This week on a Memorial Day episode of Peanuts and Popcorn, we review two movies. We begin with Leo's choice, Jackie Chan's Super Cop (1992), and finally, Tom’s selection, Take Shelter (2011). Next Show's Films: Leo's Pick: Outlaw Josie Wales (1976) Tom's Pick: The Rules of the Game (1939)

This week on a Mother’s Day episode of Peanuts and Popcorn, we’ll review two movies. We’ll begin with Leo's choice, the Argentine (2014) film, Relatos Salvajes (Wild Tales), and finally, Tom’s selection, The Night of the Hunter (1955). Next Show's Films: Leo's Pick: Supercop (1992) Tom's Pick: Take Shelter (2011)…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn… we begin with Leo’s choice-starring Gene Hackman: Crimson Tide (1995). Our second feature is Tom's selection: the Vittorio de Sica classic, the Bicycle Thief (1948). Next Show's Films: Leo's Pick: Wild Tales (2014) Tom's Pick: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we honor the passing of the American director David Lynch---as we review two of his best-known films: Mulholland Drive (2001) and Blue Velvet (1986). Next Show: Leo's Pick: Crimson Tide (1995) Tom's Pick: Bicycle Thieves (1948)

This week on Peanuts & Popcorn we review Elem Klimov's Come and See (1985) and The Heist of the Century (2020) from Argentina. Next Show will be a celebration of the work of David Lynch with Leo's choice of Blue Velvet (1986) and Tom's selection Mulholland Drive (2001).

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we do our post mortem on the recent Oscars and then we review our first two non-Oscar selections for 2025. Tom’s choice is, The Vanishing (1988) directed by George Suizer. We close with Leo's choice, My Old Ass (2024) starring Aubrey Plaza. Next Show: Leo's Pick: The Heist of the Century (2021) Tom's Pick: Come and…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we do double double-feature of reviews ahead of this evening’s 2025 Oscar Awards ceremony. We will start with Conclave and The Nickel Boys, and we finish with The Substance and The Brutalist. Next Show: Leo's Pick: My Old Ass (2024) Tom's Pick: The Vanishing (1988)

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we break down two more 2025 Oscar nominees for Best Picture. We’ll get things going with the controversial, Emilia Peréz, starring Karla Gascón and Zoe Saldaña; directed by JacquesAudiard, and A Complete Unknow, starring Timothée Chalamet and Edward Norton, directed by James Mangold. Next up our Oscar preview show …

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we submit our picks for the Midsummer Classic. The new playoff format was supposed to encourage competition top to bottom, yet 6 teams are on a pace to lose 100 games. Shohei Otani makes history---while former Cub, Kyle Farnsworth is on a body building binge. Finally, our Popcorn discussion is at the 35:15 mark on …

This week, we kick off the 9th season of Peanuts & Popcorn's nationally ranked movie podcast. P&P returns to discuss two of Oscar's Best Picture nominees from last year. We begin with Wicked (2024), directed by John Chu, starring Cynthia Erivo and Arianna Grande. We close out with Anora (2024), directed by Sean Baker, starring Mikey Madison, Paul W…

This week on the final episode of Peanuts and Popcorn for the 2024 season, we hand out the second annual “Poppy” Awards; where we select the best from the movies we’ve reviewed this year. We will give awards for best actor, actress, worst picture, best director and the coveted Paul Katzowsky award for Best Picture in a movie suggested by the other.…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, in Popcorn, we start with the Popcorn and our last two choices for the calendar year, Brooklyn (2004) and Still Crazy (1998). In Peanuts, the Classic Era Committee meets to re-consider the cases of a small group of potential Hall of Famers, and Lou Whitaker is not one of them. The World Series has ended and no one …

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we open a steaming bag of Popcorn, as we start with Mel Brooks’, Young Frankenstein (1974), while pivoting to a newer work, How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022). In Peanuts, we mourn the loss of Fernando Valenzuela.We react to both League Championship Series and the resulting matchup of the Dodgers and Yankees for the …

