The Popcorn Bucket Podcast

Hello and welcome to this wonderfully webslinging episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In celebration of their 200th episode, Beamin' Ben Browne and "Reliable" Rob Benyer decided to tackle one of Ben's white whale franchises- the spectacular Spider-Man series! (*not to be confused with the animated Spectacular Spider-Man series, which was pretty good too - Ben) With a Brand New...

Hello and welcome to this Franchise Fatigue Round Up episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week we have finished our journey from earth, through the stars, and back to earth again, through different eras, and through cities, jungles, and small town USA, as we round up our coverage of the Alien, Predator, and Aliens V Predators films. Join us as we look at designs, teams, and our dream cinema...

Hello and welcome to another Franchise Fatigue episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week we continue our space exploration into the worlds of the Alien and Predator films, by looking at the epic crossovers of Alien Versus Predator and Alien Versus Predator: Requiem. Do the films fit with the wider Alien Predator universe? They have a great tagline (Whoever Wins, Earth Loses), but do the fil...

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time your hosts load another coin into the podcast arcade machine as we take another look at video game movies. Yes we have done this topic before, but the caveat in this new console generation is that the films in question have to actually be based on video games (the last time we did this, not so much). Expect problematic p...

Hello and welcome this absolute thumbs down episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week we are looking at Project Hail Mary. Your hosts are long time fans of Ryan Gosling, and of space films in general, so sit back and enjoy (or spin around to create gravity) as we talk adverts, adaptations, and the live action Moana film. Please rate and review on your podcast app of choice, and share on you...

Hello and welcome to this fitfully feral episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! As their battle with the mighty Predator franchise draws to a close. Ben and Rob need their wits about them. The fight is nearly over, but the pair have a time-hopping trilogy to deal with first. Not only that, but this is the last stop before they careen headlong into the AvP miasma and face down the challenge of the...

Hello and welcome to this ham-fistededly hunting episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! After braving the dense jungle thicket and the heat/crime waves of 1997's Los Angeles, Ben and Rob continue their Predator journey and transported to an alien game reserve before being unceremoniously dumped back on Earth. Expect chat about missing trailer dopeness, problematic portrayals and several weird...

Hello and welcome to this uncannily uplifting episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! Does your 2026 suck so far? Are you experiencing headaches, nausea, existential dread and pillow screaming? Drs. Ben and Rob are here with the perfect podscription - films to make you feel good! So, relax, cram this up your earholes and then get up super early the next morning to book an appointment on the phone l...

Hello and welcome this raging episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week we are looking at a sequel to one of our favourite films of 2025, the fourth film in the complexly titled ‘28 ____s Later’ franchise. Please join us as we talk trains, dancing, and charity, as we go deep into rage filled infected and dystopian survivors. Get your iodine and tickets at the ready! Please rate and review o...

Hello and welcome to a proudly prophetic episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! With 2025 sent to the naughty step (because it knows what it did) Ben and Rob cast their eyes over the year of forthcoming attractions. Will 2026 be the new golden child or a case of the klumps? No, there's no real reason why we're shouting out Eddie Murphy movies. Sometimes you just have to write to keep yours...

Hello and welcome to the first episode of the new year! It has been quite a while since we graced your pod spaces, and we return by looking back at 2025, to ask, culturally, what made us jive in 2025? So please join us once again as we cast our cultural eyes not just over films, but we pick out the podcasts, books, music, and games that we enjoyed from the last year. Please rate and review on your...

Hello and welcome to this stealthily stalking episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! After surviving the Alien franchise, Ben and Rob got a taste for more extraterrestrial terror and found it shimmering in the jungle canopy. The Predator series is next on the Bucket List and your favourite sexual Ty-rannosauruses are just the slabs of rippling beefcake to take it on. Thanks, as always, to Laurence...

Hello and welcome to a positively diabolical One Shot episode, in which we take the side of the bad guys, and each pick a film, that isn’t connected to a sequel, spin off, or prequel, in which the bad guy is in the right. Contains dark green, a few trolley problems, and a brimful of 90s music references. You can find us on Instagram or Threads as @popcornbucketpod, and thanks, as always, to Lawren...

