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Welcome to the fifth episode of Season 2 of our retrospective Oscar podcast series — And the Winner Still Is. Hosted by film editor Marisa Carpico and senior editor Matt Taylor (Way too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast) this series looks at various years in Oscar history. Film staff writer Tom Moore guests. The winner of Best Picture is spotlighted and then the other films in the category are discu...

This month Senior Writer Aaron Sarnecky and his brother, Senior Columnist Josh Sarnecky, sit down to talk about Disney's live-action Alice in Wonderland. The film, directed by Tim Burton and adapted from Lewis Carroll's stories by screenwriter Linda Woolverton, stars Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Stephen Fry, Alan Rickman, Christopher Lee, Matt L...

Welcome to the third episode of Season 2 of our retrospective Oscar podcast series — And the Winner Still Is. Hosted by film editor Marisa Carpico and senior editor Matt Taylor (Way too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast) this series looks at various years in Oscar history. The winner of Best Picture is spotlighted and then the other films in the category are discussed. The duo also breaks down the d...

Welcome to the third episode of Season 2 of our retrospective Oscar podcast series -- And the Winner Still Is. Hosted by film editor Marisa Carpico and television editor Matt Taylor (Way too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast)this series looks at various years in Oscar history. The winner of Best Picture is spotlighted and then the other films in the category are discussed. The duo also breaks down t...

Welcome to TV Talk, the monthly television podcast of The Pop Break! Television Editor Alex Marcus is joined by editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin, and senior columnist Josh Sarnecky to talk about the happenings in television. Here’s the format of the show: The Best Thing I Saw on TV Last Month – Alex, Bill, and Josh talk about a show/episode/event we liked from the last month...including...The XFL? The...

Welcome to the second episode of Season 2 of our retrospective Oscar podcast series -- And the Winner Still Is. Hosted by film editor Marisa Carpico and television editor Matt Taylor (Way too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast)this series looks at various years in Oscar history. This week's guest is Pop Break TV Editor & Cinema Joes host, Alex Marcus. The winner of Best Picture is spotlighted and the...

Senior Writers Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are back to talk about Shutter Island for its 10th anniversary. Shutter Island is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, adapted by screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis and directed by legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Max von Sydow, Jackie Earle Haley, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkso...

Welcome to the Season 2 Premiere of our retrospective Oscar podcast series -- And the Winner Still Is. Hosted by film editor Marisa Carpico and television editor Matt Taylor (Way too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast)this series looks at various years in Oscar history. The winner of Best Picture is spotlighted and then the other films in the category are discussed. The duo also breaks down the direc...

The Season 2 Finale of The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions podcast is here, and we've got a lot to talk about! Film Editor Marisa Carpico, and Senior Editor Matt Taylor are joined by Editor-in-Chief Bill Bodkin, and Staff Writer Tom Moore (our Oscar Pool Winner) to discuss the 92nd Academy Awards. In this episode we talk about the amazing, historic night for Parasite and Bong Joon-ho, the best and...

It's Oscar Week! The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast returns for another super-sized episode. Pop Break's Film Editor Marisa Carpico and Senior Editor Matt Taylor look at the potential winner for the 2020 Best Picture Award. The nominees are: 1917, Ford v. Ferrari, Joker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,The Irishman, Little Women, Jojo Rabbit and Marriage Story.

It's Oscar Week! The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast returns for another super-sized episode. Pop Break's Film Editor Marisa Carpico and Senior Editor Matt Taylor look at the potential winner for the 2020 Best Director Award. The nominees are: Martin Scorsese – The Irishman, Todd Phillips – Joker Sam Mendes – 1917, Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Bong Joon-ho – Parasite

It's Oscar Week! The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast returns for another super-sized episode. Pop Break's Film Editor Marisa Carpico and Senior Editor Matt Taylor look at the potential winners for Best Documentary, Best Animated Feature, and Best International Feature. Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, I Lost My Body, Klaus, Missing Link, Toy Story 4  Best...

