Hello and welcome to this naturally gnarly episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast!

As your dashing dudemeisters Ben and Rob are within spitting distance of the big Four-O, they decided to look at movies that will also be celebrating four decades on the planet. Expect totally tubular talk, composer confusion and slammin' soundtracks. Gag us with a spoon.

Spoilers!

Films discussed are:

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Commando

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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 classes and obscure PlayStation games.

Ben would also like to apologise for his mic stand failing about 20 minutes in and subsequently sounding like he's about 20 miles away from the microphone. He is extremely sorry and handsome.Thanks, as always, to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for our theme music.Please follow us on:

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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 (as this was recorded in 2023), watched Home Alones 4 through 6 so you don’t have to. The real question is, will we be able to keep our Christmas joy throughout? Or will it be lost amongst a snowstorm of Lego traps and extra spicy gingerbread cookies?

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Hello and welcome to another Pick N Mix episode! This week we look at the recently released Black Panther Wakanda Forever, the 30th film in the MCU, and the final film of Phase Four. Expect a spoiler filled dive into the film, and the Phase in general, along with the famous and standard Popcorn Bucket Podcast digressions, this time to pre-internet methods of information delivery. Plus stick around to the very end to find out our pitch for the next bivalve related MCU hero. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to this month's Pick N Mix retrospective! This episode, Ben realizes he's not the cowboy he thought he was and mourns fallen heroes, Rob gets patriotic about release dates and Tom Cruise repeatedly ruins a period drama with helicopter hijinks. There's also enough movie news and general chit-chat to fill a non-specific popcorn receptacle.  Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.thepopcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com.  With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to this temporally tantalizing One Shot episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, your mediocre Marty McFlys, Ben and Rob, must do battle in a listener suggested arena - the tricksy, terrifying territory of time travel. Why can Rob remember obscure television shows with uncanny accuracy? Why is Ben insistent on playing tactically when his success with it is so very limited? Why are the boys trapped in Azkaban with no hope of escape? If you need answers for these questions like, yesterday - you know what you have to do.  With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter    @popcornbucketpd , GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at www.thepopcornbucket.com

Hello and welcome to the latest ‘Franchise Fatigue?’ episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week we do our best to perfectly balance and look for clue as we discuss the Kenneth Branagh Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot Cinematic Universe (or KBACHPCU for short, we’re not putting the whole thing on the pegboard). I’m what May be out most difficult case yet, eggs are balanced, accents are attempted, jelly snakes are discussed (again), and Ben gives a French lesson. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to this month's Pick N Mix retrospective! This episode, Ben has a crisis on finite earths, tosses all his coins away and ends up scared for the future. Meanwhile, Rob peruses those darn Dark Materials again and summons a bad wolf to the chat. Plus, an entire reservoir's worth of your regular ramshackle repartee regarding r...er... films. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on  Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on  www.thepopcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com.   With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello listener of the podcast and reader of this episode description, and welcome to the latest ‘Pick ‘N Mix’ episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week we once again swap the silver screen for the smaller (and green?) screen as we look at the recently completed She Hulk. Please smash that like button and rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to this spine shiverin' One Shot episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! With All Hallows' Eve nearly upon us, your favourite pale poltroons, Ben and Rob, do battle over who can snuffle out the spookiest specimen and forage for a first-rate frightfest as they delve into the wicked world of horror movies.  Will Rob ever be able to watch a film with the lights off again? Why does Ben believe he's simply better than the general cinemagoer? Just who is that strange man laughing at a Phantom? These answers and several less interesting ones are to be found in this ever-so-eerie episode!  With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the  theme  music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter   @popcornbucketpd , GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at   www.thepopcornbucket.com

Hello and welcome to another ‘Franchise Fatigue?’ episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week is all about Spooktober as we look at the family friendly horror franchise, Goosebumps. Ben tells a love story, and we both talk a lot about books and theme tunes. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to this joyfully jumpin' One Shot episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob pick out their favourite flicks which celebrate their thirtieth anniversary this year. However, a new rule has been introduced for this battle - neither nerd can pick Reservoir Dogs. Join your hosts as those rakish raconteurs reminisce, remonstrate and ridicule each other over their choices. Will Ben be able to escape the Bros-hole? Will Rob ever stop shilling for other, better podcasts? Those answers and more are to be found within! Grab the bozack, punks!  With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme  music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter  @popcornbucketpd , GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at  www.thepopcornbucket.com

Hello and welcome to the return of the monthly Pick N Mix episodes! That’s right, due to no demand whatsoever we have revived the monthly round up of film news and discussion. This time we look at film promotion, cinema day, trailers, and snacks, as Ben asks for popcorn recommendations. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

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 YouTube).

