Popcorn for Breakfast

“Higher, Further, Faster, Baby!” Captain Marvel is back on the big screen and this time she has a few friends with her on a journey of intergalactic discovery. This sequel, as sequels so often do in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, takes the form of a super team-up rather than another solo adventure for the main character. Fresh off standout performances in Wandavision and Ms. Marvel, respectively,...

We. Are. Back. And by that, I mean that the Hollywood strikes have ended as SAG-AFTRA has agreed to a tentative agreement with the AMPTP, effectively meaning Hollywood is back in business. I am definitely referencing the strike ending only and not the fact that we took an unannounced 2-month hiatus because that no longer matters! We are here now to discuss the latest in film and tv news including...

No news is good news…usually. As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue, what does that actually mean for us as everyday citizens? Will my Netflix Watchlist soon be filled with more shows like “Is It Cake”? Or can I finally expect a quality list of options at the movie theater? AND how can I determine “quality” now that the Rotten Tomatoes exposé revealed companies buying positive reviews?   We ha...

He’s Blue. He’s Beetle-ey. He’s Blue Beetle(ey).   Are you thinking about seeing Blue Beetle, but you need an expert opinion on if it slaps or not? You’ve come to the right place. We won’t spoil anything for you, but we WILL give you the high and low points of the film (plus our rating) to help you make your box office decision.   DC debuts its first Latino Superhero cast with the likes of Xolo Ma...

No movie promotions can only lead to one thing: CONTROVERSY. Consequential of the WGA & SAG-AFTRA strike, slow movie news recently birthed some heated online debates. The biggest headlines included:   -Rachel Zegler vs. Snow White -Bradley Cooper vs. Nose -The Nun vs. Warner Bros.   We’ll help you navigate these conflicts, big and small. After all, that’s what we’re here for!   Rachel Zegler’s...

Anyone can be a hero. But not everyone can be a mutant turtle with special martial arts skills learned from a mutant rat and save the world from an evil mutant house fly. Seriously - we checked.   From the creative people who brought us films like The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Superbad, and Gravity Falls comes a true reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Like its predecessor...

Welcome, foolish mortals to another Double Movie Review Episode! Kindly step all the way in and make room in your ears for Cam & Kirk as they review Disney’s newest installment of “Haunted Mansion” and Netflix’s dark comedic satire “They Cloned Tyrone”. Our spoiler-free tour begins with the hosts recounting their movie experience followed by a presentation of tombstones, er, trophies to the be...

After the excitement of the Loki Season 2 Trailer and the much-maligned Secret Invasion finale, it can be hard to know how to feel about the MCU these days. Can the Marvel cinematic universe reclaim its former glory? Or is the MCU as we know it dead? In this episode, we discuss that question and react to the latest news around the film and television industry including the Sony release date delays...

Mega Movie weekends call for Mega Episodes. Welcome to your one-stop DOUBLE MOVIE REVIEW of Barbie & Oppenheimer. As much fun as it was to see these in the same weekend, it was even MORE exhilarating to review them back-to-back! Listen along as we nominate the best actors, drool over cinematography, nitpick the director, and score both of these films. Spoiler Free for your convenience.   Like,...

“Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back!” Popcorn for Breakfast returns bigger and better than before! In preparation for the global pheno-meme-non of the century - Barbenheimer - Cam & Kirk upgraded their gear, and are BACK IN STUDIO TOGETHER! Buckle up for an electric convo with your favorite movie nerds discussing Barbenheimer (of course), the WGA/SAG Strike (obviously), and our new MONTHLY GIVEAWAY!...

The most hyped film of 2023 is here! And, in years past, we would usually qualify that statement by saying, “one of…” or “what is probably the…” before “most hyped,” but not this time. Why is that you ask? Well, the subject of this week’s review is a little film called The Flash. Ever heard of it? Of course, you have! Because the studio (Warner Bros.) has gone so unbelievably far out of its way to...

At some point in your life, you’ve undoubtedly heard someone say, “I’ve got some good news and I’ve got some bad news.” Well, today, you beautiful PFB listeners, we’ve got some news that’s neither good nor bad. Some of this news will make you cringe, some of it will make you laugh, and some of it will make you cringe so hard that you laugh. It’s a wild ride through news stories featuring some of H...

