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Popcorn Podcast
by Leigh Livingstone and Tim Iffland
Popcorn Podcast's bite-sized salty episodes will help you decide what movies to watch next. With exciting celebrity interviews, new movie reviews, giveaways, movie news and more, Popcorn Podcast with Leigh and Tim is for movie lovers everywhere. Hosted by entertainment journalist Leigh and movie expert Tim. Got a few minutes? Help us out by filling in this survey: http://bit.ly/popcornpodcast-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Jenny Slate and Manny Jacinto talk their irrational fears and working along side Filipino artists on Forgotten Island
Jenny Slate and Manny Jacinto join Popcorn Podcast to talk their nuanced and colourful characters in Dreamwork's Forgotten Island. Manny voices Bungi Tiyanak, an eight-foot-tall demon baby with three eyes, a cartoonish mustache, gigantic cheeks and the soul of an artist, while Jenny voices…
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H.E.R., Liza Soberano and Dave Franco talk cultural representation, sexy cat dads and Forgotten Island
H.E.R., Liza Soberano and Dave Franco join Popcorn Podcast to talk their new animated film, Forgotten Island. In an exciting adventure with a big heart, two best friends become stranded on the mystical world of Nakali, where their only escape might cost them their shared lifetime of memories. Our...
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Practical Magic 2: Legacy, nostalgia and sisterhood
Gather your coven and a midnight margarita as we cast our critic spell over Practical Magic 2 with special guest, entertainment journalist and podcaster, Anita Anabel. Starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, this sequel is 28 years in the making, but does the return of the Owen's sisters cast…
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Will Forte and Lana Condor talk Coyote vs. ACME, SNL and their favourite Looney Tunes contraptions
Coyote vs. ACME stars Will Forte and Lana Condor go Looney on Popcorn Podcast. Combining live action with classic 2D animation in the tradition of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Coyote vs. ACME is a warm-hearted, wildly inventive underdog comedy with your favourite Looney Tunes characters. In our…
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Filmmaker Selina Miles on documentary Silenced: art as power and feeling inspired by Amber Heard and Brittany Higgins
Filmmaker Selina Miles joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss her new documents Silenced. In Silenced, international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson takes audiences inside the courtroom and behind the global headlines, to fight against the weaponisation of defamation laws by alleged perpetrators…
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The Dog Stars: magic Donkeys, plane porn and this year's biggest misfire?
Popcorn Podcast head into the post-apocalyptic world of The Dog Stars where a virus wipes out humanity - and all whose left is film critic and celebrity interviewer Nick L'Barrow and Tim Iffland. Starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley and Josh Brolin, Ridley Scott's latest blockbuster has the...
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Tina Arena on 50 years as an artist and speaking her truth
Iconic artist Tina Arena joins Popcorn Podcast to talk her new film, Tina Arena: Unravel Me. Marking 50 years in the spotlight, Tina Arena: Unravel Me is an intimate and cinematic portrait of one of Australia’s most enduring and enigmatic artists. Her music provides the soundtrack to the lives of...
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Corpus stars, Brodie Townsend and Lily Cowles, talk seduction, terror and collaboration
The stars of genre bending erotic body horror Corpus, Brodie Townsend and Lily Cowles, are here to talk about the seduction and terror of their new film. With Corpus making waves on the festival circuit at Fantasia and MIFF, it's exciting to welcome them on the show. In our chat, we talk about…
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The End of Oak Street explores family, Dino sex and split-diopter shots
Entertainment reporter Steven Christie joins Popcorn Podcast to journey to pre-historic 1982, at The End of Oak Street. Starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor find themselves fighting against Dinosaurs and discover that their very survival depends on them sticking together as a family. Tim and...
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One Night Only director Will Gluck on his Bondi Icebergs winter plunge with Callum Turner and what Molly Ringwald said to him on set that made him emotional
One Night Only director Will Gluck takes Popcorn Podcast behind the scenes of his new high-concept romantic comedy. Starring Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro, One Night Only see’s two New Yorkers in search for love on the one night of the year when sex is legal. In our chat with the celebrated...
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RuPaul's Drag Race icons Ginger Minj and Jujubee talk STOP! THAT! TRAIN!, ghost wardrobes and why nothing beats a jet 2 holiday
Ginger Minj and Jujubee join Popcorn Podcast to talk their new comedy disaster film Stop! That! Train! Stewardesses Tess and DeeDee trade their miserable shifts on the low-budget Stank Rail to scheme their way onto the high-glam, elite bullet train known as the Glamazonian Express. But a...