It's Oscar Week! The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast returns for another super-sized episode. Pop Break's Film Editor Marisa Carpico and Senior Editor Matt Taylor look at the potential winners for the 2020 Best Actor Awards -- for Best Actor in a Lead Role and Best Supporting Actor. The nominees for the 2020 Best Actor Awards are: Best Actor in a Lead Role: Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glor...

It's Oscar Week! The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast returns for another super-sized episode. Pop Break's Film Editor Marisa Carpico and Senior Editor Matt Taylor look at the potential winners for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. The nominees are: Best Actress: Cynthia Erivo – Harriet, Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story, Saoirse Ronan – Little Women, Charlize Theron – Bombshell a...

Oscar week is here, and we're predicting some of the most difficult categories to choose a winner for -- the short films! Here are the nominees... Best Documentary Short Subject: In the Absence, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl), Life Overtakes Me, St. Louis Superman, Walk Run Cha-Cha Best Live Action Short: Brotherhood, Nefta Football Club, The Neighbors' Window, Saria, A Sis...

Oscar week continues on the Way too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast as Marisa Carpico and Matt Taylor predict the potential winner for the Best Screenplay categories. The nominees for Best Original Score are: Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir, Little Women – Alexandre Desplat, Marriage Story – Randy Newman, 1917 – Thomas Newman, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams The nominees for Best Origi...

Oscar week continues on the Way too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast as Marisa Carpico and Matt Taylor predict the potential winner for the Best Screenplay categories. The nominees for Best Original Screenplay are: Knives Out – Rian Johnson, Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach, 1917 – Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino, Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Han...

It's Oscar Week! The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast returns for a super-sized episode. Pop Break's Film Editor Marisa Carpico and Senior Editor Matt Taylor return to predict the winners for the technical Oscars. Categories include : Best Cinematography, Achievement in Sound Mixing, Achievement in Sound Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design, Achievement...

Welcome to TV Break, the monthly television podcast of The Pop Break! Television editor Alex Marcus is joined by editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin, and senior columnist Josh Sarnecky to talk about the best thing they watched in January including Bill singing The Witcher song. They also look at who won the "streaming wars" this month, and then they put a focus on the red hot HBO adaptation of Stephen Kin...

The nominees are in! Pop Break's Film Editor Marisa Carpico and Senior Editor Matt Taylor are here to talk about the 2020 Oscar Nominations. They break down all the major categories, they look at the egregious snubs (nothing for J. Lo in Hustlers, really?), and give their early predictions on the big show.

Monocle Society founder Kyle Kinkade sat with Pop Break's Comic Book Editor Rachel Freeman, staff writer Bryant Donato, and Doug Vehovec from Nerdarchy at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia to discuss the new RPG Weave.

Happy 20202! The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions podcast returns with tidings of Christmas cinema as film editor Marisa Carpico and Senior Editor Matt Taylor dive into the cavalcade of films that came out during the Holiday Season like: Little Women, CATS, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Knives Out, Uncut Gems and more.

Pop Break's editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin and senior editor Michael Dworkis look back at All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and their first year in existence -- from the first press conference to their final weekly televised show of the year. Mike and Bill talk about the first 12 episodes of AEW Dynamite, their favorite AEW matches, their least favorite AEW moments, the much talked about AEW Women's Division...

Things are about to get stupid! Senior Writer Aaron Sarnecky and Editor-in-Chief Bill Bodkin sit down to talk about Dumb and Dumber, which marks its 25th anniversary this week. The 1994 hit comedy stars Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Mike Starr, Karen Duffy, Charles Rocket, and Teri Garr. It was directed by Peter Farrelly, who also co-wrote the film with his brother Bobby Farrelly and Ben...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions podcast is back with a look at some potential heavyweight Oscar contenders. Film Editor Marisa Carpico and TV Editor Matt Taylor discuss the Oscar potential for: Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, Shia LeBeouf's Honeyboy, the indie melodrama Waves, the Christian Bale/Matt Damon vehicle Ford v Ferrari, and they end the pod with a deep dive about Dr. Sleep and why di...