Popoholics

Popoholics Weekly Upload (1/24/2022)

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Intro:

• Welcome

Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• RIP: Sidney Poitier, Peter Bogdanovich, Betty White, Bob Saget, Gaspard Ulliel 
• When We Were Young festival/lineup announced (https://www.whenwewereyoungfestival.com)
• Daniel Radcliffe to play ‘Weird Al’ in biopic for The Roku Channel (https://www.slashfilm.com/736724/daniel-radcliffe-to-portray-weird-al-yankovic-in-a-biopic-for-roku/)
• First Moon Knight trailer is out now (https://youtu.be/x7Krla_UxRg)

Movies:

• The Fallout (HBO Max) 1/27
• The Orbital Children Part 1 (Netflix) 1/28

TV:

• The Legend of Vox Machina (Prime Video) 1/28
• The Afterparty (Apple TV+) 1/28
• The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (Netflix) 1/28

Video Games:

• Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Switch) 1/28

Community Feedback Section: 

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Episode 164:

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Top 5 Movies of the Year:

Christian:

• 5. No Sudden Move
• 4. Palmer
• 3. Benedetta
• 2. Dune
• 1. Bo Burnham: Inside

Brian:

• 5. The Card Counter
• 4. No Sudden Move
• 3. Nine Days
• 2. The Green Knight
• 1. C’mon C’mon

Chris:

• 5. The Green Knight
• 4. Zack Snyder’s Justice League
• 3. C’mon C’mon
• 2. Bo Burnham: Inside
• 1. Tick, Tick… Boom!

Episode 163:
Top 3 TV Shows of the Year:

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Christian:

• 3. Yellowjackets (Showtime)
• 2. Arcane (Netflix)
• 1. 100 Foot Wave (HBO Max)

Brian:

• 3. Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• 2. Ted Lasso: Season 2 (Apple TV+)
• 1. Reservation Dogs (Hulu)

Chris:

• 3. MOTU: Revelation (Netflix)
• 2. Hawkeye (Disney+)
• 1.  Ted Lasso: Season 2 (Apple TV+)

Episode 162:  Best of Albums, Video Games and Podcast

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 Talking Points:

1. 2021 Pop-Culture In Review

Brian’s Top 3 Albums of the Year

3. If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power - Halsey
2. Graceful Rage - Harmony Woods 
1. Mood Ring - Kississippi 

Christian’s Top 3 Video Games of the Year

3. Deathloop Marvels
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
1.  Halo: Infinite

Chris’s Top 3 Podcasts/YouTube Channels of the Year
 
3. The Friendship Onion
2. Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum
1. Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend

Episode 161: Spider-Man: No Way Home

Directed by: Jon Watts 
Written by: Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers
Score by: Michael Giacchino 
Budget: $ million
Gross: $ million 

Cast:

• Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
• Zendaya as MJ 
• Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange
• Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
• Jon Favreau as Harold “Happy” Hogan
• Marisa Tomei as May Parker
• J.B. Smoove as Julius Dell
• Benedict Wong as Wong

Talking Points:

1. What are your overall non-spoiler thoughts on Spider-Man: No Way Home?

Spoiler-Discussion: 

1. Thoughts including spoilers.
2. What were some stand out moments for you?
3. Is this a fulfilling conclusion to the Spider-Man MCU trilogy?
4. Final thoughts and wrapping up Spidey-cember

Next EP: 

• Break and Best Of the Year

Popoholics Weekly Upload (12/20/2021)

Intro:

• Welcome

Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• Spider-Man: No Way Home opens big with potential $250 million weekend debut (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-box-office-massive-previews-1235064378/)
• Marvel & Sony “Actively” developing new Spider-Man story (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kevin-feige-sony-marvel-developing-more-spider-man-1235064978/)
• Danny Elfman and Tim Burton reteam for Wednesday Addams show at Netflix (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/danny-elfman-tim-burton-netflix-wednesday-addams-1235063909/)

Movies:

• Being the Ricardos (Prime Video) 12/21
• The Matrix Resurrections (Theaters/HBO Max) 12/22
• The King’s Man (Theaters) 12/22
• Don’t Look Up (Netflix) 12/24

What We’ve Been Consuming: 

Christian

• The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience (Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PC)
• Halo Infinite (Xbox Series)

Brian

• West Side Story (Theaters)
• Being the Ricardos (Theaters/Prime Video)
• The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

Community Feedback Section: 

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Episode 160: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

