The Popcorn Bucket Podcast

Hello and welcome to this murderously musical episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time, Ben and Rob grab their suspiciously heavy guitar cases and hunt down Robert Rodriguez's Mexico trilogy, starting with El Mariachi, moving on to Desperado and finishing with a spicy Once Upon a Time in Mexico chaser. Expect attempts at speaking Spanish, fanboying and vague memories of induction class...

Hello and welcome to a happily haphazard episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this first momentous PnM episode of 2025, Ben and Rob get all loosey goosey with it and present a grab bag of movie morsels. There's trailer teardowns all the way from the Super to the Puppy Bowls. For all you thirsty types who hang on their every word, there are some fresh, hot recoBendations for your delectati...

‘Tis Us! Hello and welcome to a delectably detectable Franchise Fatigue episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, we once again look for clues in Victorian London as we look at the Enola Holmes films, in a companion piece to our recent Sherlock episode. Expect skill, sleuthing, and derring do, and that’s just from your hosts! Please rate and review on your podcast app of choice, and share...

Hello and welcome to this ludicrously lovey-dovey episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! Another Valentine's Day is upon us and that means that Ben and Rob must once more teach the world how to love again. Rather than online courses or one-to-one mentorship, they've chosen the laziest thing possible and have suggested a few romantic movies that might possibly get you in the mood for love (...

Hello and welcome to this curious and cobblestoned episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time, Ben and Rob don deerstalkers and immediately cast them aside before being rocked by a slow motion explosion with the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes films. Expect mystery, intrigue and, yes, frank discussion of ejaculation and refrigeration as we revisit 221b Baker Street and tranquilize our household...

Hello and welcome to this holistically wholesome episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! The start of any new year sucks, but this one especially so. However, don't abandon all hope, because your trusted movie physicians, Ben and Rob, are here with their annual sparring match over films that make them (and hopefully you) get a heaping helping of the warm fuzzies. If niceness is infectious, thei...

Hello and welcome to a hesitantly hopeful episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! As is dictated on the ancient Tablet of Podcast Prophecy, we spend the first month of a new calendar year getting all excited an' that for whatever exciting treats the fresh 365 days have to offer. There's chat about forthcoming TV that has us on tenterhooks, books that have us breathless, games that have us g...

Hello and welcome to the first episode of a fresh new year! And what better way to start off the proper space age sounding year of 2025, than by looking back at the recently completed 2024? As is traditional in our Cultural Review episodes (this year; 2024 - What Did We Adore?), we don’t just stick with our usual topic of film, but take on books, music, games, and podcasts. Is this episode a retur...

Hello and welcome to a wonderfully wintery episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob return to tradition, embarking on their fourth Christmas head-to-head to find out who has the superior seasonal sense. They may be at odds with each other, but like nearly all Christmas fights, they'll calm down once they've eaten an ungodly amount of food and passed out in front of the TV. May...

Hello and welcome to a feverishly festive Franchise Fatigue episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, due to no demand whatsoever, we return to the Home Alone series, to finish what we started last year, as we look at the (at time of podcasting and writing), most recent three films in the cinematic universe of Christmas child misplacing. The short version; your two ghosts of Christmas past...

Hello and welcome to terrifically tinsel themed television episode! This week, in what may have been a long time coming, we eschew our usual focus on feature films, and instead turn our attention to the small screen, as we look at our favourite festive television episodes. Expect carols, several British tv institutions, and Ross Kemp’s A Christmas Carol (which, it turns out, is available on YouTub...

Hello and welcome to this guardedly Gallic edition of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this episode, Ben and Rob turn back the clock twenty years and attempt to best each other with their pick from the cinematic landscape of 2004. Contains: 1 Moustachioed Misnomer 2 Vintage 2004 Choices 2 Truants Skipping School Made from 100% recycled jokes. Films Chosen (Spoilers!) Click to show Eternal Sunshine o...

