The Pop Cult EX-perience

Send us a textSummaryIn this weeks episode of the podcast we share our recent experiences, including a captivating concert by Cyndi Lauper and a theatre performance of Much Ado About Nothing in London. We discuss the potential Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, as well as the return of Scrubs and Ted Lasso. We shift the conversation to our recent reading habits, before introducing a new segment where we explore where F-bombs could fit into PG-13 movies, starting with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. We close the episode off with lengthy chat about how our intake in the various forms of Pop Cult media has changed over the years. We hope you enjoy,

Send us a textIn our return for a new season, we chat about and recommend some breakup movies in honor of Valentine's Day (and also the 25th anniversary of our own breakup). We discuss a variety of films, from classics like 'Chasing Amy' and 'High Fidelity' to modern takes like '500 Days of Summer' and 'Birds of Prey.' The conversation explores the emotional depth of these films, the complexities of relationships, and the importance of self-discovery after breakups. They also touch on upcoming movies for Valentine's Day, providing listeners with a comprehensive look at love and loss in cinema.

Send us a textIn today's episode, we explore the harmonica's important role in 90's alternative rock and the need for more of it in modern music.  We discuss the impact of horror in literature and film, our appreciation of the genre, and the challenges of adapting the works of Stephen King into film. We then give a mostly positive review of the film 'Long Legs,' analyzing its atmosphere, character development, and the effectiveness of its ending. Enjoy!

Send us a textWe start this weeks episode by diving into the live music scene as one of took in some live music over the weekend. We then confess our music crushes over the years, reflect on reality TV and music competitions, and share their ideal casting choices for films. The conversation culminates in a spoiler-filled review of the movie 'Strange Darling', where we discuss its themes, storytelling techniques, and character interpretations, ultimately expressing their admiration for the film's execution and depth.

Send us a textIn this all new episode of the Pop Cult Experience podcast, we, and a special guest fill out our respective movie line-ups in the Movie Draft. We had to select films from various genres including thrillers, romance, crime, fantasy, and musicals from the year 1994. We each presents our picks, discusses our choices, and debates the merits of each film. The episode concludes with a call to action for you, our lovely listeners to vote on which collection of flicks you'd want to watch.We apologize for any sound quality issues in this episode, 

Send us a textIn this week's all new episode, we have friend of the pod Erin on the cast as she has some questions she wanted to ask our opinion on.  We talk about life imitating art, censorship, streaming vs theatrical releases and more.  We review Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and we finish things off by picking the year and genres of the film draft. Enjoy. 

Send us a Text Message.In this week's episode we celebrate Canada's Day by offering up some suggestions of some all Canadian things to watch, things to read, things to listen to, things to play and things to eat. Enjoy and Happy Canada Day!!

Send us a Text Message.This episode we discuss some new news, recast a classic 80's movie, review a few things, and rank all the men who've donned the cape and cowl. Enjoy.

Send us a Text Message.With just a month to go before they hit the stage here in Ottawa, the lovely lads from Cevilain jump on the podcastr for a lengthy chat about everything going on with the themselves and the band.  We laugh, we cry, we laugh again.  Joining me and the boys on this rollercoaster ride is the always wonderful Kat, making her second appearance in the poscast in as many episodes. Enjoy, and pledge yourself. 

Send us a Text Message.With a new series of Doctor Who out there in the universe, and with a new Doctor at the helm of said series, our resident Doctor Who expert, Karen, takes a look back at all the Doctors who have come before and ranks them all.  Who is Karen's favourite Doctor?  Listen to find out, Agree or don't agree with Karen's rankings?  Let us know.Enjoy!!

Send us a Text Message.A new episode, a new guest host.  A new friend and guest host joins me on this episode, as me and said friend took in a few events in the last little bit and decided we should have ourselves a conversation about it,. So after we play a few games to let all of you get to know Kat, we settle in and reminisce about our nights at The SAW Gallery, where we had the pleasure of taking in a plethora of live music.We  also travelled to a galaxy far, far away for a night of sexy Star Wars parody, as we sat front and center at the Kailash Mital Theatre for The Empire Strips Back, a Star Wars themed burlesque show.   Did we enjoy the show?  Listen to find out, Enjoy. 

