Celebrate cinema with entertainment journalist Leigh Livingstone and movie expert Tim Iffland, as they review the newest film releases and interview the biggest stars, while also bringing you movie giveaways, the latest trailers and exciting movie news in bite-sized, moreish and sometimes salty episodes – welcome to Popcorn Podcast with Leigh and Tim! Visit the Popcorn Podcast website (popcornpodcast.com), watch our celebrity interviews on YouTube (@popcornpodcastwithleighandtim), and follow ...
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Join Popcorn Podcast for a big – but still bite-sized – breakdown of Justin Baldoni's adaptation of It Ends With Us, based on Colleen Hoover's deeply personal novel of the same name. The film stars Blake Lively as Lily Bloom, a woman who discovers there's a darker side to the man she loves (Baldoni) and must face the biggest decision of her life. L…
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Justin Baldoni interview (It Ends With Us)
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Justin Baldoni joins Popcorn Podcast for an Australian exclusive interview about his new film It Ends With Us, based on Colleen Hoover's deeply personal best-selling novel of the same name. The Jane The Virgin actor co-stars as Ryle opposite Blake Lively's Lily Bloom and also directs the film. Baldoni, who is founder of the Man Enough movement, sha…
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Daniel André interview (Running on Empty)
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First-time filmmaker Daniel André joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss his feature film debut Running on Empty. The film follows Mort (Keir Gilchrist), who discovers he has less than a year to live and uses a dating service that matches people by their death dates. In our chat, André talks about society’s fascination with death; how making the film was…
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Are you a movie lover who can't get enough of seeing the latest cinema releases or devouring all the behind-the-scenes insights straight from the A-list stars of those movies? Or maybe you're a film fan who wants to make sure you won't waste your hard-earned cash or time on seeing something you won't like? You've come to the right place! Join enter…
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Suit up, Bub. Popcorn Podcast's SPOILER-FILLED Deadpool and Wolverine movie review is here to make you scream, shout and let it all out. From surprise cameos to shirtless salivating, sexy soundtracks and balls to the wall action, if it happened (and even if it didn't), we're bringing it all to you, Peanut. LFG! Know someone who loves movies? Please…
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Aussie talent-to-watch Shabana Azeez joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss her complex role in Australian thriller Birdeater. The tense film follows bride-to-be Irene (Azeez) as she is invited to her fiancé's bachelor party, but when uncomfortable details of their relationship are exposed, the night takes a feral turn. The delightful Azeez shares how eq…
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Jack Clark and Jim Weir interview (Birdeater)
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First-time filmmakers Jack Clark and Jim Weir join Popcorn Podcast to discuss their micro-budget Australian thriller, Birdeater. The tense film follows bride-to-be Irene as she is invited to her fiancé's bachelor party, but when uncomfortable details of their relationship are exposed, the night takes a feral turn. Directing duo Clark and Weir respo…
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If you feel it, chase it... Popcorn Podcast's Twisters review promises a howling good time, as Leigh and Tim delve into Lee Isaac Chung's sequel to the 1996 film that set the bar for disaster flicks. Twisters stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos as storm chasers thrown together in the fight of their lives, but can the long-awaited…
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Patrick Warburton interview (Metro Comic Con)
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Instantly recognisable actor and voice artist Patrick Warburton brings his glorious moustache to Popcorn Podcast ahead of his appearance at Metro Comic Con 2024 to talk iconic characters, including Kronk, Puddy and Joe Swanson, living large in Australia with local superstars, working with Seth Macfarlane and how Harvey Weinstein got in the way of a…
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Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung joins Popcorn Podcast to talk helming a long-awaited sequel to 1996 cult classic disaster film Twister, starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. Chung hopes to blow audiences away with his take on the action-packed blockbuster, this time featuring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glenn Powell as tornado chasers in pursuit of a mo…
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Let's get Goofy! Legendary voice actor Bill Farmer drops by Popcorn Podcast ahead of Metro Comic Con to talk walking in the oversized shoes of one of Disney's most beloved characters – the one and only Goofy Goof. Farmer has been solely responsible for voicing the often clumsy, good-natured animated icon since 1987, as well other instantly recognis…
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Popular actor Brian Van Holt is here to talk his starring role in crime thriller Boneyard, featuring Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson and Mel Gibson. Boneyard is inspired by the real West Mesa Murders, where the skeletal remains of 11 women and girls were discovered in the New Mexico desert. Van Holt is best known for his leading role in Cougar Town, oppos…
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Mark Molloy interview (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F)
