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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

00:59:20

Pick N Mix : August 2023 - Film News, Trailers, and...

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2023/09/01

Hello and welcome to our monthly Pick N Mix episode, this time all about the August just gone. This time, your bucket bois chat about the news that there isn't really any news, serve up some hot Robservations and Recobendations and, as always, fly the flag for physical media and movie collections. Just call them the Shelf Preservation Society. The articles discussed can be found

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01:01:18

One Shot: Movies with a Twist

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2023/08/22

Hello and welcome to a twisting and turning episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This time a listener suggestion sends our daring duo to look at films with a twist. Featuring a brief discussion about the nature of twists in films, two twisting types of theatrical releases, and a poorly planned out return to a sort of sketch opening (please see our episodes on The Matrix and Magical Films for reference). As always, there are spoilers throughout, so listen with caution, and perhaps enjoy this

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01:29:34

Franchise Fatigue?: John Wick

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2023/08/10

Hello and welcome to this doggedly defensive Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This time, your podbois have gone all Continental and are exploring the world of John Wick. Join Ben and Rob as they trawl through Chapters 1-4 and try not to get on each other's...er...nerves. Please follow us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter @popcornbucketpd, GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at: www.thepopcornbucket.com

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00:53:58

Pick ‘n Mix: July 2023 - Film News, Trailers, and...

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2023/08/01

Hello and welcome as we say goodbye to another month of 2023, and this time it was July. We start off quite fruity, remain cantankerous, once again get stressed over streaming, and have a passionate plea for physical media. 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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01:05:28

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One...

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2023/07/25

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to the third part of our Mission: Impossible episodes, as we look at the latest release, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. There are masks, stunts, cars, and steps, and this marks the first time we have returned to a ranking, to see where this fits in with the other films in the franchise. 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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01:18:03

One Shot! : Driving Movies

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2023/07/13

Hello and welcome to this haphazardly high-octane episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this week's One Shot, Ben and Rob pit their best driving films against each other. Your boy racers (figuratively) put the pedal to the metal and battle for a premium podcast podium place. Who will be quaffing champagne with well-wishers and who will be left with only shattered dreams and (hopefully figurative) skidmarks? You know what you have to do to find out! With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of

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01:00:17

Pick ‘N Mix: June 2023 - Trailers, News, & Chat

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2023/07/05

Hello and welcome to this Pick ‘N Mix Episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This time we are reminiscing about June 2023, in what starts out as rather acorny episode. There is some non-Spider-Man Spider-Man News, fantastic facts about Fast and Furious, and the usual trailers and news discussion. Plus, more Robservations and RecoBendations (which is a feature that is definitely catching on, and needs a jingle). This episode really lives up to the ‘Nonsense’ promise, apologies. Apodlogies

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01:16:51

Franchise Fatigue? Batman : Part Four (Batman: The...

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2023/06/29

Hello and welcome to this cartoonishly chaotic Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In the fourth and final part of their Bat-marathon, Ben and Rob get animated and more than a little silly with their final stops on the Bat-train. Are we Bat-overusing the Bat-prefix joke? You'd Bat-tell us right? Please follow us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter @popcornbucketpd, GoodPods @PopcornBucket or visit us at: www.thepopcornbucket.com

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01:20:41

Franchise Fatigue? Batman : Part Three (Batman v...

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2023/06/20

Hello and welcome to this violently vacillating Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In the third part of their tireless trek through all things Batman, Ben and Rob take on er... Ben and Rob. This episode, it's the turn of Messrs Affleck and Pattinson to don the cowl and serve up piping bowls of street justice. With this look at what is tentatively titled the "Modern Batman" era, your Bat bois aim to get the the bottom of the mystifying puzzle that is Batman v Superman and the

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01:43:47

Franchise Fatigue? Batman : Part Two (2005-2012)

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2023/06/13

Hello and welcome to this gloriously gritty Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob continue their hurried, trying-to-not-make-eye-contact-with-anyone walk through the dark, scary streets of Gotham City as they move on to the Christopher Nolan trilogy. Expect a losing battle against the urge to do terrible impressions, a rare Podcat appearance and lashings of good ol' Batchat. Are you ready to begin? Please follow us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod,

