This Weekend in Pop Culture: October 4-6

Image credit: Joker

Welcome to the Weekend in Pop Culture! Let's examine what's coming out in theaters this weekend...

Wide

Joker

A failed stand-up comedian becomes the Joker. Yeah, I know, I've never heard of that character, either.

Limited

Lucy in the Sky

An astronaut engages in an affair with a married man. Yes, it's loosely based on that story from years ago. No, there are no diapers in it. Which is why they didn't go with the obvious title, "Lucy in the Sky with Diapers."

Pain and Glory

A director thinks back on his life as his choices come back to haunt him. So basically like "8 1/2," only presumably with less surrealism.

So what have you been up to in pop culture? And what do you plan to get up to soon?