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Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• Benedict Cumberbatch to appear as Doctor Strange in Spiderman 3 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/benedict-cumberbatch-joins-spider-man-3-as-doctor-strange-exclusive)
• Regal Cinemas closing temporarily (https://abcnews.go.com/Business/regal-cinemas-temporarily-shutter-us-theaters-pandemic-rages/story?id=73429393)

Movies:

• The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) 10/16
• Love and Monsters (PVOD/Limited) 10/16
• Don’t Look Back (Theaters/PVOD) 10/16

What We’ve Been Consuming: 

Chris

• Hubie Halloween (Netflix) 

Zack 

• Raised by Wolves (HBO Max)
• Annual “Fun house” horror marathon (Listed Below)
• Lovecraft Country (HBO Max)
• Various Horror/Sci-fi Podcasts

Brian

• Night of the Living Dead (1968) Tubi
• The Transfiguration (2016) Kanopy

Christian 

• Star Wars: Squadrons (PC, Xbox One, PS4)
• Utopia ( Amazon Prime)

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Friday the 13th 1 & 4
Nightmare on Elm St 1 & 2
Slither
Insidious 1 & 2
Trick’r’Treat
Strangers
Ghostbusters 
Cabin in the Woods
Exorcist 3
Paranormal Activity
Terrifier
Event Horizon
Evil Dead
Texas Chainsaw
Scream
House on Haunted Hill (remake)
13 Ghosts
Beetlejuice 
Southbound
Dawn of the Dead
House of 1000 Corpses
Sinister
The Fog
All Hallows’ Eve
The Stuff
The Dead Don’t Die
Hellraiser 1 & 2

     The gang begins their month of spooky bloodsuckers with the original horror film, Nosfratu.

Based on Dracula by Bram Stoker
Directed by: F.W. Murnau
Written by: Henrik Galeen
Score by: Hans Erdmann
Budget: $ 
Grossed: $ 

Cast: 

• Max Schreck as Count Orlok
• Gustav von Wangenheim as Thomas Hutter
• Greta Schröder as Ellen Hutter
• Alexander Granach as Knock
• Georg H. Schnell as Shipowner Harding
• Ruth Landshoff as Annie
• John Gottowt as Professor Bulwer
• Gustav Botz as Professor Sievers
• Max Nemetz as The Captain of The Empusa
• Wolfgang Heinz as First Mate of The Empusa
• Hardy von Francois as mental hospital doctor
• Albert Venohr as sailor two
• Guido Herzfeld as innkeeper
• Karl Etlinger as student with Bulwer
• Fanny Schreck as hospital nurse

Talking Points: 

• What is your experience with Vampire films? 
• Have you seen Nosferatu before? Do you have any experience with other German Expressionist films? 
• What are your overall thoughts of Nosferatu?
• What are some of the themes within the film (problematic or otherwise)?

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Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• Iman Vellani cast as Ms. Marvel on Disney+ (https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ms-marvel-disney-plus-series-cast-iman-vellani-1234788063/?fbclid=IwAR2eNGyUscc_Iq13g87TcCQr2pBbgNmuXRDdaeQ8rvaiYzhZa88G5y1cgiI)
• Borat 2 coming to Amazon October 23 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sacha-baron-cohens-secret-borat-sequel-lands-at-amazon)
• Jamie Foxx in final talks to reprise his role as Electro in the next Tom Holland Spider-man movie (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/spider-man-3-jolt-jamie-foxx-returning-as-electro-exclusive) 

Movies:

• Black Box (Prime Video) 10/6
• Hubie Halloween (Netflix) 10/7

TV:

• The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix) 10/9

What We’ve Been Consuming: 

Chris

• Enola Holmes (Netflix) 

Brian

• The Hills Have Eyes (Kanopy/Tubi)
• Suspiria (Kanopy/Tubi)

Christian 

• Boy’s State (Apple TV+)

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• Poll Results

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     The gang wraps up their Sober September Far-Out Film fest with Richard Linklater's artistic trip down philosophers lane, Waking Life. 

Directed by: Richard Linklater
Written by: Richard Linklater
Score by: Glover Gill
Budget: $?
Grossed: $3.2 million

Cast: 

• Eamonn Healy
• Timothy "Speed" Levitch
• Adam Goldberg
• Nicky Katt
• Ethan Hawke
• Julie Delpy
• Steven Prince
• Caveh Zahedi
• Otto Hofmann
• Richard Linklater
• Alex Jones

Plugs: 

• Pop-O-Holics Jurassic Park Commentary Track 

Next EP: 

• Nosferatu

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Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• Black Widow and West Side Story pushed to 2021 (https://www.careful4spoilers.com/blog/black-widow-eternals-and-death-on-the-nile-have-officially-been-delayed-by-disney?fbclid=IwAR0Wx84s3Nzc6EwdrgcAc82oO7ozqnWhtqChjj1W-nxi2B8LdC1_xqJrd-A)
• Halloween back in theaters this October (https://variety.com/2020/film/news/halloween-halloween-4-halloween-5-theaters-october-1234781054/amp/)

Movies:

• The Boys in the Band (Netflix) 9/30
• The Glorias (Prime Video) 9/30

TV:

• South Park: The Pandemic Special (Comedy Central) 9/30
• Fargo Season 4 (FX) 9/27

What We’ve Been Consuming: 

Chris

• Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (Netflix) 
• Among Us (Game for Mobile and Steam) CK

Brian

• Unhinged (Theaters)
• She Dies Tomorrow (VOD)

Christian 

• Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)  CC
• Paul David’s Youtube Channel 

Community Feedback Section:

• Weekly Discussion results! 

