The Popcorn Chronicles: Movies, TV & Pop Culture

This weeks episode compares the 1933, 1976 and 2005 King Kong Films.

This week I talk about 5 of the best Netflix Originals I have come across so far. This episodes Netflix recommends include: Eurovision Song Contest, What Happened to Monday, Hillbilly Elegy, A Jazzman’s Blues and Selena: The Series. 

This week's episode compares 3 of the various film/series adaptations of Victor Hugo's famous novel turned play, Les Miserables. 

This week discussing the best series from AMC+ (a cable channel streaming platform) and Paramount + (a studio streaming platform) Series mentioned include shows like The Offer and 1883. 

This week I talked about the movie trend that blew up in the 2000's of musicians in film cameos, and best the musician turned actors and my favorite of their films. 

What movie do you wish had gotten made? In this episode, I speak about the top 5 movies I wish had made it to release, that were abandoned and canceled over the years. This includes Christopher Nolan's batman with joker’s return, The Godzilla 1998 sequel, Joel Schumacher’s 5th Batman, Sam Raimi’s 4th Spiderman, and the original Tron Legacy sequel. 

Everyone loves to be thrilled right? This week, in my favorite genre, we go into some good thrillers that fit into the the category of government and conspiracy! Films are State of Play, Enemy of the State, and Conspiracy Theory.  

The Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, are films biggest night. This year marks the 96th annual awards so I decided to create a special double feature bonus episode to discuss the top 10 results in Oscar history that I felt missed the mark, and the top 10 that were spot on. 

A discussion about Kate Winslet's best films and television roles by decade. 

This weeks episode features films showing the hard real life things such as cancer, ALS, Eating disorders, grief, and recovery. Films mentioned are You're Not You, Matching Jack, My Sister's Keeper, A Good Person and To The Bone. 

Was it in the Conservatory with the Lead Pipe? Or the Ballroom with the Candlestick? Discussion on the 1985 board game turned film, Clue. 
Second half discusses 1995 Jumanji and its 22 years later sequel: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

This weeks discussion is on the following true story sports films: Air (2023) Rush (2013) and 42 (2013)

This episode will be a brief introduction to the podcast and a short clip of my background watching movies. The rest of the episode will be talking about the 2010 Sci-fi adventure film Tron Legacy.