Please rate and subscribe to our podcast if you haven’t already!

In Episode 59, we discuss the breakup between Sony and Marvel over Spider-Man, reboots on reboots on reboots from Disney (“Home Alone” and “Lizzie Mcguire”) and Taylor Swift taking her power back by pledging to re-record her first six albums next year.

In the Premiere Topic, Maureen and Josh are giving their snap judgements on possible 2020 Oscar contenders based solely on the trailers that have been released. We rate the movies on a scale of “Oh yeah!” to “Ehhhhhh” to “HECK No” and talk about whether or not the movies will be contenders or pretenders during the upcoming awards season.

PLUS, in our teasers, Maureen recommends the fourth season of a Netflix show and Josh recommends some lovely film scores to pass the time at work.

Email us at [email protected]!

Links:

Please rate and subscribe to our podcast if you haven’t already!

In Episode 58, we talk about Jeremy Renner’s incredibly silly Jeep commercials, Harry Styles turning down the role of Prince Eric in Disney’s forthcoming live action reimagining of “The Little Mermaid” (and give our pick for who SHOULD play the role) and discuss the Princess Diana musical hitting Broadway next year.

In the Premiere Topic, Maureen and Josh each give their picks for who they think were the three most influential people in pop culture over the past decade.

PLUS, in our teasers, Maureen recommends a Charlize Theron/Seth Rogen comedy and Josh recommends a song he just discovered.

Email us at [email protected]!

Links:

Please rate and subscribe to our podcast if you haven’t already!

In Episode 57, we are back with a regular edition of the Snack Bag! We talk about Nicolas Cage’s real life hunt for the Holy Grail, Universal’s decision to cancel the release of the film “The Hunt” and singer Mike Posner’s walk across the United States (and his unfortunate run in with a baby rattlesnake that put him in the hospital).

In the Premiere Topic, we are kicking off a new semi-regular series within The Popped Cast called “First Time.” Each new episode of this series will feature Josh or Maureen’s reaction to a movie, TV show, book or music that they’ve never seen, read or heard until just prior to the recording the podcast. Our first installment in the series is Maureen’s first viewing of the classic courtroom drama “A Few Good Men.” We hear Maureen’s “First Time Take,” give our most valuable player (MVP) and least valuable player (LVP) picks and tell you whether or not you should watch the movie.

PLUS, in our teasers, Josh recommends a sci-fi novel and Maureen recommends season 3 of a Netflix comedy.

Email us at [email protected]!

Links:

Please rate and subscribe to our podcast if you haven’t already!

In Episode 56, we bring you our second installment of “Critically Panned” with two special guests - Maureen’s brother and Josh’s brother-in-law, Kevin, and Kevin’s wife and our sister-in-law Kathy! We jump right into our Premiere topic to discuss whether or not the abysmal Rotten Tomatoes score (23%!!!) for the beloved classic “The Mighty Ducks” is warranted.

We give our own critical reviews, discuss the Rotten Tomatoes score, award our MVP (most valuable player) and our LVP (least valuable player) and tell you what we would do to improve the movie.

PLUS, in our teasers, Maureen recommends the next season of her favorite guilty pleasure show, Kathy recommends an audio book read by its very distinguished author, Josh recommends an AMC original show and Kevin recommends a Netflix miniseries.

Email us at [email protected]!

Links:

Please rate and subscribe to our podcast if you haven’t already!

In Episode 55, we talk about the passing of Russi Taylor, the voice of Minnie Mouse, and discuss “Avengers: Endgame” passing “Avatar” to become the highest grossing movie of all time.

In the Premiere Topic, we are looking at the career of Leonardo DiCaprio (AKA Maureen’s favorite actor of all time). Inspired by the article “‘His Brand Is Excellence’: How Leonardo DiCaprio Became Hollywood's Last Movie Star” by Tatiana Siegel of “The Hollywood Reporter,” we consider our first interaction with Leo, list the best performances he has given, give our favorite movies in which he has appeared and try to determine just what it is that makes him such a bankable and reliable movie star.