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Australian filmmaker Mark Molloy joins the podcast to take us behind the scenes of his feature directorial debut – the long-awaited sequel Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Comedian Eddie Murphy returns to the iconic Beverly Hills Cop film franchise after 30 years as irreverent detective Axel Foley, back on the beat in Beverly Hills. When his daughter Jan…
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Actress Nora Zehetner drops by Popcorn Pals to talk about her new crime thriller, Boneyard, starring Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson and Mel Gibson. Boneyard is inspired by the real West Mesa Murders, where the skeletal remains of eleven women and girls were discovered in the New Mexico desert. Zehetner reveals what drew her to this important project; how…
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Asif Akbar and Vincent E. McDaniel interview (Boneyard)
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Filmmakers Asif Akbar and Vincent E. McDaniel join Popcorn Pals to discuss their new indie film, Boneyard. Starring Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Mel Gibson, Boneyard is inspired by the West Mesa Murders where the skeletal remains of eleven women and girls were discovered in the New Mexico desert as they search for a killer within a angled web of in…
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Rachel House opens her heart to discuss her brilliant feature film directorial debut, The Mountain. Starring Elizabeth Atkinson, Terrance Daniel and Reuben Francis, The Mountain is about three children on a mission to find healing under the watchful eye of Taranaki Maunga (Mountain), where they learn the true spirit of adventure and the magic of fr…
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Joshua John Miller interview (The Exorcism)
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The Exorcism writer/director Joshua John Miller drops by Popcorn Pals to discuss his new meta horror film starring Australia's Russell Crowe and Sam Worthington. The Exorcism is a movie within a movie about a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a remake of the 1973 Oscar-winning horror, The Exorcist. As if that wasn't meta enough, M…
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Hannah Waddingham interview (The Garfield Movie)
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The delightful Hannah Waddingham drops by Popcorn Podcast to discuss her wickedly brilliant role in The Garfield Movie alongside Chris Pratt and Samuel L Jackson. Waddingham may be "jet-lagged up the wazoo" for our interview, but the triple-threat superstar still regales us with juicy tidbits about her villainous character, Jinx, shares why Saturda…
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Popcorn Pals travels 300 years into the future with entertainment journalist Connor Dalton to chat Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Wes Ball takes the reins from director Matt Reeves for the fourth instalment in the wildly successful and critically-acclaimed film series. Set many years after the reign of Caesar, Noa (Owen Teague), a young ape, go…
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Let's hear it for the stunties! Popcorn Podcast tumbles into David Leitch's The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. The action-packed ode to stuntpeople – the brave souls who get shot at, crashed into and thrown through windows for our entertainment – marks former stuntman Leitch's most personal project to date, filmed among the stunni…
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Matt Brown interview (Freud's Last Session)
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Filmmaker Matt Brown joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss his latest film, Freud's Last Session, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins as neurologist Sigmund Freud and Matthew Goode as famous author CS Lewis. As a double major in English and Political Science, Brown is obviously interested in life’s big questions and the heart of the human condition, which is e…
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Grab a fresh towel. Popcorn Podcast serves up a saucy Challengers movie review as Leigh and Tim rally over Luca Guadagnino's latest. The tense drama stars Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist as three tennis prodigies in a messy, sexy love triangle. Love-all, indeed. Know someone who loves movies? Please share Popcorn Podcast with your friends. Ke…
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Colin and Cameron Cairnes interview (Late Night With The Devil)
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Filmmaking brothers Colin and Cameron Cairnes are here to talk about their new movie, which is making waves and setting box office records. Melding found footage and mock-documentary style structures, Late Night With The Devil is fresh and unique in a done-to-death (pardon the pun) arena. In a fun and insightful chat, Colin and Cameron talk more ab…
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Jordon Prince-Wright interview (Before Dawn)
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Australian filmmaker Jordon Prince-Wright is one to watch. The discovery of compelling WWI diary entries from ANZAC soldiers has led him to Before Dawn – his biggest project yet. In an in-depth conversation, Popcorn Podcast learns of Jordon Prince-Wright’s passion for these untold stories, his tenacious pursuit in casting lead Levi Miller, how noth…
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Dev Patel takes a big swing (literally and figuratively) with Monkey Man, his passion project and directorial debut about one man's quest for vengeance. The Oscar-nominated star of critically-acclaimed films, including Lion and Slumdog Millionaire, fuses his love of the action genre with cultural significance to create a big-screen thriller backed …
