Journey back to 1580 England with Popcorn Podcast for a review of Chloé Zhao's breathtaking Hamnet. After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes (Jessie Buckley) and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) grapple with grief. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss. Hamnet is about love and death and how these two foundational human experiences can alchemize and transform each other through art and storytelling. In this deep and thoughtful episode, Leigh and Tim discuss the immersion of the story and its performances through the lens of its Oscar winning director. But is it the awards darling everyone is predicting it will be?

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Original West End Queen Aimie Atkinson is here to discuss returning to the role of Katherine Howard for Six: The Musical Live! – the electrifying cinematic experience hitting cinemas worldwide. Atkinson opens up about stepping back into Katherine’s heels after two years away, reuniting with the original West End Queens, and the emotional and vocal intensity of performing one of Six's most powerful songs, this time with cameras rolling and a live audience feeding every beat. She reflects on watching the show grow into an award-winning international sensation, and why Six’s pop-concert format and unapologetic storytelling continue to resonate with millions.

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• Jonathan Bailey visits Popcorn Podcast to talk all things Wicked
• Jon M Chu on adapting In The Heights
• Better Man: Robbie Williams’ surprise cinematic hit

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Popcorn Podcast unpacks Christy, a boxing biopic that becomes a harrowing story of survival. Directed by David Michôd, Christy begins as a traditional sports movie before evolving into the struggles of identity and intimate partner violence. We're talking Sydney Sweeney’s physically demanding transformation, Ben Foster’s unsettling performance, the film’s powerful themes, pacing challenges and why this important true story struggled at the box office. This spoiler-free review explores what Christy gets right, where it falls short and why Christy Martin’s story still matters for women in sport today.

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