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Hello and welcome to another ‘Franchise Fatigue?’ episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week we are going to Miami (welcome to Miami), as we look at the Bad Boys trilogy. We talk Bayhem, we talk explosions, we talk accents, we talk formative films, and Ben tries to be professional. So open up a pack of tropical bubbalicious, and some skittles, and do your best ‘whoop’! Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this week's Pick 'N Mix episode, your boys desperately scan the forest canopy for Predator's telltale shimmer as they tackle series prequel Prey. For future podcast archivists, this is classic episode in which Rob fails to convince Ben to see the funny side of Marley & Me and both end up pitching too-awesome-to-actually-happen sequel ideas. You're welcome. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on  Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on  www.thepopcornbucket.com. Email us at podcast@thepopcornbucket.com.  With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. Pop quiz, hot shot! For this Franchise Fatigue? episode, we try to maintain a constant breakneck pace as we look at 1994’s much loved Speed, and it’s even more beloved sequel. As well as two(ish) absolute classics of the genre, we talk about fringes, wordart, and places to stay on Airbnb. Plus Rob surprises Ben, and there is the return of head related kiss off lines. So strap in, don’t drop below 50, and make sure you pay attention to cruise ship golf! Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, your boys take a series-wide look at recent Disney Plus show Ms. Marvel. Expect lively debates (read: arguments) about Stretch Armstrong (and his dog), the heartwarming origin story of Sun Man and some serious spleen venting about Phase Four as a whole. Oh - and occasional analysis of one of the best Marvel shows to date. Embiggen your life and listen now! Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on  www.thepopcornbucket.com. Email us at podcast@thepopcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme  music.

Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This is a First Class episode as we Bright Young Things get ourselves in a bit of a Trance talking about the filmography of the always excellent James McAvoy. But is our opinion Split on what his best film is? Is Ben’s usual amount of Filth actually Wanted this week? As mentioned, we have looked at a few of James McAvoy’s films before, so you could call It Chapter Two of our coverage. The are no other Strings attached to this episode, so, as always, please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, with Rob having finally seen the latest Thor film, we take a long look at Thor: Love & Thunder. We talk spoilers, stormbreaker and screaming goats as our conversation takes us from the heavens to the shadow realm, via Star Wars and Morbius. But do we find it Thorsome or Thorful? Is Rob angling to be an assistant to Michael Giacchino? Can Ben remember far enough back to talk about the movie? All this and more, plus an appearance from everyone’s favourite pod-dog. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to this raspily rose-tinted One Shot episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob clash over their favourite live action remakes from the mighty House of Mouse. In this listener-suggested episode, a hoarse Ben battles his voicebox at the same time as he tackles the dastardly Rob, like the handsome hero that he is.  Can you guess who's back to writing the descriptions yet? With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter @popcornbucketpd , GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at www.thepopcornbucket.com

Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! Through a weird quirk of fate / paying attention to our back catalogue, this week is our 60th episode! Which tied in nicely with Tom Cruise’s 60th birthday (on the day we recorded). Only one of these do we make reference to this episode. This week we return to the named films of Mission: Impossible. There’s a little flashback to a New Year’s Eve of years past, and a bit of singing (sort of). Masks are counted, delivery mechamissions are noted, and biceps are reloaded. As a disclaimer, we had some issues with the sound this week, so apologies for the poor quality. We hope you choose to accept this episode! Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to the latest One Shot episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week, to pause in our Mission: Impossible coverage we take a look at the main man himself, Tom Cruise. So we Few Good Men take a Firm look at the films of the Legend, the man Without Limits that is Tom Cruise. The Others might think it seems a Risky Business, but can we handle the Cruise? Pour yourself a Cocktail to find out. Born on the Fourth of July. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to this curiously covert Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast!  This week, Ben and Rob descend on cables to hack into the Mission: Impossible franchise. In Part One, the boys discuss everything from cakes and bizkits to the ubiquitous unmaskings.  Den of Geek article here The Guardian article here With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter @popcornbucketpd , GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at www.thepopcornbucket.com

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 of the Spotless Mind

A Very Long Engagement

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Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week we take a walk through memory lane, following the map of the cinematic past, as we unearth Childhood Treasures. There’s a lot of discussion of parents and parenting, and Ben plans his dream theme park ride. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to this stupendously simian Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob attempt to come to grips with the newest Planet of the Apes trilogy. In this episode, Ben has a problem with old people and nu-metal fans, Rob stumbles on a cracker of a unique take and the pair get sidetracked talking about monkey baseball. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the  theme music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter @popcornbucketpd , GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at  www.thepopcornbucket.com