After the longest 5 years in modern history, we finally got to return to the Spider-Verse. That’s right, the subject of this week’s review is the number 1 movie in the world and the top rated film on Letterboxd, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. This film does everything bigger: the cast, the stakes, the animation, all of it. And in our spoiler-free Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse review, w...

Since we last spoke: HBO Max became Max, The Cannes Film Festival came and went, and seemingly every major show had a series finale. In this week’s episode, we attempt to catch up on most of the movie news headlines that ran across the ticker over the last couple of weeks including: 2 New Spider-Man movies that are now in the works at Sony, Martin Scorsese making a movie about Jesus, John Wick 5 i...

He’s the greatest basketball player that’s ever lived. His legacy is engraved in billions of shoes with the famous Nike swoosh. Fresh from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Newly Formed Production Company, Artists Equity, comes the larger than life tale of how Michael Jordan became synonymous with a shoe.    Starring Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Ben Affleck, Chris Tucker, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, AND...

Hollywood is at war! It’s the Writers vs. the Studios as the WGA Writers’ Strike rages on and no one knows when it will end. Now that we are a few weeks into the strike and the sticking points have become clear, we decided to spend time discussing those demands from both sides and what it might mean for the duration of the strike. In addition to that, this past week brought HUGE casting news for b...

The end of an era. For better or worse, that’s exactly what Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 represents. James Gunn is, of course, exiting the MCU for an even cushier gig at the newly-renamed DC Studios. So, what does this mean for the Guardians? Who would remain from the Guardians after this film? Given that this is a spoiler-free Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 review, we can’t answer those questio...

The biggest AppleTV+ original movie premiere ever belongs to the subject of this week’s review, Ghosted. Ghosted stars Ana de Armas and Chris Evans as a one-time fling turns into an international espionage plot. In our spoiler-free Ghosted review, we discuss the balance between RomCom and Spy Action elements, the performances from our Ultra A-List leads, and much more. So join us to find out if Gh...

CinemaCon 2023 is here! And while this convention doesn’t carry all the glitz and glamour of fan-oriented cons, it provides something altogether more interesting: a look at how major studios sell to cinema owners across the country. In the past few years, this has taken the form of lavish promises of respecting the theatrical window, waiting to put movies on streaming, and betting big on the retur...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…. We used to get Star Wars movies. Now we just get shows and everyone has been waiting for Lucasfilm to end its box office hiatus and return to the movies. The wait is over! At Star Wars celebration, 3 new Star Wars films were announced as well as their directors, and we are here to break it all down. In this addition of What’s Poppin’, we discuss the Sta...

LETS-A-GO! After 30 years, The Super Mario Bros. have returned to the silver screen and this time in animated form! Nintendo has teamed up with Illumination to put their best foot forward in terms of delivering the most accurate representation of Mario possible. But did they succeed? We all know there was a ton of chatter about the voices, the look of the characters, the plot, etc. But none of tha...

It’s a great time to be a nerd! Thanks to Stranger Things, Dungeons & Dragons is now cool and when things become cool, you know what happens: studio executives start salivating. Which raises this question about the newly-released Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves film: is it a blind money grab with a hodgepodge cast headlined by A-list stud Chris Pine? Or is it an opportunistic and thought...

Sequels, Prequels, Remakes, Reboots, Adaptations, Reimaginings, and Trailers. SO MANY TRAILERS. We have no idea what happened at the end of March and early April, but for some reason, the major studios decided to take turns throwing haymakers at each other in the form of massive movie and TV news stories. We’ve got brand new trailers to react to from some of the biggest potential blockbusters of t...

Very few action franchises have achieved the kind of consistent excellence that the John Wick Franchise has over the first 3 films. But, with each sequel, there is always the chance of a dud. Stakes get higher, budgets get bigger, plots get more complicated, and everything becomes harder to balance. Which brings us here, to our John Wick Chapter 4 Review. In our spoiler free John Wick 4 review, we...

The Shazamily is back and better than ever? Well, that is for each person to decide on their own. In our spoiler-free Shazam! Fury of the Gods review, however, we’ll give our take on that question among others. After all, this is Shazam 2 and sequels always come with lots of storylines and questions to dig into. Not to mention, this movie exists in the now nebulous DC Studios vortex somewhere betw...