Popcorn Culture

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! Whether it's Leonardo DiCaprio's illustrious evolution from child actor to Oscar-winning Hollywood heavyweight, or everlasting scenery chewers like Denzel Washington, we're geeking out over the famous face...

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 year's Oscars. The film, directed by Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), is being hailed as a hilarious, trippy, genre-bending sci-fi action adventure. On this episode, we review A24's highly unorthodo...

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 in fact a master of action filmmaking. In Ambulance, a film about a heist gone terribly wrong, Bay injects the top-tier talents of Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II into a blockbuster full of crazy...

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 some of our favourite (and least favourite!) films that are in contention this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 discuss the performances (with Andrew Garfield, Olivia Colman, and Jessie Buckley all receiving acting nominations), the writing, and the way each film is put together. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

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 careers. In this episode, we look back at The Godfather now that five decades have gone by, and discuss its impact and legacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 travel is one of the most intriguing sci-fi themes on screen. This week, we’re dedicating our Supercut to the joys and complications of tales that travel through time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

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 when she gets too excited. Now if anyone can pull off that premise into an entertaining, exciting, yet multilayered story, it’s the folks from Pixar. We review the studio’s latest animated offering, and discus...

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-travelling fighter pilot played by Ryan Reynolds accidentally crash lands in 2022 and then proceeds to team up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future. The film also features a stacked cast...

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're geeking out over our favourite (and not so favourite) things about everyone's favourite brooding billionaire. On this Supercut, we discuss our favourite Batman movies, as well as what we'd like to see in...

"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 film follows Batman and Jim Gordon as they unravel the mystery behind The Riddler's crazed killing spree. In this episode, we review this near-three-hour monster of a film and discuss if The Batman lives u...

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 by David Cronenberg, Cosmopolis tells the story of a young billionaire who takes a ride across Manhattan to get a haircut. The journey soon becomes an odyssey of weirdness as he meets eccentric characters a...

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 Caesar. There has been a whole buffet of amazing on-screen transformations, aided by prosthetics, special effects, and sheer force of will. In this episode of Supercut, we discuss some of our favourites, and...

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 takes a (mostly true) peek into a particularly stressful week during the show's production, in which jobs, marriages, and friendships were all tested. Directed and written by Aaron Sorkin, and featuring Ni...

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 her family with their business, and forge her own path. With a cast including deaf actors playing deaf characters (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur and Daniel Durant) and a focus on inclusivity, CODA has been getti...

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 that stands on its own - with no prequel, reboot, or video game in sight! For this week's Supercut, we look at the pleasures and pains of having too much of a good thing versus being left wanting more. See omn...

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 mentor Victor "Sully" Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg). Along the way, there's action and adventures galore, and a long-lost brother to locate. We review the film and talk about whether it brings anything new to the...

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 numerous Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Will Smith, and Best Supporting Actress for Aunjanue Ellis. We review the movie and discuss whether it's a grand slam. See omnystudio.com/listen...

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 to far-off lands and scenic locales to give us that perfect dose of escapism. But while exotic locations are fun, good movies set themselves apart by turning those locations into living, breathing character...

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 Kenneth Branagh, Poirot must sift through an ensemble of characters (including Gal Gadot as Linnet) in order to find the culprit! In this review, we discuss if this expensive mystery was worth the wait, our...

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, we review Netflix's latest extremely gory hit series, All Of Us Are Dead, and discuss if the streaming giant has bitten off more than it can chew. With so much zombie content in the last decade, does All...

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 appealing when it comes to disaster movies? What makes them tick? In this episode of Supercut, we get into it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 the destruction of the Earth, but also our moon, setting the two on a collision course. We discuss whether this is a fun watch, and whether that 146 million dollar budget (one of the highest for an independ...

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 Rockwell as the man in question, this 2009 film had a modest budget but received critical acclaim - 13 years on, we revisit Moon and discuss how it's held up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 many art house films allow actors and filmmakers to deliver some of their greatest work while telling bold, unorthodox stories. On the flipside, many moviegoers consider art house to be pretentious films th...