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Hot off the heels of an explosive SXSW launch, Dev Patel's Monkey Man has everyone's attention. The Oscar-nominated star of critically-acclaimed films, including Lion and Slumdog Millionaire, joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss his directorial debut and transition into bona fide action star. In our interview, Patel shares what the action genre means t…
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Lashana Lynch interview (Bob Marley: One Love)
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Lashana Lynch is on Popcorn Podcast! The British star behind some of the coolest characters in film joins us to discuss portraying Rita Marley in Reinaldo Marcus Green's biopic Bob Marley: One Love. Lynch also shares how she finds confidence in kick-arse roles, such as Izogie, Maria Rambeau and 007, and which recent film has brought her the most jo…
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Heat the popcorn and grab your warmest jumpsuit, Popcorn Podcast's no-spoiler Ghosbusters: Frozen Empire review is here! Join Leigh and Tim as they skid through the spectral-soaked backstreets of Gil Kenan's first time behind the wheel of the Ectomobile (aka the beloved Ghostbusters franchise). Frozen Empire takes the action back to where it all be…
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Gil Kenan interview (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire)
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire writer and director Gil Kenan stops by Popcorn Podcast to take us behind the scenes of the latest instalment in the Ghostbusters legacy, talking iconic throwbacks, why Afterlife was a walk in the park compared to Frozen Empire, and even revealing an update on the highly anticipated Ghostbusters animated series reboot. Pi…
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If you want to recall, if a movie was good. Who you gonna call? Popcorn Podcast! Ahead of the release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, revisit Leigh and Tim's take on the 2021 Ghostbusters franchise reboot, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, starring Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon and Finn Wolfhard. Join us on a journey BACK to the Afterlife and prep y…
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Rose Glass interview (Love Lies Bleeding)
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Filmmaker Rose Glass joins Popcorn Podcast to talk about Love Lies Bleeding, her "bombastic, pulpy and dark" sophomore film starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian and Ed Harris. Glass shares what setting the film in the American Midwest offered, what Stewart and O’Brian bring to the roles of Lou and Jackie and what veteran actor Ed Harris had to sa…
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Honorary Australian Arj Barker drops by Popcorn Podcast to talk about family-friendly comedy The Nut Farm. The film, about a failed crypto trader who inherits a macadamia nut farm in a rural Australian town, marks the first leading role for the American comedian who spends much of his time on our shores. Barker talks amusing tree puns, what surpris…
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Bonnie Discepolo and Anna Camp interview (Neo-Dome) - Special
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Popcorn Podcast welcomes “bad-arse” legends Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect) and Bonnie Discepolo (GraceLand) as part of our SXSW Film Festival coverage to talk about Neo-Dome, their apocalyptic-style entry into the SXSW Independent Pilot Competition. Neo-Dome is set in a post-economic collapse America, following a woman (Camp) travelling alone towards th…
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Nicholas Logan and Michael Mosley interview (Neo-Dome) - Special
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"Trust no one on the road to the Neo-Dome!" Actors Nick Logan (I Care A lot, Dopesick) and Mike Mosley (Ozark, Scrubs) drop by Popcorn Podcast ahead of SXSW Film Festival to talk about Neo-Dome, their apocalyptic-style entry into the SXSW Independent Pilot Competition. Set in a post-economic collapse America, Neo-Dome begins with a woman (Anna Camp…
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Molly Manning Walker (How To Have Sex) - Special
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Molly Manning Walker's debut feature, How To Have Sex, has been gathering critical acclaim at film festivals across the globe for its honest portrayal of youth culture and nuanced exploration of consent. The filmmaker joins Popcorn Podcast to talk about how open conversations about sex and female pleasure can let the pressure out of first sexual ex…
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Mia McKenna-Bruce (How To Have Sex) - Special
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Popcorn Podcast welcomes EE BAFTA Rising Star Mia McKenna-Bruce to discuss her exceptional performance in groundbreaking film How To Have Sex. In this fun and insightful chat, McKenna-Bruce discusses how director Molly Manning Walker nurtured her self-belief; the research needed to land the perfect “dumb dad jokes”; societal pressures around sex; a…
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Return to planet Arrakis for Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two, the new cinematic adaptation of Frank Herbert’s celebrated Dune novels. An all-star cast is assembled in this continuation of Paul Atreides' (Timothée Chalamet) mythic journey alongside Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen, as he seeks revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his famil…
