Podcasts by Popcorn Culture

Popcorn Culture - Review: Wonka from 2023-12-13T19:30:37

Did we need a whole movie about Willy Wonka's backstory? Probably not, but it's hard to be cynical about anything by Paul King, director of the heartwarming smash hits, Paddington and Paddington...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: Batman Returns from 2023-12-12T19:30:49

The cat. The bat. The penguin. In the spirit of the holidays, we're throwing back to 1992's Batman Returns - the much anticipated yet highly controversial sequel to Tim Burton's 1989 blockbuster...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: The Most Quoted Movies and Shows from 2023-12-07T19:30:25

You talkin' to me? 

I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. 

We were on a break! 

Some lines are just imminently quotable... but which movies a...

Popcorn Culture - Stuff We Missed: Bottoms from 2023-12-06T19:30:45

A teen/high school comedy with a twist, Bottoms is all about two unpopular queer teenagers (Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott), who inadvertently start a fight club in order to get the cheerleaders...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: Fight Club from 2023-12-05T19:30:20

We're breaking both the first and second rule of Fight Club this week, as we throwback to this modern classic from David Fincher. Starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt, Fight Club explored male d...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: What Movie Would You Like To Make? from 2023-11-30T19:30:19

The premise of today’s Supercut is simple: if you could, what movie would you like to make? Would it be a quirky indie feature with up-and-coming actors, a big blockbuster action movie, a dark, ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Napoleon from 2023-11-29T19:30:19

A Ridley Scott film comes with certain expectations: epic scale, larger-than-life characters, and lots of bombast. Napoleon certainly ticks all the boxes. The movie reunites Jaoquin Phoenix with...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds&Snakes from 2023-11-22T19:30:14

Based on the book of the same name, this prequel to the phenomenally successful Hunger Games franchise tells the story of 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), years before he becomes the dic...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Loki (S2) from 2023-11-21T19:30:55

Loki, Morbius, Sylvie and the TVA return for another round of time-hopping, reality-altering shenanigans, following the events of the critically acclaimed first season. While not as bombastic as...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Political Correctness from 2023-11-16T19:30:41

Every decade of filmmaking has its own mores and boundaries of what's acceptable, or okay to say and do. But in recent times. we've seen people revisiting some classics and pointing out some pro...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Marvels from 2023-11-15T19:30:52

Neither Phase Four nor Five of Marvel's releases have been hugely popular among fans and moviegoers, so the question is: where will The Marvels land? Featuring Brie Larson's Captain Marvel, Teyo...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Killer from 2023-11-14T19:30:01

The latest from David Fincher sees him returning to well-trodden ground: an action thriller about an assassin (played by Michael Fassbender) who gets involved in an international manhunt after a...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Boring Movies from 2023-11-09T19:30:54

From films that crawl at a snail's pace, to movies where lots of things happen but somehow none of it matters, there's a lot to explore when it comes to what makes a cinema visit simply... borin...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Fingernails from 2023-11-08T19:30:17

Described as a science fiction romance, this movie revolves around controversial new technology that allows couples to test their relationship for true love. But what happens when you find yours...

Popcorn Culture - Stuff We Missed: Jawan from 2023-11-07T19:30:27

We missed out on reviewing Shahrukh Khan’s latest megahit when it was in the cinemas, but we’re all locked and loaded for the big streaming release. Jawan sees the King Khan pairing up with buzz...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: High/Low Expectations from 2023-11-02T19:30:41

Some films - and shows - come with crazy high expectations, whether it's because it's an epic culmination of decades-long buildup (Avengers Assemble, The Rise of Skywalker), the reunion of major...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Five Nights At Freddy's from 2023-11-01T19:30:07

Based on the ultra-popular 2014 videogame, Five Nights At Freddy's tells the story of a security guard (Josh Hutcherson) who starts working the night shift at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. Things g...

Popcorn Culture - The One Where We Remember Matthew Perry from 2023-10-31T19:30:37

To millions of people around the world, Matthew Perry will always be Chandler (Muriel) Bing: king of sarcasm, transponster, one half of Mondler, and the love of Joey Tribbiani's life. And it was...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: How Long Is Too Long, Anyway? from 2023-10-26T19:30:45

From the more than 21 hour runtime of Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo (purportedly the longest non-experimental feature film ever made) to the more common, but still challenging 4 hour duration for the ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Killers of The Flower Moon from 2023-10-25T19:30:04

Scorsese, Deniro, Dicaprio - these three names alone would be a draw to watch most films. But Killers of the Flower Moon also promises much more than that: a story informed by tragedy, history, ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: Taxi Driver from 2023-10-24T19:30:38

"You talkin' to me? I said, you talkin' to me?" In this Throwback, we go all the way to 1976's Taxi Driver, where those iconic lines were delivered by Robert Deniro's Travis Bickle. This also ma...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: How Has This Movie Or TV Show Aged? from 2023-10-19T19:30:03

Those Mickey Rooney scenes from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Those wife jokes from Everybody Loves Raymond. The racial politics of Crash. Movies and TV shows are very much a product of the time they ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Sex Education S4 from 2023-10-18T19:30:47

We've had quite the journey with Otis, Eric, Maeve, Aimee, and gang, as we watched them grow from awkward teenagers with raging hormones into... slightly less awkward near-adults with ragin...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: American Pie from 2023-10-17T19:30:41

It might not be mentioned in the same breath as other era-defining movies, but back in 1999, American Pie was THE definitive coming-of-age movie, with a huge cult following amongst teenagers - s...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Pairings We Want To See from 2023-10-12T19:30:09

In honour of the ineffable chemistry of Steve Martin and Martin Short, we imagine the pairings that we'd most like to see on-screen. From the frankly unhinged (think Nicolas Cage and Adam Sandle...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Only Murders In The Building S3 from 2023-10-11T19:30:42

Steve Martin and Martin Short are back as the podcasting, murder-solving detectives in the third season of Only Murders In The Building. This time, it's a new case, with new clues, on a much big...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: Three Amigos from 2023-10-10T19:30:52

It's a trope as old as time - three incompetents, in this case actors played by Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Chevy Chase, are mistaken for heroes and now have to save a Mexican village from a...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: The Future On Screen Part Two from 2023-10-05T19:30:50

With The Creator still on our minds, we’re taking the opportunity to once more celebrate some of our favourite versions of the future as seen through the eyes of filmmakers and showrunners. From...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Creator from 2023-10-04T19:30:54

A film that's coming in with a fair amount of hype, The Creator is directed by Gareth Edwards (of Rogue One and Godzilla fame) and is set in a future that's been deeply affected by a war be...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar from 2023-10-03T19:30:37

Wes Anderson returns for a second Roald Dahl adaptation, with The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - a fantasy short film that offers Anderson's signature stylistic and storytelling flourishes, me...

Popcorn Culture - Review: No One Will Save You from 2023-09-27T19:30:24

Description: No One Will Save You is described as a sci fi-horror-thriller - so of course we had to watch it out of sheer curiosity. The story revolves around Brynn (Kaitlyn Dever), a woman livi...

Popcorn Culture - Stuff We Missed: Tar from 2023-09-26T19:30:11

Tar never made it to our cinemas, but rose to prominence when Cate Blanchett received an Oscar nomination for her performance as a renowned musician in it. Now that it’s available on streaming, ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Reviews and Ratings from 2023-09-21T19:30:20

A few weeks ago, a movie-publicity company called Bunker 15 was outed for paying independent reviewers to give certain movies positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. This reemphasizes a notion that...

Popcorn Culture - Review: A Haunting in Venice from 2023-09-20T19:30:28

Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) is back to investigate a murder in the third adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery series, A Haunting In Venice. However, a certain supe...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: The Talented Mr. Ripley from 2023-09-19T19:30:33

In anticipation of 'A Haunting in Venice', we rewind to 1999 for the critically acclaimed psychological thriller, The Talented Mr. Ripley. Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) travels to Venice to bring Dick...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Coming Of Age Films and Television from 2023-09-14T19:30:06

The process of finally coming into one's own, and that transition between childhood and adulthood, is such a ripe and fruitful space for storytelling. So it's no wonder that there are so many sh...

Popcorn Culture - Review: You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah from 2023-09-13T19:30:06

Introducing a whole new generation of Sandler's to movie audiences, You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah was also (initially) patriarch Adam Sandler's highest-rated picture on Rotten Tomatoe...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: Mean Girls from 2023-09-12T19:30:48

Get in losers, we're going on a throwback! 19 years on from this Tina Fey-penned comedy teen classic, we're looking back on the misadventures of Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan), a home-schooled teena...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Equalizer 3 from 2023-09-06T19:30:31

Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) is no longer a government assassin - he now lives in Southern Italy with a new community he calls his own. But old habits die hard, and he continues to stand up...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Training Day from 2023-09-05T19:30:29

With The Equalizer 3 now in the theatres, we revisit Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua's first collab, a crime thriller classic from 2001 which has gone on to gain cult status. T...

Popcorn Culture - The ‘BFM Turns 15’ Special from 2023-09-04T19:30:41

In conjunction with BFM turning 15, we’re looking back at a very special list of our own - our top 15 movies that we’ve reviewed on the show. Expect picks that embrace classic films, full-on wei...

