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The most upsetting realization that came out of this movie review is that Cam had never heard of Green Day’s hit song “Give Me Novocain”. It’s an iconic anthem of punk rock, and it deserves recognition! But did the punk song of the early 2000s make it into the movie soundtrack?    We can’t tell you…because this review is SPOILER FREE.    Join the conversation as Kirk interviews Cam on the best, th...

The first rule for our spoiler free Black Bag review is that you can’t talk about *black bag*. If we were to reveal that Michael Fassbender tries to internationally *black bag* in this spy thriller, while Cate Blanchett single-handedly *black bag*, we would give away the entire plot. Join us, as we review BLACK BAG, Steven Soderbergh’s latest film in his eclectic filmography. Follow along as we re...

Make it make sense: Why are all the most anxiety-inducing movies you've ever watched ALSO all movies that take place in an ocean? In this exclusive SPOILER FREE Movie Review, Cam & Kirk discuss your newest stress dream.   LAST BREATH tells the story of a real-life diving crew on a routine underwater repair mission SUDDENLY caught in a chaotic North Sea storm. Who will survive? What goes wrong?...

“Based on a True Story” Movies are always surprising - the sometimes horrendous acts of violence or cruelty seem like they could’ve only happened in the Stone Age. For the true events that played out in Best Picture Nominee, I’M STILL HERE, the events only date back to 1971.    Join Cam and Kirk as they discuss - SPOILER FREE - a must-see film highlighting a family’s strength through devastating c...

Some may call it Christmas. Others may call it the “Super Bowl of Cinema.”  We just like to call it what it is…Oscars Nomination Day.   It’s a morning filled with dreaded anticipation, waiting to hear your favorite movies get selected for Cinema’s Highest honor by complete (and famous) strangers. Naturally, each year is filled with joyful celebrations as the voting members “got it right”, immediat...

The Wolf Man first graced our cultural zeitgeist in 1941, with a roll-of-the-dice, hokey horror film of the same name. 84 years later, the world is still enamored by werewolves, all thanks to a single film. In this 2025 remake, SAW creator and director Leigh Whannel brings his love of the horror genre to resurrect this franchise to a new audience.   In our latest SPOILER FREE episode, we’ll dissec...

Epic films. Lawrence of Arabia, Ben Hur, Braveheart, the list goes on. Cinema history is filled with long, sweeping epic films that have mastered the art of storytelling on the largest scale. In 2024, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist released, vying for a spot in the pantheon of celebrated film epics, a spot that has not been filled in some time as these types of films seemingly become rarer each year...

Something has changed within [CINEMA]. Something is not the same.   2024 brought us:   -26 sequels or prequels from existing movie franchises -7 Major Movie Musicals -7 Major Animated Movies -2 movies crossing the billion-dollar threshold worldwide   It also brought us together at the movie theater for exciting MOVIE EVENT PHENOMENONS like DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, WICKED, and MOANA 2. Let us also...

What defines a movie as a classic? In Robert Eggers' new imagining of NOSFERATU, we journey deep into the world of Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård), the oldest "living" vampire. The nocturnal bloodsucker has a new obsession: a husband (Nicholas Hoult), sent to his home to aid in purchasing a home closer to civilization, and his wife (Lily Rose-Depp), who Orlok quickly discovers is more than meets the...

Every awards season there is a biopic anchored by a “transformative performance” from a big named actor that scoops up a ton of nominations as well as the hearts of viewers and awards voters everywhere. That’s not to say that these types of movies don’t have merit as many of them do! Nevertheless, it is a pattern we see repeated year after year. This year’s entry into that collection of films is A...

The Golden Globe Nominations are here and everyone (including us) has thoughts! In this episode, we’ll discuss our general reactions to the 2025 Golden Globe nominees with an in-depth conversation on the best motion picture categories. From Dune: Part 2 to Emilia Pérez to Challengers, The Substance, and more, we have so many thoughts on the first major awards announcement of the year. And the gold...

Since Moana was released to streaming services, it’s been played more than 1 BILLION HOURS. That’s over 150,000 years of watching Moana in less than 10 years since its release. Suffice to say, those are big shoes to fill. Initially, MOANA 2 was announced as a Disney+ series. Only in February of its same release year did we learn that it was being reworked into a feature film. Can the underdog stor...

What’s your Roman Empire? For Cam and Kirk, they’ve been thinking about Gladiator 2 since 2000. TWENTY-FOUR years later, their dreams are coming true. We also have questions:   -Can GLADIATOR II also summon wins for BEST PICTURE and BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE? -Will this supposed shark scene in the colosseum be exhilarating or cringe deluxe? -Will it bring in a bigger audience than WICKED, relea...

