What is the Peak of Cinema? Plus The Bone Temple, Tears For The Black Tiger, Dungeon Crawler Carl, and The West Wing
Release Date: 01/27/2026
What is the Peak of Cinema? Plus The Bone Temple, Tears For The Black Tiger, Dungeon Crawler Carl, and The West Wing
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The Top 50 Movie Moments of 2025 (Part 1)
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So it begins. Ben, HT, BJ, and Brad kick off a multi-part series of episodes attempting to narrow down their top 50 movie moments of 2025. To hear the continuation and subsequent conclusion of this conversation, which will be coming out soon, become a paid subscriber at . If you want to respond to anything we’ve said, offer any feedback, suggest topics of conversation, or just say hello, you can reach us at . Thanks for listening!
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Stranger Things 5, Disney Destiny Cruise, Resurrection, Sarah Squirm, and More
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We'd love to have you join us at for ad-free and exclusive episodes, including weekly box office conversations, a brand new Simpsons rewatch podcast, and our favorite Rian Johnson movie characters, the best Edgar Wright movie moments, films that broadened our cinematic horizons, and many more. Hope to see you there! What we’ve been Doing: Peter went on the Disney Destiny cruise ship. BJ has successfully grown out her undercut (please clap) What we’ve been Reading: BJ read the entirety of Rachel Reid’s Game Changer/Heated Rivalry series of novels. What we’ve been Watching: ...
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Avatar: Fire and Ash, Heated Rivalry, The Secret Agent, and More
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If you're not subscribed at , you're missing out on ad-free and exclusive episodes you won't hear anywhere else! Come on over, we'd love to have you. What we’ve been Doing: Jacob wants to complain about Las Vegas. Brad went to the Pinball Expo in Chicago HT fangirled to Guillermo del Toro and got a viral moment from Emma Stone What we’ve been Reading: Jacob has been reading George Washington by Ron Chernow. What we’ve been Watching: Ben watched Magnificent Warriors, The History of Sound, Possession, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. Brad watched...
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Head to to get access to lots of additional episodes you won't see here. If you want to respond to anything we’ve said, offer any feedback, suggest topics of conversation, or just say hello, you can reach us at . What we’ve been Doing: BJ’s celebrated 5 years! What we’ve been Reading: BJ re-read The Long Walk What we’ve been Watching: Brad watched Taskmaster season 19 with Jason Mantzoukas Ben watched Eephus and American Sweatshop BJ finished Twisted Metal s2, watched Baby Assassins 3: Nice Days, and PIECES What we’ve been Eating: Brad tried...
info_outlineThanks for listening! But this is only part of the experience. To hear the conclusion of our 50 best movie moments of 2025, plus episodes like our favorite Edgar Wright movie moments, Rian Johnson movie characters, our favorite horror movie masks, our Simpsons rewatch podcast, and weekly box office episodes (all ad-free!), join us at patreon.com/popcultured. You can reach us at popculturedfeedback@gmail.com.
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What we’ve been Doing:
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Ben went to NYC and met HT for the first time!
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Jacob got another tattoo.
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BJ went to the Anaheim Ducks v. Minnesota Wild Pride Party hockey game
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What we’ve been Reading:
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Ben read Project Hail Mary.
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Jacob read The Handyman Method and The Fireman. He’s halfway through Dungeon Crawler Carl.
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HT read Bel Canto, If Cats Disappeared From the World, and finally finished Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels.
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What we’ve been Watching:
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Ben has a question for the group.
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Jacob watched Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, Physical: Asia, Heated Rivalry, and wants to talk Doctor Who for a quick moment.
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Brad watched Kumail Nanjiani’s Night Thoughts, some of The Pitt season 2, all of Primal season 3, and started The West Wing for the first time.
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BJ watched Tears for the Black Tiger, The Trotsky, The Elephant
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HT watched The Testament of Ann Lee, Is This Thing On, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and watched That Touch of Mink and part of Indiscreet (Pluto TV Cary Grant marathon of course).
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What we’ve been Eating:
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Ben recommends Milk Bar’s chocolate chip cookies.
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Brad tried Up & Apple Uncrustables, Peppermint White Russian Cutwater, Cereal Killer C4 Energy, and celebrated the return of the Quesarito at Taco Bell.
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BJ is upset that everyone was right about drinking enough water now that she’s actually drinking enough water.
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What we’ve been Playing:
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Brad stopped playing Marvel Snap and has sworn off phone games
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