Popcorn Podcast

Gabriel LaBelle returns to Popcorn Podcast to talk new film Saturday Night, in which he portrays legendary SNL co-creator and producer Lorne Michaels. LaBelle shares insights into the high-energy, chaotic atmosphere of Jason Reitman’s film and the unique challenges of taking on such an influential figure in entertainment history – something the star is becoming accustomed to following his turn as...

It takes two to tango as Popcorn Podcast prances through Venom: The Last Dance. In the supposed final adventure of the Tom Hardy-led franchise, Eddie (Hardy) and Venom are on the run, hunted by both of their worlds, with the duo forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on their bromance. In a bite-sized and salty new episode of Popcorn Podcast, YOU get a symbiote and YO...

Antony Penrose, the son of iconic photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller, joins Popcorn Podcast to dive into the highly anticipated film Lee, starring Kate Winslet. Penrose reveals personal insights into his mother’s extraordinary life and their relationship; discusses her lasting legacy in art and photography; and shares how it felt seeing Oscar-winner Winslet portray Miller's fearles...

Writer and director Parker Finn joins Popcorn Podcast while in Australia for SXSW Sydney to chat much-anticipated horror follow-up Smile 2. In the sequel, Global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is about to embark on a new world tour when she begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, she must confront...

Academy Award-winning independent animator and visual artist Adam Elliot is here to talk new "clayography" Memoir of a Snail. Featuring the voices of Sarah Snook and Kodi Smit-McPhee, Memoir of a Snail is the bittersweet remembrance of a lonely woman named Grace Pudel, who recounts her life story to a humble garden snail. In our chat, Elliot shares how audiences are reacting to his film and its th...

Leigh and Tim review the hotly anticipated sequel Joker: Folie À Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. In Todd Phillips' follow-up, Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) is institutionalised at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur stumbles upon love and finds the music inside of him. Does this musical marvel meander or meet the lofty expectat...

Wizard of Waverly Place turned producer, writer and director David Henrie is here to take us on an adventure through his family-friendly spooky new movie Monster Summer, starring Mel Gibson and Mason Thames. In Monster Summer, when a mysterious force begins to disrupt the big summer fun of Noah (Thames) and his friends, he must team up with a retired police detective (Gibson) to uncover the sinist...

Bad boating, charming Chad, baby Maisy, Furtado feels and queen Aubrey Plaza – laugh and cry along with Leigh and Tim as they discuss Megan Park's sophomore feature film My Old Ass (or is it arse?) in an all-new Popcorn Podcast. More Popcorn: Listen to Popcorn Podcast's review of coming of age drama Bosch and Rockit . Know someone who loves movies? Please share  Popcorn Podcast  with you...

Best-selling author Craig Silvey and actor Matt Day (Muriel's Wedding) visit Popcorn Podcast to talk about their heartwarming new film, Runt. Silvey's novels have been called modern Australian classics, and Runt is no different, telling a coming-of-age story of hope against adversity – featuring a delightfully villainous Fergus Fink (Day). The pair take us behind the scenes of Runt and talk "tonin...

Chris Sanders, animation legend, joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss his new film The Wild Robot, featuring the voice talents of Lupita Nyong'o and Kit Connor. The DreamWorks adaptation of Peter Brown's beloved novel about a Robot shipwrecked on an uninhabited island was an ambitious undertaking, and Sanders set out to celebrate the story’s bold, distinctive qualities; to push the visual boundaries;...

Academy award-nominated filmmaker Carlos Saldanha drops by Popcorn Podcast to talk his new film, Harold and the Purple Crayon. Starring Zachary Levi and Zooey Deschanel, Harold and the Purple Crayon is the first film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic that has captivated young readers for decades about an adventurous Harold who can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. In our...

Local actor Shaka Cook – a proud Innawonga and Yindjibarndi man from the Pilbara region of Western Australia – visits Popcorn Podcast to take us behind the scenes of his new film Kid Snow. The Australian drama, also starring Billy Howle, Phoebe Tonkin, Tom Bateman, Mark Coles Smith and Hunter Page-Lochard, follows a washed-up Irish fighter working in a travelling tent-boxing show in Outback 1970s...

The Juice is loose, but is he twice as nice the second time around? Tim Burton's 'Ghost with the Most' (Michael Keaton) returns after 35 years and Popcorn Podcast has your definitive no-spoiler Beetlejuice Beetlejuice movie review. Grab your dusty striped suit, a popcorn bucket full of bugs and wipe the crusty drool from your face because it's showtime! Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is in Australian cin...