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Flying Bark Animation Director Christian Barkel takes us behind the scenes of Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Christian Barkel, animation director at Flying Bark productions, joins Popcorn Podcast to take us behind the scenes of their work on Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender. In our chat, Christian talks about the integral role of an animation director across the entire production, the massive creative…
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CEO of Flying Bark, Barbara Stephen on creative culture and diversity in animation
Barbara Stephen, CEO of Flying Bark productions, joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss her role in leading the prolific independent producer of family-focused animated content. With over two decades of experience in the entertainment industry, Barbara manages the studio's creative and business...
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day SPOILER review - who does Sadie Sink play and why this is the best MCU film in years
Popcorn Podcast is going FULL SPOILER in our review of Spider-Man: Brand New Day with special guest, creator Kai Munton. Tom Holland and Zendaya are back as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and MJ as a forgotten Peter Parker lives alone as a full-time Spider-Man until mounting pressure triggers a…
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Callan Mulvey on the art of collaboration and his process in building a character
Australian actor Callan Mulvey joins Popcorn Podcast to talk his dystopian action drama, The Run. In a post-pandemic world crippled by a global fertility crisis, an aging smuggler (Callan Mulvey) struggles to protect a runaway teenager and her baby from ruthless criminals, while trying to…
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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey explores our humanity while delivering on spectacle
Help us take Matt Damon home with special guest, film critic and journalist, Thuy Ong to review Christopher Nolan's, The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a mythic action epic, bringing Homer’s foundational saga to the big screen. After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca,...
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Andy Serkis on power, freedom and his spiritual home
Andy Serkis is on Popcorn Podcast to talk his latest directorial effort, and animated retelling of George Orwell’s classic novel, Animal Farm. Starring an all-star voice cast including Seth Rogen, Gaten Matarazzo, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin and Woody Harrelson, this...
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Obsession writer/director Curry Barker on success and the type of director he aspires to be
Obsession writer/director Curry Barker is on the podcast for this very special interview episode. Curry Barker is the talk of Hollywood with his horror hit making more than US$400m at the box office on a budget of US$750K. But it’s not just the financial success that is making headlines.…
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Moana: culturally important, but is it worth reimagining?
Make way for our review of Disney's live-action reimagining of Moana, with special guest Justin Hill. Starring Catherine Laga’aia and Dwayne Johnson, Moana follows the adventurous, strong-willed daughter of a Polynesian village chief who sets sail to save her island. Justin and Tim go beyond the...
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Zoe Deutch, David Wain and Ken Marino on Gail Daughtry’s absurdist comedy and its hidden Australian characters?
Zoey Deutch, David Wain and Ken Marino are here to talk Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass - a high-concept cliché machine that plays dumb so smart. It’s so bonkers and is so gleefully committed to its absurdity as it follows midwestern bride-to-be Gail Daughtry who has a “free celebrity...
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Could The Invite be the best film of the year, so far?
This is your offical invitation to join special guest, movie obsessive, Brad Ellmoos on Popcorn Podcast to talk all things The Invite. Directed by and starring Olivia Wilde alongside Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton, The Invite follows a couple who invite their enigmatic upstairs...
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Jeff Bridges and Bobby Moynihan talk Minions, monsters and monoliths
Hollywood icon Jeff Bridges and SNL alum Bobby Moynihan join Popcorn Podcast to talk Minions & Monsters. The Minions are back and become Hollywood stars, before unleashing real monsters into the world then banded together to try to save the planet from the mayhem they had just created. Once…
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Does Supergirl stick its superhero landing?
Look up and look out, because our review of Supergirl is here with, special guest film reviewer and creator, Ashlee Pradella. Australia's own Milly Alcock dons the red cape as Supergirl in a gritty, mature interstellar journey of vengeance and justice. Tim and Ashlee unpack the films dark tone,...
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Supergirl director Craig Gillespie on the zero fucks nature of Kara
Director of Supergirl Graig Gillespie is on Popcorn Podcast to take us behind the scenes of the DCU space opera. Supergirl which proves the range Craig has as a filmmaker, from critically acclaimed indie cinema to this big budget comic book adaptation. In our chat, Craig talks about the tonal...
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Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira on being free to play
Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira is on Popcorn Podcast in an interview DC fans won't want to miss. We first got a taste of Milly Alcock’s Kara Zor-El in 2025’s Superman, but Ana is giving us the true introduction to the hero in her first feature length appearance since 1984’s Supergirl. In our chat,...
