Lanterns

Pop Culture Happy Hour by NPR

Aug 24, 202624:11TV & Film

HBO’s new DC superhero show Lanterns is not the show you think it is. It’s about a couple of space cops: Kyle Chandler plays Earth’s Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, a grizzled, impulsive old-timer reluctantly training up his...

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