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Directed by: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman
Written by: Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman
Score by: Daniel Pemberton
Budget: $90 million 
Gross: $375.5 million

Cast: 

• Shameik Moore as Miles Morales/Spider-Man 
• Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man 
• Chris Pine as Peter Parker/Spider-Man 
• Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman
• Mahershala Ali as Aaron Davis/Prowler
• Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis

Talking Points:

1. What are your overall non-spoiler thoughts on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?

Spoiler-Talk: 

1. What were some of your favorite/most impactful moments?
2. Final thoughts

Pop-O-Holics Weekly Upload (12/13/2021) 

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Intro: 

• Welcome

Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• First Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part 1) trailer drops with 10/2022 release (https://youtu.be/BbXJ3_AQE_o)
• Destin Daniel Cretton signs new deal for Shang-Chi 2 and a Disney+ show (https://deadline.com/2021/12/destin-daniel-cretton-marvel-hulu-onyx-collective-deal-shang-chi-sequel-1234885502/)
• Cowboy Bebop cancelled at Netflix after one season (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cowboy-bebop-canceled-netflix-1235060256/)
• Macgruber trailer drops ahead of release this week (https://youtu.be/MQprq0-55SA)

Movies:

• Spider-Man: No Way Home (Theaters) 12/17
• Nightmare Alley (Theaters) 12/17
• Swan Song (Theaters/Apple TV+) 12/17

TV:

• Macgruber (Peacock) 12/17
• Station Eleven (HBO Max) 12/16
• The Witcher Season 2 (Netflix) 12/17

What We’ve Been Consuming: 

Brian

• C’mon C’mon (Theaters)
• Wolf (Theaters) 

Christian

• Arcane (Netflix)
• The Humans (Showtime)
• Halo Infinite (Xbox)
• Rocket League Sideswipe (Android, iOS)

Community Feedback Section: 

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Episode 159: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) & The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

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The Amazing Spider-Man
Directed by: Marc Webb
Written by: James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent & Steve Cloves
Score by: James Horner
Budget: $200-230 million
Gross: $758 million 

Cast:

• Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man 
• Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy
• Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Conners/The Lizard
• Denis Leary as George Stacy
• Campbell Scott as Richard Parker
• Irrfan Khan as Rajit Ratha
• Martin Sheen as Ben Parker
• Sally Field as May Parker 

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Directed by: Marc Webb
Written by: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinker & James Vanderbilt
Score by: Hans Zimmer & The Magnificent Six
Budget: $200-293 million
Gross: $709 million 

Cast:

• Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man 
• Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy
• Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon/Electro 
• Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn/Green Goblin
• Campbell Scott as Richard Parker
• Embeth Davidtz as Mary Parker
• Colm Feore as Donald Menken 
• Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich/Rhino
• Sally Field as May Parker 

Talking Points:

1. Introduction to “Spidey-cember II”
2. What are your overall non-spoiler thoughts on these viewings?

Spoiler-Talk: 

1. What were some stand out moments for you?
2. Final thoughts.

Next EP: 

• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Fun Facts:

• The marvel logo animation was commissioned for $80,000 

Popoholics Weekly Upload (12/06/2021)

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Intro:

• Welcome

Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• Spider-Man: No Way Home breaks 2021 Fandango presale record (https://variety.com/2021/film/news/spider-man-no-way-home-record-ticket-sales-omicron-1235123000/)
• Channing Tatum & Steven Soderbergh return for Magic Mike’s Last Dance (https://deadline.com/2021/11/channing-tatum-steven-soderbergh-reid-carolin-magic-mikes-last-dance-warner-bros-1234881189/)
• Nicolas Cage & Awkwafina join Nicholas Hoult in Renfield (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/awkwafina-nicolas-cage-universal-dracula-movie-renfield-1235055615/)

Movies:

• West Side Story (Theaters) 12/10
• National Champions (Theaters) 12/10
• Encounter (Prime Video) 12/10

TV:

• Voir (Netflix) 12/6
• And Just Like That… (HBO Max) 12/9

Video Games:

• Halo Infinite (PC, XSX, XBO) 12/8

What We’ve Been Consuming: 

Chris

• Hawkeye (Episode 1-3, Disney+) BD CK
• MOTU: Revelation Part 2 (Netflix)
• The Beatles: Get Back (Episode 1, Disney+) BD

Brian

• Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Theaters)

Christian

• Yellowjackets (Showtime)
• Marvel’s The Avengers Holiday DLC ft, Spider-Man for PlayStation (PS4/5)

Community Feedback Section: 

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• No Poll results!