Popculture Spotlight

On the week of Valentines day I give you a podcast about 3 romantic comedies: Your Place or Mine starring Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, Spolier Alert Starring Jim Parsons and Ben Aldridge and Somebody I Used to Know starring Alison Brie and Jay Ellis. 

Bones and All is a dark, intense love story from director Luca Guadagnino and Knock at the Cabin is the latest thriller from M Knight Shyamalan I talk about both films on this podcast enjoy!

Tar is the first movie from writer-director Todd Field in 16 years starring Cate Blanchett and You People is a movie with 2 of the funniest people of all time Eddie Murphy and Julia Louis Dreyfus in it I'm talking about both films on this podcast enjoy!

Women Talking is a star studded adaptation Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whisaw written and directed by Sarah Polly, and Emancipation is about Peter, an enslaved man running towards freedom starring Will Smith. 

Mathew McConaughey has been a mainstay in movies going all the way back to his first film Dazed and Confused on this podcast I'm talking about his wild career and how he became an unlikely Oscar winning actor!

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is the first Shrek-related movie in over a decade and She Said is about two New York Times reporters, Jodi Kantor and Meghan Twohey, who investigate powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's long history of sexual misconduct towards women I talk about both films on this podcast enjoy!

Damien Chazelle's Babyon is about the wild conclusion of the Silent movie era, Scott Cooper's The Pale Blue Eye is a murder mystery movie that incorporates famed author Edgar Allen Poe I talk about both films on this podcast enjoy! 

White Noise is writer-director Noah Baumbach's most ambitious film yet, and Black Adam is Dwayne The Rock Johnson finally making a superhero movie I talk about both films on this podcast enjoy! 

On the final podcast episode of the year, I'm Talking About Glass Onion, the sequel to the hit murder mystery film Knives Out, written and directed by Rian Johnson, and give my top 10 list of the best movies of 2022. 

The Fabelmans is Steven Spielberg's most blatantly personal movie to date, while Aftersun is a small, intimate movie with Paul Mescal at the center of it I'm talking about both films on this podcast enjoy! 

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is a stop-motion animated adaptation of the timeless classic Pincocchio, Emily the Criminal is a tight thriller starring Aubrey Plaza I talk about both films on this podcast enjoy! 

The Menu is a thriller/satire surrounding food culture Starring Anya Taylor Joy, Nicholas Hoult and Ralph Fiennes and Bros is the first studio Gay led comedy from Billy Eichner co-written and directed by Nicholas Stoller I talk about both films on this podcast enjoy! 

Spirited is a holiday musical comedy starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds, The Wonder is a period piece drama led by Florence Pugh I talk about both on this podcast Enjoy!

Ryan Coogler's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is an emotional sequel to the 2018s Black Panther and is a different kind of Marvel movie I talk about all of the elements regarding the film on this podcast enjoy!

The Banshees of Inisherin is a dark comedy from Writer-Director Martin McDonagh Starring Colin Farell and Brendan Gleason, Armageddon Time is an autobiographical film from James Gray Starring Anne Hathaway, Jermey Strong and Anthony Hopkins, I'm Talking about both films on this podcast Enjoy! 

Al Pacino is one of the greatest actors of all time he's been nominated and won numerous awards and has given some of the most iconic performances ever. On this podcast I'm doing a deep dive into his filmography and talking about the films in which I think he does his best work..

Weird: The Al Yankovic Movie is an unconventional biopic about the Weird Al the famous Pardody Musician starring Daniel Radcliffe and Evan Rachel Wood, Causeway is about a soldier back from tour who is suffering from a brain injury starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry I talk about both movies on this podcast enjoy! 

Confess Fletch is a reboot with Jon Hamm starring as iconic reporter The Good Nurse, a film that depicts a shockingly true story starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne and Stars At Noon is the latest movie from director Claire Denis I'm talking about all 3 on this podcast enjoy! 

Ticket to Paradise is a Romantic Comedy Reuniting Julia Roberts and George Clooney, Rosaline is a reimagining of Romeo and Juliet Starring Kaitlyn Dever, and Katherine Called Birdy is a Medieval comedy starring Bella Ramsey written and directed by Lena Dunham. I'm talking about all 3 movies on this podcast Enjoy.  

Zazzie Beetz, is an actress best known for her role in The FX Series Atlanta, Amsterdam is a star studded Mystery film lead by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington I talk about both on this podcast Enjoy!