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Toy Story 5: a franchise that continues to prove it has more to offer
You've got a friend in Popcorn Podcast because we are reviewing Toy Story 5 with special guest - broadcaster, comedian and podcaster Mitch Churi! Pixar return to the characters that started it all with another adventure as Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs are challenged when...
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Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day: tense, exciting and empathetic
Full disclosure...you're going to love this episode. Special guest, comedian, film critic and host of the podcast The Last Video Store Alexei Toliopoulos is on Popcorn Podcast to unpack Steven Spielberg's latest summer blockbuster, Disclosure Day. Spielberg asks the question: if you found out we...
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Joe Bird, Adrian Chiarella and Mia Wasikowska talk fear, homophobia and love in Leviticus
Actors Joe Bird, Mia Wasikowska and writer/director Adrian Chiarella are on Popcorn Podcast to talk new queer horror, Leviticus. Leviticus is a bold and haunting queer horror that follows two teenage boys whose first love turns deadly after a brutal conversion-therapy ritual leaves them stalked…
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Hoppers stars Piper Curda and Bobby Moynihan on life lessons and tiny crowns
Piper Curda & Bobby Moynihan join Popcorn Podcast to celebrate Disney Pixar's Hoppers streaming on Disney+. In Hoppers, Piper voices 19-year-old Mabel Tanaka, a passionate animal-lover who goes undercover in the animal kingdom after stumbling upon technology that can transfer human consciousness...
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Masters of the Universe: have Mattel hit another home run?
We have the POWER on Popcorn Podcast reviewing Masters of the Universe with Special guest, YouTuber Chris Stanley. Starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Jared Leto and Idris Elba, Mattel's latest big-screen adventure is nothing short of fantastical. From discussing the "muscles on muscles"…
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Masters of the Universe director Travis Knight on practical filmmaking and working with Queen guitarist Brian May
Academy award nominated filmmaker Travis Knight is on Popcorn Podcast to talk his new blockbuster fantasy epic, Masters of the Universe. Travis Knight has a history of reviving nostalgic favourites, having directed Bumblebee, the 2018 solo film focused on the yellow-hued shapeshifting robot from...
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Is Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu worth a trip to the cinemas?
This is the way to our review of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, with special guest entertainment journalist and "professional fan", Deeny Guide. The first Star Wars film since 2019 follows bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his apprentice Grogu as they are enlisted by the New...
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Zoe Pepper on Birthright’s satire and moral grey area
Australian filmmaker Zoe Pepper is here to talk her satirical dark comedy, Birthright. The film follows Cory and his pregnant wife who find themselves evicted, jobless, and forced to stay with his parents. What transpires is a battle of the generations as the edges of Cory’s reality slip away...
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Mother Mary: big swing cinema and its place in art
Freelance critic and filmmaker Andrew Fraser joins Popcorn Podcast to talk David Lowrey's Mother Mary. Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer, Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel), on the…
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Jasmin Tarasin and Courtney Collins on the destructive cycles of coercive control means to let go and begin again
Life Could Be A Dream director Jasmin Tarasin and screenwriter Courtney Collins discuss their deeply important film about the destructive cycles of coercive control. Life Could Be A Dream aims to examine the cultural scripts that shape peoples expectations of love and help equip them to recognise...
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Is Mortal Kombat II the flawless victory fans were hoping for?
Our Mortal Kombat II review is here, with content creator and Mortal Kombat expert and Movie Nerds Founder, Ryan Adams. Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade and Kano are pitted against one another in the ultimate battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm...
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Mortal Kombat II director Simon McQuoid on his made for IMAX sequel and the tournament’s dirty fighting
Mortal Kombat II director Simon McQuoid returns to Popcorn Podcast! The ultimate battle that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders is the big, loud and camp sequel director Simon McQuoid set out to make and he is here to share insights into how he achieved just that. In...
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Karl Urban, Jessica McNamee and Josh Lawson on improv battles, strong female characters and Voldemort’s nutsack?
Get over here friends because the trio of stars we have on Popcorn Podcast for Mortal Kombat II is a flawless victory. Karl Urban (Johnny Cage), Jessica McNamee (Sonya Blade) & Josh Lawson (Kano) are here as the fan favourite champions pitted against one another in the ultimate battle to defeat…
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Molly Gordon gets her “va va voom” moment in The Sheep Detectives
The incredibly talented Molly Gordon is here to talk new family film, The Sheep Detectives. Molly plays Rebecca who is a mystery and an immediate suspect from the moment she arrives in Denbrook after the murder of her father George (Hugh Jackman) and the news he had a fortune of $30 million. In…
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Gird your loins for our review of The Devil Wears Prada 2...that's all
Gird your loins for Popcorn Podcast's review of The Devil Wears Prada 2. Special guest, entertainment journalist Marni Dixit joins Tim to revel in the return of Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt) and Nigel (Stanley Tucci) as they navigate the...
