Pop! Pop! A Pop Culture Podcast

Moon Knight is UPON US! We break down the premiere episode of the highly anticipated first foray into the MCU's dark underworld. and then yeah, we also unfortunately talk about Morbius (boo) and holy shit is it terrible.

Not much going on since we last podcasted so we break down some news from over the last month and talk about what we’ve been watching.  Spider-Man crosses $600 million domestically, the Morbius (boo) director straight up SPOILS the post credits scene, Tom Cruise goes to war with the studio over the MI:7 budget, Barry Keoghan’s Joker is revealed in a The Batman deleted scene AND so much more on this episode of Pop! Pop!

Simply: The Batman.    But also we have Carsen Greene from The Movie Mavens Podcast on the show today to help us break down why (or if?) this iteration of The Dark Knight is the best one yet. Follow Movie Mavens @MovieMavens on IG and listen to their show anywhere you get your podcast fix.

Two shows, two finales, but only one of them doesn't suck. We don't want to point fingers, but there's a reason we demoted Book of Boba Fett from the main topic originally... Book of Boba Fett tries hard to salvage its subpar first season but only Peacemaker delivers on all fronts.  Joel also has the longest "what we've been watching" ever, which is a first for him.

We come back to continue reviewing this season of Peacemaker AND The Book of Boba Fett got so damn good that we had to make it a main topic again… kudos to them & Bryce Dallas Howard specifically.

"My mom and dad are gonna be so mad at meeeeee" That's right, Scream is back in theaters and it's even more meta than Matrix Resurrections (if you can believe that) Scream '96 is a classic and the gang discusses if this Requel holds up or not.  Then we dive into Peacemaker episodes 1-4, and it turns out the only thing needed to get Joel to LOVE something in the DC universe is: James Gunn. If you ever skip this opening title sequence, you're dead to us. (we continue talking about Book of Boba, but none of us are impressed enough to make it the main topic anymore. Skip to what we've been watching if that's what you're here for)

There's so much goddamn news in this episode that's why it's over 2 hours long... People have died, people have farted in jars, and there's even some DC news! We break down the first two episodes of The Book of Boba Fett and honestly, it's a much smaller segment than all of the news... which I think says something. It's FUN... but do we like it!?

Hawkeye closes out with some big surprises and cameos but what does it mean for the MCU & will it warrant a season 2!?  Then Taylor and Joel are at odds (rare) about if Matrix Resurrections sucks or not... uh oh.

There's not much to say about this except that we review the best damn Spider-Man movie to ever exist.

In true Pop! Pop! form we all got a little busy (Joel got stuck in the UK) so this podcast is going to be about the first 2/3rds of the new Hawkeye show.  Clint Barton goes street level in the new D+ show based on a comic by Matt Fraction and there's loads to love here.  Clint & Kate's chemistry is absolutely electric and there are cameos galore to be had!

Eternals is out and has been getting a lot of flack from reviewers; we break down who liked it, who didn't, and if the critics are right.  And, as always, it wouldn't be a Pop! Pop! episode if we didn't talk about Spider-Man... So thankfully, a whole-ass new trailer came out for NWH and yeah... Joel loves it.

DCFandome was last weekend (the weekend prior? I don't know) and we got a fuckload of trailers as always (one other time) but the one that the whole world really cared about was The Batman trailer.  R-Pattz debuts his Batman voice and we get a much deeper look at the world of The Batman compared to the first teaser.  Let's just say... we are all pleased.  AND THEN! Everyone saw Dune... there are some differing opinions about this movie here, so better to just tune in and listen for yourself! (Joel loved it)

Jamie Foxx has been confirmed to be in Spider-Man 3 as Electro and Benedict Cumberbatch's Dr. Strange will also be in the movie... does this mean that we'll be getting the multi-verse in Spider-Man 3 and will the other Spider-Men be in it!?  It's very surprising news, and to some... it's worrisome.

We lost the King of Wakanda recently and it came as a shock to EVERYONE.  We honor Chadwick Boseman and say our goodbyes.  In some less depressing news, Jonathan Majors has been cast as Kang the Conquerer for Ant-Man 3!  Is this the new MCU Saga villain? Or will he be more of an Ultron mini-boss situation?  We break down all the implications and MORE!

A lot of stuff happened at DCFanDome over the weekend but let's be honest, we're here to talk about The Batman.  We break down everything from the Black Adam concept art to the goddamn Snyder cut trailer, but all hail the Battinson!

This week is a pretty heavy news-cast!  Nia DaCosta (Candyman, Little Woods) has been tapped to direct Captain Marvel 2; she'll be the first African-American woman to direct a major Marvel film.  Quentin Tarantino's mythical Star Trek film is finally no-more, he's confirmed that he's dropping out.  Disney has mangled the 20th Century Fox name, removing the "Fox" title entirely and just calling it "20th television."  Shawn Ashmore has been added to season 2 of The Boys, The Fresh Prince is getting a gritty dramatic reboot, and Olivia Munn is reportedly returning to her headlining role of G4TV.  The main topic this week, just because it's Spider-Man, is that the third film might be called "Homesick."  Is he on the run? In hiding? Does he have Covid!? We break down all the implications!

There's a bunch of rapid-fire news this week: Courteney Cox returning for Scream 5, The Rock buys the XFL for some reason, a new Suicide Squad logo for James Gunn's birthday, Captain Marvel 2 gets a new director and RIP Wilford Brimley. The meat and potatoes of this episode is the big news that Mulan will be releasing on Disney+ for an additional $30 on top of your Disney+ subscription. Good idea? Bad idea? We break it all down!

