Popcorn for Breakfast

Thank goodness the Oscars are going back to a host format following last year’s disaster of a show. Now the question is: who will be selected as host? Tom Holland? Pete Davidson? Someone else? In this episode of Popcorn for Breakfast, we discuss all the latest reports and speculation around the Oscars’ host search. Plus, we take time to talk about the Netflix price hike, Pixar’s Turning Red, the f...

After 18 years, The Matrix Franchise has returned with a fourth installment, one that many fans were surprised by given the seeming finality of the previous trilogy’s conclusion. But, as the title suggests, Neo, Trinity, and the gang are back in action for The Matrix Resurrections! In our The Matrix Resurrections Review, we cover all things Matrix including how this film builds off of the original...

2021 sucked. That’s a fact. But, the good news is that 2022 has a pretty decent shot at being better than 2021. New Year’s always bring hope and rejuvenation with them and, on this episode of Popcorn for Breakfast, we take a look at what movie 2022 has in store in our first Schoolyard Pick of the new year. Plus, we spend time remembering Betty White, discussing some casting news for ‘The Devil in...

Episode 5 of Hawkeye gave us a little bit more of everything: more Yelena, more Eleanor, more Maya, and so much more than that. We now have a clear vision of what might be happening in the season finale and who might be in play as the series final boss. That’s right, there is only one more episode remaining so listen to our recap and analysis of episode 5 to hear our predictions for how this serie...

Spider-Man: No Way Home is here! There may not be a movie more anticipated than this one and we are not talking about this year, we mean like ever (like ever, ever). And, with that in mind, a movie event of this magnitude requires more attention in our review than some others. So, not only did we break down each major plot point in the movie but we also spent some time at the end speculating as to...

This should be interesting… For context, both Cam and Kirk openly said on the podcast that they were against the West Side Story remake. After all, who remakes a masterpiece? Well, now the wait is over, and the guys have now seen what Steven Spielberg had in mind for his remake. Would it be enough to win over both of our reviewers? You’ll have to listen to find out!   Thanks for listening!   Pleas...

At the time of recording, Kirk and Cam were less than 24 hours away from seeing Spider-Man: No Way Home. As such, the guys decided to take one last crack at bold predictions for the movie. After the Spidey talk, the guys jump into some Golden Globes reactions followed by casting news for Oppenheimer and a roundup of the past week of movie and tv news and trailers.   Final ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’...

Kirk and Cam agree that Hawkeye Episode 4 was the best of the series to date. And, in this episode, they have a ton of thoughts on this week’s big reveal, the threads that are still being pulled, and the excellent character development of Kate and Clint so far in this series. Not to mention, we only have two episodes left and there are any number of ways this show could go. So, the guys spend a to...

Our movie review for this week is Jane Campion’s ‘The Power of the Dog.’ The film boasts a unique and impressive cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, and Jesse Plemons, but does that talent come together? In this episode, we discuss every aspect of this movie from acting performances to writing to production quality and much more. Unfortunately, there was only one scene with an actu...

BONUS EPISODE! Or at least that’s what we are calling it. We never got around to discussing that Marvel Studios’ What If…? Season 1 Finale. So, now we are taking another look at it with the benefit of having seen Shang-Chi and Eternals. So, what does this series mean for the MCU? Does it mean anything at all? Should it be considered a success? A failure? Or neither? Listen in to hear our thoughts...

Episode 3 of Hawkeye was titled “Echoes” and, as you probably guessed, we get a ton more information about our new character from Episode 2, Maya Lopez aka Echo. We also got a closer look at some of Ronin’s misdeeds, the Kate and Clint relationship, and a potential first glimpse at Kingpin. In this episode of Spilled Popcorn, we talk through all of the events and easter eggs in episode 3 and what...

If you are even the most casual of Spider-Man fans, you have to be stoked about some of the news that has come out over the last week. From confirmation from Sony of a new Tom Holland-led Spider-Man trilogy to the announcement and first look at the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel, there has perhaps never been a better time to be a Spider-fan. And beyond that there are huge stories breakin...

