Keanu Reeves and Sandra Oh as angels, Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansari in a bodyswap, bonus Keke Palmer - random disparate elements, or winning combo? We review Good Fortune (which is also Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut) and find out for ourselves, before turning our attention to the four-decade long career of the iconic Keanu Reeves, and discussing its highs, lows, and of course, whoas.

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It’s the week of Deepavali! This year, we revisit the 2018 film Vada Chennai by acclaimed director Vetrimaaran, which underperformed at the box office when it was first released but has since gained a cult following. It stars Dhanush and follows a skilled carrom player from North Chennai who becomes entangled in the city’s underworld and power struggles over several decades. We review the film, and then on Take Two, we discuss your favourite movies and series about revenge.

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We review One Battle After Another, Leonardo DiCaprio’s first collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson, which draws on the paranoid humour and tangled conspiracies of Thomas Pynchon's Vineland. On Take 2, we revisit your favourite DiCaprio performances, and on B-Side, we dive into Jonny Greenwood’s soundtrack of tense rhythms that mirrors the film’s spiralling paranoia.

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Black Bag is a spy-drama by Steven Soderbergh available to stream on HBO. It follows two legendary intelligence agents, George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) and his wife Kathryn (Cate Blanchett), whose marriage is tested when Kathryn becomes a suspect in a national security leak. But really, it's a film that explores what relationships would look like if everyone in your circle were secret agents and professional liars. We review the movie and then on Take Two explore the best romantic films and series.

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With Princess Mononoke back in theatres, we thought it would only be right to look back at one of Hayao Miyazaki’s early masterpieces the way it’s meant to be seen: On the biggest screen possible. We also review Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra, a Malayali superhero movie that’s making waves in Indian cinema. Then, we discuss your favourite female-led action movies and series, before deep diving into Joe Hisaishi’s iconic soundtrack for Princess Mononoke.

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Netflix’s hit gothic mystery series, Wednesday, is back for its highly anticipated second season. The stakes are higher, there are new mysteries to be solved and loads of wild teenage drama too! Meanwhile, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunite for Highest 2 Lowest, an English-language remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 film High and Low. So, in this episode of Popcorn Culture, we’ve got a double bill of reviews. And on Take Two, we explore the best mysteries/whodunits from the big screen and small.

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With Merdeka around the corner, Popcorn Culture celebrates local filmmaking with a review of three local short films: 'Pace' by Ekin Kee Charles, 'The House of Brick and Stone' by Ananth Subramaniam and 'Fasa' by Syahmi Norsan.

Then on Take 2, we discuss your favourite Malaysian movies, before hearing from our local filmmakers about the hopes thay have for Malaysian cinema. For this we hear from Adam Zainal, Ananth Subramaniam, Anwar Johari Ho, Gogularaajan Rajendran, Lee Yve Vonn, Mickey Lai and Putra Adib.

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Superstar Rajinikanth is back on the big screen with his 171st film, Coolie – a milestone that also marks his 50th year in cinema. Not only that, it’s also the first time he’s teamed up with Lokesh Kanagaraj, who’s arguably the most popular action-film director in India right now. There’s also the star-studded pan-Indian supporting cast – Nagarjuna, Soubin Shahir, Upendra, Shruti Haasan and a cameo by Aamir Khan. Naturally, expectations by fans have been through the roof, but does it live up to its hype? We review the film and then on Take Two, discuss the best signature moves/gestures by movie stars.

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This week, we’re reviewing the latest, much-anticipated entry into the Horror Canon of Creepy Children, in the form of Zach Cregger’s Weapons. In it, seventeen children from the same classroom mysteriously run out of their homes towards an unknown target in the middle of the night, going missing, with no reason why. We talk about the movie, and whether it lives up to the acclaim it’s been receiving, before going on to ask: when it comes to horror, what’s your flavour? Do you prefer ‘elevated’ takes on the genre, or do you go enjoy the reliable combination of ghosts and gore?

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The Police Squad is back in an all-new reboot of The Naked Gun, starring Liam Neeson as Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. - the one man who has the particular set of skills to save the world - and Pamela Anderson as femme fatale, Beth Davenport. So of course, we talk about whether old-timey slapstick comedy still lands in 2025. Then on Take 2, we ask you for your favourite comedies, before diving into Liam Neeson's love ballad 'My Sweet Beth' on the B-Side.

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