Hello and welcome to this positively pixelated One Shot episode of The  Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob have a digital dust-up as they pit their video game movies against each other. This episode, the (power) gloves are off with Rob calling Ben an NPC and Ben accusing Rob of being a hater in return (he would know after all). It's on like Donkey Kong!  With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter  @popcornbucketpd , GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at  www.thepopcornbucket.com

Hello and welcome to this noticeably nostalgic One Shot episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob reach two decades into the past to  pick a champion from 2002 for the sole purpose of wielding them like cudgels in the present (may differ from the present you're currently experiencing. Consult calendar/clock for current year/time) Find out the one and only thing Ben wrote down in preparation for this podbattle! Discover what apparent anachronism has Rob all wound up! Unearth the reason behind quite why the lads are banging on about breakfast cereals again! If that sounds way too exciting and fascinating for you, then now's your final chance to bail before all the cool people #bingethebucket With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the  theme   music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter @popcornbucketpd , GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at www.thepopcornbucket.com

Hello and welcome to this decidedly distinguished Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob endeavour to act like gentlemen as they take on the Kingsman trilogy. Prep your brollies for Rob's goat-based childhood trauma, Ben getting to the bottom of several questionable gags and much, much more. Remember - Oxfords, not brogues.  With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme   music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter    @popcornbucketpd , GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us as   www.thepopcornbucket.com

Hello  and welcome to this rather repellent One Shot episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, your (hopefully) likeable podhosts are focusing on all things unpleasant with a look at (intentionally) unlikeable lead characters. Expect chat about colourful metaphors and inappropriate movie quotes, Rob's adverse cringe twitches and Ben's criminal alias.   With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme  music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter   @popcornbucketpd , GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us as  www.thepopcornbucket.com

Hello and welcome to this x-traordinary Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, it's finale time as Ben and Rob cover the last two entries in the X-Men franchise, Logan and The New Mutants. Not only that, but they get their houses in order and finally give the ultimate bucket list ranking for the entire series. In this episode, the boys discuss hats, chess, surprised valets and Ratatouille, so it's safe to say all bases are covered.   With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter  @popcornbucketpd or GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at www.thepopcornbucket.com

Hello and welcome to a Bat-tastic bonus Pick ‘N Mix episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This time we are taking a bat and spoiler filled look at The Batman. Voices are growled, biscuits are crunched, and hot drinks are mentioned, and that’s all in the first couple of minutes. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to this slightly shameful One Shot episode of The Popcorn  Bucket Podcast! This week we're all about cognitive dissonance as Ben and Rob battle on shakier ground than usual. The remit? Films they know aren't good, but like anyway. In this episode, Ben jumps the gun and de-canonizes himself and Rob robbles as only he can.   With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter  @popcornbucketpd , GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us as www.thepopcornbucket.com

Hello and welcome to this x-tra x-citing Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob gird their loins for their third helping of the mighty X-Men movie franchise. In this episode, Ben fights a nasty bug, his internet connection AND his co-host, Rob gets torn up about preschool entertainment and both inexorably fall into their old habits of referencing Pirates of the Caribbean.  With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter @popcornbucketpd or GoodPods @PopcornBucket

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/mospace/15267127 Thanks, as always, to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for our theme music. Please follow us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Bluesky @popcornbucket.bsky.social GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at:www.thepopcornbucket.com

Helo a croeso i’r Popcorn Bwced Podlediad. As it’s St David’s Day, for this One Shot we are talking a look at Wales in Film. Ben and Rob each pick a film to discuss, hoping it’s unique, and discuss with full spoilers. This week, Ben uses Google, Rob uses Google Translate, and there’s a surprising amount of talk about Canada. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to the return of the format free Pick n’ Mix episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast, in which we head to a library far far away and check out the Book of Boba Fett. Plus Rob reveals his Grand Plan. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to this lovey-dovey episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! With Valentine's Day just around the corner, love is indeed a battlefield as Ben and Rob delve deep into their feels and pick their champions for a Royal Romance Rumble. Whilst the film picks may be wholesome, the tactics deployed couldn't be dirtier. In this week's episode, Rob says everything by saying nothing and Ben does the exact opposite. Intrigued? Of course you are. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on  www.thepopcornbucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the  theme music.

