuss their overall impression of the upcoming Disney live actions (12:40) before heading into the murky territory of Doctor Who exit rumors (23:45). Tatiana then provides the miniest reviews possible of W...

Angela, Tatiana and Kathryn pay tribute to Stan Lee (1:30) before discussing Doctor Who's recent history lessons and providing other recommendations fro children's media (5:10). We then talk about the Newport Beach Film Festival honorees and their upcoming projects (21:20). And, of course, there's a Kdrama Corner update from Valerie and Tatiana which includes goodbyes to Terius Behind Me and The T...

Valerie, Tatiana and Angela discuss a myriad of topics that are either news items or reviews - so prepare for a veritable buffet. In news, we tackle Ewan McGregor joining Birds of Prey (1:35), Doctor Who lacking a Christmas special (6:45), Amazon Prime adding the adorable romcom Saving Face (13:15), The Walking Dead unveiling Rick's fate (16:35), and the Disney streaming service confirming a Bucky...

Valerie, Angela, Tatiana and With An Accent writer Kathryn join forces to discuss all manner of topics - many of which relate to Warner Bros. We talk the delay of Wonder Woman 2 (1:20) and, on the Marvel side, whether the cancellation of Luke Cage means Heroes For Hire or heroes left for dead (4:00). Then we tackle various new Netflix releases, such as the Michael Coel musical Been So Long (8:10),...

Valerie, Angela and Tatiana break down a bunch of now-old DC and Marvel news, such as James Gunn being picked up for Suicide Squad (0:30), Chuck Wendig being fired (5:00), Chris Evans potentially being done after Avengers 4 (8:00), FOX and Disney's deal closing (11:30), and the cuteness of Spider-Man: Far From Home set pics (13:00). Then Tatiana shares her Titans thoughts (16:30), Angela shares he...

Valerie regales Tatiana and Angela with her New York Comic Con experience, which includes tidbits from the Good Omens (0:40), Runaways (29:30), The Boys (36:10) and The Man in the High Castle (38:50) press rooms. We also sporadically dive into our delayed feels sections, discussing our reactions to the latest Aquaman trailer (19:50), the news of Iron Fists's cancellation (32:50 - before we knew ab...

Angela and Tatiana do a quick tour of the 0:50 - DC Universe streaming app courtesy of her brother (0:50), then go over the lastest Chronicles of Narnia updates and Sabrina trailer thoughts. At which point, the real meat of the podcast begins: all the kdramas we can talk about while Valerie is at New York Comic Con. First we discuss the 'older' shows we just watched, AKA My ID is Gangnam Beauty (1...

Valerie, Angela and Tatiana discuss the continuing confusion of the Marvel and FOX merger (0:30), including the current fates of the X-Men Dark Phoenix Sage, Gambit and Deadpool. We also break down the various controversies surrounding Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (22:00) before finally digging into all the Fall TV there is to preview or review as it were (52:00).

Before Ovation's Versailles begins its farewell season, Valerie shares an interview with three of the gentleman who populate the palace walls. Enjoy nearly an hour of Alexander Vlahos (Philippe d'Orléans), Evan Williams (Chevalier), and Tygh Runyan (Fabien Marchal) discussing how the cancellation affected them, what's in store for their characters in the last episodes, and what's next for their ca...

Valerie, Angela and Tatiana gush over the Doctor Who trailer and share our excitement for the premiere (1:00) before getting into a ton of DC stuff (7:40). We discuss the latest Titans stills and news, the Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie (14:30), and the controversy of the Batawang (19:50). Then we complain-ish about the Avatar: The Last Airbender live action remake (25:00) before recommending Netflix...

This week Valerie, Angela and Tatiana tackle all things Disney, which of course includes Star Wars and Marvel. First, we deal with the Ralph Breaks the Internet and the restoration of Princess Tiana's skin tone (0:30), then we talk about Star Wars slowing down (5:20). Kevin Feige will be taking charge of X-Men and Fantastic Four (15:00), which of course leads us to Avengers 4 spoilers and theories...

We got a bunch of movie and TV news this week and most of it was a big ol' mess. But first Valerie, Tatiana and Angela do our first feedback section (2:00). Then we deal with Henry Cavill leaving Superman behind (4:50), American Gods Season 2 looking grim (20:20), as well as more information on Venom, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and His Dark Materials (32:45, except the last one's not a mes...

Valerie, Angela and Tatiana start off theorizing from the latest Captain Marvel stills (1:00) before discussing the upcoming season of Doctor Who (24:20 0) and laughing about the Academy's Popular Film category going kaput(37:20). Then, amidst discussion of European Netflix, Angela recommends the German film SMS für Dich (47:50) while Tatiana recommends the Chinese drama Meteor Garden (55:40). Spe...

It's Netflix versus the Worlds of DC UNIVERSE on Pop A La Carte this week. Valerie and Tatiana discuss a little bit of Star Wars casting (1:05) before getting into the meat of DC's new streaming service (9:10, with a drive-by conversation about Marvel because how could we no?) as well as the delusions of fandom (35:00). Then we review and recommend a bunch of Netflix Originals for your viewing ple...

Valerie, Angela and Tatiana deal with a lot of nostalgia this week. First, there's the Veronica Mars revival (0:56) that's on the table. Then we take a walk down DCTV Arrowverse lane as we compare the recent news to previous crossovers (8:06). We also engage in an in-depth discussion of Crazy Rich Asians, with some bonus To All The Boys I've Loved Before talk which totally justifies this week's ti...

Valerie, Tatiana, Jessica and Angela discuss the recent trailers and announcements for the American remake of a Korean variety show, The Masked Singer (1:00) as well as Apple TV trying its hand at adapting Min Jin Lee's novel Pachinko into a series (10:00). We then take turns reviewing Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (20:30), National Geographic's upcoming documentary Science Fair (32:00), and Netflix'...