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we open the bag of Popcorn with Leo's selection, Road to Perdition (2002) and we close out with Tom's pick, The Last Detail (1973). In Peanuts, we say good bye to Pete Rose and Luis Tiant. Detroit's Cinderella story comes to an end in Cleveland. Bob Uecker gets emotional in final Brewer game of the season. Next Sho…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we beginwith the Popcorn with two excellent selections, perhaps the two best this season, Atlantic City (1980), and Y Tu Mamá También (2001). In Peanuts, we salute the Detroit Tigers, their excellent fans and their first-rate broadcaster. The Chicago White Sox are now the worst team of the modern era and Shohei Ota…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we open the Popcorn bag with Tom's pick, Ghost World (2001). Then we discuss Leo's selection Terry Gilliam's, Time Bandits (2001). We then pivot to the Peanuts. We mourn thepassing of Ed Kranepool. Shohei Otani may add something to his resume that no one has ever done before. We then turn to Chicago baseball with a…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we startwith the Popcorn and Tom’s choice from 1998, Run Lola Run. Leo's pick is Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York City. In Peanuts, we discuss the new Greg Maddux documentary on the MLB Network. The Cubs and Tigers dance at the fringes of respectability all the while holding our attention. Next Show: Leo's Pic…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we start with the big bag of Popcorn with Tom’s selection, Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven (1978). We then break down Leo's choice, Brian De Palma's Blow Out (1981). This week in Peanuts we discuss the pending 6 Inning rule which will change MLB Pitching. We look at the future of the Tigers which could spell the e…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we start with the popcorn with Leo’s selection, Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Then we will break down Tom’s choice for this week, the Coen Brothers’ Miller’s Crossing (1990). In Peanuts, the Hall of Fame induction ceremony is this weekend. Congratulations to Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton, Joe Mau…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we discuss our recent trips to Panama, Ireland and Spain during our summer break. We mourn the passing of the immortal Willie Mays and in Popcorn, we discuss The Outfit (1973) and Breaking Away (1979). Next Show:Leo's Pick: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)Tom's Pick: Miller's Crossing (1990)…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we start with this week’s bag of popcorn and Tom’s choice, Missing (1982),with Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. We then review Leo’s selection, Get Shorty (1995), with John Travolta, Rene Russo and Gene Hackman. In Peanuts, we say our farewells to umpireAngel Hernandez, the most hated umpire since Joe West. Negro Leag…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we beginwith the Popcorn and Tom’s selection from 1973, The Last of Sheila. Leo’s selection comes to us from Romania, the crime thriller, The Whistlers (2019). In Peanuts, there are some very interestingrookies in MLB this season. Who has the inside track on winning ROY? The politics of a number change and the AL C…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we open the popcorn bag to break down the Pedro Almodovar sex comedy, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988). We then discuss a request from a listener, Swingers (1996) with John Favreau and Vince Vaughn. In Peanuts, we mourn the passing of Whitey Herzog.We analyze some recent MLB umpire miscues. Max Frie…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we open the bag of popcorn with an underappreciated gem by Akira Kurosawa, Tom’s choice, High and Low (1963). Steve Soderbergh directed the star-studded project Leo suggested. Based on a novel by Elmore Leonard, Out of Sight (1998). In Peanuts, we react to the recent developments regarding Shohei Otani. One of them…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we open the Popcorn with Tom’s selection for today’s episode, the Wes Anderson film, Rushmore (1998). For Leo, we go back to 1974 for the Lords of Flatbush. In Peanuts, the 2024 season is underway. We’ll predict the teams who will qualify for the playoffs as well as the fortunes for the Cubs and Tigers. We’ll react…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, the 2024 Oscars have come and gone, we will examine Tommy’s uncanny ability to select the winners in nearly every category. We then review our respective selections. Leo's choice, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, and Tom’s, The Zone of Interest. In Peanuts, as we near Opening Day, we make our predictions as to h…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we start with an extra-long Popcorn. First up, two more reviews of the nominees for Best Picture of 2023: Anatomy of a Fall, and American Fiction. We will also reveal our favorites for the major Oscar categories---as well as predict the winners. In an abbreviated version of peanuts, we’ll talk about another Black A…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn,we start with the popcorn with our reviews of two more Best Picture nominees, Leo's pick, Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, and Tom’s pick, Poor Things with Emma Stone. In Peanuts, we open the bag with great hope and anticipation as Spring Training has begun in Arizona andFlorida. Players in both sites are having difficulti…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we kick off our 8th season with our Popcorn discussion on the 2023 nominees for Best Picture. We’ll start with Tom’s choice, The Holdovers, then move to Leo’s pick, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. In Peanuts, we react to the 2024 Baseball Hall of Fameinductees, the Dodgers signing of Shohei Otani and …

This week on the final episode of the2023 season, we open the bag of Popcorn by going back to 1975 for my movie, Rocky, before we break down Tommy’s final pick of the season, Zodiac. Then we will announce the winners our annual Poppy Awards for this year’s best P&P Movies. In Peanuts, the World Series has come and gone, the TexasRangers won in 5 ga…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn… we begin with RobertAltman’s, The Long Goodbye (1973) and end with Norman Jewison’s, Other People’s Money (1991). In Peanuts, we react to recent events in playoff baseball asthe Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks face off in the World Series. Dusty Baker announces his retirement after 28 years as a big-leag…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn…we open the bag of popcorn with Tommy’s selection from 2010, Tony Scott’s, Unstoppable. Next, we break down Leo’s choice for this week, John Huston’s, Prizzi’s Honor (1985). In Peanuts, the League Championship Series are set, and some unlikely teams have made their way to Baseball’s Final Four. We’ll answer the ques…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn…We open a steaming bag of hot-buttered popcorn with a double-feature of excellent features, Ang Lee’s, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. We then break down Tommy’s choice, Martin Scorcese’s After Hours. In Peanuts, with a clear(er) picture of the playoff matchups, we make our picksfor the first round. Finally, the Cubs…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn… we startwith the popcorn as we begin with Leo’s selection, the 1996 Barry Levinson effort, Sleepers. Then we discuss the final film of Tom’s pet project of Best Picture winners that he has not seen on the big screen, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. Then we chew down the peanuts as the AtlantaBraves win their sixth straig…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn… we start with a fresh batch of popcorn with Leo’s selection, JJ Abrams’ Super 8. Tom’s choice for this episode is the third of four Best Picture winners that he has not seen on the big screen: Terms of Endearment. In Peanuts, Shohei Otani tore a ligament, but there are questions as to how serious it is. After shots…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn… we begin witha big bag of Popcorn with Tom’s choice for this week, Robert Redford’s Ordinary People. Leo’s choice is a favorite from 23 years ago, Billy Elliot. In Peanuts, we lead off with a discussion on why so many plays that would normally be called errors are ruled as hits. We catch up on Kevin Brown’s return …