Oscar-nominee June Squibb and co-star Fred Hechinger – who we'll also see in the upcoming Gladiator II – delight in this Popcorn Podcast episode about their new film, Thelma. Inspired by a real-life experience of writer and director Josh Margolin’s own grandmother, Thelma puts a clever spin on movies like Mission: Impossible with an elderly grandmother as an unlikely action hero. In our warm and f...

Josh Margolin, the writer and director of Sundance darling Thelma, pops by to talk about his celebrated ‘geriaction’ film. A twist on the classic “one last job” flick, Thelma follows a feisty 93-year-old grandmother (June Squibb) who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson (Fred Hechinger) and sets out on a treacherous quest across Los Angeles to reclaim what was taken from he...

Love and revenge and eyeliner, oh my! Popcorn Podcast's The Crow review flies in to reveal whether Rupert Sanders' remake – starring Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs – should have been resurrected. It's a no-spoiler new episode of Popcorn Podcast. The Crow is in Australian cinemas from August 29, 2024. More Popcorn: Don't miss Popcorn Podcast's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review . Know someone who loves m...

Kneecap co-writer and director Rich Peppiatt joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss his Irish-language film hot off its US release and award-winning turn at Sundance. Starring the members of an anarchist Belfast rap trio, Kneecap is the true story of how they became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue. In our chat with the passionate filmmaker, Peppiatt talks...

Author, charity founder and adventurer Ed Jackson joins Popcorn Podcast to talk about his new documentary, The Mountain Within Me. From award-winning filmmaker Polly Steele, the film follows Ed Jackson's journey to recovery after suffering a serious spinal cord injury in 2017 which put an end to his professional rugby career. Determined and ambitious, Jackson decides to climb some of the most chal...

Filmmaker Austin Peters (Give Me Future) is here and we're talking sunshine noir, brushes with death, leaps of faith and getting a superstar cast, including Elizabeth Banks, Nathan Fillion, Lewis Pullman and MJ Rodriguez, together for his first narrative feature film set in the world of elite skincare. Know someone who loves movies? Please share  Popcorn Podcast  with your friends. Keep...

Join Popcorn Podcast for a big – but still bite-sized – breakdown of Justin Baldoni's adaptation of It Ends With Us, based on Colleen Hoover's deeply personal novel of the same name. The film stars Blake Lively as Lily Bloom, a woman who discovers there's a darker side to the man she loves (Baldoni) and must face the biggest decision of her life. Leigh and Tim talk changes, complex themes, stunnin...

Justin Baldoni joins Popcorn Podcast for an Australian exclusive interview about his new film It Ends With Us, based on Colleen Hoover's deeply personal best-selling novel of the same name. The Jane The Virgin actor co-stars as Ryle opposite Blake Lively's Lily Bloom and also directs the film. Baldoni, who is founder of the Man Enough movement, shares what compelled him to adapt It Ends With Us an...

First-time filmmaker Daniel André joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss his feature film debut Running on Empty. The film follows Mort (Keir Gilchrist), who discovers he has less than a year to live and uses a dating service that matches people by their death dates. In our chat, André talks about society’s fascination with death; how making the film was unexpectedly cathartic; the comparisons made to h...

Are you a movie lover who can't get enough of the latest cinema releases or devouring behind-the-scenes insights straight from the A-list stars? Or maybe you're a film fan who wants to make sure you won't waste your hard-earned cash or time on seeing something you won't like? You've come to the right place! Join entertainment journalist Leigh and film expert Tim every week on Popcorn Podcast as th...

Suit up, Bub. Popcorn Podcast's SPOILER-FILLED Deadpool and Wolverine movie review is here to make you scream, shout and let it all out. From surprise cameos to shirtless salivating, sexy soundtracks and balls to the wall action, if it happened (and even if it didn't), we're bringing it all to you, Peanut. LFG! Know someone who loves movies? Please share  Popcorn Podcast  with your frien...

Aussie talent-to-watch Shabana Azeez joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss her complex role in Australian thriller Birdeater. The tense film follows bride-to-be Irene (Azeez) as she is invited to her fiancé's bachelor party, but when uncomfortable details of their relationship are exposed, the night takes a feral turn. The delightful Azeez shares how equally excited and terrified she was to play Irene;...