Popcorn Culture - Stuff We Missed: Women Talking from 2023-08-30T19:30:45

One of the most critically acclaimed films of 2022, Women Talking was written and directed by Sarah Polley and based on Miriam Toews's 2018 novel of the same name. It features a stacked cast (th...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: 12 Angry Men from 2023-08-29T19:30:54

In honor of Malaya's independence (sorry, we know it's a tenuous link), we're throwing it back to a classic film from 1957, Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men. Exploring concepts of guilt, accountabili...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Movie Scores&Soundtracks (Part 2) from 2023-08-24T19:30:09

We don't like to brag, but we're bringing this episode back for a sequel due to popular demand. On this Supercut, we continue celebrating our favourite needle drops, famous film composers, and t...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Blue Beetle from 2023-08-23T19:30:10

It's a shame that Blue Beetle is being released during a transitory, turbulent time in DC's cinematic timeline because, by all accounts, it looks like a fun time at the movies. It tells the stor...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: The Fly from 2023-08-22T19:30:16

There are numerous reasons why 1986's The Fly became a pop culture touchstone - it is a classic David Cronenberg body horror fest, it's the root of many a childhood nightmare, and it is the begi...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Entertaining Vs Challenging Movies from 2023-08-17T19:30:05

Some moviegoers love having their minds challenged (think The Tree of Life or 12 Years a Slave), while others just want to have a good time (Godzilla vs Kong, anyone?). In this Supercut, we weig...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Hungry Ghost Diner from 2023-08-16T19:30:04

When her uncle mysteriously turns up unannounced one night, Bonnie (Chen Keat Yoke) ends up taking a trip back to her hometown in rural Behrang Stesen. Little does she expect to get stranded the...

Popcorn Culture - Stuff We Missed: Stone Turtle from 2023-08-15T19:30:07

This local thriller made waves when it was released last year, both for its strong showing at the Locarno Film Festival and all the positive reviews; and it's finally available for streaming in ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Actors vs Beast and Monsters from 2023-08-10T19:30:51

Brad Pitt vs an octopus. Kate Winslet vs an eagle. Viola Davis fighting for her life against an evil python - all possibilities we explore in this frankly unhinged Supercut, in which we talk abo...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Meg 2: The Trench from 2023-08-09T19:30:44

What do you get when you cross a sequel, gigantic prehistoric sharks, and Jason Statham? Why, a follow-up to 2018's The Meg, of course! In this review, we talk about whether Meg 2: The Trench li...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Bear S2 from 2023-08-08T19:30:55

After a season of stress, grief, mayhem, The Bear returns to explore the (mis)adventures of Carmy, Syd, Richie and co, as they continue to try to revamp The Beef into a different, finer version ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Double Bills from 2023-08-03T19:30:54

There's an art to putting together the perfect double bill. You could go by director (Memento and Inception?), by actor (Speed and John Wick?), by genre (Pacific Rim and Edge of Tomorrow?), or b...

Popcorn Culture - Review: They Cloned Tyrone from 2023-08-02T19:30:40

This seemingly unassuming Netflix release ends up leaving quite an impression with a sci fi/horror plot that reimagines the blaxploitation genre through an impressive cast (John Boyega, Jamie Fo...

Popcorn Culture - Stuff We Missed: Evil Dead Rise from 2023-08-01T19:30:27

The latest entry in the Evil Dead franchise takes the notion of difficult families to horrific extremes, as a reunion between two estranged sisters is interrupted by... well, flesh-possessi...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: The Perfect Cinema Experience from 2023-07-27T19:30:52

Director Christopher Nolan recently revealed his favourite seats in a cinema. It got us thinking - center seats, middle section... or couple-sofas way at the back? How about snug beanie beds? On...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Oppenheimer from 2023-07-26T19:30:36

A 3 hour runtime, a film shot wholly for 70mm IMAX, a stacked cast including Cilian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, and arguably the most ambitious project by director Chri...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Barbie from 2023-07-25T19:30:56

While the marketing for this movie has been off-the-charts, the studio has been surprisingly light on details regarding plot. Here's what we know - it's a comedy-drama directed by Greta Gerwig a...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Perfect Movies And TV Shows from 2023-07-20T19:30:31

Ask someone what they think is a perfect movie or TV show, and you're likely to get a whole variety of answers, from Casablanca to The Godfather to Back to the Future to Coco, or from FRIENDS to...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One from 2023-07-18T19:30:03

Do we really need a synopsis of MI7, or at this point are we all just waiting to see what literal new heights Tom Cruise will scale (and leap off of)? For what it's worth, in this latest edition...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Of Memes and Movies from 2023-07-13T19:30:42

There are so many ways these days for movies and shows to get promoted, or to have their lives and pop culture footprint extended - social media love and fandom will do that to you. In this Supe...

Popcorn Culture - Stuff We Missed: Black Mirror from 2023-07-12T19:30:05

Charlie Brooker's ongoing meditation on how technology is shaping and warping our lives is back for its sixth season! Featuring some heavy-hitting actors including Salma Hayek, Aaron Paul, Josh ...

Popcorn Culture - Stuff We Missed: Mrs Harris Goes To Paris from 2023-07-11T19:30:29

Billed as a charming, gentle film about a love of fashion, and trying to find one's way in life, Mrs Harris Goes To Paris is all about a widow exploring the world of haute couture, Paris, and a ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny from 2023-07-05T19:30:12

For the fifth and final time, Indiana Jones returns to our screens with both whipcracks and wisecracks (sorry) to spare. With Harrison Ford closing off his time as this iconic character and Jame...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: The Fugitive from 2023-07-04T19:30:44

Based on the TV show from the 1960s, The Fugitive is all about a husband wrongly accused of killing his wife, who then has to evade capture while trying to clear his name. Featuring Harrison For...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Elemental from 2023-06-28T19:30:46

The latest release from Pixar Studios, Elemental is a play on the classic theme of opposites attract. Set in a world where the elements of nature have been anthropomorphised and two opposing ele...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: Rush Hour from 2023-06-27T19:30:12

A classic buddy comedy, Rush Hour was also Jackie Chan's first true Hollywood crossover - pairing his physical chops with Chris Tucker's fast-talking comedy. It was a success at the time, though...

Popcorn Culture - A Bit of Culture x Supercut II from 2023-06-22T19:30:21

It's time for another crossover - or as we like to call it, A Bit of Popcorn Culture! We're adopting the format and style of A Bit of Culture, and asking each person to bring in a topic - relate...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Flash from 2023-06-21T19:30:50

After several delays, production issues, controversy surrounding its leading actor and a massive shakeup at Warner Bros and DC, The Flash is finally out in cinemas. Hailed as the final film in t...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Extraction 2 from 2023-06-20T19:30:45

Extraction was a resounding success for Netflix so it was only a matter of time before we got a sequel, which promises to have higher stakes, more action and more explosions than its predecessor...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Guilty Pleasures from 2023-06-15T19:30:42

Some movies and TV shows are so formulaic, so cringey, so undeserving of anyone's time... that we just have to watch them again, and again. Maybe it's secretly liking Batman & Robin, defendi...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts from 2023-06-14T19:30:27

How many live-action Transformers movies are there? Honestly, we're not sure, but that won't stop Rise of the Beasts from making a lot of money at the box-office. Based on the ultra-popular Beas...

Popcorn Culture - Review: American-Born Chinese from 2023-06-13T19:30:54

Based on the popular graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, American-Born Chinese is the story of Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a teenager who finds himself juggling his home life and school life... all while ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Nicest On-Screen Characters from 2023-06-08T19:30:16

Nice is a bit of a loaded word - while it's ostensibly a good thing, does it make for interesting stories or characters? That's what we explore in this Supercut - who are some of the nicest on-s...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse from 2023-06-07T19:30:12

Miles Morales returns to the multiverse as Spider-Man, reuniting with Gwen Stacy, and encountering other Spider-People who have been tasked with protecting the multiverse... though the path to c...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Ted Lasso S3 from 2023-06-06T19:30:44

Believe! The multiple Emmy Award-winning show that champions niceness, mental health and self-development in the guise of being a workplace sitcom, is back. In this review, we break down whether...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Finales from 2023-06-01T19:30:38

What goes into creating the perfect finale for a beloved show? From those that stuck the landing (Cheers, Breaking Bad) to those that crashed and burned (How I Met Your Mother, Game of Thrones),...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Little Mermaid from 2023-05-31T19:30:21

As far as Disney classics go, The Little Mermaid is one the big ones, and this live action remake has attracted controversy almost from the beginning - particularly for its casting of African-Am...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Succession S4 from 2023-05-30T19:30:25

Big tech is coming, a pivotal presidential election is impending, and the Roy children are still maneuvering for their place at the top of the family’s billion-dollar media empire - while patria...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Movies Or Shows We've Quit from 2023-05-25T19:30:44

Some movie franchises go downhill, some TV shows jump the shark, and some pop culture phenomena just don't know when to stop. On this week's Supercut, we talk about the movies and TV shows ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Fast X from 2023-05-24T19:30:18

Like it or not, there's no denying that the Fast and the Furious franchise is a pop culture juggernaut, with recent installments raking in billions of dollars at the global box office. In Fast X...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Woman King from 2023-05-23T19:30:49

To say that we were hyped for The Woman King would be an understatement. Although cinemas in Malaysia decided to give it a pass, we finally get to (legally) watch and review it thanks to Netflix...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: New Generation of Sitcoms from 2023-05-18T19:30:50

Sitcoms have changed so much over the last fifteen years. They may not have laugh tracks, but the new generation of sitcoms have given us some of the funniest content ever made for TV and stream...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Mother from 2023-05-17T19:30:55

On the surface, The Mother looks like just another skippable action flick on Netflix, but upon closer inspection, its skippability quickly decreases. First, it stars Jennifer Lopez as a military...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Stuff We Missed: Shrinking from 2023-05-16T19:30:49

Every now and then, a great show debuts with all the right ingredients and a nearly flawless first season... with no (pop) cultural impact. That show is Shrinking. Starring Jason Segel in one of...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Movie Scores and Soundtracks from 2023-05-11T19:30:24

Following a week of films in which the score and songs are front and centre, we discuss the importance of getting it right when it comes to the music in films. From pitch perfect needle drops, t...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 from 2023-05-10T19:30:20

The conclusion of the madcap adventures of the most ragtag heroes in the MCU, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is more than a swansong for Star-Lord and gang, but also for its director and writer ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Ponniyin Selvan: II from 2023-05-09T19:30:27

A continuation of the blockbuster saga that is Ponniyin Selvan, Part II picks up where the first movie left off - as Prince Arunmozhi Varman (Jayam Ravi) continues on his path towards becoming E...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Ghosted from 2023-05-03T19:30:52

Cole (Chris Evans) and Sadie (Ana de Armas) meet-cute and go on an amazing date, and Cole thinks she could be "the one" - only to find himself ghosted. Determined to win Sadie over, he hops on a...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: The Parent Trap from 2023-05-02T19:30:30

It might be as unbelievable as a pair of twins pulling a cross-continental switcheroo, but The Parent Trap turns 25 this year - and we're happy to report that its charms remain as warm and fuzzy...

Popcorn Culture - A Bit of Culture x Supercut from 2023-04-27T19:30:16

For the first time, we're doing something a little different with Supercut - it's a crossover! We're adopting the format and style of A Bit of Culture, and asking each person to bring in a topic...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie from 2023-04-26T19:30:51

The latest attempt to translate the wildly popular game to the big screen - after some notable flops - features a large celebrity voice cast (Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Seth Rogen...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: Twins from 2023-04-25T19:30:19

One of THE classic buddy comedies, Ivan Reitman's Twins has something of an unbeatable premise: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito are twin brothers, who are initially unaware of each o...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Renfield from 2023-04-19T19:30:10

We all know and fear Dracula - so imagine being his helper for centuries on end. This is exactly where Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) finds himself in this movie: desperate to break away from his mas...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Beef from 2023-04-18T19:30:33

Steven Yeun and Ali Wong star in this dark comedy show where two strangers get entangled in a road rage incident that results in an escalating series of events, where they keep trying to take re...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: True Stories from 2023-04-13T19:30

Here's a true story - this "based on a true story" Supercut is based on a previous Supercut we did back in 2020 about movies and TV shows based on true stories. In the spirit of two critically a...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Air from 2023-04-12T19:30:25

We're not sure what's more exciting about this movie - the fact that it reunites Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, or that it has a stacked cast including Viola Davis, Chris Tucker, and Jason Bateman,...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Tetris from 2023-04-11T19:30:29

Anyone who's anyone knows Tetris - the wildly popular videogame that kept players hooked in the 80s and is still enjoyed to this day. But unlike the game, the story behind the making of Tet...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Great Voices from 2023-04-06T19:30:37

A good performance is rooted in so many things - physicality, emotions, the right casting - but something we don't talk about enough (pun intended) is the power of a great voice and how that con...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Dungeons&Dragons: Honor Among Thieves from 2023-04-05T19:30:49

This latest reboot of the beloved game sees Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Rege-Jean Page and Hugh Grant (among others in a rather stacked cast) embark on an epic quest to retrieve a long-lost ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Murder Mystery 2 from 2023-04-04T19:30:07

After the success of the Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston pairing in Murder Mystery, it's time for a sequel. This installment sees Sandler's Nick Spitz (a police officer) and Aniston's Audrey S...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Keanu Reeves from 2023-03-30T19:30:04

From adorable stoner to romantic heartthrob to sci fi hero to avenging hitman, if any actor’s done it all, it’s Keanu Reeves - while managing to maintain a perennial good guy image throughout. I...

Popcorn Culture - Review: John Wick: Chapter 4 from 2023-03-29T19:30:32

In his fourth outing, the John Wick legend continues to grow - the hitman, played by Keanu Reeves (of course), takes his fight global as he goes after powerful underworld figures around the worl...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: A Better Tomorrow from 2023-03-28T19:30:03

John Woo. Chow Yun-Fat. Leslie Cheung. Hong Kong classics don’t come more stacked than this. Ahead of our review of John Wick: Chapter 4, we throw back to one of the originators of the gun fu an...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Remakes from 2023-03-23T19:30:58

One of the most heated conversations in pop culture of late is about Hollywood's dependence on IP - be it milking major franchises, making sequels to movies from decades ago, and yes, remakes. W...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Shazam! Fury of the Gods from 2023-03-22T19:30:26

With the old DC Universe now defunct and / or collapsing on itself, Shazam! Fury of the Gods could be the last time we see Zachary Levi as the titular goofy hero... or not. It's all pretty confu...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Secretsof Dumbledore from 2022-04-20T19:30:50

We return to the Wizarding World in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third installment in the Harry Potter prequel saga. Directed by David Yates, the series continues on the adve...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Action Comedies from 2022-04-14T19:30:05

Taking shape in the 1980s, action comedies are a particularly successful genre hybrid - bringing together slapstick and fast talking humour, with punches, kicks and smash cuts. In this Supercut ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Our Flag Means Death from 2022-04-13T19:30:31

Combining the adventures of Stede Bonnet, gentleman pirate, and Blackbeard, feared pirate extraordinaire, Our Flag Means Death is a number of things mashed into one show: workplace comedy, hijin...

Popcorn Culture - Stuff We Missed: Ford v Ferrari from 2022-04-12T19:30:07

Based on a true story, Ford v Ferrari leads up to the 1966 Le Mans race, and follows a team of American and British engineers and designers, led by automotive designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Vampires! from 2022-04-07T19:30:11

Whether you prefer them monstrous, seductive, or glittery, vampires have a hold on the cinematic imagination that’s hard to beat. From Nosferatu to Blade to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, there’s tru...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Morbius from 2022-04-06T19:30:56

The third movie in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe features the character known as Morbius, the Living Vampire. Going back to his origins, the story follows biochemist Michael Morbius as he tries to ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: Interview with the Vampire from 2022-04-05T19:30:07

Adapted from Anne Rice’s wildly popular vampire novel, this 1994 movie features some huge Hollywood names - Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, and a thoroughly creepy Kirsten Dunst in one ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Actors We've Been Watching For A Very Long Time from 2022-03-31T19:30:56

In celebration of Michelle Yeoh's highly acclaimed performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once, we decided to dedicate an entire Supercut to actors we've been watching for the longest time!...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Everything Everywhere All At Once from 2022-03-30T19:30:29

Starring Michelle Yeoh as an exhausted woman who wants nothing more than to finish her taxes, Everything Everywhere All At Once is already getting rave reviews as an early contender for next yea...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Ambulance from 2022-03-29T19:30:16

A Michael Bay movie that's getting overall positive reviews? Who would've thought. Amidst a slew of lackluster Transformers outings and one 6 Underground, it's easy to forget that Michael Bay is...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Looking Ahead to the 94th Academy Awards from 2022-03-24T19:30:09

With the 94th Academy Awards just around the corner, we take a look at some of the major nominations and discuss who the frontrunners are... and who we think they should be. We also look back at...

Popcorn Culture - Stuff We Missed: Tick, Tick... BOOM! and The Lost Daughter from 2022-03-23T19:30:56

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we're reviewing two feature directorial debuts that have garnered some noms - Lin-Manuel Miranda's tick, tick... BOOM! and Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost Daughter. We ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: The Godfather, on its 50th Anniversary from 2022-03-22T19:30:05

A true cinematic classic, The Godfather has it all - iconic lines ('I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse'), memorable scenes, and actors in performances that have shaped the rest of their...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Time Travel from 2022-03-17T19:30

Whether going back to your parents’ high school, sending a cyborg to protect your younger self, speaking to aliens who see time differently, or just wanting to finish a history assignment, time ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Turning Red from 2022-03-16T19:30:57

Thirteen-year-old Mei is in a tough spot - she’s torn between being an obedient daughter, dealing with the turmoil of growing up, and if all that isn’t enough, she turns into a big red panda whe...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Adam Project from 2022-03-15T19:30:10

What’s the one thing you’re never supposed to do if you ever time travel to the future? Cross paths with your past self. Yet, this is exactly what happens in this sci-fi adventure, when a time-t...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Batman! from 2022-03-10T19:30:09

Turn on the Bat-signal and grab the Shark Repellent because it's time to dive into the psyche of Gotham's caped crusader! From campier iterations to moodier incarnations of the Dark Knight, we'r...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Batman from 2022-03-09T19:30:42

"I'm vengeance!" Against all odds, Robert Pattinson dons the iconic cowl in Matt Reeves' latest take on Gotham's guardian. Arguably darker and more violent than any iteration before it, this new...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: Cosmopolis from 2022-03-08T19:30:02

This week, we're throwing back to Cosmopolis, a film that many consider Robert Pattinson's first step out of Twilight typecasting and into the realm of acclaimed experimental projects. Directed ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: On-Screen Transformations from 2022-03-03T19:30:19

Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf, Lucille Ball, and a Parisian showgirl. Christian Bale as a haunted machinist and a balding boxing trainer recovering from addiction. Andy Serkis as Gollum and Ca...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Being the Ricardos from 2022-03-02T19:30:39

I Love Lucy was a game-changer for modern television and the syndicated sitcom, and also made its stars and creators Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, abidingly beloved and famous. Being the Ricardos...

Popcorn Culture - Review: CODA from 2022-03-01T19:30:18

A coming-of-age comedy drama, CODA focuses on Ruby (the eponymous child of deaf adults) - the only hearing member of a culturally Deaf family, and the push and pull between her desire to help he...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Standalone or Shared Universe? from 2022-02-24T19:30

From the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Universal's Monsters to The Witcher saga, everything seems to be part of a pop culture universe these days. And sometimes, we just want to watch a movie tha...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Uncharted from 2022-02-23T19:30:21

Based on the wildly popular video game of the same name, Uncharted sees Tom Holland (sans Spidey costume!) playing Nathan Drake, an intrepid treasure hunter on a dangerous quest along with his m...

Popcorn Culture - Review: King Richard from 2022-02-22T19:30:22

Serena and Venus Williams are sports legends - this biopic looks at how their father Richard made and executed a brazen plan to earn his daughters a place in history. The film has garnered numer...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Exotic Locations On Screen from 2022-02-17T19:30:44

Mamma Mia. Roman Holiday. The English Patient. Who doesn't love an exotic escapade in search of drama, adventure, and maybe a bit of romance? Now more than ever, movies are able to transport us ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Death On The Nile from 2022-02-16T19:30:26

After two years of delays due to Covid, controversy and then some, Hercule Poirot is back in 'Death On The Nile' to solve a murder mystery aboard a river steamer. Played to campy perfection by K...

Popcorn Culture - Review: All Of Us Are Dead from 2022-02-15T19:30:48

Zombies, mayhem, and teenage melodrama! When a school becomes ground zero for a zombie outbreak, a group of students must find a way to escape... after they learn how to coexist. In this episode...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Disaster Movies from 2022-02-10T19:30:16

There's just something about watching monuments and skyscrapers fall, and forests and cities burn.... at least on-screen, or at least so the box office would suggest. But what is actually so app...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Moonfall from 2022-02-09T19:30:52

Very few directors can rival Roland Emmerich's catalogue when it comes to destroying the world in a series of increasingly inventive ways. Moonfall is his latest installment, involving not just ...

Popcorn Culture - ThrowbackTuesday: Moon from 2022-02-08T19:30:35

Duncan Jones's directorial debut, Moon, follows the personal crisis of a man nearing the end of a three year solitary stretch on the moon, accompanied only by a robot, GERTY. Starring Sam Rockwe...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Art House Movies - Love or Hate? from 2022-01-27T19:30:36

Powerful. Boring. Thought-provoking. Slow. Confusing. When it comes to art house productions, sometimes all these words can be used to describe a single film. They may be an acquired taste, but ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Tragedy of Macbeth from 2022-01-26T19:30:20

The Tragedy of Macbeth has all the makings of a film that's going to dominate at this year's Oscars. It's produced by A24 and is hosted by Apple TV+, the most prestigious of the streaming platfo...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: 10 Things I Hate About You from 2022-01-25T19:30:58

Ironically, there are more than ten things to absolutely love about 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), a movie that many consider to be the most genre-defining romcom of its generation. From Jul...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Psychological Thrillers from 2022-01-20T19:30:07

A genre that is deeply specific in its intent, and requires precision in its execution, psychological thrillers have long been a popular genre - after all, we got the term 'gaslighting' from 194...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Nightmare Alley from 2022-01-19T19:30:50

The latest from Guillermo Del Toro, Nightmare Alley is a psychological thriller based on a William Lindsay Gresham book from 1946 - which is also the era it's set in. Circling a tale of grifters...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: A Touch of Whimsy from 2022-01-13T19:30:41

It’s tough to describe, but you know it when you see it: the movies that are slightly odd or awkward, the shows that lean into the weirdness, the stories that sit somewhere between laughter and ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The French Dispatch from 2022-01-12T19:30:11

This might be as Wes Anderson as it gets: an anthology of wry, comedic stories that are all structured as articles written and published in the final issue of the fictional newspaper, The French...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Last Duel from 2022-01-11T19:30:27

Directed by Ridley Scott, this epic film of historical fiction takes on a difficult and complex tale: in medieval France, a knight named Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon), challenges his former fri...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: What We Enjoyed Most in 2021 from 2022-01-06T19:30:22

It may not have been the best year for cinemas and studios worldwide, but that didn't stop us from watching, bingeing, and enjoying an irrational amount of content over the last twelve months. W...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Don't Look Up from 2022-01-05T19:30:49

Director Adam McKay's ability to curate an unbelievably stacked cast for his movies is something else. His latest offering, Don't Look Up, brings together heavyweights Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennife...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: Betty White from 2022-01-04T19:30:47

You can call her iconic, legendary, or incomparable, but the truth is there isn't an apt enough word to describe the kind of career Betty White had in Hollywood. She may be best known for playin...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Matrix Resurrections from 2021-12-29T19:30:10

Almost twenty years on from The Matrix Revolutions, we return to the world of Neo and Trinity and the Matrix, with all its attendant questions about reality, illusions and love. We discuss what ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Insecure Season Byeve from 2021-12-28T19:30:38

The brainchild of Issa Rae, for five seasons, Insecure has by turns been sparkling, funny, and smart, as well as deeply felt and (sometimes) deeply awkward. As we bid farewell to the show with S...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home from 2021-12-22T19:30:50

It might just be the most awaited Marvel release of the year, with months of teasers and rumours and leaked images heightening the buzz. With Spider-Man’s identity now revealed, Peter Parker fin...

Popcorn Culture Bonus Episode! - Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoilercast from 2021-12-22T19:30:04

Fair warning: a tangled web of spoilers lies ahead! In this special Spideycast of Popcorn Culture, we review and geek out over every amazing plot twist and turn of Spider-Man: No Way Home. ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Succession S3 from 2021-12-21T19:30:59

After the bombshell finale of the previous season, our third outing with the Roys sees the family split into various scheming factions - and as machinations and manipulations heighten, so do the...

Popcorn Culture - Review: West Side Story from 2021-12-15T19:30:25

Cue finger-snapping. 1961's West Side Story is an iconic film by any standard, so it was always going to take a master filmmaker like Steven Spielberg to successfully remake the musical for a ne...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Power of the Dog from 2021-12-14T19:30:51

On this episode, we review the new Western drama that's being hailed as a frontrunner for Best Picture at the Oscars, The Power of the Dog. If you've always wanted to see actor extraordinaire Be...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Ghostbusters: Afterlife from 2021-12-08T19:30

32 years after the release and events of Ghostbusters II, Ghostbusters: Afterlife picks up the threads of the story far from the skyscrapers of New York - exploring instead how the estranged fam...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Encanto from 2021-12-07T19:30

Disney's latest (and the 60th film from the studio!) tells a story of the Madrigal family, living in an enchanted house in the mountains of Columbia - and how Mirabel, the only child in the fami...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: The Name’s Bond... James Bond. from 2021-12-02T19:30

Seven actors, (nearly) six decades, 27 movies, and countless vodka martinis (shaken, not stirred) later, Bond still remains one of cinema’s most fascinating characters. As we come to the e...

Popcorn Culture - Review: No Time To Die from 2021-12-01T19:30

After months of delays, it’s finally here: the last of the Daniel Craig James Bonds! And it seems like Bond is… retired? But then, there’s a kidnapped scientist! A mysterious ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Dr Strangelove from 2021-11-30T19:30

Often hailed not just one of Stanley Kubrick’s best films, but one of the greatest films of all time, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, satirises fears ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: On-screen Culture from 2021-11-25T19:30

Squid Game may be 2021's most popular show and a certified pop culture phenomenon, but would you believe that it wasn't unanimously celebrated in South Korea? As streaming services continue to c...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Jai Bhim from 2021-11-24T19:30

On this episode, we review Jai Bhim - a Tamil film that has been garnering stellar reviews and simultaneously stirring intense controversy thanks to its sociopolitical themes. Based on a landmar...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Harder They Fall from 2021-11-23T19:30

On this week's episode, we check out Netflix's latest foray into big budget Western cinema with The Harder They Fall. After discovering that his enemy is coming out of prison, an outlaw by the n...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: So Bad, They're Good from 2021-11-18T19:30

There's a specific pleasure built into bad films - not all bad films, just the ones that push the boundaries so far that they almost circle all the way back to being good... perhaps even great? ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Venom: Let There Be Carnage from 2021-11-17T19:30

Take Tom Hardy's second outing as Eddie Brock and his extraterrestrial frenemy, Venom, and add bonus Woody Harrelson on-screen and Andy Serkis behind the camera and you get Venom: Let There Be C...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Red Notice from 2021-11-16T19:30

Bringing together 3 major headliners, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, Red Notice is one of Netflix's biggest releases this year. Taking place in the world of heists, elit...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: What Makes a Movie Fun? from 2021-11-11T19:30

Sure, we all love the intensity and drama of a critically acclaimed film, but there’s nothing quite like a movie that is just simply… fun! Whether that involves gigantic kaiju battl...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Eternals from 2021-11-10T19:30

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Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Goonies from 2021-11-09T19:30

Is there a movie more emblematic of childhood friendships in the 1980s than The Goonies? A group of kids attempting to save their homes from developers discover an old map that takes them on an ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Army Of Thieves from 2021-11-03T19:30

We may not have asked for an 'Army of the Dead-verse', but Zack Snyder decided to give it to us anyway. In this genre-switching prequel to Netflix's zombie smash hit, safe-breaker Ludwig Dieter ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: The Italian Job (1969) from 2021-11-02T19:30

On this week's Throwback, we're revisiting one of the most influential comedic crime capers in Hollywood history, The Italian Job (1969). A British crook named Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) is ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Horror from 2021-10-28T19:30

With Halloween right around the corner, we're taking a walk down Fear Street, and dissecting all things horror! From horrifying monsters and ghouls, to fears that are based in things that are al...

Popcorn Culture - Review: A Quiet Place Part II from 2021-10-27T19:30

Directly following on the ending of A Quiet Place, Part II follows the Abbott family in their continuing quest to survive a world that's been overrun by sightless aliens, who hunt based on sound...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback: Roh from 2021-10-26T19:30

An atmospheric, arthouse horror film, Roh tells the story of two children and their mother, living in a shack deep in the woods, visited by mysterious signs and figures. While it was released ba...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: The Director’s Chair from 2021-10-21T19:30

From Orson Welles to Steven Spielberg, Akira Kurosawa to Jordan Peele, Federico Fellini to Greta Gerwig, directors are very often the engine that drives movies. Many outshine onscreen stars, wit...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Dune from 2021-10-20T19:30

Science fiction fans have been awaiting this adaptation of Frank Herbert’s magnum opus with bated breath, and it certainly has a lot going for it: directed by Denis Villeneuve, the film st...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Movies Based On Games from 2021-10-14T19:30

Do you wanna play a game? In the spirit of Netflix's Squid Game that's currently taking pop culture by storm, we're dedicating this Supercut to Movies and TV shows based on games. Whether they'r...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Free Guy from 2021-10-13T19:30

Here's a question to get the existential crisis going - are we all in a simulation? And if we are, who's the hero of this story? In the case of Ryan Reynolds' character in Free Guy, he's just a ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Squid Game from 2021-10-12T19:30

This week, we're reviewing 2021's biggest pop culture phenomenon and the show that's positioned to become Netflix's most-watched series of all time, Squid Game. The nine-episode first season tel...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Fight Films from 2021-10-07T19:30

The first rule of Fight Club: you do not talk about Fight Club. Thankfully, that same rule does not apply to fight films! From all out brawls, boxing classics and choreographed wuxia sequences, ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from 2021-10-06T19:30

The latest installment in the MCU, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is also one of the most anticipated movies this year. Telling a story that's about coming to terms with one's past an...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Suicide Squad from 2021-10-05T19:30

The Suicide Squad (2021) - not to be confused with Suicide Squad (2016), despite sharing some characters - is a soft reboot of sorts, repositioning DC's ragtag band of anti-heroes, and introduci...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Adventure! from 2021-09-30T19:30

There’s nothing quite like going on an adventure vicariously on screen - whether we’re hurtling through space, trekking through jungles, or getting lost in an unknown city. In this w...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Jungle Cruise from 2021-09-29T19:30

It has all the makings of a rollicking fantasy adventure - a scientist, played by Emily Blunt, enlists the help of a skipper a.k.a. Dwayne Johnson, to take her down the Amazon, in search of the ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The African Queen from 2021-09-28T19:30

This 1951 classic features some Hollywood greats: Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, and directed by John Huston. Set in Africa during World War I, Bogart plays a steamer captain who offers Hep...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Sitcoms! from 2021-09-23T19:30

Whether set in an office, an apartment with famous purple walls or featuring dysfunctional families (honestly - take your pick), sitcoms have always been the television equivalent of a warm, muc...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Black Widow from 2021-09-22T19:30

An origin tale that many have argued came years too late, Black Widow tells the story of Natasha Romanoff's origins, as well as what she got up to after Captain America: Civil War. Starring Flor...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Ted Lasso from 2021-09-21T19:30

Fresh off a 20 nomination spree at the Emmys, and a sweep of the comedic acting categories, Ted Lasso is the show of the season, capturing hearts with its focus on well-written characters, stron...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Space Jam: A New Legacy from 2021-09-15T19:30

In 1996, Space Jam brought together the unlikely pairing of basketball superstar Michael Jordan and Looney Tunes icon, Bugs Bunny, in a plot that saw him having to save the Looney Tunes from ali...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? from 2021-09-14T19:30

Part comedic murder mystery, part live action, part animation and all zany, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? broke a lot of new ground in 1988, and continues to set the gold standard in bringing animate...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Screen Aesthetics from 2021-09-09T19:30

Whether we’re talking about Wes Anderson’s art nouveau pastels, Tim Burton’s gothic surrealism, or the Wachowskis’ polished visions of the future, how something looks ons...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Cruella from 2021-09-08T19:30

Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil; If she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will… But before she became a fearsome would-be puppy murderer, Cruella was just a rebellious and stylish girl who ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: In the Mood for Love from 2021-09-07T19:30

Not only is In the Mood for Love arguably Wong Kar-wai’s most celebrated film, it is often hailed as one of the best movies of all time - so naturally, a throwback is warranted. The film a...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Dramedies from 2021-09-02T19:30

Dramedies are a truly unique bunch. These films and TV shows sit in the narrow space between drama and comedy, with many of them serving as cult classics and fan favourites. On this Supercut, we...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Chair from 2021-09-01T19:30

Starring Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh and Emmy winner Jay Duplass alongside a stacked cast, The Chair is a dramedy that follows the adventures and misadventures of the new English department ch...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: All Things Musical! from 2021-08-26T19:30

Love em or hate em, musicals have been a staple of the silver screen for decades. Fans of the genre argue that their magic lies in the beauty of using music to tell a story, of the flights of fa...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Annette from 2021-08-25T19:30

Take Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, add murder and opera... and you have Annette, a film telling the story of a comedian and an opera singer, and how their lives are changed by the arrival of...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: My Fair Lady from 2021-08-24T19:30

Wouldn't it be loverly? That's one of the central questions of the thoroughly loverly My Fair Lady, which tells a version of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, in the form of Eliza Dolittle and He...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: A Matter of (Acting) from 2021-08-19T19:30

Some go method - Marlon Brando, Daniel Day-Lewis; others effortlessly sink into roles - Cate Blanchett, Gary Oldman; and others simply play versions of themselves - Jack Nicholson, we’re l...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Beckett from 2021-08-18T19:30

The latest in the “American faces peril in a foreign locale” trope, Beckett sees John David Washington playing an American tourist in Greece, who unexpectedly finds himself the targe...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Malcolm X from 2021-08-17T19:30

Often hailed as one of Denzel Washington’s finest performances - and that is a high bar - Malcolm X holds the distinction of bringing together a number of African-American cultural icons. ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: How We Watch What We Watch from 2021-08-12T19:00

Binge watching, same day premieres, midnight drops - there's a brand new dictionary for how we watch the films and shows we watch. And now with streaming services experimenting with weekly episo...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The White Lotus from 2021-08-11T19:30

What's the worst part about going on vacation overseas? According to HBO's 'The White Lotus', it's the people. Directed by Mike White and starring Steve Zahn, Connie Britton, and Alexandra Dadda...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Pairings We'd Like To See from 2021-08-05T19:30

What if you could play casting director for an hour or two, and put actors together in fresh combinations? Who would you like to see? Share your thoughts with us as we discuss interesting cast a...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Kingdom: Ashin of the North from 2021-08-04T19:30

Variously called a prequel, or sidequel, to Netflix's hit zombie show Kingdom, Ashin of the North is a feature length special episode that expands on the series' story and mythology. It's also m...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Hero from 2021-08-03T19:30

A true crossover hit, Zhang Yimou's Hero has all the makings of a wuxia classic: stunning sequences, opulent settings and big names. With stars like Jet Li, Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung at the h...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: The Roles that Made Them from 2021-07-29T19:30

Who was Sean before James Bond, Jon before Don Draper, or Sigourney before Ripley? For many actors, one iconic screen role often shoots them to stardom, and often goes on to define them - for be...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Tomorrow War from 2021-07-28T19:30

In this sci fi action film starring Chris Pratt, a group of time travellers arrive in present day from the year 2051 to warn mankind of a future global war against a deadly alien species. In res...

Popcorn Culture - Legally Blonde from 2021-07-27T19:30

It’s been 20 years since Elle Woods sashayed onto our screens and stole our hearts with her brains, beauty, and unapologetic pinkness! Featuring one of Reese Witherspoon’s most iconi...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Sequels and Spinoffs from 2021-07-22T19:30

In the golden age of superhero content and cinematic universes, sequels, spinoffs, and offshoots have become the norm. But this lucrative concept is hardly a new one. While many of these attempt...

Popcorn Culture Bonus Episode! - Loki Spoilercast from 2021-07-21T19:35

This is our no-holds-barred review of Loki, and it is burdened with glorious spoilers! In this special episode of Popcorn Culture, we talk about the latest Marvel TV show to our hearts' content ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Loki from 2021-07-21T19:30

He is Loki, of Asgard, and he is burdened with glorious purpose! After escaping The Avengers with the help of the Tesseract, the God of Mischief finds himself in the crosshairs of the mysterious...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Reality TV from 2021-07-15T19:30

Chuck a bunch of people together in a confined space, whether a remote island, a hyper-surveilled house, or a mansion vying for love. Add some abrasive personalities, a large incentive, and dram...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Clarkson's Farm from 2021-07-14T19:30

After making his name for decades as a wildly popular and polarising TV host, a motorhead and a know-it-all, Jeremy Clarkson's latest venture is... becoming a farmer? Officially one of the highe...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Truman Show from 2021-07-13T19:30

What if your life wasn't your life? What if instead, everything around you, every moment, was engineered to evoke reactions, to create a story - one that was then broadcast around the world? Thi...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: They Came from Outer Space from 2021-07-08T19:30

Has anything captured our imagination (and our screens) as much as the existence of extraterrestrial life? Whether cute and friendly, or murderous and terrifying, movies about aliens have spanne...

Popcorn Culture - Review: No Sudden Move from 2021-07-07T19:30

In director Steven Soderbergh’s latest foray into the crime genre, the setting is 1954 Detroit, where a group of small-time criminals are hired for a heist that goes terribly wrong. Their ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Independence Day from 2021-07-06T19:30

“Today we celebrate our Independence Day!”... from the alien invasion. Didn’t we all cheer when a geek, a pilot, the US President, and a group of unlikely heroes unite to save ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: It's A Crime! from 2021-07-01T19:30

What makes a crime movie good? Is it the mystery, the thrill of the chase, or the heinousness of the crime itself? Whether it's a heist, a murder, or a procedural, there's something about cracki...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Lupin from 2021-06-30T19:30

Stealing is bad, but what if the thief is also a gentleman? We'll let you ponder on that question as we review both parts of the critically acclaimed Netflix series, Lupin. Based on the classic ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Sting from 2021-06-29T19:30

If there was ever a film that defined the word "caper", The Sting would be it. Starring Hollywood heavyweights Robert Redford and Paul Newman, the film went on to sweep The Oscars in 1974 by win...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Animation from 2021-06-24T19:30

From hand drawn characters and scenes, to great sweeping CG vistas and almost photorealistic creatures and faces, animation has come a long way. In this episode of Supercut, we talk about ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Luca from 2021-06-23T19:30

The latest from Pixar, Luca tells the story of a young sea monster who yearns for adventures beyond his childhood home, and finds it by exploring the town of Portorosso with his best friend. Ins...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Spirited Away from 2021-06-22T19:30

An enchanted tale of a girl trying to find her way through a world of spirits, dragons and folklore, Spirited Away is one of the great Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's most well-known films - ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: What We Watched as Kids from 2021-06-17T19:30

There’s something special about the things we watched as children - they may not all have been high quality, but they were certainly high on joy. Whether you grew up on Thudercats or Jem, ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Sweet Tooth from 2021-06-16T19:30

Based on the acclaimed graphic novel series by Jeff Lemire, Sweet Tooth is set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a mysterious virus, where many chi...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Neverending Story from 2021-06-15T19:30

For those of a particular generation, the tale of 10-year-old Bastian finding his way into the magical land of Fantasia through a mysterious book, is th...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: What Makes A Good Hero? from 2021-06-10T19:30

Everyone loves a hero. Whether they're squeaky clean like Superman or slightly more questionable like John Rambo, we enjoy watching these characters kic...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Invincible S1 from 2021-06-09T19:30

No one thought this year's sleeper hit would be a cartoon on Amazon Prime, but here we are. Based on the Image Comics series by Robert Kirkman, Invincib...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Raiders of the Lost Ark from 2021-06-08T19:30

The signature fedora. The rousing score by John Williams. The iconic crack of the whip. This is where the legend of Indiana Jones began - in Steven Spie...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Actors - Then and Now from 2021-06-03T19:30

Some actors have been gracing our screens now for decades (Harrison Ford, Meryl Streep... even Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise), changing from young ingenue or...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Friends: The Reunion from 2021-06-02T19:30

The One Where They Get Back Together... Friends: The Reunion is the on-screen manifestation of something fans have been asking for years: give us more o...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Stand By Me from 2021-06-01T19:30

Based on Stephen King's novella, Stand By Me is many things: a classic coming-of-age adventure story, a look at childhood friendships and how they shift...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: What’s in Your Head, Zombie? from 2021-05-27T19:30

If there’s one genre that refuses to stay dead, it’s the zombie flick. For all that it’s about reanimated corpses, zombies have been r...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Army of the Dead from 2021-05-25T19:30

If you ever had to decide between a zombie flick and a heist movie - well, stop staggering about mindlessly, because with Army of the Dead, you’ll...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Future Classics from 2021-05-20T19:30

Movies like Ben-Hur, The Godfather, and Citizen Kane are widely considered some of the greatest films ever made. But what about more recent films? Will ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Love, Death + Robots S2 from 2021-05-19T19:30

The first season of Love, Death + Robots was an explicitly entertaining cocktail of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy short films, specially handpicked by Dav...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Iron Giant from 2021-05-18T19:30

It's strange to call a 22-year-old film a "classic", but that's exactly what The Iron Giant is. Directed by Brad Bird, the film tells the story of a kid...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Shadow and Bone from 2021-05-12T19:30

Based on Leigh Bardugo's wildly successful books, Shadow and Bone takes us to the fantasy kingdom of Ravka, where a war has waged on, and The Shadow Fol...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Labyrinth from 2021-05-11T19:30

A cult classic, Labyrinth has many hallmarks of the 1980s - it was directed by Jim Henson of The Muppets fame, written (in part) by Terry Jones of Monty...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Lights, Camera, ACTION! from 2021-05-06T19:30

There are so many ways to describe an action movie that we’d run out of space getting to them all; suffice to say, this is our weekly Supercut on ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Nobody from 2021-05-05T19:30

One night, Hutch Mansell’s (Bob Odenkirk) family home is broken into, and he fails to defend himself or his family. His rage following the event l...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Taken from 2021-05-04T19:30

He had a very particular set of skills. Skills he acquired over a very long career. Skills that he finessed into a trilogy of wildly successful movies w...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Mortal Kombat from 2021-04-28T19:30

Round 1! FIGHT! Mortal Kombat is an international, sometimes intergalactic, oftentimes interdimensional ancient martial arts tournament... that's always...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Scott Pilgrim vs The World from 2021-04-27T19:30

Ten years have passed since Edgar Wright directed the quirky, eclectic, burst of colour that is Scott Pilgrim vs The World... which means it's time for ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: How Have Oscar Winners Held Up Over Time? from 2021-04-22T19:30

The 93rd Academy Awards are going to be unlike any other - with the film industry mostly coming to a halt in 2021, and fewer people having the opportuni...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Minari from 2021-04-21T19:30

Minari, directed by Lee Isaac Chung, tells the story of a Korean family who migrate to Arkansas in search of their version of the American Dream. This w...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: An American Tail from 2021-04-20T19:30

Once, a small mouse separated from his family and sporting a signature blue hat and red jacket, looked up at the moon and sang 'Somewhere Out There' - a...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Revenge is Sweet from 2021-04-15T19:30

The Bride, John Wick, Maximus Decimus Meridius - few things make for a compelling story like a quest for vengeance. On this week’s Supercut, we di...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Promising Young Woman from 2021-04-14T19:30

Director/writer Emerald Fennell and star Carey Mulligan have been generating plenty of awards-season buzz with Promising Young Woman. The candy-coloured...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2 from 2021-04-13T19:30

The sight of a bloodied Uma Thurman in a yellow jumpsuit brandishing a katana has become the stuff of pop culture legend, and there are few films that e...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: The Future is Now! from 2021-04-08T19:30

From Mad Max to Blade Runner, dystopias and post-apocalyptic ruins may be common in films about the future, but they're not the only depictions of the w...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Brave New World (+ Astro's International Series On Demand) from 2021-04-07T19:30

Based on the classic novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley, Brave New World imagines a society in which monogamy, family, money, and history are stric...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Minority Report from 2021-04-06T19:30

In this episode of Throwback Tuesday, we check-in with police captain John Anderton, played by Tom Cruise, circa 2054. In what sounds like a routine wee...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Greatest On-Screen Rivalries from 2021-04-01T19:30

Love stories and tales of friendship are heartwarming and inspirational in their own right, but there's something about a good rivalry (even enmity) tha...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Godzilla vs. Kong from 2021-03-31T19:30

The massive showdown that's been a few movies in the making, Godzilla vs Kong does exactly what it says on the tin - delivering ground shaking fights be...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Jaws from 2021-03-30T19:30

An iconic theme, a fin slicing through the waves, blood churning through the waters... and 3 men on a boat. All these elements come together for one of ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: DC Universe on Screen from 2021-03-25T19:30

There’s no denying that when it comes to the heavy-hitters of superheroes, DC Comics has it made; with Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman in their...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Zack Snyder's Justice League from 2021-03-24T19:30

Disappointed by the 2017 Justice League movie? Left wanting more from its lacklustre plot? Have no fear, the Snyder Cut is here! We review the four-hour...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Superman from 2021-03-23T19:30

More than 40 years after the release of the first Superman movie, many would argue that there still hasn’t been a Man of Steel to equal Christophe...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Watching From Home from 2021-03-18T19:30

It has (only) been a year since the start of the first MCO, so we decided to look back at how it has changed our viewing, binging, and hate-watching hab...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Raya and the Last Dragon from 2021-03-17T19:30

Inspired by Southeast Asian folklore, 'Raya and the Last Dragon' takes place in the fantasy land of Kumandra, where an ancient horde known as the Druun ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Disney Princess from 2021-03-16T19:30

The Disney Princess has been a staple in pop culture ever since Snow White made her animated debut in 1937. Whether it's Cinderella fleeing the castle a...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: The 80s from 2021-03-11T19:30

The decade that brought us ET, Marty McFly, Maverick and Goose, Ghostbusters, Footloose and so, so much more, it's continued to have an outsize influenc...

Popcorn Culture - Review (Stuff We Missed): Cobra Kai from 2021-03-10T19:30

What happens when you revisit teenage heroes and villains after decades, when they're in their 40s? What might have changed, and what has stayed the sam...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Karate Kid from 2021-03-09T19:30

Sweep the leg! Finish him! Wax on, wax off. The Karate Kid is an iconic 1980s movie for good reason: teenage romance, action, bullying, a struggle to be...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Characters We Hate to Love from 2021-03-04T19:30

What is it about watching a pill-popping doctor, a gangster with a dubious moral compass, or an ice-cold assassin on screen, that is so deliciously enga...

