This week, Popcorn Moms talks about the spy thriller Black Bag (2025), directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, and Pierce Brosnan.

Topics include:

00:00 Intro

04:09 The music didn't work

06:13 Spy thriller meets stage play

07:38 Marriage metaphors

07:59 Caring about characters, or not

11:21 The big reveal

13:09 Is it a good marriage?

14:59 Privacy vs secrecy

18:19 Spy thrriller vs relationship drama

21:48 Adoration makes a good marriage

26:22 Style and design

30:10 Should've set it in the 70s or 80s

33:32 Great villain scene

37:18 Opening sequence and title cards

39:33 Misalignment

41:49 How to do a spy thriller relationship drama, according to us

46:10 No kids, good choice

47:59 Critic vs audience score

48:58 Movie ending

51:31 Therapist character

52:48 What next

57:34 Outro

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