There are a few major news pieces such as another (unwanted) update on The Snyder Cut, the titillating finale of the Universal & AMC war, and finally a firm decision on what's happening with Christopher Nolan's Tenet.  After the news roundup, we dive into SDCC @ Home - discussing panels we all saw and whether or not the virtual con was able to fill the shoes of its real-life counterpart.

Pop! Pop! first and foremost wants to voice their support for Black Lives Matter! If you don't, you should probably stop listening to us. In this episode we talk about the new "Bill and Ted 3" trailer, the trailer for Star Wars' new videogame "Squadrons," and how "Evil Dead" is going on a roadshow! Then Joel rages over toxic fanboys getting what they want from HBO, who's putting 20 million dollars into "The Snyder Cut" ... which supposedly already existed, but apparently not.  To round things out, the crew discusses whether or not Hollywood is ready to open again smack dab in the middle of a pandemic.  From AMC theaters to productions returning to filming, we cover it all!

Comic-Con has officially been canceled so this podcast is just 2 hours of Joel crying... JK! While SDCC isn't happening this year, Star Wars celebration has yet to cancel amidst the growing Covid-19 concerns. Other topics this week include: Sony stupidly names their stupid Spider-Man universe, Vid Diesel and the producers guild butt heads, the Russo brothers are working the live-action Hercules remake, and for one year only streaming films will be eligible for the 2021 Academy Awards!  This week's main topic follows up with AMC's drama from the last podcast.  Universal and AMC seem to be fighting, resulting in AMC saying they'll no longer screen Universal movies! GASP!

Look, there's not much going on in the world, we talk about what we've all been watching (yes that includes TIGER KING!) and then we discuss the sad reality that AMC may have to close its doors forever!

With everyone on quarantine, we unfortunately have to deliver you all another skype-cast (well, google hangouts this time) With Hollywood shutdown indefinitely, not only have all three of us been affected work-wise, but dozens of blockbusters including Black Widow, Wonder Woman 1984, James Bond 25... and many more have been delayed until later this year! Films currently in production, like Mission Impossible 7, have also been put on hold until further notice.  Amidst all of this, some studios are opting to release their films straight to VOD... how will all of this change the shape of the industry and will we ever see a movie in theaters again!? Tune in to hear our thoughts on where the global pandemic could push our industry!

The gang is back!  Bust our your beret because there's a new Wes Anderson movie trailer out!  Marvel has tapped Sam Raimi to take over for Doctor Strange 2 and Joel busts out his tinfoil hat to try and connect this news to the Sony Spider-Verse!  We look back at our Oscar predictions and weigh them against the results and we break down the first ever footage of Robert Pattinson in the new Batman suit!  There's much more news stuffed into this episode but the main course is a Birds of Prey review! I bet you can guess who in this group wasn't a big fan...

Welcome back nerds! There were a ton of new trailers this week!  We have ANOTHER New Mutants trailer, we see Jared Leto get emo in Morbius, and Daniel Radlcliffe gets fucking guns bolted to his hands in Guns Akimbo!  We break down the news that Scott Derrickson has sadly exited the Dr. Strange sequel, HBO is not going to pursue a Watchmen sequel, and Colin Trevorrow's (boooo) Star Wars episode IX script has leaked... uh oh...  We round out this episode with a breakdown of all the 2020 Oscars nominees!  All of this AND MORE on this week's episode!

The gang has been watching A LOT lately; Jumanji 2, Marriage Story, Mrs. Maisel, The Expanse! This week's "What We've Been Watching" is STACKED.  Before the main course, the news of the week has rumors of a Moon Knight casting, the Agents of Shield going galactic, and a certain Nickelodian obstacle course show coming back... for adults.  Then we take a deep, deep, deep, dive into STAR WARS: The Rise of Skywalker.  Surprisingly (or maybe not?) there are some differing opinions on the movie.  Tune in to find out who hates or loves what, and WHY!?

There really wasn't any huge news this week, and we all couldn't make time to see the same movie... So we're bringing back the all news cast!  If I previewed all that here, you'd have no reason to listen to the episode... So just listen to it already!  Alright I'll give you a little taste... We talk some MAD shit on people who tweeted about releasing the Snyder cut...

It's our 50th episode! 50! Over four years! And in true Pop! Pop! fashion... We did absolutely nothing special for the occasion.  We are consistent (??) though because we've got some nerd news for you all! Colin Farrell and Andy Serkis have been tapped to play The Penguin and Alfred resptively in the upcoming Matt Reeves' Batman film; Benioff & Weiss have "exited" Star Wars, and by exited, we think they got fired; Ant-Man 3 and Into the Spiderverse 2 have finally been confirmed and to round the episode out, we review the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, Doctor Sleep!

Not much else here, guys, just a review of Taika Watiti's JoJo Rabbit!

Taylor hated Gemini Man, Joel loved El Camino, and Lauren didn't see EITHER of those movies!  Paul Dano & Zoe Kravitz join Dick Pattinson in Matt Reeves' The Batman, Kevin Feige consolidates MORE power over at Marvel, and we all shiver with pleasure over the Rise of Skywalker trailer!  We round this podcast out with a concise little Zombieland 2: Double Tap review!  (it's a short review for a reason... )  All of this AND MORE, on this week's episode of Pop! Pop!

Uh... Look, I didn't take show notes. We talk a lot of shit and then review the Joker! OH AND THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE ON THIS EPISODE! WOO!

This week starts off with a solid trailer round up!  The Gentlemen, 6 Underground, The Kingsman and Birds of Prey all dropped new trailers this last week and boy howdy are (three of them at least) they great!  For your meat and potatoes, Tom Holland apparently had an integral role in Disney and Sony making up and Kevin freaking Feige is coming to the Star Wars universe with an unknown project down the pipeline.

Lauren Sperling may as well live in Taylor's garage because she's back AGAIN for this week's episode! Amongst a bevy of Nerd News, the gang reviews Colin Trevorrow's (boooo) new Jurrasic World short film, "The Battle at Big Rock."

It's a HUGE news week everyone so let's just dive right in!  Lauren has finally caught up on The Boys, James Bond 25 has a title, the Keanu-ssance has peaked with the announcement of The Matrix 4, and D23 is this weekend where Taylor will be reporting LIVE from the field!  The juiciest news to be squeezed this week is that Sony and Disney are in a custody battle over Spider-Man.  50/50? 70/30? 80/20?  WHAT'S A FAIR DEAL!?  Tune in to find out what the fuck is happening!

Look, we've talked about the Avengers Endgame Blu-Ray a few times on the show, but it's out now, and Taylor's name is on the back. Go buy it. NOW! Anywho, this week the guys talk about some Blu-Ray reviews Taylor has been working on and Joel breaks down Marvel Comic's recent X-Men reboot.  Then for the main meat, we've got a review of  Amazon's The Boys for you AND a dissection of which movies Disney is keeping and which are getting canned in the Fox merger deal.  We also promised a link to the Reddit thread, and we remembered, so here it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/cnfixp/a_comprehensive_list_of_all_the_former_fox/

This week the guys start with a chat about what they've been watching; Taylor jumped on the Amazon train with The Boys & Joel is relating a little to closely with HBO's Euphoria.  Taika Watiti's new film, Jo Jo Rabbit has a new trailer out and it's pleasently weird; Shang Chi & Thor: Love & Thunder are both shooting in Australia; and the Zombieland 2: Double Tap trailer slightly disappoints!Your main course this week is a stoned review of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood!  We love Quentin Tarantino, but does the movie NEED to be almost three hours long!? Tune in and find out what we think!

We know, we know we didn't post a new episode every night of the con... but we DO have a very good reason for that, and it's in this SUPERSIZED recap episode! We talk about every goddamn offsite event that exists, every goddamn hotel bar that we drank at, every goddamn (this one is an exaggeration) trailer that was realeased over the weekend, and the big kahuna itself: HALL H !  Look, we know that Westworld, The Walking Dead, and Star Trek all had panels in Hall H... but so did MARVEL and that's all that really matters when they're announcing the highly anticipated Phase Four!  And yes, I do use too many exclamation points! Deal with it! Tune in for the (probably) the only Comic-Con recap that matters!

A breakdown of what went down on preview night of Comic-Con 2019.

THE GANG IS GOING TO COMIC-CON! I mean... they do every year, but it's no less exciting this year! The guys preview what's coming to Comic-Con this year, including the big Hall H draws and the coolest offsite installations. They also touch on some of Amazon's new shows before diving into a review of Stranger Things 3.  It's been widely accepted as an amazing season and there's no push back here! All this and more on this week's episode of Pop! Pop! The Pop Culture Podcast!

On this episode of Pop! Pop! the guys have long time friend & fan Lauren Sperling on to review Spider-Man Far From Home! But first, Joel breaks down the surprise finale of The Walking Dead comic with issue #193; the group discusses the trailer for Rian Johnson's new movie Knives Out; they (reluctantly) discuss what's going on with DC's Flash movie; Lauren squees about the possibility of a Harry Potter television series and as always the group discusses what they've been watching as of late! All this and more on this episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!

What's up nerds!? Bet you're freaked out by this semi-regular schedule aren't you? Well, this week the nerd news is pretty short! The guys discuss the early cancellation of Swamp Thing (lol DC) because apparently they're trying to be the next Firefly... too soon? Then, a quick breakdown & review of the newest season of Black Mirror. Spoilers: it's good. No one who has ever graced the presence of this podcast has been shy about their hatred for Fox's X-Men franchise, and no movie has been anticiapted with such hatred quite like Dark Phoenix has... but... Maybe we were wrong? Go in knowing this - there are three versions of Dark Phoenix: the movie which is set within the continuity-fucked Fox X-verse, the movie which is a standalone send off to the franchise, and the movie which is just one long Cyclops showreel.  One is good, the other is terrible... But which one is hands down amazing?  You'll have to tune in to find out!

This week the guys discuss a plethora of nerd news, including the interesting casting of Robert Pattinson as the next Batman for Matt Reeves' film. The main topic is a juicy review of Pokemon's Detective Pikachu!

11 years, 22 films, and an infinite amount of love.  Avengers Endgame is one of the most monumental achievements in cinema history; a culmination of storytelling the world has never seen before, and it's finally upon us.  The guys don't mess around this episode. No nerd news, no side topics, and ALMOST no tangents. This is a 100% Avengers Endgame episode.  Thanos demands our silence, so we won't spoil anything in the description, you'll have to tune in to hear what we thought about possibly the greatest climax in nerd culture.

We've got an extra special episode for you this week, nerds! The guys got an early press screening of Captain Marvel and have dedicated almost an entire episode to talking about it! They laughed, they cried, they swooned! But... we're not going to tell you how they felt about it as a whole... SUCH A TEASE, I KNOW! You'll have to listen to find out!Also, during nerd news the guys discuss what happened at the 2019 Oscars, break down that god awful Dark Phoenix trailer, and ponder over the rumor that Rami Malek will be the villain in Bond 25!  All of this and more! Stay tuned!

The Super Bowl! The Twilight Zone! Aladdin! Chris Hemsworth playing fucking HULK HOGAN! All this nerd news is in store this week! AND! The Oscars are this weekend and the guys broke down every single category... and then the audio file disappeared.  So the guys re-recorded and broke down the top categories really quickly so you at least have something to listen to! You're welcome.

Pop! Pop! is back! We definitely didn't miss two weeks! And even if we did, it wasn't two months, so you're welcome!Rams v Patriots in the Super Bowl is big news! For some reason the Fast & the Furious movies are making spinoffs about the newest characteres in the franchise. James Gunn is probably ruining his career further by joining the DC universe while Matt Reeves is going to make a Batman movie that makes Christopher Nolan look like M. Night Shyamalan. SPEAKING OF M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN - Glass came out to mixed reviews and boy do we have mixed feelings about it!  All of this AND MORE on this episode of Pop! Pop!

NFL playoffs! Go Rams! Go Eagles! (we're biased) As always, there's nerd news aplenty! Real life Bond villain Mads Mikkelsen stars in Netflix's Polar, another film about a hitman.. woo... Another podcast, another Captain Marvel segment! There's a new trailer, so there are new opinions! The Venom sequel gets greenlit, and we're stuck at a yellow light about it! All this news and more! The main course this time around revolves around two polar opposites - a Netflix pop culture phenomenon and a box office flop that's a cult success... Of course we're talking about Bird Box & Bad Times at the El Royale! Unfortunately we saw Bird Box, but surprisingly we didn't hate it as much as we thought we would! Sandra Bullock -1, Pop! Pop! - 0. On the flip side of this coin, Bad Times premiered in October of last year and we finally just saw it! We love writer/director Drew Goddard, and. We. Love. This. Movie. So. Damn. Much! Tune in to find out why!

The last podcast before the new year! Huzzah! 2018 was one short year for the Pop! Pop! crew, but the LA Nerd and Taylor are here for your end of the year listening pleasure.The guys dive into an end of the year trailer breakdown with some last minute movies sneaking their trailers in under the wire. Hellboy, MIB: International, and Us, all treat us to something fun, but which trailers do the boys like, and which trailers could the guys have lived without? 2018 was an enormous year for Spider-Man and his fans, and the biggest win for 'ole Webhead & Co. was the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse! Do we have to forget this film like Peter Parker's emo dance moves, or will we remember this as one of the most important Spider-Man films in history? Finally, Netflix has tried something daring with their new Black Mirror film, Bandersnatch. A choose your own adventure style movie to kick your nostalgia right in the ass! This one got mixed reviews from the boys, so hit the jump quick to find out their thoughts!All this and more on this week's episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!

Nothing witty this time...  Stan Lee passed away and the guys pay tribute to him with some help from Taylor's brother, Reed.RIP Stan Lee, we'll always remember you, 'nuff said. Excelsior!

It's been a looong week, folks! But, the guys are back with another episode!  On the docket for this week's episode: Spider-Man PS4 & the highly anticipated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!A fun discussion on why the fuck Once Upon a Deadpool exists.Bumblebee is fast approaching and the guys are actually excited to see John Cena battle the Autobots!Netflix scorned the whole entire world by canceling Daredevil, and the guys explore options for the series to continue elsewhere.David Harbour looks SWOL AF as the new Hellboy... That is all. Disney + is going to exist whether we like it or not, so why not talk about it?While the new Godzilla movie is coming out soon, what really matters is Godzilla vs. Kong... right!?The juicy attraction here is that sweet, sweet, Captain Marvel trailer, so we break it down!     .... And I guess we talk about some DC news too... Gross.

The guys are back! But they've also been here the whole time, remember last week's episode about Comic-Con 2016? That was great. This time around we're talking about a monopoly -- I mean Disney!  They've just purchased Twentieth Century Fox and that means The X-Men & The Fantastic Four are back home at Marvel and that the original Star Wars Trilogy distribution rights are under the same roof as the rest of the universe.  Does this mean Cyclops and Wolverine are going to be in the MCU!? Does this mean that we're finally going to get an unaltered release of the OT!? Who knows!? We don't! But we talk about it a lot! Also we dish on the new Venom trailer, whether or not James Gunn deserves his job back, if MoviePass is going to survive... and much more! Tune in to see if we're back for good or if we'll be gone for another two years!

The LA Nerd & some of the Pop! Pop! crew went to San Diego Comic-Con and after all the marathon-length walks and Hall H-ing, they finally found some time on Sunday to podcast!  We know, we know, Joel said he'd be doing an episode every day of the con... But it turns out the mixing equipment was too cumbersome to bring along and we only had access to a recording device on Sunday.  We figured a big-ass recap would make up for it!

This week on episode 25 of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! The LA Nerd and Taylor talk about WB bringing TWENTY ONE shows to Comic-Con, yeah, we didn't know they had that many shows either... Also! The "Ultimate Edition" of Batman five Superman is supposed to "fix" the things that were wrong with the movie but we don't buy it, it's probably still going to suck.  Nicholas Winding Refn wants to make a Batgirl movie, Daniel Radcliffe mightpossiblymaybe want to return as Harry Pothead, John Boyega is teaming back up with director Joe Cornish, and Sony wants to make Silver Sable movie (we heard you saying "who?" so we explain who she is!)After Nerd News the guys solemnly discuss the death of one of the greatest young actors of our generation: Anton Yelchin.  From Charlie Bartlett to Star Trek, Alpha Dog to Like Crazy, Anton is one of those actors who's performance elevates any film that he's in.  Shitty film to begin with or destined to be great from the start, Anton's roles were always a joy to watch and we'll miss him dearly

Ohhhhhhhhh snap! Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! is back with a 24th episode!  This week the guys invite Izzy Beers, the guy who replaced Taylor in the apartment, to talk shop on the podcast.J.K. Simmons got SWOL AF at the gym to play Jim Gordon in Justice League; the ever beautiful and perfect Brie Larson is in "serious talks" to play Captain Marvel, presumably in Infinity Wars; speaking of Marvel, the studio is returning to Comic-Con's Hall H this year, most likely with Doctor Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; bust out your gambling shoes because the Ocean's franchise is rebooting with an all female cast and it's pretty damn good!  And finally, the guys review the hell out of one of the only good third superhero film, X-Men: Apocalypse.