Popcorn Culture - Review: I Care a Lot from 2021-03-03T19:30

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Gone Girl from 2021-03-02T19:30

On their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) returns home to find his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) missing - and eventually, the suspicion s...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Sci-Fi from 2021-02-25T19:30

Strange dimensions. Bizarre technology. Futuristic architecture. Science fiction as a genre is home to some of the most influential movies and TV shows ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Space Sweepers from 2021-02-24T19:30

Fashioned after sci-fi landmarks such as Cowboy Bebop and inspired by cult favorites like Firefly, Space Sweepers is considered K-Cinema's first big spa...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Blade Runner from 2021-02-23T19:30

It's 2019 and we're in a technological hellscape. Overpopulated cities are made up of gargantuan structures that look both futuristic and archaic at the...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: On-Screen Couples (and Pairings!) from 2021-02-18T19:30

Jack and Rose, Riggs and Murtaugh, Han and Chewie, Thelma and Louise - there's no shortage of iconic on-screen pairings, whether romantic or otherwise. ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Malcolm & Marie from 2021-02-17T19:30

The first Hollywood production to be written, financed and produced during the pandemic, Malcolm and Marie stars John David Washington and Zendaya as a ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Roman Holiday from 2021-02-16T19:30

One of the great romantic comedies, Roman Holiday stars Audrey Hepburn (in a role that she won an Academy Award for) as a princess on an anonymous jaunt...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Feasts on Screen from 2021-02-11T19:30

A mouthful of Ratatouille. A Chef’s perfectly grilled cheese sandwich. The perfect Chinese dinner as we Eat Drink Man Woman. Food on screen often ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: All’s Well, End’s Well from 2021-02-10T19:30

With Chinese New Year around the corner in 2021, we could all use some cheering up. So we’re throwing back to a festive staple: All’s Well, ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Remembering Christopher Plummer from 2021-02-09T19:30

For legions of fans around the world, Christopher Plummer is inseparable from Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music. However, Plummer already had an a...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Supercut: Comedies! from 2021-02-04T19:30

It may not have its own category at the Oscars, but watching a comedy is one of the most communal experiences one can have at the movies. From Buster Ke...

Popcorn Culture - Review: An American Pickle from 2021-02-03T19:30

Seth Rogen plays Herschel Greenbaum, an Eastern European immigrant who gets preserved in a vat of pickles, as you do, only to wake up generations later ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The 40-Year-Old Virgin from 2021-02-02T19:30

If you could trace the careers of comedy heavyweights Judd Apatow, Steve Carell, and Seth Rogen to a single turning point in their lives, you'd find you...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The White Tiger from 2021-01-27T19:30

An adaptation of Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning novel, this tale of class, caste, loyalty and corruption is being brought to screen by Ramin B...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Chop Shop from 2021-01-26T19:30

A gritty drama shot in a neorealist style, Chop Shop (2007) is a slice of life look at Ale, a 12 year old street orphan living and surviving in Queens, ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: We Are Family! from 2021-01-21T19:30

When it comes to film and television, families - whether good, bad, or plain dysfunctional - are a mainstay. We look at our favourite screen relatives f...

Popcorn Culture - Review (Stuff We Missed): Succession S1 & S2 from 2021-01-20T19:30

With release schedules being what they are these days (interrupted and uncertain), we're taking the opportunity to review some recent movies and shows t...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Manhunter from 2021-01-19T19:30

The name Hannibal Lecter might be almost synonymous with Sir Anthony Hopkins, but the credit of first bringing the iconic character to life onscreen act...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Scripts, Screenplays, Storytellers from 2021-01-14T19:30

From Nora Ephron's 'When Harry Met Sally' to Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's 'Good Will Hunting', good screenplays are arguably the first step at defining ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom from 2021-01-13T19:30

Based on August Wilson's play and produced by Denzel Washington, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom assembles a star-studded cast to bring one of the titular trai...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Birdcage from 2021-01-12T19:30

We're throwing it back to 1996's The Birdcage - a film about a duo named Armand (Robin Williams) and Albert (Nathan Lane), their trendy Miami nightclub,...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Pixar from 2021-01-07T19:30

Beginning with Woody and Buzz, through the adventures of Nemo, Marlin and Dory, to the jazz dreams of Joe Gardner, Pixar movies have always set a high w...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Soul from 2021-01-06T19:30

One of many movies to have fallen victim to 2020’s schedule changes, Soul is Pixar’s latest release and the first to have an African-America...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Beetlejuice from 2021-01-05T19:30

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! In this episode of Throwback Tuesday, we’re celebrating Tim Burton’s 1988 classic that saw Mich...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: New Year's Eve Movies from 2020-12-29T19:30

New Year's Eve is ripe ground for storytelling, with its sense of possibility, anticipation and change. In this episode of Throwback Tuesday, we look at...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Wonder Woman 1984 from 2020-12-23T19:30

After several postponements and then migrating to a streaming service, one of 2020’s supposed biggest releases has finally made it to SOME cinemas...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Astro - Discover Your Stories from 2020-12-22T19:30

With cinemas mostly closed in 2020, watching television shows at home took on a whole new dimension. We look back at the variety of programming that has...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Comfort Watches from 2020-12-17T19:30

We all have our favourite watches we turn to, when we need to feel better. The screen equivalent of Linus's blanket, if you will. Whether it's comedies,...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Astro - Turn on Blockbusters at Home from 2020-12-16T19:30

Blockbusters have been few and far between this year, but some have made their way to our cinemas nonetheless (and are now available to watch at home). ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Princess Bride from 2020-12-15T19:30

Mawwiage. My name is Inigo Montoya. As you wish. The Princess Bride is chock-full of quotable quotes, and is a classic for a reason. In this episode of ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Supercut: Based On A True Story from 2020-12-10T19:30

Hollywood loves a good retelling of a true story, and so do we. Whether it's the story of legendary rock icons, revolutionary presidents, or historical ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Mank from 2020-12-09T19:30

Citizen Kane is widely regarded as the most must-see film in Hollywood history. But behind the scenes, there was enough drama unfolding to rival its on-...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Se7en from 2020-12-08T19:30

What's in the box??!!! Dark, disturbing, and sinfully captivating, David Fincher's Se7en remains one of Hollywood's most popular crime thrillers to this...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Soundtrack to Our Screens from 2020-12-03T19:30

Starlord grooving to “Hooked on a Feeling”. Marty McFly rocking out onstage to “Johnny B. Goode”. Little Olive performing an ina...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Hillbilly Elegy from 2020-12-02T19:30

Directed by Ron Howard, Hillbilly Elegy explores the idea of the American dream by looking at three generations of a lower-income family in Ohio; the st...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Puteri Gunung Ledang from 2020-12-01T19:30

Puteri Gunung Ledang, Malaysia’s first-ever big budget film production was epic in every way: from its period fantasy setting to the star-studded ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Escapist Cinema from 2020-11-26T19:30

Stay home and stay safe has been a motto and a rallying cry for many in 2020 - but that also means that the new experiences and sights that travel affor...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Crown Season 4 from 2020-11-25T19:30

Fitting for a show that focuses on possibly the most privileged family in the world, The Crown is also one of the most expensive shows ever made. And th...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The King's Speech from 2020-11-24T19:30

Telling the story of a wartime king, and a different path towards leadership and courage, The King's Speech turns 10 this year. We revisit this story of...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Nicolas Cage! from 2020-11-19T19:30

It's all the rage - all the Cage on today's Supercut as we celebrate the career of the man, the myth, the legend... Nicolas Cage! Whether he's screaming...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Witches from 2020-11-18T19:30

Based on the book by Roald Dahl, The Witches is about an orphaned boy who flees a rural town with his grandmother in order to escape a group of diabolic...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Leaving Las Vegas from 2020-11-17T19:30

Leaving Las Vegas has been called many things - powerful, dark, and poignant. It's also the movie that rewarded Nicolas Cage with an Academy Award for B...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: American Presidents Onscreen from 2020-11-12T19:30

What do Harrison Ford, Bill Pullman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Jamie Foxx have in common? They’ve all stepped into the (fictional) shoes of the Uni...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm from 2020-11-11T19:30

After his movie debut 14 years ago, Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat is back - and this time, it’s in a world that almost seems too bizarre even by...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Alaipayuthey from 2020-11-10T19:30

If there was one Tamil movie that sent scores of young hearts afluttering in the early 2000s, it was Alaipayuthey. Directed by Mani Ratnam, one of India...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Trial of the Chicago 7 from 2020-11-04T19:30

Telling the true story of the Chicago Seven, a group of anti–Vietnam War protesters charged with conspiracy and crossing state lines in 1969, The ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: In Tribute of Sean Connery from 2020-11-03T19:30

The first man to utter the famous line, order a martini shaken not stirred, and given that license to kill, Sean Connery was, for many, the ultimate Jam...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Emily In Paris from 2020-10-28T19:30

You may call her "le plouc" and think she's "ringarde", but the titular Emily in Netflix's 'Emily In Paris' (played by Lily Collins) has reached peak po...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Devil Wears Prada from 2020-10-27T19:30

"Chic" may be the best way to describe The Devil Wears Prada, much to Miranda Priestly's disdain. The film added another iconic character to Meryl Stree...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Masculinity on Screen from 2020-10-22T19:30

From Rock Hudson to Cary Grant, to modern day stars such as Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, masculinity on screen has both stayed the same, and shifted in maj...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Spartacus from 2020-10-20T19:30

I am Spartacus! The movie that spawned that iconic line (and meme), is one of the exemplars of the swords and sandals genre, and starred Kirk Douglas in...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Documentaries from 2020-10-15T19:30

There is a lot more to documentary filmmaking than the National Geographic nature films many of grew up with - and the rise of the Internet and streamin...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Social Dilemma from 2020-10-14T19:30

In a year that has seen most of us turn to social media for connection and entertainment, The Social Dilemma made quite a (chilling) splash. The docudra...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Social Network from 2020-10-13T19:30

