The Popcornhead Podcast
Welcome Kernels and Cornheads to The Popcornhead Podcast!
Each episode we will be analysing a different film, past or present, the good, the bad, and the sometimes ugly. We’ll talk pre-production, filming, our own thoughts, any historical context, and the occasional wormhole, things can get a little weird around here.
Episodes
30 episodes
Special: The Muppets' Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Christmas Traditions!!
Here it is Cornheads! The final episode of the year and season 3.This week we’re looking at not only The Muppets Christmas Carol, but we’re also looking at the legendary Charles Dickens, and his original novel.<...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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1:14:45
Eyes Wide Shut, Going Down the Rabbit Hole, Bono Being Sly!!
This week we are looking at Stanley Kubrick’s final film, Eyes Wide Shut, released in 1999, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.Set during Christmas, the film follows a doctor who finds out his wife has been thinking about h...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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1:25:42
Blue Velvet, Crazy Dennis Hopper, and Lynch Sets the Tone!!
This week we are looking at David Lynch’s Blue Velvet!Blue Velvet is a film that’s hard to categorise in the traditional sense. There are various elements going on when you look at it from mystery, Neo-noir, psychological horr...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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1:13:24
The Substance, Standards of Female Beauty, The Demi Moore-aissance!!
This week we’re looking at The Substance!The film follows Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading starlet of the screen, who starts using a black market drug that temporarily creates a younger, and “better” version of herself, which leads...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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1:05:51
Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Unwanted Assistance, and Thanksgiving!!
This week we’re looking at Planes, Trains & Automobiles!This one is a real holiday favourite for me, hilarious and heartwarming, as Neal Page (Steve Martin) tries to get home to his family for Thanksgiving, with the unwant...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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1:04:40
Chinatown, Bad Boy Polanski, and Donald Trump as Jake Gittes??
We’ve done it Cornheads, a quarter century of episodes!To celebrate this momentous occasion this week we are looking at the monumental Chinatown, directed by the controversial Roman Polanski, with one of the greatest screenpla...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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1:25:55
School of Rock, Classic Rocks New Generation, Everybody Wants to Party With Aretha!!
This week we’re looking at Richard Linklater’s School of Rock!Dewey Finn, an enthusiastic and somewhat obnoxious guitar player gets kicked out of his band. In his struggle to pay the rent, he ends up posing as his room mate Ne...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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1:15:26
Happiness, Isolation, and Finding Humanity in the Worst People Imaginable!!
This week we’re looking at Happiness!One of the most controversial films of the 90s, this film will absolutely split the room believe me.The film is about emotionally isolated individuals, desperate for some ...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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1:06:49
Scream, Reshaping Horror, and World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette!!
This week we’re looking at Wes Craven’s Scream.Scream had an enormous impact on the horror genre and helped shape what horror cinema would become since its release in 1996.
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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1:15:04
Psycho, Changing Cinema, Horny Hitchcock!!
We’re back with a bang, or should we say stab?This week we’re looking at Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.One of the founding fathers of the slasher genre, Psycho shocked audiences worldwide, and changed cinema fore...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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1:19:32
Special: 90’s Film Soundtracks, Let Phil Collins Cook!!
This week we’re doing our 2nd Popcornhead Special, taking a look at some of the most iconic soundtracks from the 90’s, from hit singles, to original scores and songs, to bangin soundtracks.We’ll be taking a break for a couple ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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1:10:59
Perfect Days, Bespoke Japanese Toilets, and Mental Health
In this weeks episode we’re looking at Wim Wender’s Perfect Days.The film follows Hirayama, a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose tranquil and peaceful life of isolation becomes gradually invaded by outside forces....
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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57:02
The Bridge on the River Kwai, Controversial Casting, Satire of Empire??
In this weeks episode we’re looking at David Lean’s The Bridge on the River Kwai.Set during World War II, in a Japanese POW camp, Colonel Nicholson and his men are tasked with building a railway bridge over the River Kwai for ...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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1:25:42
Se7en, Friday Nights for Kevin Spacey, and Crusades of Violence!!
In this weeks episode we’re looking at David Fincher’s Se7en.The film follows Detectives Mills and Somerset, who become embroiled in a case involving a serial killer driven by the seven deadly sins.We also ta...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:09:02
Glory, Civil War Myths, and Matthew Broderick’s Driving!!
This week we’re looking at Edward Zwick’s Glory, which follows the true story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army’s first African-American regiments during the American Civil War.We also talk abo...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:09:26
Alien: Romulus (2024) - Spoiler Free Review
This week we’re doing a spoiler free review of Fede Álvarez’s Alien Romulus.We look at the Alien franchise, the use of practical effects in film, and give our overall impressions. We also touch on the trailers we saw before the film, an...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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1:00:17
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, Evil Hamlet, The Charles Manson Wormhole!!
In this weeks episode we’re looking at Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.The film follows Rick Dalton, a walking piece of nostalgia, struggling with the changes in his acting career in 1969. We als...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:32:28
Double Indemnity, Raymond Chandler, and Barry from Eastenders!!
In this episode we are looking at Billy Wilder's seminal film noir Double Indemnity, which would become a template for the genre.We also talk Raymond Chandler, the Hays Code, Edward Hopper, Wham and George Michael, and of course, Barry ...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:15:34
Sideways, Male Friendship, and Wine Tasting!!
In this weeks episode, we’re looking at Alexander Payne’s Sideways. A film that follows two pathetic, middle aged friends as they navigate wine country in Santa Barbara.We also had ourselves a little wine tasting, sampling some of the po...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:15:00
Troy, Odysseus Hates His Wife, and Paris The Simp!!
In this weeks episode, we’re looking at Wolfgang Petersen’s Troy. We also explore the myth behind this realist adaptation of The Iliad, Odysseus not liking his wife, Paris being a massive simp, and some parallels with the fi...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:18:00
Special: Pitching Oscar-Bait, Melodramatic Biopics, and Whitewashed General Lee!!
In our first Popcornhead Special, we each pitch our own idea for an Oscar-Bait film, a film made solely for the purpose of trying to win Academy Awards. Expect NHS heroes, Canadian blunders, and out-of-favour Generals.We had...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:04:38
The Silence of the Lambs, Serial Killers, and Loose Canons!!
In this episode, we explore director Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.We also uncover the three terrifying real-life figures who inspired Ted Levine's infamous composite kille...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:38:03
The Hunt, Pizzagate, and Witch Hunts!!
This week we are looking at Thomas Vinterberg's psychological drama, The Hunt.We also talk witch hunts, conspiracy theories, satanism, among other weird stuff!
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:34:56
The Searchers Part 2, Villainous Wayne, Stick a Finger up My A**!!
This week continues our exploration of John Ford's The Searchers.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:27:17
The Searchers Part 1, Wayne and Ford, The Son of God!!
Join us as we take on the gargantuan task of gulping down John Ford's classic western The Searchers. Delving into this cinematic masterpiece, we explore the burning questions: Is it a white supremacist propaganda film? Who's really...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:19:23
