Bring Your Own Popcorn

30/12/2023

We had such an amazing lineup of guests in 2023!! Why not take the weekend to catch up on all the episodes from this year? Every single one was a winner and a delight~ The tenth year of was a success. It’s still hard to believe it’s been ten years. I’ve learned a lot and met so many great people through this podcast. And of course, watched a lot of movies! Here’s to 2024 🥂 which will quite likely be BYOP’s last year, so please enjoy 😉

29/12/2023

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Actor Lee Sun-kyun’s death can be considered "social murder", with the media, police and the public sharing responsibility, says a professor at a Korean university.

24/10/2023

This episode features a fantastic conversation with the fantastic Satsunami, host of the fantastic podcast Chatsunami! We chat about McDonald's happy meal memories; what movie Satsunami & pals got turned away from as younguns; Mixtape learns about the ratings system in the UK, what a Young Scot card is, and what movies show during xmas season at the FT in Scotland; the special feature of all time travel movies; and what movie changed Satsu's life forever by bringing him new friends, new confidence, and a new podcast! This is a delightful chat and I hope you enjoy!

FEATURED FILM: The Terminator (1984) OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED: Pokemon: The First Movie (1998); The Dark Knight (2008); Spider-Man (2002); It's a Wonderful Life
(1946); Spirited Away (2001)

Listen to everywhere fine pods are found!

26/08/2023

https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/5757/

Time capsule article from 2002: "Hoch and Sexton insist they only agreed to play soldiers in the film (nominated for four Oscars, including Best Director for Ridley Scott) because the original script was boldly critical of America’s 1993 military engagement in Somalia. Extensive revisions began right after former U.S. Army Rangers were hired as advisers, the actors say.

“They were assholes,” said Sexton. “All they did was smoke ci**rs and criticize how we held our M-16s.”

“One of them bragged he’d killed over 60 people,” said Hoch."

Denouncing a hit movie in which you appear is a risky role for any actor -- much less a young, aspiring one. Yet Danny Hoch and Brendan Sexton III have decided to go public with their political qualms about Black Hawk Down: "It wasn't the great [...]

26/06/2023

BYOP started in 2013! WHOA! I'll talk to myself about that for a little bit in this mini episode, including a replay of episode 1 with NOTES. This is a short low-effort episode (and episode description) because I have carpal tunnel and doing anything with my hands or arms is painful. Episodes will b...

23/05/2023

Available NOW! 🍿 In this delightful episode we sit down with webtoons artist, creative powerhouse, rhythm game champion, ray of sunshine and rainbows, Spiry!

On the table for discussion is a movie that means a lot to Spiry, along with: smacktalking the state of the animation industry (with sympathy); Mixtape finds out a song that she thought her grandma invented was actually from a certain Broadway musical; why some animators are choosing to go it alone; the thirsts for dashing animated gentleman and the undeniable Tumblr s*x appeal of the Onceler; the mermaid jewelry everyone is waiting for; where true love is really found (it's not with THAT guy); the secret about movies that feature water; a breakdown of the dub versus sub; whether there actually is any difference between dreams and reality; and MORE!

Find the link in ‘s bio to:
• Check out Spiry's Webtoon, Circles!
• Buy Spiry's cute stickers at
SpiryStix.com!
• Take Spiry's What Kind of Demon Are You? Quiz!

Enjoy! ☺️💗

23/05/2023

FEATURED FILM: Paprika (2006). OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED: Curious George (2006), Nanny McPhee (2005), The Lorax (2012), Aquamarine (2006) In this delightful episode we sit down with webtoons artist, creative powerhouse, rhythm game champion, ray of sunshine and rainbows, Spiry! On the table for discussi...

25/04/2023

FEATURED FILM: The Wedding Singer (1998). OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED: Jurassic Park (1993); A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001); Moulin Rouge (2001); Phantom of the Paradise (1974) You probably remember hearing Skylar talk about one of her favorite movies in the Spooky Season Special, and thought "dang,....

04/04/2023

Here's a fun thing: There is now a Chrome extension that provides ASL Interpreting for movies on DisneyPlus and Netflix. It's called "SignUp Captions" and it's free. The interpreters are Deaf actors/entertainers. They are constantly expanding their library and you can even request a movie that isn't there yet. There are about 60 movies available so far, including Coco, The Incredibles, Black Panther, Frozen, Up, Zootopia, and more.
Here's a link to their page on the chrome web store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/signup-sign-language-for/gbllbjbhbafgdcolenjhdoabdjjbjoom
Enjoy!

