Popcorn Therapy

The boys tumble down some outrageous man-holes after reuniting for the first time in months. Tune in to hear Kane give thanks to Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian for restoring his childhood love of the Star Wars universe while James shares some salacious tidbits from Barry Sonnenfeld’s new memoir. Listen in to hear the gang pay their respects for the late great Jerry Stiller, debate the merits of creative sibling rivalries, and kiss the ring for Mike Judge and his fight for the humble worker-bee.

Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) - George Lucas
Tiger King - Eric Goode
The Last Dance - Jason Hehir
The Mandalorian - Jon Favreau
Ironman (2008) - Jon Favreau
The Jungle Book (2015) - Jon Favreau
Swingers (1996) - Jon Favreau
Seinfeld - Larry David
Zoolander (2002) - Ben Stiller
Meet The Parents (2000) - Jay Roach
The Cable Guy (1996) - Ben Stiller
Reality Bites (1994) - Ben Stiller
Twins (1988) - Ivan Reitman
Happy Days - Garry Marshall
Men in Black (1997) - Barry Sonnenfeld
Barry Sonnenfeld: Call Your Mother
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David
Blood Simple (1984) - The Coen Bros
Raising Arizona (1986) - The Coen Bros
Miller’s Crossing (1988) - The Coen Bros
Goodfellas (1990) - Martin Scorsese
Big (1988) - Penny Marshall
Predator (1987) - John McTiernan
Top Gun (1986) - Tony Scott
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) - John Hughes
The Breakfast Club (1985) - John Hughes
Sleepy Hollow (1999) - Tim Burton
From Hell (2001) - The Hughes Bros
Menace II Society (1993) - The Hughes Bros
Dead Presidents (1995) - The Hughes Bros
The Matrix (1999) - The Wachowski Starship
Silicon Valley - Mike Judge/Alec Berg
Black Mirror - Charlie Brooker
Office Space (1999) - Mike Judge
Idiocracy (2006) - Mike Judge

The boys stroll down memory lane with the incredible talent that is Daniel Zovatto. Tune in to hear the trio dive into the power of gratitude, the value of a strong work ethic, and the importance of always showing up. Listen in to hear Zovatto share tales from Tinseltown, including the making of his new Showtime series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, working with famed screenwriter John Logan, and the beauty of clawing for every single inch.

It Follows (2014) - David Robert Mitchell
Don’t Breathe (2016) - Fede Alvarez
Ladybird (2017) - Greta Gerwig
The Bachelor
Vanderpump Rules
Jerry Springer
The Maury Show
Fantastic Four (2015) - Josh Trank
The Matrix (1999) - The Wachoski Sisters
The Tim Ferriss Podcast - Brené Brown
The Basketball Diaries (1995) - Scott Kalvert
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) - Lasse Hallestrom
The Beach (2000) - Danny Boyle
The Place Beyond The Pines (2012) - Derek Cianfrance
Pulp Fiction (1994) - Quentin Tarantino
Innocence (2013) - Hilary Brougher
Beneath (2013) - Larry Fessenden
The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) - David Robert Mitchell
Under The Silver Lake (2018) - David Robert Mitchell
Skyfall (2012) - Sam Mendes
Any Given Sunday (1999) - Oliver Stone
Rango (2011) - Gore Verbinski
Sweeney Todd (2007) - Tim Burton
The Truman Show (1998) - Peter Weir
Flinch (2020) - Cameron Van Hoy

This week the boys wax nostalgic for their childhood idols. Tune in to hear James bend the knee for Jim Carrey after re-watching Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond while Kane gets all giddy for Michael Jordan in The Last Dance. Listen in to find out why Louis C.K’s latest stand-up special is worth every penny while Kane gets on his soapbox for Alison Brie's new Netflix film Horse Girl.

Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond (2018) - Chris Smith
Man on The Moon (1999) - Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1975) - Miloš Forman
The Mask (1994) - Chuck Russell
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) - Tom Shadyac
Dumb & Dumber (1994) - Peter Farrelly
In Living Color - Keenan Ivory Wayans
The Truman Show (1998) - Peter Weir
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Michel Gondry
The Last Dance - Jason Hehir
Space Jam (1996) - Joe Pytka
Michael Jordan ‘Failure’ Commercial
Sincerely (2020) - Louis C.K.
The Movies That Made Us - Brian Volk-Weiss
Harold Ramis - New Yorker profile
The Razor’s Edge (1986) - Bill Murray
HorseGirl (2020) - Jeff Baena
Joshy (2016) - Jeff Baena
Silicon Valley - Mike Judge
Joker (2019) - Todd Phillips
Falling Down (1993) - Joel Schumacher
Mad Men - Matthew Weiner
Bojack Horseman - Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Glow - Liz Flahive/Carly Mensch
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) - Dan Gilroy
Roman J. Israel (2017) - Dan Gilroy
Man On Fire (2004) - Tony Scott
American Psycho (2000) - Mary Harron

This week the gang speak with Australian actor and director Rhys Wakefield, who graciously took time out to chat direct from the City of Angels. The boys quiz Wakefield on working with Nic Pizzolatto on True Detective: Season 3, his favourite Australian films and find mutual comfort in Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard. Tune in to hear Wakefield spill the beans on his directorial debut Berserk, staying sane in Tinseltown and the making of his latest FX show Reprisal.

True Detective S3 - Nic Pizzolatto
Reprisal - Josh Corbin
The Red Hand Files - Nick Cave
Galveston - Nic Pizzolatto
War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
Woodstock (1970) - Michael Wadleigh
Fight Club (1999) - David Fincher
Berserk (2019) - Rhys Wakefield
The Invisible Man (2020) - Leigh Whannell
Terminator (1984) - James Cameron
Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Billy Wilder
Home and Away - Alan Bateman
Malcolm Gladwell
Wake In Fright (197?) - Ted Kotcheff
First Blood (1980) - Ted Kotcheff
Sanctum (2011) - Alister Grierson
Avatar (2009) - James Cameron
Aquaman (2018) - James Wan
The Warriors (1979) - Walter Hill
A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Stanley Kubrick
Fargo - Noah Hawley
The Handmaids Tale - Bruce Miller

The boys are chuffed to have Hannah Barlow - Kane’s creative collaborator and partner - on to talk all things Popcorn Therapy. They debate the merits of cancel culture as James champions the comedic might of Louis C.K. while Hannah expounds on her love for The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. Tune in to hear the gang talk turkey on the streaming economy, from zeitgeist hits like Tiger King to Joe Swanberg’s underrated Easy.

Everything Is Amazing & Nobody Is Happy - Louis C.K
Seinfeld - Larry David
Valhalla Rising (2009) - Nic Winding Refn
Days of Heaven (1978) - Terrence Malick
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Amy Sherman-Palladino
Gilmore Girls - Amy Sherman-Palladino
August Osage County (2013) - John Wells
Adaptation (1998) - Spike Jonze
The Orchid Thief - Susan Orlean
Tiger King - Eric Goode
Horace and Pete - Louis C.K.
Easy - Joe Swanberg
Togetherness - Jay and Mark Duplass
Happy Christmas (2014) - Joe Swanberg
Digging for Fire (2015) - Joe Swanberg 
Drinking Buddies (2013) - Joe Swanberg
The Puffy Chair - Jay Duplass

The boys host the one and only Destin Daniel Cretton (Just Mercy, The Glass Castle, Short Term ’12) as their very first guest of the show. Speaking direct from self-isolation, Cretton gets confessional about his inspiring body of work and the mantra that keeps him true to his voice. Tune in to hear Cretton share his incredible life lessons from the business.