Hello and welcome to this wild and untamed Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob continue their quest to work through the X-Men series of films and sharpen their claws in preparation of analyzing X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Wolverine. In this episode, Ben (finally) brushes up on podcast etiquette, Rob sells out to any company that will have him and both have an energetic debate on what twee phrase they'd get engraved on their samurai swords.  With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of  longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on Instagram  @popcornbucketpod, Twitter  @popcornbucketpd or GoodPods  @PopcornBucket

Hello and welcome to this radically retro episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this week's One Shot, we're jumping a decade back in the past so Ben and Rob can battle it out in the present. Expect conversations about jelly squibs, Rob's love of a good logo and further evolution of the cunning war tactics used against each other. Sun Tzu would be proud.  Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on   Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on   www.thepopcornbucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com.   With  thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme  music

Hello and welcome to this uncanny and frankly, astonishing Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob tackle the X-Men series of films, starting with the first three movies of the franchise. In this episode, Ben ignores the time-old showbiz adage of never working with children or animals, Rob joins the Brotherhood of Mutants to spite Bobby Drake and both demand #JusticeforJamesMarsden With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter    @popcornbucketpd or GoodPods @PopcornBucket

Hello and welcome to this perfectly positive and unusually uplifting episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this week's One Shot, we're returning to talk about more feel-good movies that do exactly that. Ben and Rob start off 2022 as they mean to go on with a vicious battle to determine who has picked the nicest movie. The irony is completely lost on them. Expect in-depth discussion of movie breakfast cereals, some additional armchair (or should that be sofa?) critical voices being added to the mix and the ever-popular PodDog making her presence known once again. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on  Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on  www.thepopcornbucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com.   With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome the giant, super-special, definitely life-changing and possibly hyperbolic 2021 wrap-up episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time, Ben and Rob discuss their ultimate top 5s and try and come to some sort of conclusion about entertainment (and themselves) in the strange year that was 2021. Whilst they may differ when it comes to their favourites of the year, one thing that is unanimously agreed up is that most of all, they would like to thank you, the listeners, for making their debut year such a memorable one. Here's to 2022! Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on  Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or visit us at  www.thepopcornbucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to the return of the format free Pick n’ Mix episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast, in which we take a spectacular spoiler filled look at Spider-Man: No Way Home. We talk our reactions to the film, seeing it with an audience, and High Fidelity. That’s if we can get past the introduction. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music.

Hello and welcome to this traditionally Christmassy One Shot episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast, in which bells are jingled, gins are sloed, and jumpers are mentioned, as we take a traditional look at Traditional Christmas Films. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice, and please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or on www.popcorn bucket.com. Email us at podcast@popcornbucket.com. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Have a very Merry Christmas!

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-wars-lord-of-the-rings-bridgerton-toxic-fans-hollywood-response-1236166736/

Ben Travis "Audiences Can't Keep Up With Streaming Shows" - https://www.empireonline.com/tv/features/cancelled-streaming-series-audiences-cant-keep-up/

R S Benedict "Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny" - https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beautiful-no-one-horny/

Please rate and review on your podcast app of choice, and share on your social network of choice. We are on Instagram and Threads @popcornbucketpod, and on Twitter @popcornbucketpd. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for the theme music

Hello and welcome to a (sort of) festive One Shot episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week there is nary a jingly bell in earshot, as we take a look at (sort of) Christmas films that aren’t Christmas films. Ben talks film financing and makes a threat with a pen and Rob talks missing key scenes in the cinema. Please rate and share the episode wherever you can, and follow us on instagram @popcornbucketpod, on twitter @popcornbucketpd, on Goodpods @popcornbucket, and on www.popcornbucket.com. With many thanks as always to Lawrence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music

Hello and welcome to this frenetically festive Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week Ben and Rob don their filthiest vests and language (well, Ben does) and take on the Die Hard series. Join them as they attempt to bury the Christmas movie discussion once and for all, fall out over which is the best of the not-very-good sequels and frantically scramble to figure out that darned water jug bomb puzzle. Yippee-Ki-Yay! With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter   @popcornbucketpd or GoodPods @PopcornBucket

Hello and welcome to this toe-tappin' One Shot episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In their final pod of the definitely well-thought-out Show-vember, tireless warriors Rob and Ben prepare to do battle over who has picked the best musical and attempt to bludgeon the other into submission. Their epic fight takes them from the glitz and glamour of the big city to the remote mountains and everywhere in-between. With the vaguely cop-out "Film Wins!" resolution swept from the table, the gloves are off and the stakes couldn't be higher. Are we overselling this? You decide! (but the answer's yes) With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter @popcornbucketpd or  GoodPods @PopcornBucket