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The What's Poppin' List (w/e June 26)
PopViewers Staff
June 28, 2021
We've got the scoop on all of the content that's Certified Poppin'! ???? Here are the top 10 TV shows and movies that the PopViewers community is loving this week.
1. Luca (100%)
Itching to travel, but can’t get to Italy? Pixar’s new movie, Luca, might just be your next best bet. Set alongside the Italian Riviera, the movie is a coming-of-age story about two friends who share one big secret in common- they’re actually sea monsters from another world. As they say in Italy, mamma mia! Pixar is famous for their top tier animated films with a deep emotional core and with Luca currently sitting with a 100% score on the app, it would seem as though the studio has done it yet again!
Watch on Disney+
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2. Fatherhood (100%)
Critics have been mixed over this one, but with a 100% rating on PopViewers, it’s clear that actual audience members can’t get enough of this dramatic turn for Kevin Hart! The movie tells the heartwarming true story of a father who brings up his baby girl as a single parent after the unexpected death of his wife. PS- did we mention that it’s produced by the Obamas?!? This is definitely one you’re gonna want to watch with some tissues nearby!
Watch on Netflix
3. Loki (100%)
Disney+ is continuing its streak of MCU live-action series with this spinoff starring Tom Hiddleston. After stealing the Tesseract during “Avengers: Endgame,” this alternate version of Loki (the God of Mischief) is brought to the Time Variance Authority and given a choice: either get erased from existence due to being a “time-variant” OR help fix the timeline. “Loki” has already been called Marvel’s most audacious spinoff yet, and with a 100% rating on the app, it appears as though our PopViewers are eating this one up!
Watch on Disney+
4. Cruella (100%)
Hide your puppies, because Cruella is back in action! In this live-action villain origin story, Emma Stone stars as a young grifter named Estella who dreams of making a name for herself as a designer. Her life changes when she catches the attention of fashion legend, Baroness von Hellman (played by Emma Thompson). It is this relationship that inspires Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the evil Cruella de Vil we know her as today. According to our PopViewers, the film delivered campy chaos that they weren’t able to look away from.
Watch in theaters and on Disney+
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5. Cruel Summer (100%)
If you’re a fan of Pretty Little Liars, this one is for you! Told over three summers in the 1990s, the series follows two teenage girls, and the aftermath that follows after one is kidnapped and the other basically takes her place. Even our PopViewers will admit that this isn’t “highbrow” entertainment… but that won’t stop them from binging every SECOND of it!
Watch on Freeform/ Hulu
6. Hacks (100%)
It’s Jean Smart’s world and we’re all just living in it! In this HBO Max series, Smart plays a legendary Las Vegas comedian who forms an unconventional mentorship with an outcast millennial comedy writer. Most of our PopViewers are still gooped and gagged from Smart’s role on the early 90’s sitcom, Designing Women, and they clearly stan her new leading lady role on Hacks. Good news for you Deborah Vance fans…. HBO has announced that the show will be returning for a second season!
Watch on HBO Max
7. We Are Lady Parts (100%)
This sitcom about an all-female Muslim punk band trying to make it in London has won wild praise in England- both for its disruption of Muslim stereotypes and its original music! Now Americans can see what the excitement is all about on Peacock! With a 100% rating, it’s clear that our PopViewers think it rocks!
Watch on Peacock
8. Friends: The Reunion (100%)
So no one told you life was gonna be this way… clap clap clap clap clap! The gang from “Friends” is back on their iconic orange sofa and spilling all of the Central Perk coffee. Filmed on the show’s original Burbank soundstage, this reunion features an episode table read and an in-depth Q&A about cast members’ memories of filming the show. They’re truly always there for you…. (plus it doesn’t hurt that each actor allegedly received over $2 million each to appear.)
Watch on HBO Max
9. Sweet Tooth (92%)
Based on a DC Comic, this post-apocalyptic fairytale has quickly become one of the buzziest series of the summer! The show is set in the near future after the world has been ravaged by a disease that’s wiped out much of the human population and turned a generation of children into what appears to be part human and part animal. The series follows one such boy, who now must survive in a world that fears these animal-human hybrids. We get that some viewers may be reluctant to start a series about a pandemic given what we’re all going through… but the show’s 88% rating on the app proves that this story cuts much deeper than that. In fact, it’s even inspired our CEO, Chris, to try out some bold fashion choices this summer.
Watch on Netflix
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10. Lupin (91%)
Viewers who were left hanging after the giant cliffhanger at the end of Part 1 of “Lupin” are in luck! The world-famous gentleman thief and master of disguise is back in action for the second part of this French series. Jam-packed with heists, revenge, and Parisian style, this series put Omar Sy’s name on the map and our PopViewers can’t stop binging!
Watch on Netflix
These are our PopViewer’s current top picks- but there is so much more content to discover on the app! Download PopViewers and make your voice heard on what should be included on next week’s list.