I Am Not A Hipster (2012) - Destin Daniel Cretton
Short Term ’12 (2013) - Destin Daniel Cretton
The Glass Castle (2017) - Destin Daniel Cretton
Just Mercy (2019) - Destin Daniel Cretton
Shang-Chi & The Legend of the Ten Rings (2020) -- Destin Daniel Cretton
E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982) - Steven Spielberg
The Goonies (1985) - Richard Donner
Police Academy (1984) - Hugh Wilson
Look Who’s Talking (1989) - Amy Heckerling
Steel Magnolias (1989) - Herbert Ross
Hot Fuzz (2007) - Edgar Wright
The Imagineering Story (2019)
Cassavetes on Cassavetes - Ray Carney
Honey Boy (2019) - Alma Har’el
Rampart (2011) - Oren Moverman

This week the boys get confessional about the Coronavirus before finding mutual comfort in Marc Maron’s latest Netflix special. Tune in to hear them chew over their recent quarantine picks while Kane gives Javier Bardem a run for his money and James champions Jerry Seinfeld’s onscreen persona as the perfect antidote to these existential times.


Shownotes:

Cast Away (2000) - Robert Zemeckis
World War Z (2013) - Marc Forster
28 Days Later (2002) - Danny Boyle
Russell Brand - COVID-19 YouTube videos
End Times Fun (2019) - Marc Maron
Geostorm (2017) - Dean Devlin
2012 (2009) - Roland Emmerich
Bojack Horseman - Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Seinfeld - Larry David
Seinfeldia - Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
My Seinfeld Year - Fred Stoller
Mission Impossible III (2006) - J.J. Abrams
Casino Royale (2006) - Martin Campbell
Skyfall (2012) - Sam Mendes
John Wick: Chapter 3 (2019) - Chad Stehelski
The Matrix (1999) - Lana and Lilly Wachowski
Airplane! (1980) - David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker
The Blues Brothers (1980) - John Landis
An American Werewolf in London (1981) - John Landis
Trading Places (1983) - John Landis
Coming to America (1988) - John Landis
Forrest Gump (1994) - Robert Zemeckis
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - Robert Zemeckis
Super Mario Bros (1993) - Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel
The Fly (1986) - David Cronenberg
The Pest (1997) - Paul Miller
The Long Good Friday (1980) - John Mackenzie
Jim Kohn - The Law of Averages
Jerry Seinfeld - Seinology
Man On The Moon (1993) - Miloš Forman

The boys knuckle down in the face of COVID-19 and find comfort in their favourite films. Tune in to hear them ramble on about the power of Aussie cinema as James lists his favourite homegrown filmmakers and Kane tumbles down memory lane revisiting his most cherished nineties blockbusters. Listen in to hear the pair reunite over their shared love of Mel Gibson, Elisabeth Shue and Gary Busey’s Amazon Fire commercial.

Shownotes:

Do The Right Thing (1989) - Spike Lee
Life (2017) - Daniel Espinosa
Prisoners (2013) - Denis Villeneuve
Enemy (2014) - Denis Villeneuve
Contagion (2011) - Steven Soderbergh
Mr. Inbetween - Scott Ryan
Animal Kingdom - David Michôd
Atlanta - Donald Glover
Boardwalk Empire - Terrence Winter
The Sopranos - David Chase
The Wire - David Simon
Fargo (1995) - The Coen Bros
Raising Arizona (1987) - The Coen Bros
Leaving Las Vegas (1996) - Mike Figgis
Cocktail (1988) - Roger Donaldson
The Saint (1996) — Philip Noyce
Conspiracy Theory (1997) - Richard Donner
Payback (1999) - Brian Helgeland
Enemy of the State (1998) - Tony Scott
Ransom (1996) - Ron Howard
Contact (1996) - Robert Zemeckis
Point Break (1991) - Kathryn Bigelow
The Thin Red Line (1998) - Terrence Malick
The Tree of Life (2007) - Terrence Malick
Lethal Weapon (1984) - Richard Donner
Escape From New York (1981) - John Carpenter
Gallipoli (1981) - Peter Weir
Witness (1985) - Peter Weir
Mad Max Fury Road (2015) - George Miller
My Year of Living Dangerously (1982) - Peter Weir
Dead Calm (1989) - Philip Noyce
Zoolander (2002) - Ben Stiller
Kenny (2006) - Clayton Jacobsen
The Proposition (2005) - John Hillcoat
Hesher (2010) - Spencer Susser
Catch-22 - Luke Davies, David Michôd
Catch-22 (1970) - Mike Nichols
Three Days of The Condor (1975) - Sydney Pollack
The Seventh Seal (1957) - Ingmar Bergman