In this week's episode one half of us comes to you live from inside The Womb, a new and unique music and community venue here in Ottawa. We sit down with Sarah and talk about why and how The Womb came to be and all the ideas she has to expand it and what the future holds for her and The Womb. We have a great talk, she feeds me banana bread and a small child makes a few appearances. Enjoy.  

With The Bloodbash only a few days, we jumped online with the five bands who will be entertaining the masses over two nights.  Here are all the things that were said,  The Bloodbash is a two night music fest put together by ourselves and Resist The Throne in support of and raising money for The Canadian Blood Services.  The boys from Resist the Throne will be joined on stage by Complicit, The Scarecrowz, Ultimus, and Wyntr.  This is us talking to each of those amazing bands. Enjoy

It's the start of a new season.  And season 5 of the podcast is a bit of a special one as it is also the 25th anniversary of when we met and subsequently dated and pretty much the reason this podcast exists. So we start things pff this year letting you know what to expect from this season and how the 1999 will be integral and a big part of this season. We then continue with our trend of starting each season off with out anti-Valentines Day narrative and we go back to 1999 to talk about and review the first movie we ever to see togther, Cruel Intentions.  Does it stand up 25 years later?  Give a listen to find out. We finish things off by finding out how well we know each other after 25 years.  We'll give you  a hint, not well. Well back to 1999.  

In this extra special episode of the podcast, we got the chance to interview the charismatic and charming Charlie Kerr, lead singer of Hotel Mira, who are currently in the last legs of a cross-Canada tour in support of their new album, “I Am Not Myself”.  A tour that finishes up right here in Ottawa at The SAW Gallery on Feb 18th. We talk to Charlie about some highlights and awesome moments from the tour, the new album, with its wonderful blend of catchy beats and introspective lyrics, and the connection people make through music and other mediums.  We even take some time to delve into some pop culture shenanigans with Charlie talking about unapologetic love of cinema and other arts, the nonsense of toxic fandom, and he takes us behind the scenes on a few of the tv sets he's had the pleasure of working on.  

It's a news heavy episode as we start things off catching up on all the things we've missed the last few weeks.  We finish things off talking about the interesting story behind the 1984 martial arts flick, New York Ninja, 

Grab yourself a coffee, sit back, relax and enjoy the experience as we talk to one half of Double Experience,  They are a band, they are Twitch streamers, they are self-professed nerds. Brock sits down with us to talk about the band, their streaming channel, the writing and recording process and some u[coming live events that you'll want to add to your calendar,  We also find out what "Nerd Rock" is  Stick around at the end of the episode to hear their hit song, Bill Murray, Enjoy,

When a Friday the 13th just happens to fall in October, there is only one thing to do. Dedicate an entire episode to talking about Friday the 13th franchise. 12 movies.  29 years.  198 kills.  The creation of numerous horror movie rules and tropes.  2 horror movie fans bantering on about it for around an hour, 

It's an all Canadian episode this week on the podcast as we get ready to celebrate Canada Day. Not only are we shining a spotlight on the day, but also on the month as we talk about some Canadian films focused on Queer and Trans stories that were recommended by Can Film Day. C.R.A.Z.Y. Can be streamed on Apple TVBreakfast with Scot can be streamed on CBC GemsDawn, Her Dad and the Tractor can be streamed on Crave. If sitting out in the sunshine and flipping through the pages of a good book is more your speed, we talk about ‘Pageboy', the memoir from @elliotpage, and ‘The 38 Impossible Loves of Naoko Nishizawa' by @monnamcdiarmidwrites , two fantastic books by Canadian authors. Check out Monna McDiarmid here —> https://monnamcdiarmid.comAnd what are outdoor festivities with out music?  This week we take a listen to and talk about @tamingsariband's amazing sophomore album, ‘My Heart, My Love'. Give it a listen wherever you gets your music. We then play a Canadian version of stuck on a deserted island, picking one movie, one tv series, one album and one book that we would take with us to keep us entertained if we were stranded and alone. We end the episode with a wonderful chat with @thespacebetweenofficial, a stellar hard rock three piece from Ottawa, coming in fresh off the release of the first EP, that EP's release party and a nomination for best Newcomers of the Year at this years Capital Music Awards. Stick around at the end of the episode to hear their song 'Time', off their new album. Enjoy!! 

