Popcorn Podcast
Popcorn Podcast
Leigh Livingstone and Tim Iffland

Popcorn Podcast

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Popcorn Podcast's bite-sized salty episodes will help you decide what movies to watch next. With exciting celebrity interviews, new movie reviews, giveaways, movie news and more, Popcorn Podcast with Leigh and Tim is for movie lovers everywhere. Hosted by entertainment journalist Leigh and movie expert Tim.


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Michael Shannon and John Slattery on confronting Nuremberg
01 December 2025

Michael Shannon and John Slattery on confronting Nuremberg

Popcorn Podcast brings you an extraordinary interview with Michael Shannon (Man of Steel, The Bikeriders) and John Slattery (Spotlight, Avengers: Endgame), two actors tackling one of the most morally complex historical dramas in years. Nuremberg explores the first international tribunal to hold Nazi leaders accountable, and our guests share deeply personal reflections on portraying this true...
MOVIE NEWS: Moana and Sunrise on the Reaping teasers, and good news for Australian film and a booming box office
30 November 2025

MOVIE NEWS: Moana and Sunrise on the Reaping teasers, and good news for Australian film and a booming box office

Welcome to Popcorn Podcast's salty, snackable movie news series, where we serve up freshly popped kernels from the film world. Join us for a buttery blast through first looks at the live-action Moana and The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, as well as some big changes for the Australian film and TV industry and how Wicked: For Good and Zootopia 2 are blowing up the box office!Know someone...
Inside Five Nights at Freddy’s 2: Emma Tammi on puppet scares and Scream reunion
24 November 2025

Inside Five Nights at Freddy’s 2: Emma Tammi on puppet scares and Scream reunion

Director Emma Tammi joins Popcorn Podcast to reveal how she expanded the world of Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 with bigger animatronics, deeper mythology and a Scream reunion fans won’t want to miss. The sequel explores the emotional journey of Mike (Josh Hutcherson), Abby (Piper Rubio) and Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail), opening up new corners of the FNaF mythology while also pushing practical effects to...
Wicked: For Good: A darker, bolder, devastating finale
19 November 2025

Wicked: For Good: A darker, bolder, devastating finale

In this spoiler-free review of Wicked: For Good, Popcorn Podcast breaks down the darker, politically charged finale to the Wicked saga. We explore the emotional stakes, the expanded world-building, stand-out performances from Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, and the musical moments that define this concluding chapter.More Popcorn: Jonathan Bailey takes us behind the scenes of WickedJon M Chu...
The Running Man review
17 November 2025

The Running Man review

Glen Powell in a towel. Lee Pace without a face... Edgar Wright trades kinetic comedy for grim dystopia in The Running Man, building a world where reality TV is literal life-or-death and 'New Dollars' decide who survives. Glen Powell rages, Colman Domingo dazzles, Josh Brolin terrifies, and Michael Cera booby-traps an entire house like an unhinged Home Alone tribute.More Popcorn: Popcorn...
MOVIE NEWS: Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz reunite, Gremlins return and Michael Jackson trailer
16 November 2025

MOVIE NEWS: Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz reunite, Gremlins return and Michael Jackson trailer

Welcome to Popcorn Podcast's salty, snackable movie news series, where we serve up freshly popped kernels from the film world. Join us for a buttery blast through the news of a new Mummy film with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz reuniting, the Gremlins officially back for a third helping, Miss Piggy is getting cancelled by Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone, and some epic trailer drops from Michael...
Wicked defies more than gravity (REVISIT)
10 November 2025

Wicked defies more than gravity (REVISIT)

Goodness knows you should revisit Popcorn Podcast's thrillifying Wicked review ahead of the premiere of Wicked: For Good! Leigh and Tim discuss Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's gravity-defying performances, as well as flirty Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey), the delightful chaos of Jeff Goldblum and why you need to pay attention to the man behind the curtain (Jon M Chu).More Popcorn:Jonathan Bailey...
Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi on Predator: Badlands and the first Predator you’ll root for
06 November 2025

Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi on Predator: Badlands and the first Predator you’ll root for

For the first time in Predator history, we see the world through the eyes of the hunter – played by actor Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. In this Popcorn Podcast interview, Schuster-Koloamatangi breaks down his transformation into Dek, a young Yautja outcast fighting to prove his worth in Dan Trachtenberg’s (Prey, 10 Cloverfield Lane) latest sci-fi thriller, Predator: Badlands.Dimitrius...
Jonathan Bailey on Wicked and fiery Fiyero (REVISIT)
05 November 2025

Jonathan Bailey on Wicked and fiery Fiyero (REVISIT)

People's Sexiest Man Alive, Jonathan Bailey, takes Popcorn Podcast behind the scenes of Jon M Chu's highly anticipated Wicked adaptation. Bailey, of Bridgerton fame, portrays Winkie Prince Fiyero, alongside Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba and Ariana Grande's Glinda. Here, he delights with talk of clunky booties, Wizard of Oz Easter eggs and how to dismount a horse in style. Tune in and swoon out ahead of...
Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas: the story behind an Australian legend’s final journey
30 October 2025

Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas: the story behind an Australian legend’s final journey

Discover the extraordinary story behind Journey Home, David Gulpilil — the powerful new Australian documentary honouring one of cinema’s most iconic Indigenous actors. In this moving Popcorn Podcast interview, filmmakers Maggie Miles (High Ground) and Trisha Morton-Thomas (Kangaroo) reveal how David Gulpilil’s family and community fulfilled his final wish to return him home to his ancestral land...