This week the boys talk temper tantrums and share some confessional tales from the making of their first films. Tune in to hear James talk about the power of serendipity after meeting the one and only Russell Brand while Kane gets all hot and bothered over Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man and the underrated charm of the Blumhouse universe.

Shownotes:

Seinfeld - Larry David
The Godfather (1972) - Francis Ford Coppola
First Man (2018) - Damien Chazelle
La La Land (2016) - Damien Chazelle
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
Old School (2003) - Todd Phillips
Unbreakable (2000) - M. Night Shyamalan
Cop Out (2010) - Kevin Smith
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) - Wes Anderson
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - Wes Anderson
Looper (2012) - Rian Johnson
Smodcast Podcast
The Pacific - Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg
Echoes Of War (2015) - Kane Senes
The Invisible Man (2020) - Leigh Whannell
Hollow Man (2000) - Paul Verhoeven
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Alan Moore
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Logan (2017) - James Mangold
Upgrade (2018) - Leigh Whannell
John Wick (2014) - Chad Stehelski
Ingrid Goes West (2017) - Matt Spicer
Die Hard (1988) - John McTiernan
Serpico (1973) - Sidney Lumet
The French Connection (1972) - William Friedkin
Jurassic Park (1994) - Steven Spielberg
The Terminator (1984) - James Cameron
Shaun of The Dead (2004) - Edgar Wright
The World’s End (2013) - Edgar Wright
Spaced (1999) - Edgar Wright
Simon Pegg - Big Mouth Strikes Again (2015 blog post)
Fight Club (1999) - David Fincher
The Simpsons - Matt Groening
Seven (1995) - David Fincher

This week the boys tumble down some therapeutic man-holes in search of answers to the riddle of life. Tune in to hear them debate the merits of meditation, dissect the 92nd Academy Awards, chew over Brit Marling’s startling NYT op-ed, and pay tribute to the lion that was Kirk Douglas.

Shownotes:

Cast Away (2000) - Robert Zemeckis
‘Tough Guys For Trump’ Tweet
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David
Catching The Big Fish (2006) - David Lynch
The Tim Ferriss Podcast - Brené Brown
The Call To Courage - Brené Brown (2019)
Borat (2006) - Larry Charles
The Beatles - All You Need is Love
Parasite (2019) - Bong Joon-Ho
Life is Beautiful (1997) — Roberto Benigni
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019) - Quentin Tarantino
1917 (2019) - Sam Mendes
Brit Marling NYT Op-Ed- I Don’t Want To Be The Strong Female Lead
Another Earth (2011) - Mike Cahill
Sound of My Voice (2011) - Zal Batmanglij
The East (2010) - Zal Batmanglij
Good Will Hunting (1997) - Gus Van Sant
It (2017) - Andrés Muschietti
The Hero With A Thousand Faces (1949) - Joseph Campbell
Rick and Morty - Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland
Dan Harmon - The Story Circle
Alien (1979) - Ridley Scott
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - Vincente Minnelli
Trumbo (2015) - Jay Roach
Roman Holiday (1953) - William Wyler
Spartacus (1960) - Stanley Kubrick
Lust for Life (1954) - Vincente Minnelli
Two Weeks In Another Town (1962) - Vincente Minnelli
Wall Street (1987) - Oliver Stone
Born On The Fourth of July (1989) - Oliver Stone
Fatal Attraction (1987) - Adrian Lyne
The Nice Guys (2016) - Shane Black
Gladiator (2000) - Ridley Scott
L.A. Confidential (1997) - Curtis Hanson
3:10 to Yuma (2007) - James Mangold