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With Dune 2 lighting up the box office, Crushed Popcorn returns with guest Tim to discuss the movie, the many failed attempts at bringing a satisfactory version of the epic novel to the big screen, and whether Denis Villeneuve has successfully managed to do justice to the Frank Herbert source material. It is about to get spicy!

Joined once again by Tim from the Pint Glass Manifesto podcast, host Mark Johnson sets out the teams most recent podcasting mission - to watch as many video game inspired movies and to chart a course through history of the good, the plenty of bad, and the downright awful.From Super Mario Bros through to Warcraft, from the high of the original Mortal Kombat through to the twin lows of Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead. Why do some movies work? Why does it so often go bad? And are we pote...

A totally new and exciting episode from the team at Crushed Popcorn! Stan joins host Mark Johnson to NOT talk about movies...you heard it here first! As the first in what will be a whole new section to the podcast, the team talks about all things streaming, what they are watching, what they hate, and what is moving and shaking the industry at the moment. Whether it is on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu, BBC IPlayer, Apple TV, or any of the other 1000 services out there, ...

Your host Mark is joined once again by the host of the Pint Glass Manifesto podcast Tim to discuss a movie that is getting a whole load of buzz - Everything Everywhere All At Once. Everything Everywhere all at once is directed by the Daniels and stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, and James Hong. Does the moving deserve all the hype it has been getting? Does it give a multiverse-size punch in the gut to the new Dr. Strange movie and Marvel? The duo di...

Your host Mark is joined by Marie Wong, Pixar fan, cat lover, and stand-up comedian. In this episode, they sit down to watch the latest movie from Pixar - Turning Red. Directed by Domee Shi, who also directed the excellent short Bao, and staring Rosalie Chiang and Sandra Oh. Since its release, the movie has managed to turn heads and is held up as the latest dividing line in the ever-growing culture wars. So does it go too far when speaking about puberty? Does it go far enough? Is th...

Join usual suspects Mark and Stan, alongside special guest Tim from the Pint Glass Manifesto podcast, as they discuss and debate the latest DC movie, The Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves of War and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, starring Robert Pattinson as Batman and Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman. Can the movie make Batman relevant again for a new generation? Is it possible to best the Christopher Nolan trilogy? Is Pattinson a believable Batman? The team discusses this and much more in t...