The LA Nerd & Taylor have some Nerd News for you as usual: There's ANOTHER leaked title for Star Wars Episode VIII but this time it seems a little bit more legit; someone is challenging Stephen Lang for the role of Cable in Deadpool 2 and that someone is Hellboy himself - Ron Perlman; the negotiations have gone back and forth but Michale Keaton is finally playing the villain in Spider-Man: Homecoming for sure; J. Law is being cheeky about returning to the X-Men Universe and says she'll only come back if Fassbender and Mcavoy do, too... We're okay with this deal.And finally for the main topic, we discuss 11 actors that could replace Daniel Craig as the next 007 aka - Bond, James Bond.

Michael Fassbender's Assassins Creed has a first trailer and we all went into it excited, and came out... very not excited; we can never have enough Star Wars, so Battlefront is coming out with new material next year to quench our thirst; only David knows what Disney Infinity is, but it's been discontinued and he tells us why; Chance The Rapper (praise be his name) has a third mixtape coming out and the guys are extremely pumped for it; Star Wars Episode VIII has some rumored titles that we don't believe are real and Bryan Singer talks about the (never ending) future of the X-Men franchise!Then, for the main event, the guys talk waayyyy too long about the newest Marvel film which The LA Nerd has dubbed Spider-Man: Civil War Feat. Captain America because Spider-Man is way more important than Cap is.

Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! is BACK! After an unscheduled hiatus (the guys have lives, okay?) The LA Nerd and Taylor are sitting down with their friend Patrick Geraghty again to bring you the nerdiest news of the week! Jim from The Office is going to be a secret agent; Joel uses Snapchat to learn from a fan that Alicia Vikander is going to be the new, more-appropriately-sized-chested Lara Croft; Jon Bernthal stole everyone's hearts as the Punisher so he's getting his own series at Netflix; RDJ just can't quit Iron Man and the guys aren't too beat up about it; Joel & Taylor absolutely lose their shit over the newest Spider-Man footage from Captain America: Civil War while Patrick couldn't care less and finally, 20th Century Fox is taking a page out of the Marvel playbook by skipping Comic-Con's Hall H this year... Joel predicts the Comic-Con bubble is soon going to pop!

On this week's Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! the guys discuss Charlize Theron hopping in her car and driving into a new franchise; Deadpool receiving the go-ahead from Fox for a sequel and we'll be getting fan-favorite Cable along with it; and Ryan Reynolds is a dream-maker it seems because his next priority is making an X-Force movie happen, god bless your soul Ryan.  There's also some rumblings coming from the Star Wars camp as a couple new helmets from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story leaked online. On this week's Stoopid Newz the guys thrash on the idea of a Sonic the Hedgehog movie and they dust off their barf bags as Lionsgate raises the Saw franchise from the grave for an 8th installment.Last but not least the guys breakdown all of the super awesome Superbowl trailers (that all seem to have subtitles) that they saw over the weekend, including: Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Jason Bourne, TMNT: Out of the Shadows and more!

Another week, another Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! and another wacky discussion with the LA Nerd and Taylor!  Some dumb ass is starting a petition to make Deadpool PG-13... Over every nerd's dead body, lady! The Guardians might be coming face to face with a planet... that has a face in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; the guys are sad to report on another death in pop culture this week as everyone's favorite Harry Potter villain (?) Alan Rickman has passed away at 69; much squee is to be had over the first official Suicide Squad trailer and Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn and last but not least the guys tackle the subject of racism with this year's ridiculous Oscars drama of #OscarsSoWhite... but are they!?

Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! is back this week with a ton of news for your brains!  The LA Nerd and Taylor mourn the loss of musical genius David Bowie but then immediately turn those tears into happy ones with the news that the St. Louis Rams are now THE LOS ANGELES RAMS!  Joel hates on M. Night Sham-of-a-career for rebooting Tales from the Crypt; Taylor squees over Giant Man possibly being in Captain America: Civil War; apparently some Chinese CEO that really loves Pacific Rim bought Legendary Pictures and the sequel is back on... again?  James Gunn defends his choice of using the new RED Weapon for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; the guys weigh the options of who is the bigger evil to direct Ep. IX: George Lucas or Colin Trevorrow, and then they break down the Han Solo Short-list which includes some great actors and one clown! All this and more! on this week's episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!

Pop! Pop! The Pop Culture Podcast! is back this year after surviving the end of 2015!  The LA Nerd and Taylor dish out a Marvel-heavy Nerd News this week including talking about the new images of Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange; how much Thanos we'll really see in Guardians 2; there's not a dry pair of pants in the studio after talking about the Deadpool trailer; Black Panther gets an "official" genre; and finally the guys talk about their favorite movies of 2015 and what movies they wish they had seen in theaters! All of this and more on this week's episode of Pop! Pop! The Pop Culture Podcast!

Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! loves Star Wars as much as you do (probably more, let's be honest) and guess what little movie came out last week? Star Wars The Force Awakens!  The LA Nerd & Taylor dedicate almost an entire episode to their review of the newest addition to the Star Wars universe.  But first, of course there's a little Nerd News comin' your way!  Patrick Geraghty and Missy Dowling chime in on the following: Tom Holland being spotted with a certain magical Benedict Cumberbatch character (Spider-Man AND Doctor Strange!? Daaaaamn!); Harry Potter is kind of back with a trailer for Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them and Missy just so happens to be an expert on all things wizardry; and finally Justin Lin ditches fast cars for fast spaceships with the first trailer for Star Trek: Beyond! We know it's a little clashing of fandoms, but it's good, we promise! Then, get ready for Star Wars because the guys leave no stone unturned in their Star Wars The Force Awakens review!  (Non-spoiler review first, don't worry.)

Pop! Pop! The Pop Culture Podcast! is back after an unforeseen month-long break!  The LA Nerd and Taylor talk about Mr. Ryan Coogler (of Fruitvale Station & Creed fame) being up for the Black Panther directing spot.  He's good, his movies are good, we like it!  Also, Disney is seeking three female directors and two female writers for the Star Wars franchise and we break down who they could scoop up.  For the main event, the guys break down the two most recent blockbuster trailers: Captain America: Civil War & Batman five Superman; you know their love (and love to hate) for both, so tune in and hear what they have to say about the latest sneak peeks!

The episode we promised and you might've been waiting for is finally here! Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! goes to New York Comic-Con!  The LA Nerd and Patrick are joined by Age of the Nerd owner Sean McAloon on location from the east coast to dish about what went down at NYCC. Kevin Smith, Bruce Campbell & Ash vs. Evil Dead, the cast of Mr. Robot, the cast of From Dusk Till Dawn, Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer of The Venture Bros... The guys talked to all of these lovely people and more!  Tune in and find out who they geeked out over the most!  There's a little bit of Nerd News too, have no fear!  The title for Ant-Man 2 and the fact that J.J. Abrams gets final cut on Episode VII both dropped while the guys were in New York and they're excited as hell! You should be too!  Well what are you waiting for!?  Hit the play button on Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!

On this week's episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! The LA Nerd and Taylor welcome their good friend Dayeanne Hutton (Emma Approved) into the studio and the show turns into Pun! Pun! the Pun-Culture Podcast! Puns run rampant as the gang talks about Alvin & the Chipmunks taking on Star Wars; how much money Huge-Jacked-Man and Pan lost in theaters; why Fox is not giving the Fantastic 4 rights back to Marvel; Vin Diesel slaying dragons in a possible D&D movie; and how Wes Anderson must love dogs because his next film is about dogs! They also talk about Dayeanne's various adventures (like a dude getting one of her characters tattooed on his arm!) and projects including Hammer of the Witches, playing at Loft Ensemble now through November 1st. Information & tickets can be found at Loftensemble.org.All of this and so much more on this week's Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!

On episode 12 of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! The LA Nerd and Taylor welcome their very own roommate Patrick Geraghty to the studio to dish out some Nerd News!  The guys share solace over the fact that Pacific Rim 2 has been pulled from its release date; talk trash on Zack Snyder, his infamous slow motion sex scenes and his terrible music choices; and dream about a world where the X-Men are apart of the Marvel universe.  They also drool over Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography in The Revenant; cry for Leo Dicaprio's nonexistent Oscar; speculate which new cast member of The Force Awakens is a Jedi; and last but not least they weigh the pros and cons of a Watchmen TV series on HBO (there's also more Zack Snyder trash talking there too).

This week on Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!  The LA Nerd and Taylor welcome back their friend David Bornstein to talk about a hefty weeks worth of Nerd News.  They riff about Eli Roth's new gory flick Green Inferno, reminisce about their childhood with Jimmy Fallon and his 20th Anniversary Good Burger sketch, cry over the fact that InBev has bought out LA's local Golden Road Brewery and debate whether or not Tom Hardy could be the new Wolverine - Huge Jacked-Man (Hugh Jackman) seems to think so! Find out what we think and MORE  on this week's episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!

Holy crap! It's the 10th episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!  Are we doing something special, you ask?  No, not really, just reporting the nerdy news as always!  Rebecca Ferguson from Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (aka: Ghost Protes II) is being eyed for Captain Marvel and we salute the hell out of this idea!  The first teaser for Jessica Jones was released and while it's not very intriguing, it's still a Marvel show that's following Daredevil so you have to be excited for it!  Matt Damon is back for Bourne 5, AMC is finally making Preacher and it's been reported that there's more B than S in Batman Five Superman! For the main event this week, the guys stray from the comic book world and discuss a little real-life Sci-Fi; Elon Musk was recently on Stephen Colbert's new late night show talking about the colonization of Mars.  Is dropping thermonuclear bombs on the poles of Mars a good idea? Probably not!  But is that the fastest way to make the living conditions survivable?  Find out on this week's episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!

Nine episodes in and the LA Nerd and Taylor are still talking about nerdy shit on Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!  Were you hoping that Mark Ruffalo would be in Captain America: Civil War? Well too bad, because he's not in it!  We'll tell you why, though!  Benicio Del Toro is officially the bad guy for Star Wars Episode XIII; Joaquin Phoenix was actually the one that backed out of the Doctor Strange deal, not Marvel; and Kevin Feige almost quit Marvel over Civil War!  Find out why and much more on this week's episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!

This week on Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! The LA Nerd and Taylor talk about what summer movies wrapped their filming this week, Joel complains about Vin Diesel making a third xXx movie but swoons over John Boyega finally wielding a lightsaber in a new Star Wars clip and the guys discuss Mads Mikkelsen throwing destructo disks at Doctor Strange!  After Nerd News the guys share the studio with their friends David Bornstein and Ari Grabb who are on the show to promote their short film, A King's Betrayal.  Not only that but there's witty banter galore and they discover that Ari is the creator of PIZZA BALLS!! This has to be one of the funniest episodes to date, so enjoy it yah nerds!

Disney's annual D23 Expo was last Saturday and on this episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast the LA Nerd and Taylor break it down!  Spoilers:  there's a shit ton of Star Wars news! Were you hoping that Michael Shannon would be in Batman Five Superman even though Zod died?  Were you also hoping that he'd be part dolphin?  Well you're in luck! Tune in to find out what the hell that means...  Other high points are us trash talking Ronda Rousey's acting skills (please don't kill us), trash talking Colin Trevorrow's directing skills (not afraid of you, Colin!), getting wasted at Disneyland's future Star Wars theme park and how the #1 poster artist of all time says that The Force Awakens is the best Star Wars movie ever made!

The LA Nerd Joel Reaves and Taylor Salan are back in the studio with Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! Episode 6!  Joining them this week is Lauren Sperling, a great thespian friend of the duo, who is promoting her newest stage endeavor, Relationships Suck.  More about the play and tickets to the show can be found at Loftensemble.org/Welp! It's a week full of Star Wars news as D23 Expo is oficially underway! since we can't actually be there, the group discusses 17 things we've learned about The Force Awakens, as well as who's playing the Joker for the Lego Batman movie, Gene Wilder's possible return from retirement, a petition that publicly shames Fox Studios, and exactly how many Spidey suits will Tom Holland be wearing in Captain America: Civil War?  All of this AND MORE on this week'sPop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!

In a very special mid-week episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! the LA Nerd and Taylor tear Fantastic 4 a new one... Like, they rip on it hard; they smear this movie's reputation harder than a high school cheerleader with a slam book. The opinions/reviews on this movie were so low it warranted a whole episode dedicated to dissecting its crappiness before next week's episode.  But that's not all! What makes this episode even more special is that Pop! Pop! now has a theme song! Many thanks to Mister Mitchell for his musical talents and his time put into helping out.  Check out his website for all things music & audio related: Mister-Mitchell.com.

This week on Episode IV: a new Pop! (The 4th episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast)  The LA Nerd and Taylor welcome their very first guest! Woo!  Nicolette Gonzalez joins us for NATIONAL IPA DAY! and things get a little tipsy.  Apparently Lexus has made a real life hover board (unlike that hack Tony Hawk) and it's not very impressive!  Wah-wah.  Joel geeks out all by his lonesome about the return of Prison Break for a 10-episode return to Fox, everyone gets excited about the idea of a Marvel produced X-Men television show that would be in the same vein as Daredevil, and we talk about the HD release of the Deadpool trailer! We have to apologize though, there wasn't any Batman five Superman news this week, maybe next time you guys!

Welcome to episode 3 of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! On today's episode the LA Nerd Joel Reaves and Taylor Salan discover the've been cursed by Batman five Superman, but have no fear, they've come up with a solution to save their souls!  An apparent leak of a word document at Sony might unveil new villains and castings for the next standalone Spider-Man film and the guys have mixed feelings about it.  Were you excited for Channing Tatum as Gambit? Yeah, neither were we!  Find out what other actors might play the role evenbetter! (Hint, we make a ball-sack joke about Stellan Skarsgård...)All this and more on the newly revived Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!

Welcome back true believers! The newly revived Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast makes it to episode numero dos and unlike the movie we talk about, Ant-Man, there's nothing small about this episode!  Joel brings back the old segment Nerd-News and Taylor joins him in talking about the last week's big stories in popular culture!  Jurassic World sequel? Yup!  Fantastic 4 / X-Men crossover? Unfortunately, maybe!  ANOTHER EARTH LIKE PLANET WAS DISCOVERED!? OH EM GEE! ALIENS! All of this and so much more (we have to be somewhat mysterious, don't we?) on episode 2 of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!

Pop! Pop! is BACK!  The one and only LA Nerd, Joel Reaves, returns with Age of the Nerd and the usual band of misfits to bring you even more nerdiness!  On the first episode of the revived podcast, LA Nerd & Co. talk about what they saw at Comic-Con 2015! It's a trailer-extravaganza!  Fantastic 4, the final trailer was released and damn are there some harsh words to be said; Batman five Superman, does this exclusive Comic-Con trailer change Joel's mind about his disinterest for the Man of Steel sequel? The Suicide Squad trailer showcases our first look at Jared Leto and like everyone - we have opinions! Deadpool also had an exclusive Comic-Con trailer debut and yes, we loved it.  We talk about all of this and so much more on the first comeback episode ofPop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!"

Lots going on in this episode folks, but the first thing is LAUREN IS BACK FROM THE UK! We're back in Taylor's garage for our first in-person podcast in over a year! Damn it feels good.  We finish up ... What If? and talk about the finale & what season 2 could look like as well as talk about an episode that never made it to air.  Lauren and Joel saw Venom: Let There Be Carnage (sadly) and I'm sure you can guess how it was received... and to round it all out, the entire gang saw No Time to Die 30 minutes before this podcast was recorded.  What happens to Bond? Who's going to be the NEXT Bond!? WHY is Bond!? All these questions answered and more in this week's episode!

Today we're taking a look at the previous three episodes of ... What If? before we get into the final two episodes to come! We also break down yet another Marvel/Disney lawsuit and poke fun at the casting choices for Nintendo's recently announced Super Mario Bros movie.

