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On this week\u2019s show, June Thomas (author of A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women\u2019s Culture) and Dan Kois (author of Hampton Heights) fill in for Dana and Stephen. First, the panel tackles It Ends With Us starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni (the latter also directed and produced the film.) It\u2019s a big, glossy melodrama laced with a domestic violence plot, and is the first film adaptation of BookTok star author Colleen Hoover. Then, the three explore Time Bandits, a new television show from Jermaine Clement, Iain Morris, and Taika Watiti starring, among others, a sublime Lisa Kudrow. The Apple TV+ series is based on Terry Gilliam\u2019s 1981 film of the same name and follows a ragtag bunch of bandits as they thieve and travel through time. Finally, in light of its 20-year anniversary, the trio considers Yelp \u2013 does the crowd-sourcing review platform still hold power in 2024? This conversation was inspired by Jaya Saxena\u2019s Eater piece, \u201cEverybody Gets a Star.\u201d\nOn this week\u2019s exclusive Slate Plus bonus episode, the panel goes on the hunt for the wonderful, elusive \u201cperfect cracker.\u201d\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\xa0\nEndorsements:\nJUNE: A very well-reviewed book from two years ago: Katheine Rundell\u2019s Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne.\nDAN: The Ministry for the Future: A Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson.\nJULIA: First Class Tailors on Wilshire Blvd., which boasts a 4.7 Star rating on Yelp.\nPodcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.\xa0\nHosts\nJune Thomas, Dan Kois, Julia Turner\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices