Popcorn Junkies
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Animated group discussion meets close attention to performances, visual choices, adaptation decisions, and the emotional pressure created by individual scenes.
The Sawalha Adderleys turn movie reviewing into an animated group argument, moving freely between immediate emotional reactions and close attention to craft.
A 'Planet of the Apes' wig comparison tells you these film conversations notice the little things.
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Dry, argumentative movie talk that turns Dylan O'Brien's humiliation into a sharper read on the film.
An edge comes from watching a tech entrepreneur get flattened into dependence on the woman from logistics, and the episode does not let that awkward setup off the hook. It keeps worrying at the same question: is the film mocking him, the old adventure-movie formula, or both?
A sharp, spoiler-heavy family-drama review that keeps finding the ache under the prestige polish.
Sentimental Value is a polished awards-season family drama that keeps finding the bruise under its own elegance. The piece treats Joachim Trier's film as a story about a father and his daughters struggling to find language for one another, while keeping the central idea clear:…
A spoiler-heavy space review that values character, structure, and quiet confidence.
This spoiler-heavy space review treats the film less as a plot recap than as a study of character and pressure. It follows a reluctant astronaut, a strange deep-space mission, and the pull between Earth and orbit, where the question is not only what happened but why the wrong…
A spoiler-forward Mistborn deep dive that feels like analysis in motion.
Fantasy Fan Fellas takes a spoiler-forward, chapter-by-chapter pass through Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn, with Hayden giving blunt reactions while Steven keeps guessing at what comes next.
A sharp, uneasy look at spectacle, cruelty, and a film that mostly rides its own momentum.
The piece uses a grim reality TV setup to dig into televised cruelty, lurid entertainment, and the way shock starts to blur once violence becomes part of the show.
A sly, unsettled take on whether Charlie XCX is acting or just playing it straight.
The review keeps returning to one clean question: is Charlie XCX acting, or only leaning close enough to herself that the film can build its comedy around her?
A blunt, running critique of male gaze, power games, and gendered tension.
Fantasy Fan Fellas is sharpest when it stays on the aggressivity of the male gaze and the way the male manosphere figures use the camera and lens.
A weekly Mistborn deep dive built on first-read reactions and lively back-and-forth.
Fantasy Fan Fellas follows Hayden and Steven through Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn with a clear split in roles: Hayden leads the read, while Steven reacts like a first-time reader and calls things as he sees them.
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant explain one topic per episode, from the bicameral mind to Boeing's MCAS.
Multi-part dramatized retellings of scandals like OceanGate's Titan and the Lehman Brothers collapse.
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins dissect Oscar races, new releases, and Hollywood news.
Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen debate new releases, classics, and their own film rankings.
Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas argue their way through terrible movies.
Hayden opens with the premise and Steven is wrong almost immediately.
Hayden and Steven review The Bride, a Maggie Gyllenhaal film they say cost $80 million after The Lost Daughter was made for $5 million.
The conversation settles on Mistborn's core: Hayden and Steven's reactions, the chapter-by-chapter deep dive, and the magic system, not spoilers as the whole story.
The show takes on Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier's Norwegian film, just as awards-season talk starts picking up.
Popcorn Junkies reviews A24’s mockumentary The Moment, directed by Aidan Zamiri and centered on Charli XCX at the end of Brat Summer.
Hayden reviews Sirat, a Spanish film set in the Moroccan desert and nominated for Best International Picture, directed by Oliver Lacks.
The hosts open by treating the film as a study in horror, powerlessness, and injustice.
It starts with a blunt setup.
Popcorn Junkies Movie Reviews discusses Netflix’s Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, with Hayden and Steven focusing on how Louis Theroux handles men who build audiences through rage, status, and “red pill” language.
The hosts analyze the 98th Academy Award nominations, highlighting the record-breaking 16 nods for 'Sinners' and the significant nomination of 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', a film about a Palestinian girl's murder.
The hosts tackle the film through chemistry, casting, and texture.
The host reviews the worst films and biggest disappointments of 2025, critiquing movies like Captain America: Brave New World and Fantastic Four: First Steps for their failures, and discussing overhyped films such as Mickey 17 and Sinners.
Hayden ranks his top 10 films of 2025 by UK release date, which makes titles like Nosferatu, Baby Girl, and The Brutalist count as 2025 films for him.
Hayden reviews Paul Feig's The Housemaid, based on Frida McFadden's book, and names Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, and Brandon Sklenar as the central cast.
Hayden reviews H Is for Hawk as a film adaptation of Helen MacDonald’s memoir, centered on Claire Foy playing Helen, Brendan Gleeson as her father, and a goshawk used to process grief.
Popcorn Junkies Movie Reviews covers Project Hail Mary as a Phil Lord and Christopher Miller sci-fi film starring Ryan Gosling, with Sandra Huller in a major supporting role.
Hayden reviews Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story as the third entry in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out trilogy, and says he enjoyed it more than Knives Out and Glass Onion.
Popcorn Junkies reviews Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme as a 1950s New York sports story built around Timothee Chalamet’s Marty Mouser, a table tennis player who keeps talking his way into rooms he cannot afford.
Popcorn Junkies Movie Reviews covers Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, with Hayden reviewing Lee Byung-hun as Man Su, an award-winning papermaking worker at Solar Paper.
It starts brutally.
The setup already smells bad.
Hayden reviews Predator: Badlands as a reboot-style entry in the Predator universe, with Dan Trachtenberg attached and Ellie Fanning playing the synthetic Tia.
Popcorn Junkies reviews Mary Bronstein’s A24 film If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, starring Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, A$AP Rocky, and Christian Slater.
Popcorn Junkies reviews Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On?, a film loosely inspired by John Bishop’s life story and centered on Will Arnett, Laura Dern, and a New York stand-up scene.
The Popcorn Junkies Movie Reviews episode on Wicked for Good argues that the sequel shifts the story toward Ariana Grande, darker stakes, and a more overt focus on deception.
The film turns into an argument about making films.
Wasteman gets nasty fast.
The hosts review the latest indie film 'The Drama' starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, discussing the director's previous surrealist works.
A podcast where hosts review the latest movies, with a sample discussing a slow, meditative film about early settlers.
The hosts review the new film 'Bugonia' by Yorgos Lanthimos, discussing his previous works and the performances of Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.
The hosts review the historical drama 'Palestine 36' and discuss its depiction of the 1936-1939 Arab revolt.
The host reviews the film 'Springsteen, Deliver Me From Nowhere', sharing his initial skepticism and perspective on Bruce Springsteen.
The hosts review Mike Lee's new film 'Hard Truths Hard Times', discussing the director's career and the film's performances.
The hosts introduce and discuss the new film 'Companion', an AI sci-fi horror comedy starring Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher.
A movie review podcast episode analyzing the film 'The Brutalist', discussing its Oscar potential, cast, and cinematic qualities.
The hosts review the film 'A Complete Unknown', a biopic about Bob Dylan's early career.