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Sports comedies, Star Treks and Supermen make mid-summer fly by: Popverse Playlist for July 18-24, 2026
Two pop culture icons make their return this week as Superman comes back to comic books and Star Trek comes back to our screens - but we're distracted by pickleball, of all things
July 17, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey lays waste to the pop culture landscape, but we also have magpies and Anya Taylor-Joy: Popverse Playlist for July 11-17, 2026
We're not going to pretend that you're not going to see The Odyssey in the next week, but we have some other suggestions for what to do while you're waiting, as well
July 10, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Zombies, wrestlers, and reality show hosts reviving their careers are all like sharks, but how? They’re all in Popverse Playlist for July 4-10, 2026
What could make your July 4 celebrations so much better? Jaws, of course - and the three recommendations we have for your next week of pop culture
July 03, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Party like it’s X-Men ’97, dance like the Queens of the Dead, and mourn the end of Absolute Martian Manhunter: Popverse Playlist for June 27-July 3, 2026
In this week's pop culture picks, a critically acclaimed DC comic comes to a close as a fan-favorite Marvel cartoon returns after two years - and zombies are trying to ruin everyone's night out
June 26, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel’s Ultimate Universe reaches its end (finally), while House of the Dragon returns and Supergirl crashes into theaters: Popverse Playlist for June 20-26, 2026
It's a new beginning for DC Studios (again), an old war for Westeros, and a delayed end of the end for Marvel Comics in this week's pop culture picks
June 19, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Comic book history is made, Pixar hops to greatness and Superman is back on the small screen: Popverse Playlist for June 13-20, 2026
Superman returns to animated glory, Pixar proves it still has it, and Tillie Walden goes from the Walking Dead to historical love in the next seven days' pick of pop culture's finest
June 12, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Avengers Assemble one last time, Steven Spielberg knows UFOs, and not all Javiers wear Cape (Fear)s: Popverse Playlist for June 6-June 12 2026
Apple's Cape Fear leads a week in which we find out the truth about aliens and Marvel destroys the Avengers (again)
June 05, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Vox Machina returns, He-Man flexes, and Roy Race kicks his way into your World Cup-loving heart: Popverse Playlist for May 30-June 5 2026
Despite appearances, Amazon is not sponsoring this week's recipe for how to keep your pop culture habits healthy and fantastic
May 29, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Spider-Noir creeps, Invincible expands, and Backrooms lurks: Popverse Playlist for May 23-29 2026
Nicolas Cage wants to be your less-friendly neighborhood wall-crawler while Robert Kirkman is bringing a new hero into the Invincible Universe... and A24 just wants you to get lost
May 22, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel gets an Ultimate rebirth, Apple gets creepy, and we love Boosters: Popverse Playlist for May 16-22 2026
You're wondering what to do with the next seven days of pop culture free time? We've got an Apple TV show for you to catch up on, a comic book rebirth from Marvel, and a movie that's so stylish, it's a steal
May 15, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Devil May Cry returns, Batgirl's in jail, and we have a new Obsession: Popverse Playlist for May 9-15 2026
Love is hard, whether it's romance gone wrong or families being complicated - but it's not as hard as breakout of a supermax jail like Batman ally Barbara Gordon is going to have to do
May 08, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Avengers, Netflix and Mortal Kombat 2 all want you to FIGHT! Popverse Playlist for May 2-8 2026
It's the end of the world (or at least, civilization) as we know it this week as Popverse picks out the best of pop culture across the next seven days for you
May 01, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Popverse Playlist: The 3 things you need to check out in pop culture April 25 through May 1
A Hannibal reunion, Stranger Things returns and Swamp Thing regrows: Popverse Playlist's 3 things you have to see over the next seven days
April 24, 2026
Graeme McMillan