On this week's episode we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day by talking about some indigenous artists, musicians, movies and events that you can enjoy from all across Canada, and right here in our home town of Ottawa.   Enjoy!!

In this all new episode, we show off our fondness for Jurassic Park and give it some much deserved banter as it celebrates it's 30th anniversary,  We then go head to head and pick the flicks we will be putting up against each other in our Pop Cult Pick 'em Draft.  The year, 2010, the genres, action, adventure, animated, drama and documentary.  Go on our socials and vote on which movie watchlist you prefer, We end the episode putting the spotlight on some creative forces in the LGTBQ2S+ community.  Enjoy!!

We have a new episode for you!It's a simple but fun episode.  We talk about our love for Ted Lasso before making our way Across The Spider-Verse.  We then give mention to Art by Veya and Alanna Sterling, two artists/creators that we have a fondness for and felt like sharing with our listeners and followers.We finish things off with the introduction of a fun new game, a game we have borrowed from The Big Picture podcast (check them out), where we take a specific year and five genres of film and we both create our own binge-worthy movie watchlist that you then get to vote on. Enjoy!!

With the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 capping off one of the greatest of all trilogies of all time we decided to have a talk about the best of the best in the world of movie threesomes.  Also coming out the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol3 was The High Evolutionary, one of the better villains to grace a Marvel movie, so we turn or attention and the conversation to some of the better villains of the MCU.  We end our episode talking with one of our favourite folk, Alexandre from Sunday Riot Club.  We talk about all the what's happening with the band.Enjoy. 

On this week's episode we take a look at some of the headlines from around the interwebs. Writers are on strike, sequels are in the works, folk are following Gunn from Marvel to DC, Pedro continues to be everywhere, and Carrie Fisher goes from being among the stars to having one of her own on the walk of fame. Following that we review Dredge, a horror inspired, narrative driven, resource gathering fishing game.  Sisu, a stylish Finnish action romp, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, possibly the best Marvel movie to date. We end this week's episode having a nice little chat with The False Peak, an alt rock three-piece out of the UK,  Enjoy. 

As we've gone for a couple of weeks, it's a news heavy episode of the podcast.  We discuss all the bits and bobs of news we've come across on the interwebs.  We then review the 3rd season of The Mandalorian and Guy Ritchie's Operation Fortune. We end things off with a lovey little talk with Mike and Jasmine from Canadian alt rock band Polarity. Our interview with Polarity starts around 1:02 mark. Check out Polarity at https://polaritymusic.com/Find them on IG at @PolarityMusicFolow us on our FB, IG and Twitter at @popcultexp

We celebrated our 100th episode by taking a look back at the ups and downs, highs and lows, bestest and worstest moments from the previous 99 episodes.  We talk about how doing the podcast has changed us, the way it has changed the who, what, where, why and how we consume our pop culture, the way it is has made us break from our norm, pushing us outside our comfort zones in a way, and challenged us.  We wax poetically about being able to use our tiny, tiny bit of celebrity (haha) to fundraise, get involved with and raise some money for some charities that are near and dear to us. And we reminisce about one of the best parts of it all, the new friends we've met along way.  From the fine, fine folk we've had come on the cast to talk with us, to our listeners who we have had the pleasure of interacting with. So, as it would only be fitting to do on our 100th episode, we add another friend to that list as we welcome guitarist, musician, singer, songwriter, twitch streamer, independent music maker Luke Paluch of L.J.P music to the podcast.  It's a small world as you'll soon find out. You can find on IG at @l.j.p_music On Twitch at https://twitch.tv/ljpmusicOn Spotify at https://spotify.link/J4uyZF3r4ybOn YouTube at https://youtube.com/@L.J.P

We are back after a short hiatus, and that means we had a bunch of things to talk about.  We discuss all the new news we came across on the interwebs, recap how we did on our Oscar prediction, and give you our thoughts on season 1 of The Last of Us. 

