On this episode, we check out the new South Korean animated Sci-Fi Romance film Lost in Starlight, which takes place in a Solarpunk vision of Seoul in the near future and follows the budding romance between an accomplished scientist who's trying to become an astronaut for a mission to Mars, and a former musician turned vintage electronics repairman…

On this episode, we finally discuss the movie event of the year, Ryan Coogler's horror/action/historical fiction film Sinners, about a Mississippi Delta community just trying to have a good time during prohibition, and the vampires (and racists) who seem dead set on ruining their night. There's so much to discuss that we're going full spoilercast o…

On our May 2025 edition of "Do We Want This?" Good Pop's monthly Asian American entertainment news roundup, the crew discusses Asians in the running for the Tony Awards, the reunion of Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, new Japanese/Finnish Noir co-pros, and what Manny Jacinto is up to next! What's Popping? - G Dragon, Sports Docs, Top Chef Follow ou…

We close out this heritage month by checking out the new Asian American romantic comedy Worth the Wait, an anthology style Rom Com following a cast of some of our favorite Asian Americans whose lives intersect with each other as they deal with love, loss, and overbearing moms/uncles. But is Worth the Wait worth downloading Tubi for? What's Popping?…

We're back for our much belated wrap up episode for season 6 of the Korean Drama Podcast. Our hosts Kim, Kathy, and Candice are joined by producer Marvin to reflect on their experience watching Chicken Nugget, as well as discuss what's next for the podcast! -- Follow us on twitter at @koreandramapod Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spoti…

As we wait to conclude heritage month with the month's last big release, the crew takes some time to finally force Marvin to watch the 2005 film version of Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice before it disappears from Netflix (for now) at the end of the month. Tune in as we discuss if this (arguably) iconic adaptation hold up 20 years later a…

On this episode of Good Pop, the crew checks out the new(ish) romantic comedy film A Nice Indian Boy, starring Karan Soni as Naveen, a doctor who brings his fiance Jay, a white guy adopted by Indian parents played by Jonathan Groff, home to meet his accepting but still conservative traditional Indian family. On paper this film has all the right pie…

Well, the life of a professional Asian American is never easy, and this is especially true in May. Because of several professional Asian obligations overlapping (as well as Jess' birthday week which is a holiday in itself), we've decided to take the week off to gather ourselves. In place of a regular episode, Marvin dug into the way back machine to…

We begin AANHPIHM 2025, with our end-of-April edition of "Do We Want This?" Good Pop's monthly Asian American entertainment news roundup. On this episode, Marvin and Jess discuss some exciting upcoming projects from British Asian triple-threats Dev Patel and Will Sharpe respectively, some less exciting news about the future of AI and animation, and…

On this episode, we return to The Wedding Banquet for Andrew Ahn's reimagined take on Ang Lee's 1993 classic romantic comedy! But does the story of faking a wedding to placate your relatives hold up in 2025? Join us as we dive into the ways the remake updates The Wedding Banquet's formula to tell a wholly new story celebrating the highs and lows of…

On this episode, we return to Thailand to discuss the breakout Thai comedy-drama, How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, about a young man who is inspired to spend more time with his terminally ill grandmother in the hopes that it'll help him claim a better share of her inheritance after she passes. Join us as we dig beyond the story of familial…

On this episode, we return to HBO's dark comedy-drama The White Lotus for another helping of the shenanigans of the rich on vacation, this time in Thailand! Join us as we discuss the show's latest batch of terrible rich people (including toxic besties, shady operators, and spoiled failsons) and the people that serve them, as well as the show's take…

On this episode, we check out the new Hulu crime comedy series Deli Boys, about two Pakistani American failsons who inherit their father's criminal enterprise in Philadelphia after his sudden death. Featuring a stacked team in front and behind the camera, we're excited to see if this much anticipated show makes the grade as good pop! What's Popping…