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01:12:43

Pick ‘n Mix: May 2023 - News, Trailers, & Opinions

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2023/06/06

Hello and welcome to this Pick ‘N Mix Episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This time we are looking back to the heady days of May 2023, as opinions are opined, trailers are trailed, and reviews are revised. In a wide ranging conversation, we get animated over AI, stroppy about streaming, and supportive of strikes. Ben gets butterflies, and Rob has a favourite new villain. Plus there are some Robservations and RecoBendations (which is a feature that will definitely catch on). Please rate us on

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01:48:31

Franchise Fatigue? Batman : Part One (1989-1997)

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2023/05/31

Hello and welcome to this curiously chiropteran Franchise Fatigue? episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This week, Ben and Rob begin their journey through the dark alleys and imposing statues of Gotham City as they tackle the films of the Caped Crusader himself, Batman. Gasp as Rob admits his unfamiliarity with the first few Batfilms! Chortle as Ben's nipples are deemed too controversial for mainstream media! Third Thing as an actual bat guest-stars! Please follow us on: Instagram

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00:58:26

One Shot! : 2013 films

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2023/05/23

Hello and welcome to this accidentally avian episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this week's One Shot, Ben and Rob delve deep into the archives to rustle up two movies that celebrate their tenth anniversary this year. Do the doofus duo discuss your decade-old darling? You know what you have to do to discover those delectable details... With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter

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01:41:19

Franchise Fatigue? Fantastic Beasts (Harry Potter and...

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2023/05/08

Hello and welcome to this Franchise Fatigue? Episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week we return (for the final time!), and go back further than before, to talk about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and the sequels. Three wizarding films in one episode?! It’ll never catch on. This time we search for the gold within the franchise, like a pair of podcasting Nifflers, and, like Bowtruckles, unpick our (and The Popcorn Bucket Podcast’s) ultimate ranking of the Harry Potter and

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00:43:18

Pick N Mix : April 2023

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2023/05/02

Hello and welcome to this month's hot, heaped serving of the Pick N Mix Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This episode, ya bois cast their eyes and brains over the past month of movie news and do a talking about it with their mouths. Expect trailer talk, soul-cleaving screams and a nostalgic trip back to sausage school. The Wilhelm scream article can be found right here : https://blog.freesound.org/?p=1515 With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please rate us on

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01:15:45

One Shot! : Weather Movies

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2023/04/19

Hello and welcome to this suitably stormy episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this week's One Shot, Ben and Rob look skyward for inspiration and pick two movies related to weather. Expect patches of light drivel and high pressure competition as your blustering buddies aim to be your personal barometers for quality meteorological movie magic. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please follow us on: Instagram @popcornbucketpod, Twitter

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01:22:27

Franchise Fatigue? Harry Potter Part 4

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2023/04/11

Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week we once again (once again) return to the Wizarding World, as we look at the finale to Harry Potter, with the two part Deathly Hallows films. This episode, we take a rambling look at rambling through a forest, talk about the appropriate British curse word to use under duress, and plus there are a few laughs along the way. And, as an evergreen statement, Rob makes at least three jokes that Ben does not enjoy. It all ends here. Except it

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00:48:11

Pick N Mix : March 2023

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2023/04/04

Hello and welcome to this month's serving of the Pick N Mix Popcorn Bucket Podcast! In this enticing episode the Oscars are opined, vampires are valued, asteroids ascertained and the dickpic dichotomy is dissected. With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme music. Please rate us on your podcast app of choice! Follow us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, Letterboxd @popcornpod or visit us at: www.thepopcornbucket.com. Emails/hatemail

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01:21:00

One Shot! : Bruce Willis

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2023/03/28

Hello and welcome to this wonderfully Willis-y episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast! This episode, your die-hard duo Ben and Rob celebrate legendary actor Bruce Willis and pick their favourite Brucey blockbusters and pit them against each other. Expect chat of raspberry rudeness, shocking sporting slaughters, dank dungeon discomfort and practically everything in between - the whole nine yards (but not The Whole Nine Yards) With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of longcatmedia.com for the theme

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01:21:36

Franchise Fatigue? Harry Potter Part 3

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2023/03/14

Hello and welcome to The Popcorn Bucket Podcast. This week we once again return to the Wizarding World, as we look at Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. This time, we are wowed by set design, moved by montages, and thrilled by tunes. There is more shouty Gambeldore, Ben gets a bit handsy, and Rob makes at least three jokes that Ben does not enjoy. You can find us on Instagram @popcornbucketpod, on Twitter @popcornbucketpd, or via email

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