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Pop Break's editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin and television editor Matt Taylor have teamed up to unpack all the mysteries and complexities of HBO's True Detective Season 3. This dynamic duo discuss the brilliance and blunders of the plot, extol the virtues of the production design and praise the performances of the third season. They also dive into the conspiracy theories pitched throughout the season...

The 2019 Oscars are in the books, and we're breaking down the entire show. Pop Break's Editor-in-Chief Bill Bodkin returns to host the post show with Film Editor Marisa Carpico, Television Matt Taylor (the hosts of the site's Oscar predictions podcasts), and Music Editor Kat Manos (who won the site's Oscar pool). The foursome talk about the surprising wins for Green Book, and Olivia Colman. The wi...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast has hit the end of the road. Film Editor Marisa Carpico (@MarisaCarpico) and TV Editor Matt Taylor (@mattnomatthew1) are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Picture. The nominees for best support actor are: Roma, Blackkklansman, Green Book, A Star is Born, Black Panther, The Favourite, Bohemian Rhapsody,...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is heading into the home stretch. Film Editor Marisa Carpico (@MarisaCarpico) and TV Editor Matt Taylor (@mattnomatthew1) are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Director The nominees for best support actor are: Alfonso Cuaron (Roma), Adam McKay (Vice), Spike Lee (Blackkklansman), Yorgos Lanthimos (The Fa...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico (@MarisaCarpico) and TV Editor Matt Taylor (@mattnomatthew1) are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. The nominees for Best Supporting Actress are: Amy Adams (Vice), Marina de Tavira (Roma), Emma Stone (The Favourite...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico (@MarisaCarpico) and TV Editor Matt Taylor (@mattnomatthew1) are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor The nominees for best support actor are: Mahershala Ali (Green Book), Adam Driver (BlackKklansman), Sam Elliott (A Star...

Welcome to the second episode of Pop Break's Decade Discussion. This monthly series, hosted by Editor-in-Chief Bill Bodkin, are interviews with people who have been important to the 10 years of Pop Break's existence. This month's interview is with one of Pop Break's first writers -- Jason Kundrath -- whose band Hero Pattern has just released their back catalog on Spotify today. In this interview B...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico (@MarisaCarpico) and TV Editor Matt Taylor (@mattnomatthew1) are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Documentary Feature. The nominees for best documentary film are: Free Solo, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, Minding the Gap, Of Fathers & Sons,...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico (@MarisaCarpico) and TV Editor Matt Taylor (@mattnomatthew1) are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Documentary Short Subject & Best Animated Short Film. The nominees for best live action short are: Detainment, Fauve, Marg...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico (@MarisaCarpico) and TV Editor Matt Taylor (@mattnomatthew1) are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography. The nominees for best film editing are: BlackKklansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book, The Favourite, and Vice. T...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico (@MarisaCarpico) and TV Editor Matt Taylor (@mattnomatthew1) are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Animated Film. The nominees for best animated film are: The Incredibles 2, Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse, Isle of Dogs, Mirai, and Ralph Breaks the Inte...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico (@MarisaCarpico) and TV Editor Matt Taylor (@mattnomatthew1) are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film. The nominees for best foreign film are: Capernaum (Lebanon), Cold War (Poland), Never Look Away (Germany), Roma (Mexico) , and S...

That's a Look -- our weekly RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 4 -- is back. Hosted by TV Editor Matt Taylor and Film Editor Matt Taylor, this podcast looks at Episode 7, 'Queen of Clubs.' In the episode, the queens are have to come up with with ideas for nightclubs, decorate the club, and host a club night. The episode features guest judges Rita Ora and Susanne Bartsch. The Lip Sync Song for the episod...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico (@MarisaCarpico) and TV Editor Matt Taylor (@mattnomatthew1) are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design. The nominees for best production design are: Black Panther, The Favourite, First Man, Mary Poppins Returns,...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico and TV Editor Matt Taylor are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. The nominees for best song are: "Shallow" from A Star Is Born, "All the Stars" from Black Panther, "I'll Fight" from RBG, "The Place Where Lost Thi...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico and TV Editor Matt Taylor are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. The nominees for sound editing are: Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, A Quiet Place, Roma. The nominees for sound mixing are: Black Panthe...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico and TV Editor Matt Taylor are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Hair & Makeup and Best Visual Effects. The nominees for hair & makeup are: Border, Vice, and Mary Queens of Scots. The nominees for visual effects are: Avengers: Infinity War, Christophe...

Welcome to the Pop Break's latest version of the BreakCast -- a new series we're calling Decade Discussions. Pop Break turned 10 in 2019, and to celebrate we're interviewing a friend of the site each month. For January it's comedian Taylor Allen. Taylor has hosted a number of our live events and is the host of the Callin' the Shot Shots sports comedy podcast. The show will be hosting their first l...

The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast is kicking into high gear. Film Editor Marisa Carpico and TV Editor Matt Taylor are giving their hot takes, razor sharp insight, and predictions on the nominees for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. The nominees for original are: Roma, Green Book, Vice, The Favorite and First Reformed. The nominees for adapted are: If Beale Street Cou...

The Way Too Early Oscars Predictions Podcast is back and awards season is heating up! Film editor Marisa Carpico and Television Editor Matt Taylor break down the extremely important SAG Awards from this past weekend. The Screen Actors Guild Awards are usually a strong indicator of who will be taking home acting gold on Oscar night.

It's LaLaPaRUza! Pop Break's "That's a Read" podcast is back looking back at Episode 6 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 4. Hosts Matt Taylor (TV Editor) and Marisa Carpico (Film Editor) break everything down about the episode which sees all of the eliminated All Stars get a chance to return to the show. However, they need to defeat an active All Star and send them home in their place.

Pop Break's review breakcast is back with and is examining the first major release of 2019, M. Night Shyamalan's thriller Glass. Host/Film Editor Marisa Carpico, and staff writer Matt Gilbert team up to discuss the third piece in the Unbreakable saga.

The latest read for RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars 4 is here. Television editor Matt Taylor and Film Editor Marisa Carpico are back to talk about 'Jersey Justice' and 'Roast in Peace' episodes 4 and 5 respectively of the hit vh1 show.

Pop Break's television editor Matt Taylor and editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin sat down to talk about the continuation of Television's Golden Age with a look back at 2018, and ahead to 2019. They discuss the site's staff picks for Top 10 shows of the year, Matt's choices for best episodes of 2018, and what shows they're both hyped for in the new year.

All Elite. All All Elite. Pop Break's Wrestling Editor Murjani "MJ" Rawls, and Editor-in-Chief Bill Bodkin analyze the newly formed All Elite Wrestling, 24 hours after their famed press conference. On this podcast MJ and Bill discuss All Elite's impact on the American wrestling, what they don't want to see from AEW, the current roster, the future for AEW on TV, Chris Jericho and WWE, who they'd li...