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 …

As we approach the endgame of Chicken Nugget, episode 8 answers some of the show's mysteries while also serving us the biggest flashback yet, taking us all the way back to the Joseon era for some period piece action. Episode 8: Baekjung and his group set out to find their long-lost machine and find Sun-man and Baek-joong confronting Dr. Yoo and Tae…

On this episode of the Good Pop Culture Club, Marvin and Jess dive into Sweethearts, the new teen not-quite rom com streaming now on Max starring Nico Hiraga and Kiernan Shipka who play BFFs who hatch a plot to break up with their respective partners together during their first Thanksgiving break back from college. We at Good Pop love a good teen m…

Take a ride with us as we continue plunging into the depths of Chicken Nugget with our recap of episode 7! Listen in as hosts Kim, Kathy, and Candice try their best to avoid getting whiplash from all the flashbacks (and flashforwards) in this episode as the mystery of the transforming machines deepens! Episode 7: Despite pleas to bring Min-ah back,…

On this episode, we dive into the first half of Jon M Chu's adaptation of Wicked (which is my the transitive property, now an Asian American film)! A re-imagining of the immensely popular stage musical based on the book that itself is a re-imagining of the original Wizard of Oz story from the perspective of its villain. Expectations for the film we…

We've made it to the back half of Chicken Nugget and the mysteries continue to deepen! Take a walk through some serious tonal shifts with our hosts Candice, Kim and Kathy as they recap the wildest episode yet as we learn more about the mysterious machines and the mysterious beings behind them. Episode 6: Baek-joong and Sun-man learn about Tae-man a…

Happy Thanksgiving! It's time once again for our November 2024 edition of "Do We Want This?" our monthly roundup of the latest Asian American entertainment news. On this episode, we discuss the return of one of Hanh's favorite Korean series, early details from Andrew Ahn's remake of The Wedding Banquet, some Crazy Rich Asians 2 breadcrumbs, and a w…

We've made it to the halfway point of the season, and even with an episode full of revelations, we're no closer to discovering the secret of Chicken Nugget, but it's okay, because there's plenty to react to in this episode, including awesomely bad aging makeup and our growing flashback fatigue! Episode 5: After Yoo Tae-man steals the machine, he in…

Here at the Good Pop Culture Club, the holidays don't begin until we check out the year's Asian American Hallmark Xmas film (but only because its almost always relegated to the start of the season). This year's entry is Christmas with the Singhs, a story a recently engaged couple who returns to their suburban hometown for Xmas, only to deal with a …

While our hosts continue to flip-flop on their opinions of Chicken Nugget, the mystery behind Min-Ah's transformation into a chicken meatball deepens as our heroes continue their investigation into the mysterious machine behind everything. Episode 4: After an arduous night, Baek-joong and Sun-man meet with Dr. Yoo's old lab assistant; back in the o…

The whole crew is back together again in our first episode in the new timeline, and processing the recent US election by diving into a film about a very different election Conclave, a political mystery thriller about the administration of the election of a new pope, and the machinations of power amongst the high level cardinals seeking to win the t…

We continue our watch of the Korean comedy sci-fi series with our most divisive episode yet! Listen in as our hosts dive into episode three's twists and flashbacks as we get one step closer to the answer to this season's most burning questions. Episode 3: Baek-joong pleads with his ex to help spot which nugget is Min-ah; searching for another machi…