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The Popcorn Bucket Podcast

Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast with Ben and Rob. Each week we will talk about at a film series (Franchise Fatigue?), film news (Pick ‘N Mix), or each put a standalone film on a given topic against each other (One Shot).

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

00:55:49

Pick 'N Mix : August 2024 - Film News, Trailers and Chat

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2024/09/07

Hello and welcome to another positively punctual Pick 'n Mix episode! This week, we're looking back at all August had to offer. Along with the usual trailer chat, Ben and Rob wade into the subject of cancelled movies about cancelled people, The Acolyte being canned and the bizarre case of the marketing for Megalopolis "I listen to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast every week! It's the absolute tits!" - Pauline Kael Please rate and review on your podcast app of choice, and share on

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01:19:15

Franchise Fatigue? : Beverly Hills Cop

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2024/09/01

Hello and welcome to this loquacious legacy episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast!This time, your fave fishes-out-of-water ditch their mundane everyday experiences for the alluring artificiality of Beverly Hills as they take a look at the mighty Beverly Hills Cop series. With an episode that hits like a banana up the tailpipe, your podbois have a lot to say for themselves. Ben lands many a diss on a certain director, whereas Rob stumbles out of the gate by turning up to the wrong police academy

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00:53:28

One Shot! Movies From 2014

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2024/08/19

Hello and welcome to this (slightly) historical episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast, as we take a look at two films that were released in 2014. Using a tried a tested One Shot scenario of ‘films that might be very slightly older than you think’, we reminisce of times (and hats) past, talk about AI, and learn about different ways of studying flowers and photographs. All this and more! Please rate and review on your podcast app of choice, and share on your social network of choice. We are on

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01:00:25

Pick ‘N Mix: July 2024 - Film News, Trailers, and Chat

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2024/08/05

Hello and welcome to a slightly delayed Pick n Mix episode! This time we are wrapping up July 2024, with an attempt at bringing a correct order to things, film trailers, and some of Ben’s toilet humour. Plus at one point is all gets a bit inside baseball. 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 Lawrence Owen of Longcat Media for

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00:55:30

Pick N Mix Special: Deadpool and Wolverine (2024)

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2024/08/04

Hello and welcome to this comically claw-some edition of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this episode, Ben and Rob have actually been to the cinema and have decided to take a stab at relevancy with their thoughts on Deadpool and Wolverine. Two old frenemies tearing chunks out of each other...yeah, you know where this joke is going. LFG! You can find us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter (Choke on it, Elmo) @popcornbucketpd, or via email podcast@thepopcornbucket.com With thanks as

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01:24:29

Franchise Fatigue? : The Lego Movies

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2024/07/28

Hello and welcome to another Franchise Fatigue episode!This time, your couple of Jack Stones put themselves together and look at The Lego Movie and its sequel (which definitely was made, people of Google). There are Lego puns aplenty, and a Genuinely Good Idea. 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. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for the theme music.

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01:10:32

One Shot! : Spin-offs

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2024/07/19

Hello and welcome to this skilfully spun edition of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this episode, Ben and Rob bring their favourite spin-off movies to the table, possibly to battle them like Beyblades. This week, your podbois seem to be on the same wavelength and have come prepared. You know that awesome trope where two old foes fight and match each other move for move, each countering what the other can throw at them? This is nothing like that. This is more akin to an old married couple who've

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00:31:53

Franchise Fatigue? : Star Wars Part Five (Favourites...

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2024/07/11

Hello and welcome to this sporadically spiky episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast!In this final episode of their Star Wars season, Ben and Rob aren't messing around. They talk their favourite things from a galaxy far, far away as well as construct the ultimate, absolute, no take-backsies ranking of the franchise with The Bucket List. Thanks, as always, to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for our theme music. Please follow us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter (Suck it, Musk)

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01:00:46

Pick N Mix: June 2024 - Film News, Trailers, and Chat

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2024/07/05

Hello and welcome to a rather delayed Pick n Mix episode! Firstly, apodlogies for the delay, partly caused by being distracted by this week’s election. So now here is an historical document in which we look at June 2024. We talk about trailers for Here, Venom, Paddington in Peru, and Late Bloomers. Plus Ben gets heated about Google, frantic about “fans”, and potty over pigs. There is also a lot of Cruise News. There is also an incident of cat invasion. Also apodlogies for the sound issues at a

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01:34:03

Franchise Fatigue? : Star Wars Part Four (Star Wars:...

