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Popcorn Talk
by The Daily Eastern News
“Popcorn Talk” is a 30-minute long podcast dissecting new movies and providing a decent review that will at least help you decide if a movie is worth seeing or not. Podcasters Logan Raschke, a senior journalism major at Eastern Illinois University and Managing Editor for The Daily Eastern News, and Analicia “Anali” Haynes, a senior journalism major and senior reporter for the DEN, analyze movies and share their thoughts for movie-goers.
Episodes
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Popcorn Talk: 'Pan's Labyrinth' (2006)
Guillermo del Toro's 2006 historical and fantasy film "Pan's Labyrinth" is the epitome of quality foreign film. Del Toro combines a complex, historical conflict with fairy tales reminiscent of the fables we read as children. Who knew the grittiest and most horrific of real-life history paired…
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Popcorn Talk: 'Eraserhead' (1977)
David Lynch's 1977 indie horror/surrealist film "Eraserhead" is one that cannot be explained, no matter how much viewers want it to make sense. It defies all explanation, and that alone is reason enough to give it a watch. Lynch uses unsettling imagery that targets our human senses into…
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Popcorn Talk: 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'
More people should know about the 2006 film "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer." Directed by Tom Tom Tykwer and starring Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman and Dustin Hoffman, this cat-and-mouse murder story centered in 18th Century France played around with the power human senses before "Birdbox" and "A...
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Popcorn Talk Episode 8: (Joker)
Joaquin Phoenix blew viewers away with his portrayal of comic icon Joker in the 2019 film of the same name. Audiences were pretty split after the film's Oct. 4 debut because of its unusual depiction of the Joker. Instead of seeing a raving, hysterical, maniacal clown sabotage vigilante Batman, we...
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Popcorn Talk Episode 7 (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and It Chapter Two)
In this episode we looked at two movies: Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and Andrés Muchietti’s “It Chapter Two.” In Quentin Tarantino’s tenth film, actor Rick Dalton gained fame and fortune by starring in a 1950s television Western, but is now struggling to find work that...
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Popcorn Talk Episode 6 (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark)
André Øvredal's film "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," based on the '80s and '90s short story collections, transforms the creepy tales we read and chilling artwork (from Stephen Gammell) we absorbed as children onto the movie screen. The question we had before we watched it was, 'How do you…
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Popcorn Talk Episode 5 (The Lion King-2019)
"The Lion King (2019)" is the newest Disney remake to hit theaters; it tells the classic story of an envious, evil uncle set on overthrowing the current monarch and his son and almost succeeds. Fortunately, our hero Simba comes out on top and proves that he still has some of his father in him.…
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Popcorn Talk Episode 2 (Late Night)
The "Late Night" comedy drama explores the unique, heartfelt relationship between talk show host Katherine Newbury, played by Emma Thompson, and new staff writer Molly Patel, played by Mindy Khaling. "Late Night" brings forward some important conversations for civil debate, such as gender…
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Popcorn Talk Episode 4 (Stuber)
The cop action comedy "Stuber," starring Kumail Nanjiani as Uber driver Stu and David Bautista as detective Vic, takes viewers through the outlandish misadventures of these main characters as Vic hunts down a cop-killer while dragging Stu along for the ride (pretty much against his will). The...
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Popcorn Talk Episode 1 (Godzilla: King of the Monsters)
"Godzilla: King of the Monsters" takes audiences into a world where larger-than-life titans are real and have the potential to wreck havoc on humanity. That's all fine and dandy, but what good are the titans to the audience if their on-screen presences are masked by unsympathetic characters,...
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Popcorn Talk Episode 3 (Toy Story 4)
It's been almost 25 years since the debut of Pixar's first "Toy Story" film. A lot has changed since the first film: children who grew up watching "Toy Story" back in the late '90s are still watching three sequels later alongside children who are experiencing it for the first time. In addition to...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
“Popcorn Talk” is a 30-minute long podcast dissecting new movies and providing a decent review that will at least help you decide if a movie is worth seeing or not. Podcasters Logan Raschke, a senior journalism major at Eastern Illinois University and Managing Editor for The Daily Eastern News, and Analicia “Anali” Haynes, a senior journalism major and senior reporter for the DEN, analyze movies and share their thoughts for movie-goers.
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“Popcorn Talk” is a 30-minute long podcast dissecting new movies and providing a decent review that will at least help you decide if a movie is worth seeing or not. Podcasters Logan Raschke, a senior journalism major at Eastern Illinois University and Managing Editor for The Daily Eastern News, and...
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