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn… we open up the bag of popcorn as we review Tom’s choice, The Greatest Show on Earth. Up next is Leo's choice, Oppenheimer. In Peanuts, we begin with a reaction to MLB Commissioner, Rob Manfred, earning a four-year extension. Does he deserve it?We will tell a tale of two no-hitters, one in the best of times, the oth…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn… The double-feature film discussion begins with Tom's selection, LeSamourai. We then move to Leo's choice, The Full Monty. In “Peanuts”,the Reds, Diamondbacks and Orioles are at or near the top of their respectivedivisions. We’ll discuss how they have all taken advantage of the new rulechanges. Commissioner, Rob Man…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn… we kick off our double feature with Bogart and Bacall inTo Have and Have Not, while our second film is the 1955 Burt Lancasterdirectorial debut, The Kentuckian. In Peanuts, we discuss the retirementof friend of the show, Bartolo Colon. We’ll also react to a recent Jayson Starkcolumn in The Athletic. Stephen Strasbu…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn… We open up the bag of“Popcorn” with Tom’s choice, the W. C. Fields 1934 film,It’s a Gift. Leo’s choice is a slightly more modern selection, the re-imaginingof the Cyrano de Bergerac classic, Roxanne. In “Peanuts”, we’ll react to Jayson Stark’s list of activeplayers who may be headed to the Hall of Fame. We’ll askth…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn… our first Popcorn selectionis Tommy’s choice, the 1970’s film-noir classic, Night Moves. Our second film,chosen by Leo, is the more recent film about theprosecution of the military dictatorship in Santiago Mitre’s, Argentina 1985. InPeanuts, it has been two and half years since MLB announced they wouldintegrate Neg…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we wear our black armbands for Angela Lansbury and Bruce Sutter. The Divisional Series matchups have provided plenty of exciting surprises. The new rule changes for 2023 will have a significant impact on Nico Hoerner and the Cubs; while the White Sox begin their search for Tony La Russa’s replacement. Finally, in o…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, Aaron Judge ties the AL single-season home run record while Roger Maris Jr. proclaims he will be the “clean” record holder. The playoff picture is nearly set. The new pitch clock may cut the average length of an MLB game by as much as 20 minutes. We’ll also analyze why the Astros’ starting pitching is so good. Tony…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros clinch their respective divisions. We get the inside dirt, on the infield dirt. We talk about the evolving art of informing a young player he’s made it to the Bigs. Big Albert is gunning for #700, will we ever see his like again? We’ll react to an open letter by Ken Rosent…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, new rule changes are in store for 2023, we’ll break down their possible impact. Joe Maddon goes public on the problem with analytics. A union for minor league players is recognized and Jerry Seinfeld blames Timmy the Trumpet for the Mets collapse. Tony La Russa may be back in the manager’s chair sooner rather than …

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, Rod Carew corners the Commissioner at the Hall of Fame banquet and lets him know what he thinks. We react to the 2023 MLB schedule. A group of Texas Ranger relievers decides to leave the bullpen. Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols make their final career appearances at Wrigley Field while the White Sox can’t seem to g…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, Baseball says goodbye to Vin Scully as Tom goes to Comerica Park to see the Tigers honor Lou Whitaker. Pete Rose visits Philadelphia and it does not go well. Shohei Otani passes Ichiro and ties Babe Ruth. Verlander continues to shine. The Chicago White Sox are hanging on by their fingernails while the Cubs play the…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, the Toronto Blue Jays part ways with their manager, while MLB ponders a possible way to combat shifting. As the trade deadline approaches, some big names are being thrown around. We compare two recent inside the park home runs, while the lion’s share of the Kansas City roster waves goodbye to their teammates on the…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, We find popcorn in our peanuts as A League of Their Own turns thirty. Mark Appel makes his Major League debut at the age of thirty; some nine years after he was drafted as a can’t miss prospect. Josh Naylor nails down another thriller for the Guardians and we react to an ugly brawl between the Angels and the Marine…

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we look at the players who are most likely to be traded at the deadline. Stephen Strasburg has pitched a grand total of 8 starts for the Nationals since he signed a $245 million dollar contract in 2019. Mike Trout talks about baseball’s most interesting Fantasy Football league and we re-visit our preseason predicti…