The Popcorn Chronicles: Movies, TV & Pop Culture

This episode is about films preceding Titanic (1997), the 1997 blockbuster film as well as fascinating Titanic tv specials and documentaries over the years. 

In this episode I talk about their best films, my favorites of their films, their rivalry turned friendship and their recent Netflix documentaries. 

This episode includes info about Dalmatians themselves, the book, animated and live action films, tv series and spin off film Cruella. 

Discussed Fox’s hit series Prison Break.

Discussed Universal’s classic monster films and remakes. 

Talked about 3 films, a mini series and PBS television show depicting various times in the life and reign of Queen Victoria. 

Discussed Amazon prime original movies and series.

Whether it's becoming 17 again, growing up overnight, or switching lives, "Life Swap" movies are always good entertainment. 

Discussed the trend of 90’s Family and Friendship/Coming of Age Family Movies.

*Discussed the trend from 1990-1999 where kids/animals/wilderness/adventure story tropes ran wild. 

This week's episode is about the 6 current Jurassic Park/World movies. 

*Discussed Pirate lore and the ride at Disneyland that became the smash box office Franchise. 

*Discussed Netflix Original Films: To the Bone, Love Guaranteed, All the Bright Places, Slumberland and The Last Letter from your Lover.

*Discussed the trend of steamy noir thrillers in the 80’s/90’s: Basic Instinct, Body Heat and Body of Evidence 

Sharing Great Disney + original content including movies, an original Star Wars show, and parks docuseries.

In this episode discussed is the origin and versions of Batman: Batman 1-4, Gotham, The Dark Knight, Justice league and The Batman. 

Featuring conversation on the 1967 animated film, sequel, and 2016 and 1994 Live Actions. 

*Discussed the origin of movie trailers, the heyday of voiceover and transition into cover songs, and the trend of slow credit songs in the 90’s

*Discussed Captain America Brave New World, other hulk films and the decline of the super hero age. 

Discussed Ridley Scott's epic 2000 film. 

Discussed the boy band documentaries. 

This week I talk about the trend in cinema of teenage comedy and dramas that spanned 30 years.

*Discussed my Top ten Christmas movie favorites (not in order of audio)1. Home Alone 2. Jingle all the Way3. White Christmas 4. Unaccomanied Minors5. The Santa Clause (2)6. Office Christmas Party7. Arthur Christmas 8. Spirited 9. Elf10. The Holiday 

In this episode I speak about my Wolfgang Petersen Favorite films including Air Force One, Poseidon, Perfect Storm and Outbreak. 

Everyone knows Harrison Ford for his iconic movies like Star Wars and Indiana Jones. But what about films like The Fugitive? 3 good Harrison films to watch this week!

Discussing top Shark Movies over the years. 

This weeks episode highlights my favorite Apple TV + Original content: Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues, Spirited, Black Bird and Shrinking. 

*Spoke about the following documentaries: Love Marilyn, Louis Armstrong Black and Blues and Timeless Heroes: Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones. 

In this weeks episode, I speak about John Grisham’s book to film adaptations.

This weeks episode compares the 1933, 1976 and 2005 King Kong Films.

This week I talk about 5 of the best Netflix Originals I have come across so far. This episodes Netflix recommends include: Eurovision Song Contest, What Happened to Monday, Hillbilly Elegy, A Jazzman’s Blues and Selena: The Series. 

This week's episode compares 3 of the various film/series adaptations of Victor Hugo's famous novel turned play, Les Miserables. 

This week discussing the best series from AMC+ (a cable channel streaming platform) and Paramount + (a studio streaming platform) Series mentioned include shows like The Offer and 1883. 

This week I talked about the movie trend that blew up in the 2000's of musicians in film cameos, and best the musician turned actors and my favorite of their films. 

What movie do you wish had gotten made? In this episode, I speak about the top 5 movies I wish had made it to release, that were abandoned and canceled over the years. This includes Christopher Nolan's batman with joker’s return, The Godzilla 1998 sequel, Joel Schumacher’s 5th Batman, Sam Raimi’s 4th Spiderman, and the original Tron Legacy sequel. 

Everyone loves to be thrilled right? This week, in my favorite genre, we go into some good thrillers that fit into the the category of government and conspiracy! Films are State of Play, Enemy of the State, and Conspiracy Theory.  

The Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, are films biggest night. This year marks the 96th annual awards so I decided to create a special double feature bonus episode to discuss the top 10 results in Oscar history that I felt missed the mark, and the top 10 that were spot on. 

A discussion about Kate Winslet's best films and television roles by decade. 

This weeks episode features films showing the hard real life things such as cancer, ALS, Eating disorders, grief, and recovery. Films mentioned are You're Not You, Matching Jack, My Sister's Keeper, A Good Person and To The Bone. 

Was it in the Conservatory with the Lead Pipe? Or the Ballroom with the Candlestick? Discussion on the 1985 board game turned film, Clue. Second half discusses 1995 Jumanji and its 22 years later sequel: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

This weeks discussion is on the following true story sports films: Air (2023) Rush (2013) and 42 (2013)

This episode will be a brief introduction to the podcast and a short clip of my background watching movies. The rest of the episode will be talking about the 2010 Sci-fi adventure film Tron Legacy.