Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu and What’s Making Us Happy

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu and What’s Making Us Happy

The Mandalorian has made the jetpack-assisted leap to the big screen with the new movie Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. The laconic bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal) and his cute sidekick Grogu are hired by the good guys to do a job for some bad guys. You know what you’re gonna get – creatures, droids, easter eggs, and lots of fights. But, after three seasons on Disney+, will folks go out to the theaters to watch something they’ve gotten to know on their couches?

Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture

Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour


See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(300)

Beyond Wordle: Our favorite online games

Beyond Wordle: Our favorite online games

Millions of us play little daily games on our phone. But if you’re looking to expand the horizons of your morning distractions beyond Wordle and Connections, we’re here for you. Today we’re recommendi...

3 Sep 21min

It Ends

It Ends

Have you ever been on a road trip that feels like it goes on forever and things started getting a bit existential? That’s the whole deal with the chewy new film It Ends. The horror-meets-psychological...

1 Sep 24min

The Dog Stars

The Dog Stars

In the new post-apocalyptic film The Dog Stars, a virus has wiped out most of humanity and the survivors eke out a meager existence trying to stay alive. Sound like an oh-too-familiar tale? What if it...

31 Aug 16min

Coyote vs. Acme and Dolly Parton

Coyote vs. Acme and Dolly Parton

The movie Coyote vs. Acme comes with some buzzy lore: it was famously shelved, and almost didn’t see the light of day. But it’s here now, and it’s good and looney! It follows Wile E. Coyote when he de...

28 Aug 25min

Adults

Adults

Every generation gets its own version of a “20-somethings hang out and make mistakes” sitcom. And Gen Z’s got Adults, a silly series about a group of friends cohabitating in Queens, New York – and it ...

27 Aug 19min

Fictional teachers we wish we had

Fictional teachers we wish we had

It’s back to school season, which has us thinking about our favorite teachers. The ones who really saw us, changed our points of view, or set us on new paths. But of all the teachers we've seen in TV ...

26 Aug 25min

Lanterns

Lanterns

HBO’s new DC superhero show Lanterns is not the show you think it is. It’s about a couple of space cops: Kyle Chandler plays Earth’s Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, a grizzled, impulsive old-timer reluctan...

24 Aug 24min

Tony and What’s Making Us Happy

Tony and What’s Making Us Happy

In the new film Tony, we meet chef and author Anthony Bourdain before he was in the public eye. He was a wayward, overconfident young guy, and, as played by Dominic Sessa, kind of a piece of work. The...

21 Aug 22min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

aftenpodden
giver-og-gjengen-vg
forklart
stopp-verden
aftenpodden-usa
popradet
nokon-ma-ga
bt-dokumentar-2
fotballpodden-2
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
det-store-bildet
dine-penger-pengeradet
hanna-de-heldige
rss-gukild-johaug
aftenbla-bla
rss-ness
e24-podden
rss-espen-lee-usensurert
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
frokostshowet-pa-p5