22/03/2023

A fantastic conversation with a fantastic human, podcaster, comedian, paranormal investigator, TikTokateur, future showrunner, Dash Kwiatkowski! Dash and Mixtape discuss the retirement of Ash Ketchum and the years of meaning and joy that Pokemon has brought to Dash's life, plus! Bug Juice and their Twitter presence; Dash's band that had a baby drummer; laughter as a fear response; movies as international cuisine; several food-story-parallels; comic book hauls (who has the space?); little turtles with guns; Mattel's forgotten Monster in my Pocket (or are you just happy to see me?); and finally, Dash makes a psychic prediction for Mixtape's March 2023! This episode was recorded in December 2022 - did Dash's prediction come true? Listen to find out!

FEATURED FILM: Pokemon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998). OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED: Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998); 300 (2006); Epic Movie (2007); The Hangover Part II (2011); Evil Dead II (1987); The Departed (2006)

Catch Dash talking about Pokemon SOME MORE on March 30th 2023 7:00PM PST on The Digipod Pokecast Show on STAB Comedy Theater's Twitch, hosted by former BYOP guests Milk Surface and Cory Barringer!

21/03/2023

FEATURED FILM: Pokemon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998). OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED: Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998); 300 (2006); Epic Movie (2007); The Hangover Part II (2011); Evil Dead II (1987); The Departed (2006) A fantastic conversation with a fantastic human being, podcaster, comedian, p...

21/02/2023

Episode 55 reveal!! Available now! A casually hilarious chat with Christian Einselbrooks, artist, long-time weeb, hood movie aficionado, and the funniest person on Mixtape's social media feed -- and now yours! Christian brings a very special comedy to the table, an epic parody film that covers many more bases than it may at first seem!

We also discuss cartoon dads; what "casual" means when it comes to movie watchin'; the hood classics and what they have in common; what needs to stay in 1995, but what we want to bring back (PARDNER!); next level hamming; the importance of showing the laughs and not just the struggles; having fun with The Message; the best way to be a hater (with love); Hollywood's problem with portraying only a very narrow selection of Black stories; the importance of QUOTABLES!; and how "Don't Be a Menace" allows viewers to watch hood classics with a wider, more nuanced lens! MESSAGE! 

This episode was a blast to record, hope you enjoy!

21/02/2023

FEATURED FILM: Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996). OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED: Deep Blue Sea (1999);A Goofy Movie (1995); Higher Learning (1995); Do the Right Thing (1989); Friday (1995); Boyz n the Hood (1991); Menace II Society (1993); Hollywood Shuffle (198...

06/02/2023

Episode 2 of Riffraff Reads is now up on YouTube, which you can find in the linktr.ee in our bio! New episodes some Sundays. ;) Episode 55 of Bring Your Own Popcorn podcast is coming on Tuesday February 21st! 🍿

RIFFRAFF READS EPISODE 2: Together, we read stuff you want to know but won't read alone! In the second episode of Riffraff Reads, your host Mixtape Majesty will be reading, riffing, and chatting with you about Chapter 2 of the book Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, written by New York Times foreign correspondent & author Stephen Kinzer about the United States' involvement in the overthrow of foreign governments from the late 19th century to the time of its writing (2006).

Chapter 2 is all about the Spanish-American War, Cuba, and the Philippines, and how the United States govt and military bumbled, fumbled, and horrifically murdered tens of thousands of people on the US conquest for the biggest thumb in the global market pie.

30/01/2023

The first episode of RIFFRAFF READS is now available for replay on YouTube! This is the new streaming show from Bring Your Own Popcorn. Together, we read stuff you want to know but won't read alone!

In this first episode, we read chapter 1 of Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, written by New York Times foreign correspondent & author Stephen Kinzer about the United States' involvement in the overthrow of foreign governments from the late 19th century to the time of its writing (2006). Chapter 1 is all about Queen Liliuokalani and the circumstances that led to her and her Native Hawaiian government being overthrown by US insurgents in 1893.

This will be a Twitch streaming show at least once a month, sometimes more, and I'll upload the streams to YouTube as long as I don't get any copyright trouble.

Background art by Myth!

[Stream starts at 9:00] In the first episode of Riffraff Reads, your host Mixtape Majesty will be reading, riffing, and chatting with you about Chapter 1 of ...

29/01/2023

We're going down to one formal episode a month, and starting a Twitch stream! I ramble about that for a minute. Also, we have a Patreon with exclusive content and bonus episodes. One of the bonus episodes is included in this mini episode as a preview of the kinda content on the Patreon. Follow BYOP:...