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The anticipation surrounding Dune: Part Two is at fever pitch, so let's revisit Popcorn Podcast's spoiler-free review of Dune. The 2021 sci-fi remake, based on Frank Herbert's iconic novel of the same name, stars Timothée Chalamet as the fabled Paul Atreides, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin and many more. Denis Villeneuve's six-time Oscar-wi…
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It's webbin' time! Leigh and Tim sling themselves into Madame Web to reveal all you need to know about the new instalment in Sony's Spider-Man Universe. Why is the internet so mad at this Morbius-adjacent origin story starring Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced and Celeste O'Connor? With foresight top of mind, Popcorn Podcast has the lo…
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With the release of Madame Web, revisit Popcorn Podcast's contentious Morbius review. The film first flapped (or is it flopped?) onto the big screen in 2022, starring Jared Leto as blood-thirsty Dr Michael Morbius. Join Leigh and Tim as they dive into this branch of the Sony Spider-Man Universe and discuss everything from Leto's take on the conflic…
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Jacqueline McKenzie and Deborra-Lee Furness interview (Force of Nature: The Dry 2) - Special
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Powerhouse producer, actor and adoption advocate Deborra-Lee Furness and her award-winning co-star Jacqueline McKenzie, join Popcorn Podcast to discuss their hit new movie Force Of Nature: The Dry 2 and gush over leading man Eric Bana (of course!). The pair talks leeches, trip-hazards and throwing creature comforts out the window in the name of art…
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Eric Bana and Robert Connolly interview (Force Of Nature The Dry 2) - Special
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Superstar Eric Bana returns to Popcorn Podcast to discuss his new film Force Of Nature: The Dry 2, alongside director and long-time producing partner Robert Connolly. The pair talk cursed characters, detective Aaron Falk's life outside of Jane Harper's best-selling book series, and the joys and challenges of bringing Australia to the big screen. Do…
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Jane Harper and Jodi Matterson interview (Force of Nature: The Dry 2) - Special
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Best-selling author Jane Harper returns to Popcorn Podcast, alongside innovative Made Up Stories producer Jodi Matterson, to discuss Force Of Nature: The Dry 2 – the highly anticipated adaptation of Harper's second Aaron Falk novel. We get down to business with Harper and Matterson to discuss the challenges of adapting such richly written Australia…
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Eric Bana returns as Federal Agent Aaron Falk, embroiled in another gripping case in Force of Nature: The Dry 2. Writer and director Robert Connolly once again adapts author Jane Harper's best-selling novel in this follow-up to 2021 smash hit The Dry. In the next chapter, five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat but only four come out on …
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Is Argylle a box office bomb or brilliant blockbuster? Leigh and Tim go head-to-head over Matthew Vaughn's latest action-packed spy spoof, starring Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L Jackson, Bryan Cranston and more. There's a lot of hot-headed talk about this new franchise, but we've got the definitive take on whether it's w…
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Matthew Vaughn interview (Argylle) - Special
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Irreverent filmmaker Matthew Vaughn drops by Popcorn Podcast to talk about Argylle, his new action-packed blockbuster starring Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell. The director behind the smash-hit Kingsman franchise, as well as Kick Ass and Stardust, shares his inspiration for the visually stunning action sequences in Argylle; the s…
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From book to movie to musical and back to movie, The Color Purple has been a cultural cornerstone for 40 years. In a new Popcorn Podcast episode, Leigh and Tim explore the latest cinematic masterpiece, based on the hit Broadway musical, to find out whether Blitz Bazawule's musical movie can stand tall alongside the success of its predecessors. What…
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Kurt Yaeger interview (Sunrise) - Special
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Former pro-BMX rider Kurt Yaeger joins Popcorn Podcast to share how he turned a tragic accident into a career transition that has him starring opposite Alex Pettyfer and Guy Pearce in new vampire thriller Sunrise. With his infectious optimism, Yaeger shares what it's like motorbiking with Guy Pearce; which Hollywood heavyhitter was instrumental in …
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Andrew Baird interview (Sunrise) - Special
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There's a reason the biggest names in the film business and studios alike are clamouring to work with Andrew Baird. With a robust Irish work ethic and a no-nonsense eye for turning filmmaking water into wine, the Sunrise director is proving himself a highly sought-after film fixer. Baird joins Popcorn Podcast to chat about his new 'anti-vampire' th…
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Alex Pettyfer interview (Sunrise) - Special
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Alex Pettyfer joins Popcorn Podcast for a fun chat about his new 'anti-vampire' film Sunrise and shares what the future holds as he moves through a second wave of his career. The star of such hits as Magic Mike, Endless Love and Stormbreaker also fights us for ownership of co-star Guy Pearce (he's Australian!) and spoils Meet Joe Black – you've bee…
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