20 years in the making, one of the most iconic musicals of all time is finally immortalized on film. Can Wicked defy Gravity, or will it succumb to big ideas with no heart (looking at you, CATS).   In this special Wicked Review episode, Cam & Kirk will hand out awards more powerful than the Oscars, and describe their "Wicked" experience helping you make the decision if you'll race to get your...

In A REAL PAIN, Cam & Kirk - errrr - Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg travel to Poland on a tour of the past, honoring their Grandmother, a Holocaust Survivor. As cousins, they will rekindle a deeper understanding of their family legacy. As individuals, they’ll discover their own identity in this road we call life.   Join Cam & Kirk to discuss the new take on a “Road Trip” movie completel...

A new Star Wars trilogy could be on the way! We couldn’t believe it when we heard it either but whether it is Episodes 10-12 or something altogether different remains to be seen and we have tons of thoughts to sort through in this episode. Also in this episode, we discuss the ever-growing and star-studded cast list of Christopher Nolan’s next film, Denzel Washington’s retirement plans, and the bra...

The end of an era has arrived…VENOM: THE LAST DANCE premiers this weekend in theaters worldwide. Tom Hardy closes out his trilogy run as both Eddie Brock and his alien symbiotic counterpart, Venom. In our SPOILER FREE review, we will take a trip down memory lane, recalling our feelings and criticisms of the first two Venom installments, as well as do what we do best: rank this movie through our su...

I think we can all agree that this current period of 2024 movies is a weird one. With last summer’s cultural phenomenon Barbenheimer giving way to this Fall’s cultural laughing stock Megajokalis it’s hard to know what to make of the current state of the movie industry in 2024. But that doesn’t mean we can’t try! In this all new edition of What’s Poppin, we get into all of the movie and tv news fro...

"In space, no one can hear you scream." For Alien: Romulus the 7th installment of the Alien Movie Franchise (or 9th...you be the judge), director Fede Alvarez follows a confident group of friends, determined to improve the world they've been given by the mistakes of their elders.   Though their efforts are valiant, they stand no match against what's waiting for them aboard the abandoned ship: Romu...

D23 Expo brought all sorts of new announced projects to speculate about. Whether it be Pixar, Disney Animation Studios, Lucasfilm, or Marvel Studios that tickles your fancy, D23 has something for everyone. Among the projects discussed were tons of sequels (like Incredibles 3, Toy Story 5, and Frozen 3), prequels (like Mufasa: The Lion King), remakes (like Snow White and Lilo & Stitch), and a f...

Prepare yourself for the Marvel Movie Event of the Year! With half a billion dollars in box office sales in less than a week, Deadpool & Wolverine is sure to save the MCU...at least in revenue.   In our Deadpool & Wolverine Review, a rare, SPOILER FILLED episode, we elaborate on our favorite moments, fights, jokes, and performances of the MCU's latest universe installment. Tell us where YO...

"I gotta go, Julia, we got cows."   After 28 years of anticipation, the follow-up sequel - "Twisters" - to the beloved 1996 disaster flick - "Twister" - smashes into theaters. Swapping the late, great Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, we find our heroes in Daisy Edgar Jones and Glen Powell, two of Hollywood's rising stars. Your favorite SPOILER-FREE movie podcast delivers ANOTHER review that's sure to k...

Believe it or not, we are somehow through the first half of 2024. And, this is obviously subjective, but we think it has been a great year for movies! In this episode, we are joined by our close friend and popcorn4breakfast.com contributor, Stefano, as we recap our Top 5 movies of 2024. Dune: Part Two, Furiosa, Challengers, The Fall Guy, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, and so many more have alrea...

Shhh… It’s time for our A Quiet Place: Day One Review. We returned to the world of the A Quiet Place franchise for the first time without the creator, John Krasinski, behind the camera. Now it is Michael Sarnoski, director of the critically-acclaimed Nicolas Cage film ‘Pig’, who has the reins and guides us into a familiar but different version of the A Quiet Place world. Unlike A Quiet Place and A...

Let’s face it: we’ve all fantasized about riding down the highway at sunset, surrounded by our own motorcycle gang members in our matching leather jackets. We’ve also all fantasized about being Austin Butler for a day.   In ‘The Bikeriders’, Writer and Director Jeff Nichols (‘Mud’, ‘Midnight Special’, ‘Take Shelter’) gives us the opportunity to relive those fantasies at the same time. Starring Aus...