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    To celebrate the gangs 100 episode mark, we are giving our listeners a fun, silly treat. Christian munches on popcorn and makes dad jokes, while Brian and Chris try to have a serious conversation. 

Email them at [email protected] for feedback, future ideas and love. 

Thank you listeners!

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     The gang turns 100 today! They celebrate 100 episodes of Pop-Culture by discussing their favorite films of all time.

Chris’s Top 5 Favorite Films:

1. The Godfather Part I
2. The Dark Knight
3. The Avengers
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. Jurassic Park
6. Back to the Future
7. Ghostbusters
8. Spider-man 2
9. Clerks
10. The Sandlot

Brian’s Top 5 Favorite Films:

1. The Shining
2. Waking Life
3. The Master
4. Pan’s Labyrinth 
5. Requiem For a Dream
6. I Heart Huckabees
7. My Neighbor Totoro
8. Superbad 
9. Brick
10. The Sandlot
11. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Christian’s Top 5 Favorite Films:

1. Brick
2. Requiem for a Dream 
3. Spider-Man 2
4. The Matrix
5. Galaxy Quest
6. The Iron Giant 
7. Captain America: Civil War
8. Jurassic Park
9. The Dark Knight
10. The Truman Show
11.  Eight Legged Freaks

Next EP: 

• Waking Life (2001) 
• Pop-O-Holics Jurassic Park Commentary! 

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Pop-O-Holics Weekly Upload (09/21/2020) 

Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• Tatiana Maslany to star as She-Hulk (https://www.slashfilm.com/she-hulk-tatiana-maslany/)
• PlayStation 5 pricing and release date revealed (https://www.careful4spoilers.com/blog/h68bqrqcwc9e6i0klpzoap876aq0od?fbclid=IwAR2OIcK4K5AvGVQCaq1XiMpP3eaxJn5E9whxFiJQuWE9ZTOjXXL3bTjLoRM)

Movies:

• Enola Holmes (Netflix) 9/23
• Kajillionaire (Theaters) 9/25

TV:

• Utopia (Prime Video)

What We’ve Been Consuming: 

Chris

• The Morning Show (AppleTV+) CK

Brian

• A Simple Favor (Amazon Prime)
• Christine (VOD)

Christian 

• Class Action Park (HBO Max)
• The Social Dilemma (Netflix) 

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     The gang braved the American cinemas and saw Tenet. James Barnes from The Careful4Spoilers Podcast joins Brian and Christian to share their thoughts on returning to theaters and spoiler-free opinions, and then they end the show with a lengthy spoiler filled discussion.

Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Written by: Christopher Nolan
Score by: Ludwig Göransson 
Budget: $200 million
Grossed: ~$152 million as of recording

Cast:

• John David Washington as The Protagonist
• Robert Pattinson as Neil
• Elizabeth Debicki as Kat
• Dimple Kapadia as Priya
• Martin Donovan as Victor
• Aaron-Taylor Johnson as Ives
• Kenneth Branagh as Andrei Sator

Plugs:
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Pop-O-Holics Weekly Upload (09/14/2020) 

Intro: 

• Special guest James Barnes for Careful4Spoilers! 

Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• Sacha Baron Cohen has filmed Borat 2 (https://www.slashfilm.com/borat-2-is-already-done/?fbclid=IwAR2kLJTpLkF5oi0ws7-Xfy3MwcRCR2NJWYaeN2VZUeyXXEdKYMd1GoN4wIg)
• Bel-Air gets 2 seasons at Peacock (https://deadline.com/2020/09/bel-air-peacock-2-season-order-take-on-the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-from-morgan-cooper-westbrook-studios-1234572739/amp/#click=https://t.co/ov7eQJlONI)

Movies:

• The Devil All the Time (Netflix) 9/16
• Antebellum (PVOD) 9/18

TV:

• Ratched (Netflix) 9/18

What We’ve Been Consuming: 

James 

• The New Mutants 
• Interstellar 
• Black Panther 
• Ford V Ferrari Chris

Chris

• Free Enterprise (Steaming on Tubi)
• Digimon Adventure: The Last Evolution Kizuna (2020)

Brian

• Mulan (Disney+)
• Lovecraft Country (HBO Max)

Christian 

• Marvel’s The Avengers ( PS4, Xbox One, PC)
• Straight Up (Netflix)

Community Feedback Section:

• Poll Results! 

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