Popcorn and Cumin

We’re diving into the animation pipeline in this week’s episode, with industry expert Jenny guiding us through pre-production (or development).

Don’t worry, there are plenty of side quests along the way into fun behind-the-scenes facts about some of your favorite Disney, Pixar, and Dreamworks animation films, including The Incredibles, Shrek, Ratatouille, The Emperor’s New Groove, and, of course, Monsters Inc. Jenny also sneaks in a...

This week, we’re breaking down the Academy Awards — so whether you watched the whole thing or skipped it entirely, we’ve got you covered! We’re diving into the winners, the snubs, and those cringy speeches (yes, we’re looking at you, Emilia Perez songwriters and Adrien Brody).

Sarah goes full throttle with a rant about biopics and the overall meh-ness of this year’s nominees, while Euan rides to the rescue, defending Anora and The S...

Calling all Pixar and Disney movie lovers!

Popcorn and Cumin is back again, but with a twist. For the first time ever in the podcast's illustrious history, we have a guest! This is the first in a series of episodes centered around the wonderful world of animated movies, and who better to discuss animation with than friend of the podcast, Jenny. Jenny has first-hand experience working on some of your favorite animated movies, and...

Popcorn & Cumin is back for our annual Academy Awards complain-athon. We are just as aggrieved as you at Dune: Part 2's underperformance (sorry Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, and Denis Villenueve). We are even madder at Challengers' total snub (sorry Zendaya...again!) Sarah remains upset that Jonathan Bailey has not been nominated for any awards for playing Fiyero in Wicked, while Euan is too concerned with dangerous wildl...

Happy New Year! Popcorn and Cumin is back and our 2025 resolution is to continue to review movies even if they are terrible. This week's topic is the 2025 Golden Globe Best Musical or Comedy winner Emilia Pérez. This is a French film that has cleverly masqueraded itself as a Mexican movie by cunningly casting a single Mexican actor. Are you a fan of culturally insensitive and poorly translated dialogue and song lyrics? Do you ...

You've all heard it. The great debate. Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

On this year's Christmas edition of Popcorn and Cumin, we're defining what are the criteria for something to be considered a Christmas movie. Framing the discussion is the 1998 action classic Die Hard. Die Hard is famously set at Christmas, but is that all something needs to be considered a Christmas movie. Spoiler Alert: one of your hosts think so, the other hos...

Fellow Ozians;

Are you holding space for the newest episode of Popcorn and Cumin? We're off to spend one (not so) short day in the Emerald City. We're rejoicified to report we have bounced back from the disgusticifying depths of Joker 2, to the swankified delights of a good movie. Well, half of a good movie. In celebration of splitting things that could be whole into two, this will be the first part of our Wicked discussion (Wicked...

Times are tough in Gotham, but they are tougher for everyone who had to sit through Joker: Folie à Deux.

Listen to two movie musical fanatics tear down this sad addition to one of our favorite genres. Listen as Sarah psychologically diagnoses Mr Joker with the knowledge she gained from her degree in psychology, Euan provides key cultural insights into news media, and both hosts basically tear the movie to shreds from start to finis...

Sistas! The spookiest time of the year is upon us and to celebrate Popcorn & Cumin is bringing you its annual spooktacular episode, as voted on by you! Join Sarah and Euan as they venture into the world of 17th century Salem, Massachusetts where 3 evil witches are hanged by the neck until dead (alongside a host of innocent women). This week, you will learn all about the history of witch hunts, the definitive list of child actor...

This week on Popcorn & Cumin we are continuing our death march towards All Hallows' Eve (otherwise known as Spooky Season). On the chopping block this week is Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long awaited (36 years!) follow-up to the 1988 cult-classic Beetlejuice. Neither Sarah nor Euan are crazy about the original, but did the sequel leave them feeling hot, cold, or indifferent about the Ghost with the Most? Listen to find out!

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Popcorn and Cumin is back, better than ever, and ready to guide you through Spooky Season. Our first episode of Season 2 focusses on 1979's horror classic Alien. Sarah is a first time viewer, but was she prepared enough to survive her trip on the Nostromo? Luckily Euan is here to guide us or bore us, with all the necessary context. Like, is the planet they land on Saturn? Does a dog play the Alien? What really happened during the B...

Bad news everyone, it's the season finale of Popcorn and Cumin! Your favorite podcast is taking a (well-earned) break, but we will be back before you know it making great jokes at the expense of all your favorite bits of pop culture.

This week, we are tackling the first Chapter of arguably the seminal film franchise, Star Wars! Listen as we do a deep-dive into the divisive film which gives us what every Star Wars fan wanted, a ...

Dearest Gentle Reader,

This week, your esteemed hosts, Lord Euan James and Lady Sarah Jean, cordially invite you to lend your ears as we consider the latest tattle that has overtaken the ton. Why can't Colin Bridgerton close his mouth? Why are Cressida Cowper's sleeves so big? Is it to hide all her secrets? And who is the infamous Lady Whistledown?

All will be revealed in Popcorn and Cumin's latest edition: Bridgerton.

Dracula walked so Edward could run. Join us on a nostalgic trip back to Forks, Washington, as we delve into Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, a world of sparkling vampires and a pasty plain girl from Arizona. Euan dives into the history of vampires in literature and Sarah reads every hateful thing Robert Pattinson has said about this supernatural romance.

(01:42) Cross-border factoids

(08:00) A brief history of vampires in liter...

Sarah and Euan are back finding and fixing plot holes in the Harry Potter book series!

How come Fred and George don't mention Ron sleeping with Peter Pettigrew? Why can't Harry see thestrals after seeing his mum die? How many times can Euan say 'on the lam'? All your questions and more will be answered on today's episode of Popcorn and Cumin!

Content warning: mentions of abuse

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It's time for the Listeners' Choice episode!

Thanks to you, we didn't get a choice in this week's episode (thank goodness you all have good taste). Backed by popular demand, we are very excited to discuss Harry Potter in depth for the first time in Popcorn & Cumin history. We have come up with some plot holes in the Harry Potter universe and we will do our best to explain why these holes are not so holey (unlike...