Popcorn Podcast

Hot off it's Oscar nominations for best original screenplay (Robert Kaplow) and best performance by an Actor (Ethan Hawke), Leigh and Tim discuss Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon which tells the story of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart bravely facing the future as his professional and private life unravel at the opening night party for his former partner’s hit show Oklahoma! From unpacking a career best performance, highlighting a dialogue heavy script and appreciating some truly effective camera trickery, Blue Moon will delight musical theatre aficionados and lovers of language and art. All this and more in a brand new episode of Popcorn Podcast.

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Welcome to Popcorn Podcast's salty, snackable movie news series, where we serve up freshly popped kernels from the film world. Join us for a buttery blast through the Oscar Nominations for 2026. We love this time of year and wanted to share our surprises and delights with you as we take a look at a few of the categories. From Ryan Coogler’s Sinners landing 16 nominations—the most ever for a single film, to the biggest snub? Wicked: For Good being shut out completely... All this and more as we unpack the Academy Award nominations for 2026!

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Hamnet: immersive and transformative filmmaking
Bugonia review: Yorgos Lanthimos’ corporate fever dream stings deep
Brad Pitt and Formula One thrills in F1: The Movie
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We welcome Dacre Montgomery back to Popcorn Podcast to discuss his profoundly timely film, Dead Man's Wire. In February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård) entered the office of Richard Hall (Montgomery), president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to Tony's own neck. Director Gus Van Sant (To Die For) hopes his film doesn’t merely revisit a moment in history, but opens a conversation about how frustration, alienation, and loss of control can twist into something volatile. In our chat with Dacre, he shares why he couldn’t resist working with legendary director Gus Van Sant, the physicality his performance demanded and working opposite legends like Al Pacino and more.

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How Dacre uses smell to find his character in Went Up the Hill
Broken Hearts Gallery - a modern rom-com classic
Behind-the-scenes insights into the making of Luhrmann's Elvis
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Journey back to 1580 England with Popcorn Podcast for a review of Chloé Zhao's breathtaking Hamnet. After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes (Jessie Buckley) and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) grapple with grief. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss. Hamnet is about love and death and how these two foundational human experiences can alchemise and transform each other through art and storytelling. In this deep and thoughtful episode, Leigh and Tim discuss the story and its performances through the lens of its Oscar-winning director. But is it the awards darling everyone is predicting?

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Paul Mescal goes wild in Gladiator II
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Original West End Queen Aimie Atkinson is here to discuss returning to the role of Katherine Howard for Six: The Musical Live! – the electrifying cinematic experience hitting cinemas worldwide. Atkinson opens up about stepping back into Katherine’s heels after two years away, reuniting with the original West End Queens, and the emotional and vocal intensity of performing one of Six's most powerful songs, this time with cameras rolling and a live audience feeding every beat. She reflects on watching the show grow into an award-winning international sensation, and why Six’s pop-concert format and unapologetic storytelling continue to resonate with millions.

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Jonathan Bailey visits Popcorn Podcast to talk all things Wicked
Jon M Chu on adapting In The Heights
Better Man: Robbie Williams’ surprise cinematic hit
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