Yep, not only has Facebook been around a long time, it’s been around long enough that a biopic of its founder is celebrating its 10th year anniver...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Gender Swaps in Movies and TV from 2020-10-08T19:30

The idea of a female James Bond has sparked intense (for lack of a better word) online debate on multiple occasions, with many firmly believing that the...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Enola Holmes from 2020-10-07T19:30

You know of Sherlock Holmes and the many mysteries he solved, but have you heard of his sister, Enola? Starring Millie Bobby Brown as Enola and Henry Ca...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Sherlock Holmes Adaptations from 2020-10-06T19:30

From the subversive BBC series with Benedict Cumberbatch to the questionable comedy with Will Ferrell, there's no shortage of adaptations when it comes ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Creature Feature from 2020-10-01T19:30

Whether it's the T-Rex in Jurassic Park, the Xenomorph of Alien, or Godzilla in, well, Godzilla - creatures have long held a larger-than-life place in m...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Lovecraft Country from 2020-09-30T19:30

Based on a novel by Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country tackles monsters both fantastic and prosaic. Set in the segregated United States of the 1950s, the show...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Alien from 2020-09-29T19:30

Released in 1979, Ridley Scott's Alien is many things: a movie chock-full of indelible, striking images; the first time many of us saw the Giger-inspire...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: The Influencers of Film from 2020-09-24T19:30

From Kubrick to Kurosawa, Scorcese to Spielberg, the world of cinema is full of “influencers” - indelible names who have shaped onscreen ent...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Emmys 2020 from 2020-09-23T19:30

While limited series Watchmen dominates this year’s Emmy nominations with a whopping 26 nominations, 2019 was an incredibly rich year for televisi...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Rashomon from 2020-09-22T19:30

This year, Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon celebrates its 70th anniversary - a film so influential in storytelling that it has a trope named after it: t...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Malaysian Cinema from 2020-09-17T19:30

As part of our weeklong celebration of Malaysia Day, we're dedicating this episode to exploring all facets of Malaysian cinema. We'll be running through...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Seniman Bujang Lapok from 2020-09-15T19:30

In conjunction with Malaysia Day, we're throwing back to a true Malaysian classic. The fourth outing of the Bujang Lapok series, this caper of a film sp...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Disney! from 2020-09-10T19:30

Can we pack all of Disney and its magnificence into a single Supercut? We sure as heck try! In the spirit of Mulan finally gracing cinemas, we dive into...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Mulan from 2020-09-09T19:30

It's finally here! After months of delays, Hua Mulan gets down to business to defeat the huns in Disney's live-action retelling of the ageless Chinese l...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon from 2020-09-08T19:30

Ahead of our review of Mulan, we're throwing back to one of the defining wuxia films, that also just happens to be a huge crossover smash hit, winning A...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: A Matter of Character from 2020-09-03T19:30

Indiana Jones. The Dude. Imperator Furiosa. Darth Vader. Marty McFly. Annie Hall. What do all of these people have in common? They’re characters y...

Popcorn Culture - Review: BlacKkKlansman from 2020-09-02T19:30

One of director Spike Lee’s most celebrated recent releases, BlacKkKlansman, made its debut on streaming recently, and we’re taking the chan...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Get On Up from 2020-09-01T21:30

As Hollywood and the rest of the world mourn the sudden and untimely loss of actor Chadwick Boseman, we celebrate his magnetic onscreen presence by thro...

Popcorn Culture Bonus Episode! - Tenet Spoilercast from 2020-08-26T21:35

Be warned, here there be spoilers! In a special episode of Popcorn Culture, we talk about all things Tenet - and we do mean all things. We discuss plot ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Tenet from 2020-08-26T21:30

It's finally here! Through the multiple delays and cancellations that have derailed the film industry, Christopher Nolan has always maintained that Tene...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Justice League Dark Double Feature from 2020-08-19T21:30

Justice League: Dark is what you get when you combine vigilantism with gothic metal and plenty of witchcraft. Constantine, Zatanna, Swamp Thing, and a h...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Vertigo from 2020-08-18T21:30

A detective with acrophobia is hired to investigate the strange behaviour of an old friend's wife. As if that premise isn't bizarre enough, the aforemen...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Tom Hanks from 2020-08-13T21:30

Could anyone hate Tom Hanks? The two-time Oscar-winner (and six-time nominee) isn’t just one of the most popular film stars in the world, he&rsquo...

Popcorn Culture - Review: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood from 2020-08-12T21:30

This biopic of treasured children’s TV personality Fred Rogers - which stars another immensely likeable American icon, Tom Hanks - never made it t...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: The Muppet Movie from 2020-08-11T21:30

The Muppets have had so many movie capers (eight, to be exact!), that it might be difficult to keep track - but we’re taking it all the way back t...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Female Creators from 2020-08-06T21:30

In 2010, Kathryn Bigelow won the Academy Award for Best Director, for her film The Hurt Locker (famously beating her ex-husband James Cameron to the pun...

Popcorn Culture - Review: I May Destroy You from 2020-08-05T21:30

A searing look at how modern dating and relationships affect the practice of consent and blur the lines, I May Destroy You is a show that experiments wi...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Juno from 2020-08-04T21:30

One of the quintessential coming-of-age movies (and dramedies), Juno tells the story of a smart, independent teenager confronting an unexpected pregnanc...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: War! from 2020-07-30T21:30

From epic medieval battles to the grueling tales of World War II, audiences have always been fascinated by the concept of war and how it's portrayed in ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Greyhound from 2020-07-29T21:30

A U.S. Navy Commander named Ernest Krause, played by Tom Hanks, and his Allied crew are being pursued by German U-Boats. Soon, Krause will find himself ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Gladiator from 2020-07-28T21:30

General. Slave. Gladiator who defied an emperor. Movie that won Russell Crowe an Oscar. In this episode, we revisit 'Gladiator' - one of the finest movi...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Teen Movies from 2020-07-23T21:30

Everyone’s teenage years are likely filled with emotions, adventures, hopes, and disappointments - it’s no wonder they are such fertile grou...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Baby-Sitters Club from 2020-07-22T21:30

Adapted from the popular children’s book series of the same name, The Baby-Sitters Club follows the friendship and adventures of five middle-schoo...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off from 2020-07-21T21:30

The quintessential skiver’s handbook, this John Hughes teen comedy from 1986 became an instant classic thanks to its irreverent humour, memorable ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Adapting for the Screen from 2020-07-16T21:30

Whether it's epic novels or comic books, adapting for the screen comes with its own unique set of challenges. For instance, keeping fans of the book hap...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Goldfinch from 2020-07-15T21:30

Based on Donna Tartt's complex novel about trauma, grief and art, The Goldfinch tackles the tale of Theo Decker, and what happens after he survives a bo...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: X-Men from 2020-07-14T21:30

How do we treat people who are different to us? What does it mean to have special abilities - to be a mutant? The very first film in the (frankly uneven...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Professions In Cinema & TV from 2020-07-09T21:30

Dreamy doctors, smooth lawyers, and scientists born wearing bifocals. On-screen professions may be vaguely based on real life, but that hasn't stopped u...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Perry Mason from 2020-07-08T21:30

Based on Erie Stanley Gardner's character of the same name, Perry Mason is back on TV screens and apparently this time, his show is sleeker and slightly...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: A Few Good Men from 2020-07-07T21:30

"I want the truth!" "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!" This legendary line has been mimicked, memed, and parodied more times than we can count. But back in 1...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: The Cinema Experience from 2020-07-02T21:30

With Malaysian cinemas opening their doors again from July 1, we look at the unique experience of “going to the movies”, and whether it can ...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Da 5 Bloods from 2020-07-01T21:30

In Spike Lee’s latest screen outing, four ageing war veterans return to Vietnam in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader - and a trea...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Jurassic Park from 2020-06-30T21:30

That soaring shot of a brachiosaurus. The T-rex reflected in a sideview mirror. The chilling sight of a velociraptor’s breath puffing on a glass p...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Prestige TV from 2020-06-25T21:30

There's a lot of truly excellent TV and good shows available these days, and many of them have production levels (and budgets) that rival or surpass the...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Space Force from 2020-06-24T21:30

Space Force reunites Greg Daniels and Steve Carell after The Office, and blends workplace comedy and political satire as it looks into the formation of ...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Galaxy Quest from 2020-06-23T21:30

A cult classic in its own right, Galaxy Quest is a science fiction comedy in which the stars of a defunct but beloved sci-fi television franchise are pu...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: The Worlds In Movies from 2020-06-18T21:30

Lost underwater kingdoms. Dystopian future cities. Galaxies far, far away. Some worlds invite us with warmth and magic and wonder. Others warn of danger...

Popcorn Culture - Review: Fantasy Island, Underwater, Cats, 1917 from 2020-06-17T21:30

Four films, one episode! Fantasy Island, Underwater, Cats, and 1917 have made it to Malaysian homes thanks to Astro On Demand. On today's show, we check...

Popcorn Culture - Throwback Tuesday: Wonder Women from 2020-06-16T21:30

If this were a different timeline, Wonder Woman 1984 would be in cinemas right now. We may not get to see the sequel to Patty Jenkins' 2017 blockbuster ...

Popcorn Culture - Supercut: Watching Old(er) Movies from 2020-06-11T21:30

Citizen Kane. Ben-Hur. Gone with the Wind. Even the original Star Wars trilogy. We often hear or read about these movies, with critics saying that they'...

Popcorn Culture - Review: The Lovebirds from 2020-06-10T21:30

A couple - played by delightful writer-comedians Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani - who are on the rocks, find themselves inexplicably involved in a murder....