Pop Candy will return July 13 ...

Hey, guys — I hate to end your week on a down note, but something has come up and I need to take the day off. I promise to return Monday! In the meantime, I hope you'll catch up on some recent highlights:

- Boyhood and Life Itself: Two films that moved me

- My roundup of cool-sounding crowd-funding projects

- Hey, Whit: What was your most uncomfortable movie experience?

- See clips from the Blossom cast reunion

- My fave Music Vault finds on YouTube (so far)

- Readers share silly shower curtain selfies

- Hear a Spotify playlist of Whitney's recent music recs