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The Nix

We talk about serialized pop culture, until we can't stand it no more.


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  • Boys in the Band, Utopia, Pen15

    54:49|
    We review the new Netflix adaptation of the pioneering play Boys in the Band, about the horrors of the closet. We also debut our new rating system! Also discussed: Utopia (Amazon Prime), Fargo (FX/Hulu), American Murder (Netflix), Wilderness of Error (FX/Hulu), Lovecraft Country (HBO), Pen15 (Hulu), RBG (Hulu), Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Tomi Adeyemi), Sign o' the Times Deluxe (Prince) exharZhGNCMJKHwlPXtB  

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  • Pop Culture Preview: The Rest of 2020

    59:21|
    We preview our most anticipated movies, TV, and music headed our way in the next few months.  Also discussed: Cobra Kai (Netflix), Devil All the Time (Netflix), The Great Pottery Throwdown (HBOMax), Ratched (Netflix), Coastal Elites (HBOMax), We Are Who We Are (HBOMax), Filthy Rich (FX/Hulu), Sing On (Netflix), Lovecraft Country (HBO), 
  • Social Dilemma, Boys State, Raised By Wolves

    54:48|
    We review 2 new, very topical documentaries worth your while, The Social Dilemma (HBO) and Boys State (Netflix). Also discussed: Lovecraft Country (HBO), Raised by Wolves (HBO), Undone (Amazon Prime), I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Netflix), Marshall (rental), Hard Days Night (Criterion), The Beautiful Ones (Prince), We Set the Dark on Fire (Tehlor Kay Mejia), Can’t Stop Watching (Podcast), Class Action Park (HBO, Doctor Sleep (HBO), Love Fraud (Amazon), Unpregnant (HBO), Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of Arthur Ray James (Amazon), Third Day (HBO), Central Park (Apple TV+, song: "Weirdos Make Great Superheroes")
  • Bill & Ted, The Vow

    52:58|
    The Wyld Stallyns are back, and we've got a review of Bill & Ted Face the Music. Also discussed: The Vow (HBO), I May Destroy You  (HBO), Lovecraft Country (HBO and Matt Russ Book), Class Action Park (HBO Max), High Score (Netflix), Central Park (Apple TV), Howard (Disney+), The Names of All the Flowers (Melissa Valentine), The City We Became (NK Jemisin), Chika (U Should)
  • Lovecraft Country

    44:49|
    HBO's long awaited horror series is finally here, and we've got a review of the pilot.  Also discussed: Them That Follow (Hulu), Six Feet Under rewatch (HBO Max), The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter, Host (Shudder), Pen15 (Hulu), She Dies Tomorrow (VOD), Tread (Netflix), Skate Kitchen (Hulu), Infinity Train S3 (HBO Max), A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far Far Away by Paul Hirsh, Kasher in the Rye by Moshe Kasher
  • Umbrella Academy, Season 2

    39:38|
    The Netflix superhero show returns for a second season, and we've got a review. Also discussed: The Lost Girls (Netflix)), We Are What We Are (Amazon), Married At First Sight (Lifetime), Showbiz Kids (HBO) The Politician Season Two (Netflix), David Foster on the record (Netflix), Destination Wedding (Amazon Prime), The Skeleton Twins (Hulu), Black Is King (Disney+), The Go-Gos (Showtime), Crawl (Amazon Prime), Drag Race Canada and Thailand (WOW app), Muppets Now (Disney+), Infinity Train s2 (HBO Max), Floor Is Lava, The Hike (Drew Magary), Amulet of Samarkand (Jonathan Stroud)
  • Palm Springs & The Manbaby Loop

    44:14|
    Hulu debuted the buzzy new Andy Samberg/Cristin Miliotti comedy, Palm Springs, and we have a review.  Also discussed: Outcry (Showtime), 7500 (Amazon) Pistol Shrimps (Amazon), A Knights Tale (Amazon Prime), My Cousin Vinny (Hulu), Blast From the Past (HBO), Henry Rollins: Keep Talking, Pal (Amazon), I May Destroy You (HBO), Brave New World (Peacock), The Chi (Showtime), Relic (rental), Adventure Time Distant Lands: BMO (HBO Max), Infinity Train (HBO Max), Cosmology of Monsters (Shaun Hamill); All the Birds in the Sky (Charlie Jane Anders), Bad Moves ("Local Radio" from Untenable)