Popcorn Podcast

First-time filmmakers Jack Clark and Jim Weir join Popcorn Podcast to discuss their micro-budget Australian thriller, Birdeater. The tense film follows bride-to-be Irene 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. Directing duo Clark and Weir respond to the divided reactions on their film; how mas...

If you feel it, chase it... Popcorn Podcast's Twisters review promises a howling good time, as Leigh and Tim delve into Lee Isaac Chung's sequel to the 1996 film that set the bar for disaster flicks. Twisters stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos as storm chasers thrown together in the fight of their lives, but can the long-awaited action-packed blockbuster from Oscar-nominee Chun...

Instantly recognisable actor and voice artist Patrick Warburton brings his glorious moustache to Popcorn Podcast ahead of his appearance at Metro Comic Con 2024 to talk iconic characters, including Kronk, Puddy and Joe Swanson, living large in Australia with local superstars, working with Seth Macfarlane and how Harvey Weinstein got in the way of a big payday. Know someone who loves movies? Please...

Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung joins Popcorn Podcast to talk helming a long-awaited sequel to 1996 cult classic disaster film Twister, starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. Chung hopes to blow audiences away with his take on the action-packed blockbuster, this time featuring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glenn Powell as tornado chasers in pursuit of a monster storm. After bringing us the deeply personal...

Let's get Goofy! Legendary voice actor Bill Farmer drops by Popcorn Podcast ahead of Metro Comic Con to talk walking in the oversized shoes of one of Disney's most beloved characters – the one and only Goofy Goof. Farmer has been solely responsible for voicing the often clumsy, good-natured animated icon since 1987, as well other instantly recognisable characters, such as Sylvester, Yosemite Sam a...

Popular actor Brian Van Holt is here to talk his starring role in crime thriller Boneyard, featuring Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson and Mel Gibson. Boneyard is inspired by the real West Mesa Murders, where the skeletal remains of 11 women and girls were discovered in the New Mexico desert. Van Holt is best known for his leading role in Cougar Town, opposite Courteney Cox, and has appeared in countless T...

Australian filmmaker Mark Molloy joins the podcast to take us behind the scenes of his feature directorial debut – the long-awaited sequel Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Comedian Eddie Murphy returns to the iconic Beverly Hills Cop film franchise after 30 years as irreverent detective Axel Foley, back on the beat in Beverly Hills. When his daughter Jane’s (Taylour Paige, Zola ) life is threatened, Fol...

Actress Nora Zehetner drops by Popcorn Pals to talk about her new crime thriller, Boneyard, starring Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson and Mel Gibson. Boneyard is inspired by the real West Mesa Murders, where the skeletal remains of eleven women and girls were discovered in the New Mexico desert. Zehetner reveals what drew her to this important project; how she decompresses after an intense day of filming;...

Filmmakers Asif Akbar and Vincent E. McDaniel join Popcorn Pals to discuss their new indie film, Boneyard. Starring Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Mel Gibson, Boneyard is inspired by the West Mesa Murders where the skeletal remains of eleven women and girls were discovered in the New Mexico desert as they search for a killer within a angled web of intrigue and suspicion. In our chat, Asif and Vincen...

Rachel House opens her heart to discuss her brilliant feature film directorial debut, The Mountain. Starring Elizabeth Atkinson, Terrance Daniel and Reuben Francis, The Mountain is about three children on a mission to find healing under the watchful eye of Taranaki Maunga (Mountain), where they learn the true spirit of adventure and the magic of friendship. The conversation begins with Tim's new G...

The Exorcism writer/director Joshua John Miller drops by Popcorn Pals to discuss his new meta horror film starring Australia's Russell Crowe and Sam Worthington. The Exorcism is a movie within a movie about a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a remake of 1973 Oscar-winning horror The Exorcist. As if that wasn't meta enough, Miller's own father (Jason Miller) starred in the origin...

The delightful Hannah Waddingham drops by Popcorn Podcast to discuss her wickedly brilliant role in The Garfield Movie alongside Chris Pratt and Samuel L Jackson. Waddingham may be "jet-lagged up the wazoo" for our interview, but the triple-threat superstar still regales us with juicy tidbits about her villainous character, Jinx, shares why Saturdays are actually the worst day of the week and resp...

Popcorn Pals travels 300 years into the future with entertainment journalist Connor Dalton to chat Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Wes Ball takes the reins from director Matt Reeves for the fourth instalment in the wildly successful and critically-acclaimed film series. Set many years after the reign of Caesar, Noa (Owen Teague), a young ape, goes on a journey that will lead him to question eve...

