Original West End Queen Aimie Atkinson is here to discuss returning to the role of Katherine Howard for Six: The Musical Live! – the electrifying cinematic experience hitting cinemas worldwide. Atkinson opens up about stepping back into Katherine’s heels after two years away, reuniting with the original West End Queens, and the emotional and vocal intensity of performing one of Six's most powerful songs, this time with cameras rolling and a live audience feeding every beat. She reflects on watching the show grow into an award-winning international sensation, and why Six’s pop-concert format and unapologetic storytelling continue to resonate with millions.

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• Jonathan Bailey visits Popcorn Podcast to talk all things Wicked
• Jon M Chu on adapting In The Heights
• Better Man: Robbie Williams’ surprise cinematic hit

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Popcorn Podcast unpacks Christy, a boxing biopic that becomes a harrowing story of survival. Directed by David Michôd, Christy begins as a traditional sports movie before evolving into the struggles of identity and intimate partner violence. We're talking Sydney Sweeney’s physically demanding transformation, Ben Foster’s unsettling performance, the film’s powerful themes, pacing challenges and why this important true story struggled at the box office. This spoiler-free review explores what Christy gets right, where it falls short and why Christy Martin’s story still matters for women in sport today.

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• Is Roofman Channing Tatum’s most surprising performance?
• Jason Isaacs takes us down The Salt Path
• Angelina Jolie embodies the OG diva in Maria

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A tropical getaway turns violent when a family’s beloved chimp contracts rabies, and Primate unleashes absolute chaos. Leigh and Tim review the gory creature feature, unpacking its practical effects, muddled character work and emotional contradictions. From face-ripping opening scenes to an unforgettable infinity-pool showdown, we’re kicking off season 16 of Popcorn Podcast with one of our wildest discussions.

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• We sink our teeth into Dangerous Animals
• Death of a Unicorn mayhem and magic with filmmaker Alex Scharfman

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Lights, mics... chaos! It's time to open the Popcorn Podcast vault and unleash the moments that never made it to air (and probably shouldn't). Join us for saucy microphone kisses, Zoolander black-lung attacks, SNL throwbacks, sing-a-longs and space paninis – yes, you read that correctly. From mid-review identity crises to forgetting how to breath (and talk) and full-body warm-ups that would make HR blush, this is the real, unfiltered energy that happens before the episode goes live.

Six years into making Popcorn Podcast, these bloopers prove one thing: we're still having a blast talking movies with you. Enjoy the beautiful mess and these Popcorn Podcast outtakes.

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Let's head into the jungle with Anaconda stars Thandiwe Newton and Steve Zahn. Newton returns to Popcorn Podcast, opening up this time about playing the serious voice of reason in a very unserious situation, and why keeping a straight face opposite master improvisers may have been the hardest acting she’s ever done. While Zahn reflects on why Anaconda isn’t a traditional remake at all, how the film channels the comedy-dramas of the ’80s and ’90s, and why seeing it with a packed, cheering audience felt like a sporting event. The conversation veers into fan-casting chaos (Jaws, anyone?), childhood dreams versus adult reality, and the joy of making a movie that’s genuinely fun.

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• Thandiwe Newton on Reminiscence and working with Westworld collaborator Lisa Joy
• Edgar Wright trades kinetic comedy for grim dystopia in The Running Man
• Popcorn Podcast unpacks The Roses remake

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Return to Pandora with Popcorn Podcast as Leigh and Tim tackle James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third instalment in his epic saga. Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri's (Zoe Saldana) family grapples with grief after Neteyam's death, encountering a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang (Oona Chaplin), as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges. In this spoiler-free episode, everything from story, spectacle, action and CGI is discussed to uncover if this is the best of the franchise or a spectacular misfire. From new Na'vi tribes, world building and horniness, Leigh and Tim search for answers if this will be the final chapter or there’s more story to be told.

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• Does Avatar: The Way of Water live up to the long-awaited hype?
• Return to planet Arrakis for Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two

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Welcome to Popcorn Podcast's salty, snackable movie news series, where we serve up freshly popped kernels from the film world. Join us for a buttery blast through the ongoing blockbuster war between Warner Bros, Netflix and Paramount, first look trailers for The Drama, Supergirl and Street Fighter, plus the surprise casting of Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson in new Hunger Games prequel.

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Welcome to Popcorn Podcast's salty, snackable movie news series, where we serve up freshly popped kernels from the film world. Join us for a buttery blast through first look trailers for Anne Hathaway in Mother Mary and the final girl trip of Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton and Sarah Michelle Gellar in Ready or Not: Here I Come, plus Variety: Actors on Actors returns with their biggest line up ever!

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Academy Award-winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) and Emmy-nominated comedian John Early (The Afterparty) join Popcorn Podcast to unpack A24’s Eternity. The afterlife romance, starring Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner, blends humour, heartbreak and improvised chaos. Our esteemed guests get real to discuss best-friend dynamics, emotional stakes, improv wars and put us on the spot to declare who is funnier.

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• Keke Palmer is having One Of Them Days
• Inside The Bad Guys 2 with Sam Rockwell and Craig Robinson
• Danielle Brooks, Natasha Lyonne and Maria Bakalova steal the show as The Bad Girls

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Writer and director Michael Showalter (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Idea of You) joins Popcorn Podcast to unwrap the heartfelt chaos of his new Christmas film Oh. What. Fun, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Longoria, Felicity Jones and more. He reveals why holiday movies hit his nostalgic sweet spot, how the script balanced humour and truth, and why a weekly pickleball meetup became the emotional glue of the production.

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• Alex Scharfman reveals Death of a Unicorn mayhem and magic
• Actor and director Max Minghella on horror-thriller Shell
• Inside Five Nights at Freddy's 2 with Emma Tammi

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