Hello and welcome to this spectacularly super episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time, Ben and Rob squeeze into skintight bodysuits to hang with the Incredibles movies. Expect nerdy nostalgia, scientific meme analysis, the lukewarmest hot takes and moustachioed lamentations. You can support Rob's self-described "pathetic" moustache and donate to Movember here - https://uk.movember.com/mos...

Hello and welcome to another mirthfully merge-riffic Pick 'n Mix episode! This week, we're looking back at September and October to peruse over the best of both months' movie offerings. Expect trailer talk, fandom frustrations and nudity negativity as Ben and Rob dance like nobody's watching and podcast like nobody's listening. Links: Superfan Focus Groups - https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/star-w...

Hello and welcome to this totally terrifying edition of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this third installment of their annual battle, Ben and Rob once again must face their fears and confront the things that go bump in the night as both trembling twits reach for a creepy cudgel to beat the other with. Everyone knows that horror franchises only get really good after the third part and this podcast...

Hello and welcome to this gloriously govern-mental edition of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this episode, Ben and Rob have shrewdly observed that everything's got a bit political of late. Not ones to want to fall behind the zeitgeist, B & R slap on some slogan badges, pick up their placards and Google what politics is before each chooses to platform their own slice of cinematic political perf...

Hello and welcome to this specially skilled episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time, Ben and Rob hunt down the Taken trilogy! Join them as they traverse the murky waters of Divorced Dad-dom, round the Cape of Xenophobia before hitting the open waters of Geri-action. If you don't listen to this episode, we will find you and we will...tell you we completely understand and wish you a good da...

Hello and welcome to this resplendently rancid edition of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this episode, Ben and Rob have to choose a film that has a "Rotten" rating on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes and make a case that their movie was maybe mistakenly maligned. Join your favourite garden gnomes as they cavort through the compost to pick out some tasty morsels from the heap. It&#39...

Hello and welcome to this certifiably squeaky episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time, Ben and Rob scrabble up the nearest nut-filled tree to get to grips with the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies! Expect plenty of pitch perfect puns, a smattering of sulky cynicism and dollops of disbelief. Plus, a healthy discussion about which movie is the Least Chipmunk! ( This joke only works if people...

Hello and welcome to another positively punctual Pick 'n Mix episode! This week, we're looking back at all August had to offer. Along with the usual trailer chat, Ben and Rob wade into the subject of cancelled movies about cancelled people, The Acolyte being canned and the bizarre case of the marketing for Megalopolis "I listen to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast every week! It's the ab...

Hello and welcome to this loquacious legacy episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time, your fave fishes-out-of-water ditch their mundane everyday experiences for the alluring artificiality of Beverly Hills as they take a look at the mighty Beverly Hills Cop series. With an episode that hits like a banana up the tailpipe, your podbois have a lot to say for themselves. Ben lands many a diss o...

Hello and welcome to this (slightly) historical episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast, as we take a look at two films that were released in 2014. Using a tried a tested One Shot scenario of ‘films that might be very slightly older than you think’, we reminisce of times (and hats) past, talk about AI, and learn about different ways of studying flowers and photographs. All this and more! Please rate...

Hello and welcome to a slightly delayed Pick n Mix episode! This time we are wrapping up July 2024, with an attempt at bringing a correct order to things, film trailers, and some of Ben’s toilet humour. Plus at one point is all gets a bit inside baseball. Please rate and review on your podcast app of choice, and share on your social network of choice. We are on Instagram and Threads @popcornbucket...

Hello and welcome to this comically claw-some edition of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this episode, Ben and Rob have actually been to the cinema and have decided to take a stab at relevancy with their thoughts on Deadpool and Wolverine. Two old frenemies tearing chunks out of each other...yeah, you know where this joke is going. LFG! You can find us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter (Chok...

Hello and welcome to another Franchise Fatigue episode! This time, your couple of Jack Stones put themselves together and look at The Lego Movie and its sequel (which definitely was made, people of Google). There are Lego puns aplenty, and a Genuinely Good Idea. Please rate and review on your podcast app of choice, and share on your social network of choice. We are on Instagram and Threads @Popcor...