Marvel's Phase 4 OFFICIALLY kicks off (theatrically) with Shang Chi, and holy shit does it deliver some kick-ass action and one of the better origin stories in the MCU to date.  We also revisit the world of weird in the next two episodes of ... What If?

Kevin Feige finally gave us peasants a crumb of happiness and released the No Way Home trailer. DOC OCK! PUMPKIN BOMB! PROBABLY, MAYBE MATT MURDOCK!  There's so much to gush about in this trailer, and boy do we ever... you know how we love Spooder Mans. Also, I didn't wanna release two episodes in the same week so we also talk about the first two episodes of ... What If?  Enjoy, nerds.

Look... Joel has to get a Suicide Squad tattoo, so that should tell you everything you need to know about how we felt about this movie... but maybe give it a listen for the in-depth talk.  There's also some news about Scar-Jo trying to put the big Mouse in his place, and a long What We've Been Watching segment where we shit on M. Knight Shyamalan and discuss "high art films."

Technically this is Loki episode 5 AND 6, but obviously we all really wanna talk about that FINALE BABY!  Also, Black Widow was released alongside Loki, so we couldn't help but make that the main event of our "what we've been watching" segment.  SO MUCH MCU!

Before we get to our review of episodes 3 & 4 of Loki, in which we gush over how this show just keeps getting better, we talk about the trailer for Shang Chi and how some new Spidey merch that dropped for No Way Home hints at some possible plot details.  In our Loki review we basically just theorize how Kang possibly plays into everything... and how much we love Alligator Loki.

The God of mischief is back from the dead with his own MCU show, and by god, it's just as good as everything else the MCU has given us thus far.  The Multiverse of Madness is coming, and it's coming fast!

Sadly everyone has been out of town so this podcast is a little late, but we finally review the final two episodes of The Falcon & the Winter Soldier! Joel and Taylor also saw Mortal Kombat and Nomadland while Lauren watched Promising Young Woman.  There's also some good old-fashioned Zack Snyder shit-talking for good measure.

Everyone watched Godzilla vs Kong, Joel and Taylor got to hang out in person for the first time in over a year and of course, we review The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episodes 3 & 4.  John Walker might be a good soldier, but holy shit is he not a good man.  Steve Rogers is rolling over in his grave... or in his bed on the secret moon base... wherever he is.

Wandavision finished TWO whole weeks ago and we've been famished ever since... but alas, Falcon & the Winter Soldier is here to save the day.  The next installment of the MCU Phase 4 is here and we break it down.  BUT! Not before we talk about the new Suicide Squad trailer AND about how Joel actually watched... THE SNYDER CUT! DUN DUN DUN!

Literally nothing else in this episode but the WandaVision finale review! How does the first chapter of phase 4 close out!? Tune in to find out!

Spider-Man 3 gets an official title and Mortal Kombat releases its first trailer... but we know why we're all really here: WandaVision episodes 7 & 8.  We watched them, and we're here to talk about them. I don't want to hype it up too much... but WandaVision episode 8 was ONE OF the best pieces of Marvel media ever made.  THE FINALE IS THIS WEEK! WOO!

Just a couple of news bits before we revisit Westview and see what Wanda & Vision are up to! Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey have been cast in HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us as Joel & Ellie respectively; Gina Carano has been officially fired from the Mandalorian while Joss Whedon's past behavior on set has finally caught up with him.  Back in the MCU we find Wanda and Vision at odds over what's happening in Westview while Evan Peters has shown up as Wanda's dead brother Pietro... Just when we thought shit couldn't get ANY crazier...

We just recently podcasted so there's not much news to talk about, but there WAS a Godzilla vs Kong trailer! We break that down and then dive right into WandaVision episodes 3 &4 ... Shit is starting to get WEIRD!

Episode 69! Nice!  There's a massive amount of Marvel news this podcast; Thor 4 casting rumors, Daredevil rumors, Moonknight casting news AND some Deadpool 3 news for good measure. We also spend a little bit of time talking shit on the Snydercut because why wouldn't we?  But the real big juicy stuff here is that phase 4 has OFFICIALLY STARTED with the first two episodes of WandaVision dropping on Disney+.  We break them down and jump on the fanboy theory train! All aboard!

The second season of the Mandalorian wrapped up with the craziest cameo in Star Wars history AND WE GUSH ABOUT IT! Then we break down everything that was revealed at Disney Investor's Day (Star Wars, MCU & then some) and speculate what the future of all of these franchises holds.

The shortest "What We've Been Watching" of all time as we all watched the same movie so we could talk about it -- Mank.  Somehow we talked about new Spider-Man news without making it the main topic OR making it a 3-hour discussion! Alfred Molina joins Jamie Foxx as the second non-MCU-Spidey villain to be in Spider-Man 3, as he's been added to the cast to reprise his role as Doc Ock.  We're all mad about it.  Finally, WB dropped a BOMB on Hollywood, announcing that they would release their ENTIRE 2021 slate on HBO Max on the same day as their theatrical release. It's a huge shakeup of the way films have always been released and we break down whether it's a temporary strategy for Covid-times or the way of the future.

We accidentally took a month off and have SO MUCH NEWS to catch up on.  There wasn't a frontrunner for "main topic" so we just spend the last bit of the podcast talking shit (as usual) on The SnyderCut following the news that his $70 million reshoots are only going to result in 4 minutes of new footage for the release...

Taylor finally sat down and watched the rest of The Boys Season 2 so here we are reviewing it!  Season 1 was one of the best things Amazon has ever put out and goddamn does this season even top THAT!  We can't wait for season 3 to watch even more nazi-stomping.