We get back to business as usual, talking about all the interesting tidbits we have found on the interwebs. Teenage Mutant Street Fighters, Bruce, Bacon and Biker Mice.  More live action remakes are headed our way, someone still knows what we did last summer and Spidey goes dark in the 1930s. We end things by reviewing the first half season of The Last Of Us and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. 

WE ARE BACK!!And we are starting off the new season, that same wawat we start off each and every season.  Bringing you the unconventionally romantic movies, shows and games you can watch and play with the special someone. Enjoy!

For those good folk who couldn't make it to our 2022 Year in Review, here is the replay of it for your listening pleasure. 

Tis the holiday season, tis also the 65th anniversary of the original telling of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas.  To celebrate both those thing we will be talking all things grinchy..  Exploring, analyzing and discussing the book, as well as the three movie adaptations.  We talk about and compare the 1966 animated tv movie, the 2000 live action adaptation and the 2018 computer animated version.  Which is your favourite version?  

Another week, another episode.  RRR gets another R, Margot Robbie loses her arrrrrrrr, Tarantino has a lot to say, horror megapowers unite, Disney trades one Bob for another Bob, Blade finds direction, and I think we have an impromptu conversation about Batmen, After all that nonsense we give out Flying F..ks to Somerville on Xbox, and God of War: Ragnarok and Days Gone for Playstation. as well as The English, the new Interview With a Vampire series, and no indie sci-fi flick, Vesper. Enjoy.  

We are back with another new episode.  This week we have some news from the Amazon, a 20 year hiatus comes to an end, a Coven adds an Aubrey, Indiana set for a series, is Lobo a-go-go? Star Wars Episode 10: Studio Ghibli, and the "Cogs" are turning on a new flick.   After that we toss around a healthy amount of Flying F...s as the Playstation exclusive, Stray, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever. Enjoy!!

In this weeks episode we dive straight in, talking about all the news we've pulled from the interwebs.  We talk Fridays, doctors, witchers, superheroes, and the new faces of the DCEU. We give you our thoughts on the new stop-motion animated film from Henry Sellick, Wendell and Wild, in our Rant, Rave and Review, and we bring our 31 Day "Hail to the King" Shocktoberfest Movie Marathon to an end with a little talk about The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me and Carrie, four of the better film adaptations of Stephen King stories.  Enjoy,  

With it being that time of the year where all major sports are being played at the same, we decided to chat about some of our favourite sports movies and shows. 

In this weeks news and previews we talk Blink's nine year itch, The Candy Man, Scorsese gets the Gang back together, Netflix revives that which they killed, Indiana Ross, Nudity and Firearms and more Phase Delays.  We hand out some homework assignments and we set free a handful of Flying F..ks in our reviews of She-Hulk, The Rings of Power and Stephen King's The Dark Half.   We hope you enjoy. 

In this week's episode we discuss all the bits of news we found to be worthy of discussion, we talk the Mario movie controversy, and we make some bold predictions as to the identities of Sauron and Black Panther.  In our reviews this week we throw about some Flying F..ks at Mr. Harrigan's Phone, a Netflix film adaptation of Stephen King's story of the same name, and Werewolf by Night, Disney's new homage to 1940s monster flicks. Enjoy!

New week, new episode. This week we dive in to the Dead-pool with some exciting bits of news, before turning our attention to "Blonde" the fictional retellings of the life and times of Marilyn Monroe and the problematic nature of some Biopics.In this weeks Rant, Rave and Review we give out some Flying F....s to the Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton fantasy "Three Thousand Years of Longing" and we urge people to watch the disaster that is Stephen King's "Maximum Overdrive", one of the movies on our Pop Cult Ex-Perience 31 Day "Hail to the King" Shocktober Movie Marathon.  

In this week's episode we talk about all the new news, we give Andor, Emily the Criminal and The Black Phone our reviews and we let you in on what's happening with this years 31 Day Shocktober Horror Fest.  Hail to the King. Enjoy!!

It's the 20th anniversary of the premiere of Firefly, the shiniest little space western in all the verse.  So we talk about Firefly.  

