This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we honor the passing of the American director David Lynch---as we review two of his best-known films: Mulholland Drive (2001) and Blue Velvet (1986).

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Leo's Pick: Crimson Tide (1995)

Tom's Pick: Bicycle Thieves (1948)

This week on Peanuts & Popcorn we review Elem Klimov's Come and See (1985) and The Heist of the Century (2020) from Argentina.

Next Show will be a celebration of the work of David Lynch with Leo's choice of Blue Velvet (1986) and Tom's selection Mulholland Drive (2001).

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we do our post mortem on the recent Oscars and then we review our first two non-Oscar selections for 2025. Tom’s choice is, The Vanishing (1988) directed by George Suizer. We close with Leo's choice, My Old Ass (2024) starring Aubrey Plaza.

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Leo's Pick: The Heist of the Century (2021)

Tom's Pick: Come and See (1985)

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we do double double-feature of reviews ahead of this evening’s 2025 Oscar Awards ceremony. We will start with Conclave and The Nickel Boys, and we finish with The Substance and The Brutalist.

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Leo's Pick: My Old Ass (2024)

Tom's Pick: The Vanishing (1988)

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we break down two more 2025 Oscar nominees for Best Picture. We’ll get things going with the controversial, Emilia Peréz, starring Karla Gascón and Zoe Saldaña; directed by JacquesAudiard, and A Complete Unknow, starring Timothée Chalamet and Edward Norton, directed by James Mangold.

Next up our Oscar preview show with the reviews for

The Brutalist (2024)

The Substance (2024)

Conclave (2024)

The Nickel Boys (2024)

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we submit our picks for the Midsummer Classic. The new playoff format was supposed to encourage competition top to bottom, yet 6 teams are on a pace to lose 100 games. Shohei Otani makes history---while former Cub, Kyle Farnsworth is on a body building binge. Finally, our Popcorn discussion is at the 35:15 mark on the Clint Eastwood film, Grand Torino. Next Week: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

This week, we kick off the 9th season of Peanuts & Popcorn's nationally ranked movie podcast. P&P returns to discuss two of Oscar's Best Picture nominees from last year. We begin with Wicked (2024), directed by John Chu, starring Cynthia Erivo and Arianna Grande. We close out with Anora (2024), directed by Sean Baker, starring Mikey Madison, Paul Wesiman and Yura Borasov.

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Leo's Pick: Emelia Perez (2024)

Tom's Pick: A Complete Unknown (2024)

This week on the final episode of Peanuts and Popcorn for the 2024 season, we hand out the second annual “Poppy” Awards; where we select the best from the movies we’ve reviewed this year. We will give awards for best actor, actress, worst picture, best director and the coveted Paul Katzowsky award for Best Picture in a movie suggested by the other.

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, in Popcorn, we start with the Popcorn and our last two choices for the calendar year, Brooklyn (2004) and Still Crazy (1998).

In Peanuts, the Classic Era Committee meets to re-consider the cases of a small group of potential Hall of Famers, and Lou Whitaker is not one of them. The World Series has ended and no one is surprised to see the Dodgers reach the top of the mountain. How significant is it to see Shohei Otani win a title?

Next Week, the 2nd Annual Poppies.

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we open a steaming bag of Popcorn, as we start with Mel Brooks’, Young Frankenstein (1974), while pivoting to a newer work, How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022).

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Leo's Pick: Still Crazy (1998)

Tom's Pick: Brooklyn (2015)