Let's hear it for the stunties! Popcorn Podcast tumbles into David Leitch's The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. The action-packed ode to stuntpeople – the brave souls who get shot at, crashed into and thrown through windows for our entertainment – marks former stuntman Leitch's most personal project to date, filmed among the stunning sites of Sydney. Drop in to this bite-sized no-...

Filmmaker Matt Brown joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss his latest film, Freud's Last Session, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins as neurologist Sigmund Freud and Matthew Goode as famous author CS Lewis. As a double major in English and Political Science, Brown is obviously interested in life’s big questions and the heart of the human condition, which is evident in his films. He drops by to discuss how he...

Grab a fresh towel. Popcorn Podcast serves up a saucy Challengers movie review as Leigh and Tim rally over Luca Guadagnino's latest. The tense drama stars Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist as three tennis prodigies in a messy, sexy love triangle. Love-all, indeed. Know someone who loves movies? Please share  Popcorn Podcast  with your friends. Keep Popcorn Podcast on the air by shout...

Filmmaking brothers Colin and Cameron Cairnes are here to talk about their new movie, which is making waves and setting box office records. Melding found footage and mock-documentary style structures, Late Night With The Devil is fresh and unique in a done-to-death (pardon the pun) arena. In a fun and insightful chat, Colin and Cameron talk more about the controversy surrounding Late Night With Th...

Australian filmmaker Jordon Prince-Wright is one to watch. The discovery of compelling WWI diary entries from ANZAC soldiers has led him to Before Dawn – his biggest project yet. In an in-depth conversation, Popcorn Podcast learns of Jordon Prince-Wright’s passion for these untold stories, his tenacious pursuit in casting lead Levi Miller, how nothing could quite prepare him for the scale of this...

Dev Patel takes a big swing (literally and figuratively) with Monkey Man, his passion project and directorial debut about one man's quest for vengeance. The Oscar-nominated star of critically-acclaimed films, including Lion and Slumdog Millionaire, fuses his love of the action genre with cultural significance to create a big-screen thriller backed by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions. Tune in t...

Hot off the heels of an explosive SXSW launch, Dev Patel's Monkey Man has everyone's attention. The Oscar-nominated star of critically-acclaimed films, including Lion and Slumdog Millionaire, joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss his directorial debut and transition into bona fide action star. In our interview, Patel shares what the action genre means to him and why Monkey Man is an important story to...

Lashana Lynch is on Popcorn Podcast! The British star behind some of the coolest characters in film joins us to discuss portraying Rita Marley in Reinaldo Marcus Green's biopic Bob Marley: One Love. Lynch also shares how she finds confidence in kick-arse roles, such as Izogie, Maria Rambeau and 007, and which recent film has brought her the most joy. Know someone who loves movies? Please share&nbs...

Heat the popcorn and grab your warmest jumpsuit, Popcorn Podcast's no-spoiler Ghosbusters: Frozen Empire review is here! Join Leigh and Tim as they skid through the spectral-soaked backstreets of Gil Kenan's first time behind the wheel of the Ectomobile (aka the beloved Ghostbusters franchise). Frozen Empire takes the action back to where it all began – New York City – as the Spengler family (Mcke...

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire writer and director Gil Kenan stops by Popcorn Podcast to take us behind the scenes of the latest instalment in the Ghostbusters legacy, talking iconic throwbacks, why Afterlife was a walk in the park compared to Frozen Empire, and even revealing an update on the highly anticipated Ghostbusters animated series reboot. Pile your snacks like Slimer and settle in for this...

If you want to recall, if a movie was good. Who you gonna call? Popcorn Podcast! Ahead of the release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, revisit Leigh and Tim's take on the 2021 Ghostbusters franchise reboot, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, starring Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon and Finn Wolfhard. Join us on a journey BACK to the Afterlife and prep your ears (and containment units) for the Frozen Em...

Filmmaker Rose Glass joins Popcorn Podcast to talk about Love Lies Bleeding, her "bombastic, pulpy and dark" sophomore film starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian and Ed Harris. Glass shares what setting the film in the American Midwest offered, what Stewart and O’Brian bring to the roles of Lou and Jackie and what veteran actor Ed Harris had to say about her directing. Know someone who loves movi...