This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we open with our Peanuts segment, where the new ABS system is quietly reshaping the game — and putting umpires on notice in ways that are anything but subtle.

In Popcorn, we kick things off with Leo’s pick: JerryLewis’s wordless whirlwind of slapstick, The Bellboy (1960).  Our second film is Tom’s selection, AlfonsoCuarón’s luminous  Roma (2018), winner ofthe Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film.

Next Show’s Films:

Tom's Pick: Farewell My Lovely (1975)

Leo's Pick: Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we begin with the Peanuts as Venezuela wins the World Baseball Classic and the Major League Baseball Season begins. In Popcorn, we review our first two movie choices of 2026, we start with Umberto D (1952), and we finish with Alfred Hitchcock’s, NorthBy Northwest (1959).

We’ll also react to the winners and losers at the 98th Oscars.

Next Show's Films:

Leo's Pick: The Bellhop (1960)

Tom's Pick: Roma (2018)

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we open the bag of Peanuts as the World Baseball Classic heads into the quarterfinals, with Team USA hitting a few unexpected bumps along the way.

In Popcorn, we close out our Best Picture coverage by reviewing the final two nominees of the 2025 Oscars: Sentimental Value and Marty Supreme.

Next Show's Films:

Leo's Pick: North by Northwest (1959)

Tom's Pick: Umberto D (1952)

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we’ll begin with the Peanuts as we discuss the new ABS system for balls and strikes. The World Baseball Classic is upon US.
In Popcorn, we will be reviewing two more nominees for Best Picture of 2025. We’ll start with Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, and we finish up with Train Dreams, directed by Clint Bentley.

Next Show's Films:

Leo's Pick: Marty Supreme (2025)

Tom's Pick: Sentimental Value (2025)

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we kick things off with thePeanuts as Spring Training gets underway and we transition to the rituals of the upcoming season. In Popcorn, we continue with our reviews of two more films among the nominees for Best Picture of 2025.

The first is F1 with Brad Pitt, and then we pivot to the Brazilian masterpiece, The Secret Agent.

Next Show's Films:

Leo's Pick: Train Dreams (2025)

Tom's Pick: Bugonia (2025)

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we talk MLB HOF and we review two more Oscar nominees for Best Picture of 2025, Sinners and Hamnet.

Next Show's Films:

Leo's Pick: The Secret Agent (2025)

Tom's Pick:  F1 (2025)

This week, in the first episode of the 10th season of P&P, we dive head first into the Best Picture Nominees for 2025. The first film up for discussion is Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025); and waiting patiently in the on-deck circle is Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (2025).

Next Show's Films:Leo's Pick: Hamnet (2025)

Tom's Pick:  Sinners (2025)

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, after brief recap of the2025 World Series between the Dodgers and the Blue Jays, we will hand out our 3rd Annual “Poppy" awards for the best movies and performances we have seen this season.

Leo's Best Film Suggested: Blue Velvet (1986)

Tom's Best Film Suggested: Spirited Away (2001)

This week on the final P&P film reviews of the 2025 season, we begin with the Peanuts as we lament the losses of the Tigers and Cubs in the post-season.

In Popcorn, we have two excellent movies to review, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), by John Cassavetes, and the retelling of the Greek myth, Orpheus and Eurydice, Black Orpheus (1959).

We will also recap the list of films we’ve reviewed this year ahead of the third Annual “Poppie” awards next week to close out the 2025 season.  

This week on the penultimate episode of this season’s Peanutsand Popcorn, both the Cubs and Tigers win their respective wild card series, as both Tom and I squeal with delight. In Popcorn, we have two excellent movies tobreak down. We begin with a Gurinder Chadra-directed musical interpretation of the Jane Austen novel, Bride and Prejudice, we then turn to Tom’s selection, a French film noir classic directed by Louie Malle from 1958, Elevatorto the Gallows.

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Tom Choice: Black Orpheus (1959)

Leo's Choice: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)