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Ioan Gruffudd on tense thriller Seven Snipers and filming in Australia
Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd joins us on Popcorn Podcast to talk new action thriller, Seven Snipers. Also starring Australia's Radha Mitchell and bad guy for hire Tim Roth, Ioan plays Milk, an ex-military sniper reunited with his old team to protect the daughter of one of their own from an…
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Deborah Mailman on the cultural importance of Warwick Thornton’s Wolfram
Deborah Mailman returns to Popcorn Podcast to talk her latest collaboration with Warwick Thornton, Wolfram. Inspired by the family stories of Warwick Thornton and writer David Tranter and set against the backdrop of the 1930s colonial frontier, Wolfram is a taut frontier western where Aboriginal...
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Michael: does the Everest of biopics reach the summit?
The King of Pop's long awaited biopic, Michael, has hit the big screen and special guest Connor Dalton joins Tim to dive deep into the films triumphs and tribulations. Michael is the cinematic portrayal of the life and legacy of one of the most influential artists of all time, Michael Jackson.…
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Daniel MacPherson and Tyler Atkins release an animal into the wild with Beast
We welcome two brilliant Australian artists on Popcorn Podcast to talk their new Australian film, Beast. Director Tyler Atkins is an Australian filmmaker known for crafting emotionally resonant narratives and Logie Award Winning Australian actor Daniel MacPherson. Beast follows a once-feared MMA...
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Aidan Langford on Queer representation, cracked phones and his love of Rachel Sennott
Our guest today is the multi-talented actor, musician and visual artist Aidan Langford who stars in new Netflix comedy, Roommates. When hopeful, naive college freshman, Devon, asks the cool and confident Celeste to be her roommate, a blossoming friendship spirals into a war of passive aggression....
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Karl Urban: bye-bye Butcher and The Boys explosive finale
Karl Urban (Star Trek, The Bourne Supremacy, Red) has spent almost a decade making the charismatic Billy Butcher one of TV's most compelling and entertaining anti-heroes. Now, with The Boys in its fifth and final season, he joins Popcorn Podcast to reflect on what it means to farewell the wild...
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Natalie Abbott and Shane Jacobson are The Deb's father-daughter soul
Rebel Wilson's Australian musical The Deb is joyous, hilarious and moving – and that's largely thanks to Natalie Abbott and Shane Jacobson. In this special Popcorn Podcast episode, we welcome the Aussie stars to talk about the father-daughter dynamic that quietly anchors the The Deb story, what...
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Filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli on love, lines and The Drama
Kristoffer Borgli, the Norwegian writer-director-editor behind Sick of Myself and Dream Scenario, joins us to talk about his dark romantic comedy The Drama, starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. We dig into what it means to make films without a moral safety net, how Borgli writes characters...
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Indya Moore unfiltered on family, grief and identity
Indya Moore (Pose) – actor, activist and compelling voice for compassion – joins us to talk new movie Father Mother Sister Brother, Jim Jarmusch's quietly devastating ensemble film about estranged siblings, ageing parents and all the things we leave unsaid. What begins as a simple film chat…
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MOVIE NEWS: Middle Earth movie bombshells, The Rock's luscious locks, Suddenly 30 (again), Kirsten Dunst's big year
Welcome to Popcorn Podcast's salty, snackable movie news series, where we serve up freshly popped kernels from the film world. Join us for a buttery blast through Stephen Colbert big Middle Earth announcement and a brand new adaptation, a first look at Dwayne Johnson's luscious locks in Moana...
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Popcorn Podcast's bite-sized salty episodes will help you decide what movies to watch next. With exciting celebrity interviews, new movie reviews, giveaways, movie news and more, Popcorn Podcast with Leigh and Tim is for movie lovers everywhere. Hosted by entertainment journalist Leigh and movie expert Tim.
Got a few minutes? Help us out by filling in this survey: http://bit.ly/popcornpodcast-survey
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Popcorn Podcast's bite-sized salty episodes will help you decide what movies to watch next. With exciting celebrity interviews, new movie reviews, giveaways, movie news and more, Popcorn Podcast with Leigh and Tim is for movie lovers everywhere. Hosted by entertainment journalist Leigh and movie...
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