The final MCU series of 2021 is here! Hawkeye’s first 2 episodes dropped last week, and Kirk and Cam have tons of thoughts about all the new mysterious characters, our Hawkeye superfan Kate Bishop, and all the Easter Eggs (and there are a ton!) In this episode, we breakdown all things episode 1 and 2 and theorize about what to expect in the series’ final four episodes.   Thanks for listening!   Pl...

As the end of the year draws near, there is a ton of awards buzz. One of the buzziest films over the last few weeks has been the film that is the subject of our review this week, King Richard. After all, the Academy loves a biopic and they love transformative acting performances. King Richard emphatically checks both of those boxes. But even with that going in its favor, is King Richard really a f...

Before the holiday chaos commences, we wanted to sit down a give you the latest in movie and tv news plus our review of a brand-new movie in this super-packed episode of Popcorn for Breakfast. In this episode, we breakdown what is believed to be going on at LucasFilm regarding some rumored Star Wars film cancellations, Martin Scorsese’s next project, the Blade Runner TV Series, and much more. We t...

Between an incredible all-star cast and its Western-goes-modern aesthetic, Jeymes Samuel’s ‘The Harder They Fall’ certainly qualifies as one of the most intriguing straight-to-Netflix films released to date. But would all that style and star power add up to a stellar product? That was the question Cam and Kirk set out to answer in this week’s movie review. If you watched ‘The Harder They Fall’ and...

What an exciting past week it has been for movie and tv news! With Disney+ Day last Friday, a new Harry Potter Film announced Monday, rumors about MoviePass coming back from the dead, and finally the highly anticipated second trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home being dropped on Tuesday, it has been non-stop since our last recording. We try to cover everything we can in this episode but let us know...

The 3rd MCU film of 2021 is here! Marvel Studios’ Eternals always looked like an ambitious project on paper. But with Academy Award Winner Chloé Zhao at the helm, Marvel was certainly swinging for the fences. The question is: did they pull it off? Listen to this episode to get our thoughts on what has been a very divisive movie among critics so far!   Thanks for listening!   Please rate, review, a...

The end of 2021 is upon us and there are still so many more movies to watch and so many more stories to discuss. On this week’s episode we cover a whole bunch of casting news from Wicked to Snow White to Garfield (yes, that Garfield) and so much more. Plus, we’ve got big stories from the Marvel, Star Wars, John Wick and Fast and the Furious franchises and we wrap it all up by talking about this Fr...

Did you really think we were going to let Halloween sneak by without a horror movie review? Not a chance. And not just any horror movie review, this week we reviewed the latest installment in one of the most beloved horror film franchises ever, Halloween. The film is called Halloween Kills and picks up just after the 2018 film Halloween which was a direct sequel to the original Halloween film and...

With all the big name, blockbuster films coming out in 2021, it’s hard to know which film is truly the most anticipated film of the year. That said, it’s also hard to imaging Dune not being a part of that conversation. Directed by one of the modern masters of film, Denis Villeneuve, and featuring a stacked cast of rising stars and Hollywood staples, the expectations could not be higher for this mo...

We missed a lot of fun movie and tv news stories over the last couple of weeks and they just keep coming. From DC FanDome to Succession to the Brendan Fraser-enaissance and so much more. We are back on track and refreshed for the stretch run of 2021. So, strap in and we’ll keep the content running.   Succession Season 4 Announcement and GOAT Discussion [9:31] Brendan Fraser cast in Batgirl [16:01]...

No Time To Die will likely go down in history as one of the films most closely tied to the pandemic since it was one of the first big titles to move as a result of the virus. And, much like the movie itself, our review was delayed because of unforeseen circumstances. But, at long last, both No Time To Die and our review of No Time To Die are here and we have lots of good discussion in store. In ad...

One of the more recent trends in film is to create a feature film that is either a prequel or sequel to a successful TV show, allowing the opportunity to capitalize on the franchise equity without having to do a revival or reboot. The most recent instance of this is The Sopranos’ prequel The Many Saints of Newark. Of course films like this are hard to critique simply by their nature but, in this e...

It has been 3 years since Tom Hardy’s Venom first graced the silver screen and, to the surprise of many, scored over $1 billion in global box office earnings. That kind of performance does not come around every day, and with it comes huge expectations for the sequel. So for our first review of the week, we discussed Venom: Let There Be Carnage. In this spoiler-full review, we discuss the acting pe...