It's a new week, and with that comes a new episode.Before this episode hets proper started i get a little something off my chest.  But as soon as that foolishness is done with it's in to the news, where we talk about all the fun stuff that came out of The Venice Film Fest, The Toronto International Film Festival and D23.  We then discuss the fantastic and dark comedic works from Martin McDonagh.  We then  finish things off with a new segment, Better Late Than Never, with Karen finally getting around to watching The Losers, a movie she should have seen 12 years ago,  Enjoy!!

On todays episode we have a quick chat with the boys from Resist the Throne and talk about all the new and exciting in their worlds, including some newly announced live shows and some new music for all our listening pleasures.After we bid the boys adieu, we do what we usually do and talk about all the interesting news and tidbits from the week before setting some Flying F...s free with our reviews of the first two episodes of the LOTR prequel series, The Rings of Power and the superhero hero movie starring Sylvester Stallone, The Samaritan.Enjoy!!

With White Zombie, the movie thought to be the very first feature length zombie film, celebrating it's 90th anniversary, we decided we would talk about zombies and zombie movies.  

New Episode.This week we dive in to the all the news bits we could find before deciding how many Flying F....s we fell like giving Prey, I Love My Dad and Day Shift.Enjoy

New week, new episode.In this week's episode we lament about the current state of the DCEU, we speculate about the return of Sarah Michele Gellar to tv and we give  out a fair amount of Flying F...s to As Dusk Falls, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, The Sandman, Black Bird and Bullet Train. Enjoy!!

It's new episode time!!In this episode we get defensive over the news of a Roadhouse remake, we discuss all the shiny and new that came out of the San Diego Comic Con and we confusingly and potentially unsuccessfully attempt to give Flying F...s about a trio of flicks, Men, Nope and The Gray Man.  Enjoy!

This episode is all about the 7 R's: Rise, Roar, Revolt, Ritchie, Rant, Rave and Review.  We start things off by tossing around some speculations regarding the live action Hercules movie that is currently in the works from director Guy Ritchie.  Our Film Club is off to a grand start with the insanely entertaining Tollywood epic, RRR: Rise, Roar, Revolt, and we finish everything off with a few reviews of Ms. Marvel, Strange New Worlds and The Umbrella Academy.Enjoy!

A whole new episode for your listening pleasure. Kevin Smith goes Inception, the question of Who's The Boss gets asked again, we will still only have half a Dune movie for longer than expected, My Neighbour Totoro gets the Muppet treatment, people are being cast in things, James Bond to get a makeover, and we get ocean bound with mention of sharks and shells. We also put on our judgey hats and throw some flying f...s around with reviews of the indigenous horror/comedy Slash/Back, The Boys season 3 and Thor: Love and Thunder.  Were they good?  Did they suck?  Did we give a Flying F. Enjoy.  

In this weeks news, there is various Star Wars talk, you sex doll just got a little more realistic, Formula One gets the Maverick treatment, Phase Five will be revealed shortly, Alan Rickman kept a diary, and Bruce Davis gives us a behind the scenes look at the Academy Awards.Tyler went and saw Our Lady Peace at the NAC and discusses all the fun he had. We then give out some Flying F....s for the full season of Obi-Wan Kenobi.And we end with the ongoing discussion of whether 1982 was in fact the greatest year in cinematic history, as two more masterpieces, Blade Runner and The Thing, celebrate their 40th anniversaries. Enjoy!

In this week's episode we talk Top Gun and have ourselves some other pop culture-related fun. The Joker sings, Josh Brolin talks to himself, Taika wants to create worlds and Netflix wants to give you 4.56 million dollars. And somehow we're in a universe with Guy Ritchie and Disney: The Odd Couple. All that and more in this week's News and Previews. Karen gets between the covers with The Yellow Wallpaper, a haunting and powerful short story from 1892 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman brought to glorious graphic novel life by illustrator Hannah Flügler.For our finale, Tyler takes to the skies, Flying F...king his way in to the Danger Zone with his review of Top Gun: Maverick. P.S. Come join our Film Club! Our first film to watch will be RRR, a raucous Bollywood action flick which is getting lots of love out there.

It's been a week, as  every Showcase, Con and Fest brought us news and previews of a bunch of the things we can look forward to for the rest of the year, The Joker seemingly has more jokes to tell, Marvel reveals their Suicide Squad, an extra-terrestrial went home 40 years ago and dinosaurs run amok (again).