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2024/06/29

Hello and welcome to this ostensibly odd episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast!In the penultimate pod of this Star Wars season, Ben and Rob wrangle the oddballs and outliers of the franchise. This week, it's The Clone Wars, Rogue One and Solo's time under the microscope. In this Star Destroyer of an episode, Ben has corridor concerns and calls for the return of gatekeeping. Rob explains why he'd rather go rogue than solo and the pair take it in turns to mop up the other one's

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01:15:54

One Shot! : Remakes

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2024/06/23

Hello and welcome to this rigourously reheated edition of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this episode, Ben and Rob are going over old ground (for the first time) and pick two movie remakes to stand toe-to-toe in the filmic arena that exists only in their minds. Expect Ben to snowed under with trust issues and Rob to mount a mini defense for a major departure from British tradition. Then join them in five years' time where they'll redo this episode and make it somehow worse. You can

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02:05:29

Franchise Fatigue? : Star Wars Part Three (The Sequel...

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2024/06/16

Hello and welcome to this really rather rollicking episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! Somehow Kylo Ben and Rob-B 8 have returned. This week they dissect, discuss and despair with the Disney Star Wars sequel trilogy. In this dreadnought of an episode, Ben and Rob dabble with the Dark Side, unleash some Sith-esque language and argue about Babu Frik - after all, he is our oldest and dearest friend. Thanks, as always, to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for our theme music. Please follow us

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00:56:35

One Shot! Space Movies

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2024/06/06

Hello and welcome to another One Shot episode!We are a bit spaced out this time, as we look at space movies! Keeping in line with our Star Wars episodes we thought it was high time we ventured into a galaxy not so far away, to look at a couple of space films. But not before we’ve talked about mid-nineties jeans music. 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

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01:06:13

Pick N Mix: May 2024 - Film news, trailers, and opinions

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2024/06/02

Hello and welcome to our Pick N Mix episode for May 2024! Join us for a chat about film news, trailers, and things we saw in May! This time we fawn over The Fall Guy, critique the cinematic experience, and moan about Mufasa. 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 Lawrence Owen of Longcat Media for the theme music.

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01:45:50

Franchise Fatigue?: Star Wars Part Two (The Original...

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2024/05/23

Hello and welcome to this salaciously scintillating episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast!This week, your tin foil pal and the pedal bin return to where it all started- the original Star Wars trilogy. In this saga of an episode, Ben and Rob have a fateful duel over which movie is superior, condemn alien animal cruelty and pore over reams of exciting space admin. Pod or pod not- there is no try. Thanks, as always, to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for our theme music. Please follow us

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00:54:47

One Shot! : Post-Apocalyptic Movies

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2024/05/11

Hello and welcome to this particularly pessimistic edition of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this episode, Ben and Rob invite you to crawl out through the fallout with them as they brave the wasteland of post-apocalyptic films. Expect cheerful chats about the end of the world, a dissection of potential devastation and heated debates over grammar and spicy sauce. You can find us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, X (Twitter) @popcornbucketpd, or via email podcast@thepopcornbucket.com Please

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02:11:46

Franchise Fatigue?: Star Wars Part One (The Prequel...

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2024/05/04

Hello and welcome to this awesomely angsty episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast!This week, your mother effin' starboys tackle the franchise of all franchises - Star Wars. Every saga has a beginning, every podcast has a description and this is ours. In this extra loooong episode, Ben Kenobi and Robsohka discuss The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith and all of their ups and downs. Expect some cosy nostalgia, some Boss Nass-tiness, Williams worship and, of course,

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01:05:21

Pick ‘n Mix: April 2024 - Film News, Trailers, and Chat

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2024/04/25

Hello and welcome to our latest Pick N Mix episode!We’re all about April this month, and we pick from the cinematic smorgasbord to talk about trailers including Bad Boys: Ride or Die, I.S.S., Trap, The Joker 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine. There is also some chat about AI, and some passionate Robservations and RecoBendations. Plus Ben gives Rob a new theme song. Please rate and review on your podcast app of choice, and share on your social network of choice. We are on Instagram and Threads

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01:07:55

Franchise Fatigue?: Kick-Ass

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2024/04/19

Hello and welcome to this bountifully bitey episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast!This week, Ben and Rob don their best internet-bought super suits and patrol the streets with the Kick-Ass movies. Ben accepts his role as the C-Word guy, Rob praises a dog's disguise and the pair have their heartbeats quickened by Union J. Thanks, as always, to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for our theme music. Please follow us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter (Suck it, Musk) @popcornbucketpd,

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01:00:06

One Shot! : Television Movies

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2024/04/12

Hello and welcome to this comfortably couch-potatoesque edition of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this episode, Ben and Rob look to television shows that swapped the small screen for the silver one. Rob tries to sneak the Doctor under the fence, Ben embraces being the wild card of the group and the pair bicker and bluster through another brutal chapter of their never-ending battle for film nerd superiority. You can find us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, X (Twitter) @popcornbucketpd, or via

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