Popped! with Kayla & Emma

This week proved interesting as we looked at the exact same plot holes and felt completely opposite ways about the film. Ghost Ship, our first film from before 2012, divided us in ways we'd never expected and sparked passionate debate and research to figure out the rights and wrongs of this story. We get so far into some of the debates that we say the wrong words twice in a row *cough "latitude" instead of "longitude" cough* (and didn't catch it) and often don't have the words to express why it just fell short. Prepare for an adventure with this episode!

Kayla's Rating: 4/5 - Extra Butter

Emma's Rating: 2/5 - Stale

Music credit to Kevin MacLeod for "Hustle" and "Open Those Bright Eyes." Concessions SFX credits in the intro to janevdmerwe1995, digifishmusic, emile99, and wihan98.

This episode concludes our four-part adventure down Daniel Radcliffe Lane! Having seen these four films, we will likely revisit more of his titles, hidden in obscurity away from the prying eyes of the A-list. Victor Frankenstein did not fail to impress us with its interesting take on established characters and opened a lot of doors to medical ethics, genre debate, and mad science.

Kayla's Rating: 3/5 - Fresh

Emma's Rating: 3/5 - Fresh

Music credit to Kevin MacLeod for "Hustle" and "Open Those Bright Eyes." Concessions SFX credits in the intro to janevdmerwe1995, digifishmusic, emile99, and wihan98.

WARNING: This episode of our podcast (and the film) contains difficult moments discussing the topic of sexual assault.

Part 3 of 4 of our Daniel Radcliffe spotlight introduced us to 2013's Horns. This film proved itself enthralling, humorous, and intense in all the right places.

Kayla's Rating: 3.5/5 - Fresh/Extra Butter

Emma's Rating: 4/5 - Extra Butter

Music credit to Kevin MacLeod for "Hustle" and "Open Those Bright Eyes." Concessions SFX credits in the intro to janevdmerwe1995, digifishmusic, emile99, and wihan98.

WARNING: This episode of our podcast (and the film) contains difficult moments discussing the topic of juvenile suicide.

Part 2 of 4 of our Daniel Radcliffe spotlight brings us to the gothic masterpiece, The Woman in Black. Released in 2012, this contemporary film surprised us with its deep emotion and thoughtful technical choices.

Kayla's Rating: 4/5 - Extra Butter

Emma's Rating: 4.5/5 - Extra Butter/Candied

Music credit to Kevin MacLeod for "Hustle" and "Open Those Bright Eyes." Concessions SFX credits in the intro to janevdmerwe1995, digifishmusic, emile99, and wihan98.

We dove into an interesting rabbit hole that started with this comedic...piece. Part 1 of 4 of our Daniel Radcliffe special series focuses on this action/comedy that left us with mixed feelings.

Kayla's Rating: 1.5/5 - Burnt/Stale

Emma's Rating: 3.5/5 - Fresh/Extra Butter

Music credit to Kevin MacLeod for "Hustle" and "Open Those Bright Eyes." Concessions SFX credits in the intro to janevdmerwe1995, digifishmusic, emile99, and wihan98.

This year launched with an incredible action movie right out of the gate called Nobody. Full of intense scenes and macabre comedy, this film surprisingly had a modestly deep story and fun, interesting details that made it stand out.

Kayla's rating: 5/5 - Candied

Emma's rating: 4/5 - Extra Butter

Music credit to Kevin MacLeod for "Hustle" and "Open Those Bright Eyes." Concessions SFX credits in the intro to janevdmerwe1995, digifishmusic, emile99, and wihan98.

This episode covers Kevin Lewis's 2021 cult masterpiece Willy's Wonderland. Stuffed full of sentient robotic mascots and cheesy 80s tropes, this movie scratched an itch we didn't know we had.

Kayla's rating: 2.5/5 - Stale/Fresh

Emma's rating: 2.5/5 - Stale/Fresh

Music credit to Kevin MacLeod for "Hustle" and "Open Those Bright Eyes." Concessions SFX credits in the intro to janevdmerwe1995, digifishmusic, emile99, and wihan98.

Welcome to our very first episode of the Popped! podcast. For this episode, we watched Crimson Peak and discuss the rich story and intense symbolism of this Guillermo del Toro film. Join us as we start our adventure in podcasting and stumble through awkward moments as we gain our momentum.

In this episode, we also introduce our rating system on a 1-5 scale, with 5 being the highest rating, based solely on the flavor and quality of movie theater popcorn.

Kayla's rating: 3/5 - Fresh

Emma's rating 4/5 - Extra Butter

Music credit to Kevin MacLeod for "Hustle" and "Open Those Bright Eyes." Concessions SFX credits in the intro to janevdmerwe1995, digifishmusic, emile99, and wihan98.