The Popcorn Diet

With just a day or so from the 2019 Oscar Nominations being announced, we're wrapping up our 2019 Oscar Primer miniseries by looking at The Favourite. We take a look at historical accuracy, Taylor Swift's social life, and the tragedy/comedy of everything. Join Good Movie Buddy Rick and Special Guest Good Movie Buddy Leah as we discuss performances, filmmaking, distribution methods, and what nominations we think it could capture!

(1:59) The Favourite Plot, Cast, and Crew

(12:53) Standout Directions and Performances

(19:19) Prestige Relevance and Commercial Success

(24:00) The Look, Feel, and Awards Predictions for The Favourite

As we countdown the days to the Oscar Nominations, we begin towrope up our 2019 Oscar Primer miniseries. This time, we talk about Adam McKay's political satire, Vice. Join Good Movie Buddy Rick and Special Guest Good Movie Buddy Matt as we discuss performances, filmmaking, distribution methods, and what nominations we think it could capture!

(1:29) Vice Plot, Cast, and Crew

(11:08) Standout Directions and Performances

(22:41) Prestige Relevance and Commercial Success

(29:17) The Look, Feel, and Awards Predictions for Vice

The 2019 Oscar nominations are just around the corner, so you know it's time for The Popcorn Diet to do one final group of predictions before the announcement! This episode we take a look at the Awards season overall, how films have gained or lost momentum, and make our final picks for the above-the-line categories. David holds out hope for Coogler. Rick breaks down the way Academy voting works. All that and more!

(1:50) Assessing the Field of Awards Shows

(5:02) Who's Up? Who's Down? Who's In Front?

(14:28) Four Predictions for Nomination Morning

(29:41) Our 2019 Oscar Nominee Final Predictions

Our 2019 Oscar Primer miniseries continues, going to Netflix this week to take a look at the latest Coen Brothers film: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Does a film from the oddball brothers have a shot at Oscar gold if it premieres on Netflix? Join Good Movie Buddies Rick and David as we discuss performances, filmmaking, distribution methods, and what nominations we think it could capture!

(1:20 ) Buster Scruggs Plot, Cast, and Crew

(17:12) Standout Directions and Performances

(23:21) Prestige Relevance and Commercial Success

(29:41) The Look, Feel, and Awards Predictions for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

It's time to get hyped, to get excited about the upcoming 2019 year of film! Not only are we going through our most anticipated movies of the year, but we're looking back at movies that have predicted 2019, making our own box office predictions, and discussing some of the goals of the podcast for the next year! David goes with the stats instead of his gut. Rick rants about the greatness that could've been King Arthur. All that and more!

(1:06) The Popcorn Diet's Plans for 2019!

(3:25) What Have the Movies Predicted about 2019?

(12:02) What is "Competition Year?"

(22:51) Most Anticipated 2019 Movies!

(46:32) Our 2019 Box Office Predictions

Happy New Year to all our Good Movie Buddies! It's a New Year, and we have some new things in store, like a brand new theme song! As standard practice around here, we ring in the new year by taking a look back at the best parts of 2018. In this 2018 edition of our annual United States of Film, we retire the "Worst of" section, talk surprises and disappointments, and run down our Favorite Film Moments of the year. David apologizes for his list before the list. Rick forgets about the bathroom. All that and more!

(2:33) It's 2019! Happy New Year!

(5:07) Our Disappointments and Surprises of 2018

(13:29) Some Box Office Stats of 2018

(18:41) Out Favorite Film Moments of 2018

(27:12) Our Top 18 Films of 2018

Yes, he can talk to fish. The Popcorn Diet goes swimming with Aquaman this week as we talk about the latest DC comics character to get his own big screen adventure. Join us as we talk about the bonkers sequences in the film, the performances, and how the DCEU course correction is going. David invokes National Treasure. Rick builds his own DCEU. All that and more!

(1:15) The Holidays and Aquaman

(6:12) Spoiler-Free Reaction to Aquaman

(12:16) Star Wars Underwater & World Building

(15:22) Embracing the Comic Book Life

(25:06) The DCEU That Could Have Been

(29:38) Popcorn Ratings for Aquaman

(32:12) Spoiler Filled Aquaman Discussion

Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Does whatever a spider can! Our latest episode prepares to go deep into the Spider-Verse as we discuss the newest Wall Crawler film. Join us as we discuss Spider-Man films of the past, talk about how that history benefits the new film, and how it succeeds as a gorgeous new evolution of animation and superhero storytelling. David gives us a Spider history lesson. Rick makes fun of 1980s Jospeh Zito. All that and more!

(1:14) We Head Into the Spider-Verse

(3:49) The Wall Crawler's Cinematic History

(18:52) Spoiler Free Reactions to Spider-Verse

(31:05) Popcorn Ratings for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

(34:17) Spoiler Filled Spider-Verse Discussion

Our Oscar Primer miniseries continues, this time returning to the sovereign nation of Wakanda to revisit one of the biggest films of the year: Black Panther! The Marvel blockbuster is gaining more steam with critics nominations and a building Awards Season buzz. Join us, along with special guest movie buddy Jeremy Nakano, as we discuss performances, filmmaking, and what nominations we think it could capture!

(1:45) Black Panther Plot, Cast, and Crew

(8:19) Standout Directions and Performances

(18:39) Prestige Relevance and Commercial Success

(25:00) The Look, Feel, and Awards Predictions for Black Panther

Our Oscar Primer miniseries continues, this time we turn our focus to the emotional, difficult film about a real-life father and son dealing with drug addiction in Beautiful Boy. How do recent Awards hopefuls Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet stand after this film? Join The Popcorn Diet as we discuss performance, filmmaking, and what nominations we think it could capture!

(1:35) Beautiful Boy Plot, Cast, and Crew

(8:04) Standout Performances of Carell & Chalamet

(11:27) Prestige Relevance and Commercial Success

(17:21) The Look, Feel, and Awards Predictions for Beautiful Boy