Hello and welcome to this powerfully Promethean episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time, Ben and Rob return to the Alien universe to tackle Prometheus, Covenant and Romulus. In podspace, no-one can hear you like and subscribe. Vids/Pods mentioned: "The 'Prometheus School of Running' Misconception" - https://youtu.be/QY-8DDUriWc?si=IRVHD7ZV1DW12uSw Film Stories Podcast: "Prometheus (2012)...

Hello and welcome to another One Shot episode, in which we take a topic and each choose a film that isn’t connected to a sequel, prequel, or spin off. This week, we stand in front of two podcasts, one always tells the truth, and the other always lies, as we look at films ‘based on a true story’. So please listen, and please forgive any embellishments and liberties taken.

Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time, we follow up on our recent look at the four Fantastic Four Films, by looking at the most recent iteration, Fantastic Four: First Steps (or FFFS, as all the cool kids are saying, FFS). Join your two podcast torch bearers as we marvel at The Things that happen in this movie, make spoilers visible, and fantastically stretch jokes too thinly....

Hello and welcome to this fittingly fantastic episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In preparation for their First Steps, Ben and Rob revisit the filthy foursome of Fantastic Four films that have come before it. In this episode: Secret screams! Richie recollections! Disrespectful disrobings! Thing specificity! Blood, Honey and more! Thanks, as always, to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for our th...

Hello and welcome to this humidly huffy episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob delve once more into the grab bag of movie news, trailers and assorted bits n' bobs that make up one of their legendary Pick N' Mix episodes. As well as scientifically proven correct opinions, expect impromptu reviews of Jurassic World Rebirth, F1 the Movie, Snow White and that hot new superhero o...

Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time we are raging about the recent legacy sequel to the 28 Time Periods later franchise, 28 Years Later. Join us as we reckon with our past, and talk all things 2002, shoe laces, and boots (and Boots). Our episode on 28 Days / Weeks Later (when we were but young podcasters) can be found here You can find us on Instagram or Threads as @popcornb...

Hello and welcome to this absolute steal of an episode as we look at Heist films. You know the drill by now, we take the episode topic and each pick one film to talk about, that isn’t connected to a sequel, spin off, or prequel (so no Ocean’s films). So if we can nab your attention, listen in as Ben plots another clause, and like all good heist films there is a twist, in Rob doesn’t go for the obv...

Hello and welcome to this salivatingly starbeastly episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time, Ben and Rob are rudely awoken from cryosleep, only to have their heads shaved and shoved into space prison. It somehow only gets worse from there. Thanks, as always, to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for our theme music. Please follow us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Bluesky @popcornbucket.bsky...

Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast in which your hosts, Ben and Rob, have once again chosen to accept a Mission: Impossible film, as we look at The Final Reckoning. Now, if you’ve listened to the podcast before, you’ll know that we are big fans of the franchise, and have been looking forward to seeing this for a long time. There are heavy spoilers throughout, and also the return of a...

Hello and welcome to the second Pick ‘n Mix of 2025! In this grab bag of goodies, we talk Havoc, Conclave, chickens, jockeys, and stunts. Plus Ben gets annoyed at Rob’s film choices, and Rob gets excited about popcorn buckets. Please rate and review on your podcast app of choice, and share on your social network of choice. We are on Instagram and Threads @popcornbucketpod. With thanks as always to...

Hello and welcome to this awesomely acidic episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! To celebrate Alien Day (4/26) Ben and Rob are strapping on their flamethrowers and nervously shuffling through the corridors of the Alien franchise, starting with the first two entries. Thanks, as always, to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for our theme music. Please follow us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Bluesky...

Hello and welcome to this naturally gnarly episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! As your dashing dudemeisters Ben and Rob are within spitting distance of the big Four-O, they decided to look at movies that will also be celebrating four decades on the planet. Expect totally tubular talk, composer confusion and slammin' soundtracks. Gag us with a spoon. Spoilers! Films discussed are: Remo Willi...