Crushed Popcorn Podcast
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCrushed Popcorn is your one-stop-shop for movie and streaming reviews and opinions. Join us as we discuss the latest releases and take a look back at some of our favourite content from yesteryear.
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Crushed Popcorn Episode #18: Dune on the Silver Screen
March 30, 2024 01:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBWith Dune 2 lighting up the box office, Crushed Popcorn returns with guest Tim to discuss the movie, the many failed attempts at bringing a satisfactory version of the epic novel to the big screen, and whether Denis Villeneuve has successfully managed to do justice to the Frank Herbert source material. It is about to get spicy!
Crushed Popcorn Episode #17 The Entire History of Video Game Movies
June 10, 2022 02:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBJoined once again by Tim from the Pint Glass Manifesto podcast, host Mark Johnson sets out the teams most recent podcasting mission - to watch as many video game inspired movies and to chart a course through history of the good, the plenty of bad, and the downright awful. From Super Mario Bros through to Warcraft, from the high of the original Mortal Kombat through to the twin lows of Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead. Why do some movies work? Why does it so often go bad? And are we p...
Crushed Popcorn Episode #16 Attack of the Streaming TV Titans
May 24, 2022 04:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBA totally new and exciting episode from the team at Crushed Popcorn! Stan joins host Mark Johnson to NOT talk about movies...you heard it here first! As the first in what will be a whole new section to the podcast, the team talks about all things streaming, what they are watching, what they hate, and what is moving and shaking the industry at the moment. Whether it is on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu, BBC IPlayer, Apple TV, or any of the other 1000 services out there, ou...
Crushed Popcorn Episode #15 Everything Everywhere All At Once
May 06, 2022 01:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBYour host Mark is joined once again by the host of the Pint Glass Manifesto podcast Tim to discuss a movie that is getting a whole load of buzz - Everything Everywhere All At Once. Everything Everywhere all at once is directed by the Daniels and stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, and James Hong. Does the moving deserve all the hype it has been getting? Does it give a multiverse-size punch in the gut to the new Dr. Strange movie and Marvel? The duo discusses...
Crushed Popcorn Episode #14 Turning Red
March 30, 2022 05:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBYour host Mark is joined by Marie Wong, Pixar fan, cat lover, and stand-up comedian. In this episode, they sit down to watch the latest movie from Pixar - Turning Red. Directed by Domee Shi, who also directed the excellent short Bao, and staring Rosalie Chiang and Sandra Oh. Since its release, the movie has managed to turn heads and is held up as the latest dividing line in the ever-growing culture wars. So does it go too far when speaking about puberty? Does it go far enough? Is this a ...
Crushed Popcorn Episode #13 The Batman
March 10, 2022 01:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBJoin usual suspects Mark and Stan, alongside special guest Tim from the Pint Glass Manifesto podcast, as they discuss and debate the latest DC movie, The Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves of War and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, starring Robert Pattinson as Batman and Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman. Can the movie make Batman relevant again for a new generation? Is it possible to best the Christopher Nolan trilogy? Is Pattinson a believable Batman? The team discusses this and much more in the la...
Crushed Popcorn Episode #12 Top 100 Films of All Time
March 04, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBIn this episode of Crushed Popcorn, Mark and Stan discuss the Top 100 movies of all time as voted for by the readers of Empire online - a British movie website. Taking ten movies at a time they discuss, debate, argue, and sometimes agree on which movies should be placed where. Want to know which favourite movie of Mark's doesn't make the list? How does Stan feel about the number of Marvel movies on the list? Or just their feelings on the controversial choice for number one? Then sit back a...
Crushed Popcorn Episode 11 Retrospective Quentin Tarantino No 3 - Django Unchained, Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
August 10, 2021 01:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBThis week's episode of Crushed Popcorn finally wraps up our Quentin Tarantino retrospective with a look at his 2010 output and beyond. Your usual hosts, Mark and Stan, discuss their thoughts on Django Unchained, Hateful Eight, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. They also discuss which decade represents Tarantino's best work and whether on rewatching the movies, have their opinions on what his best are changed.
Crushed Popcorn Episode #10 Random Musings - Fast and Furious through to a Kevin Smith rant.
July 27, 2021 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this episode, our hosts Mark and Stan go way off-script to discuss everything from Fast and Furious 72 right through to a long-winded rant about Kevin Smith.
Crushed Popcorn Episode #10 Random Musings - Fast and Furious through to a Kevin Smith rant.
July 27, 2021 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this episode, our hosts Mark and Stan go way off-script to discuss everything from Fast and Furious 72 right through to a long-winded rant about Kevin Smith.
Crushed Popcorn Episode #9 Retrospective Quentin Tarantino #2 - Kill Bill and Inglorious Basterds
July 05, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBJoin Mark and Stan as they discuss the early 2000s Quentin Tarantino movie output - Kill Bill and Inglorious Basterds. They compare the two movies and argue about whether his 90s filmography is better. Stayed tuned until the end (post technical issues) for a pretty random rant about the state of Kevin Smith movies.
Crushed Popcorn Episode #8 Another Round, Nobody, I Care A Lot, and A Quiet Place Part II
July 01, 2021 03:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBJoin Mark Johnson as he gives his quick hot takes on the latest movie releases. This week he discussed the Oscar-winning movie Another Round, action movie Nobody, Netflix release I Care A Lot, and finally, he looks at the recent cinema release of A Quiet Place Part II - directed by John Krasinski.
Crushed Popcorn Episode #7 Retrospective Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown
June 08, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBThis week Mark and Stan take a look back at one of the most celebrated directors making movies today, Quentin Tarantino. As part of a series of podcasts, the pair will take two movies directed by Tarantino per decade and discuss how they have stood up to the test of time and what they show about his evolution as a filmmaker. This week they start where it all started for him with Reservoir Dogs and they will also dive into one of his most overlooked films, Jackie Brown.
Crushed Popcorn Episode #6 Army of the Dead with Stan Turner
May 31, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBThis week, your host, Mark is once again joined by Stan to talk movies. As the global pandemic continues to impact the world of cinema, the pair had no choice but to chat about the most recent Zack Snyder movie - Army of the Dead. Listen to their thoughts on a movie that has a well-documented trouble production.
Crushed Popcorn Episode #5 Judas and the Black Messiah, WeWork and Invincible
April 23, 2021 03:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBThis week Mark and Stan sit down (virtually) to chat about Judas and the Black Messiah, the new WeWork documentary on Netflix and new adult-ish cartoon on Apple, and finally the talk about what the future might hold for cinema.
Crushed Popcorn Episode #4 Minari, Once Upon a Time in Venezuela and Nomadland
April 12, 2021 07:00 - 7 minutes - 4.99 MBHost Mark Johnson takes a look at Oscar hopefuls Minari and Nomadland, as well as a documentary, focused on the political and economic turmoil in Venezuela, Once Upon a Time in Venezuela.
Crushed Popcorn Episode #3 Zack Snyder's Justice League
April 09, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBStan Turner returns as a guest of the show to discuss the recent release of Zack Snyder's Justice League. Does it hold up? How does it compare to the 2017 theatrical release?
Crushed Popcorn Episode #2 Sound of Metal
March 19, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBStan Turner joins host, Mark Johnson, to discuss the Oscar-nominated movie Sound of Metal. A movie directed by Darius Mardar and starring Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke.
Crushed Popcorn Episode #1 Promising Young Woman
March 10, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBJoin host Mark Johnson and film geek Cat Cortes as they discuss the recent release of the movie Promising Young Woman.