PLUS, in our teasers, Josh recommends a finance podcast and Maureen recommends a throwback show that just had a recent revival on Hulu.

Email us at [email protected]!

Links:

Please rate and subscribe to our podcast if you haven’t already!

In Episode 54, we react to the brand new “Cats” and “Top Gun: Maverick” trailers, give our thoughts on the forthcoming “It’s a Wonderful Life” musical with music and lyrics by Paul McCartney (spoiler: NO THANKS) and hear Maureen’s live reaction to Marvel’s just announced future plans.

In the Premiere Topic, we are talking all about the 2019 Emmy nominations. We give our takes on the nominees, the surprises and the snubs before giving our early predictions for the winners in the major categories.

PLUS, in our teasers, Maureen recommends a throwback album from Celine Dion and Josh recommends the brand new season of one of Netflix’s most popular shows.

Email us here!

Links:

Please rate and subscribe to our podcast if you haven’t already!

In Episode 53, we have a special episode featuring Zac Crippen, co-founder of the Vernacular Podcast Network! Josh and Zac talk all about “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and give their overall impressions of the movie, their favorite and least favorite aspects of the film, their thoughts on Tom Holland as Spider-Man and Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio, hash out the best supporting characters and discuss where Marvel goes from here.

Email us here!

Please rate and subscribe to our podcast if you haven’t already!

In Episode 52, Josh kicks things off with a song and gives a non-spoiler review of “Toy Story 4” (it was good but not great). In the Snack Bag, we talk about “Old Town Road’s” dominance on the “Billboard” Hot 100 (can anything dethrone it?) and the fact that “The Office” is leaving Netflix at the end of 2020.

In the Premiere Topic, we are talking all about Netflix original films - the good, the bad, the positive and the negative.

PLUS, in our teasers, Josh recommends a YouTube series from “Vox” and Maureen suggests a Netflix original series on the food industry in America.

Email us!

For links mentioned in this episode, go here!

Please rate and subscribe to our podcast if you haven’t already!

In Episode 51, we are kicking off Season 2 with a fun episode! In the Snack Bag, we talk about a "Hunger Games" prequel, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepherd’s children discovering their parents are famous and the forthcoming big screen adaptation of the cult hit musical "tick...tick...BOOM!" directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and possibly starring Andrew Garfield (can he sing?!).

In the Premiere Topic, we re-watch and revisit the original Pixar film "Toy Story," 24 years after its release, in advance of "Toy Story 4" hitting theaters on June 21, 2019. We talk about whether or not the movie holds up, what surprised us most about the film and our favorite characters (not named Woody or Buzz). 

PLUS, in our teasers, Josh recommends an excellent HBO mini-series and Maureen recommends a charming and moving film starring Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne.

Email us at [email protected]! 

For links mentioned in this episode, go here: http://bit.ly/PoppedCastEp51.

--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thepoppedcast/support

Please rate and subscribe to our podcast if you haven’t already!

In Episode 50, we have officially reached our one year anniversary of recording and releasing The Popped Cast! We reflect on a year of podcasting and discuss changes to our upcoming schedule. Then we dive into the Snack Bag where we talk about Gwyneth Paltrow forgetting she was in "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and talk about the just released "Frozen 2" trailer (and whether or not anyone cares that a sequel is coming this fall).

In the Marquee Topic, we discuss the 2019 Tony Awards. We dive into our overall impression of the show, how James Corden did as the host, our favorite performances and what CBS is going to do about the sinking ratings for the broadcast.

PLUS, in our teasers, Maureen recommends a short book she loved and Josh reads a delightful short story that originated on Twitter.

Email us at [email protected]!

For links mentioned in this episode, go here: http://bit.ly/PoppedCastEp50.

--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thepoppedcast/support