On our March 2025 edition of "Do We Want This?" Good Pop's monthly Asian American entertainment news roundup, the crew discusses some of the latest announcements of new projects including Celine Song's latest film about a love triangle, a new Crazy Rich Asians show, a Charli XCX led mockumentary, and quite possibly the most unhinged M Night Shyamal…

On this episode of Good Pop, we check out Picture This, a new british romantic comedy about a free-spirited photographer, played by Simone Ashley, who is told by a fortune teller that she will meet her soulmate, and he'll be one of the next 5 people she dates. If this sounds familiar, it's because this 2025 film is an adaptation of the 2024 Austral…

Top Chef is finally back and that can only mean one thing, the return of Good Pop's spinoff podcast within a podcast GO ASIAN! Where we pledge to cover the current season of Top Chef until either all of the Asians have been eliminated, or one or more have made the finale, and our odds look great this year with 4 Go Asian candidates (and one more Bo…

On this episode, we check out the independent film The Accidental Getaway Driver, which is finally getting its theatrical run after turning heads 2 years ago at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is based on the true story of an elderly Vietnamese private taxi driver who gets taken hostage by three escaped prisoners. Featuring some powerful perfo…

It's been three months, but it's finally time for another edition of "Do We Want This?" Good Pop's Asian American entertainment news review! On this first roundup of 2025, we discuss our thoughts on exciting reboot/continuation news of some beloved IPs, a potential new Asian American network sitcom, and some adaptation news! What's Popping? - G Dra…

On this episode of the Good Pop Culture Club, we continue our dive into British pop culture with our discussion of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (another sequel that Marvin will watch without seeing the previous films), featuring a more grown up, but just as messy, Bridget as she tries to navigate parenthood and love after loss. What's Popping? …

On this episode, the Good Pop crew jumps across the pond to check out the Oscar nominated animated film, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, where eccentric inventor Wallace and his best boy Gromit come face to face once again to one of their greatest adversaries in this cautionary tales about the dangers of AI (and gnomes). Does the latest inst…

It took 10 years, but we've finally made it to February! For our first episode of Good Pop this month, we're checking out a Netflix show that we missed from the end of last year, Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld! A supernatural teen action story about an Chinese American girl with special powers defending her Texas hometown from Chinese mythical crea…

Well, somehow we made is to the end of a very long January, and for this episode, the Good Pop Crew gets together to share our pop culture hopes and dreams in our first annual Good Pop Resolutions for 2025, aka the year of the snake! Join us as we share what we're most looking forward to this year, as well as what we'd like to see less of. What's P…

On this episode, we check out the Stephanie Hsu led romantic comedy/murder thriller series Laid, where she plays Ruby, your typical millennial with a very messy dating history, who finds out that all of her exes and past partners are dying in the order of her "sex timeline." We love a wild premise, but will Laid make the grade as good pop? What's P…

We've made it to the end of another season of the Korean Drama Podcast, and the Chicken Nugget finale goes places! Tune in as Kim, Kathy, and Candice discuss a finale episode that has traveled through time and space in order to break our collective brains. Episode 10: Following Baekjung's departure, Baek-joong and Sun-man endure a decades-long wait…

Good Pop is back after an extended holiday hiatus after dealing milestone life moments and climate disaster! To ring in the new year, we're checking out the show of the season, Squid Game Season 2! We were cautiously optimistic when this unplanned 2nd season was announced, will this newest iteration (ironically brought to life by capitalism) live u…

We're finally at the penultimate episode of Chicken Nugget and STUFF GETS WILD! From interpretive dance battles to some very existential questions, join us as we break it all down as the secrets of Chicken Nugget are finally revealed! Episode 9: Despite Baekjung's offer to help, a brawl erupts in the warehouse; a proposal to bring back Min-ah deepl…

For our last regular Good Pop episode of the year, we check out the Hulu television adaptation of Charles Yu's award winning novel, Interior Chinatown, starring Jimmy O Yang as Willis Wu, a background character in a world within a police procedural, as he rises through the ranks while investigating what happened to his older brother. But will this …