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🎙️ Popcorn Pundits – Week 84: Dangerous Animals & The Salt Path

This week, it’s survival of the fittest — emotionally and literally. Peter and James tackle two very different cinematic hikes: one full of snakes, secrets, and sketchy blokes; the other full of cliffs, grief, and Gillian Anderson in a waterproof.

🕷️ Dangerous Animals (Preview Screening at the Odeon)
Peter and James braved an early look at this Australian slow-burn thriller — and let’s just say, the only thing more poisonous than the local wildlife is the relationship at the film’s centre.

An anxious romantic getaway turns full-blown nightmare when a young couple’s “off-grid” honeymoon ends up somewhere between Wolf Creek and a relationship therapy session in hell. There’s toxic masculinity, literal toxicity (spiders, snakes, probably a bad kebab), and a twist that had half the Odeon clutching their popcorn like it was a life vest.

Think: The Beach with more fangs. Or Crawl, but instead of alligators and hurricanes, it’s red flags and one really suspicious Aussie dude in a bucket hat.

Peter said it reminded him of Killing Ground meets You’re Next — except with less gore and more gaslighting. James said he needed a stiff drink afterwards. We’re pretty sure one couple in the audience broke up on the way out.

🌊 The Salt Path
Meanwhile, James took a quiet solo pilgrimage through heartbreak, hiking boots, and heavenly seascapes. The Salt Path adapts Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir and stars Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson as a couple walking 630 miles of Britain’s South West Coast Path after losing their home and getting hit with a terminal diagnosis.

It’s beautiful, it’s meditative, and it’s very British — featuring long silences, meaningful glances at sea spray, and an unspoken competition about who can make it to Land’s End without crying.

James called it A Walk in the Woods if it were written by Raymond Briggs. The cinematography is basically a National Trust postcard come to life, and Anderson is fantastic — like if The Crown’s Margaret put on waterproofs and got deeply philosophical about clifftops.

🌀 Nikky’s Sequel
Nikky dusts off the archives and rewinds to a film we reviewed this time last year. Did it age like fine wine or curdle like cinema nacho cheese? She’ll tell us — complete with receipts.

🎧 New episode drops Thursday – Come for the reviews, stay for the awkward metaphors.

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Would you rather be stuck in the outback with a pathological liar, or walk 600 miles knowing what’s waiting at the end? (Bonus points if you pack snacks.)

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🎬 This Week at The Popcorn Pundits – Week 83
Peter & James went full IMF as Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning exploded onto screens—and yes, Tom Cruise is still sprinting like the fate of the world depends on it.

💥 Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
🕶️ Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff, Esai Morales, Henry Czerny

What’s the mission?
Ethan Hunt’s team is racing to stop a rogue AI (called “The Entity”—spooky) from triggering nuclear doom via a sunken Russian sub. It’s global espionage, emotional trauma, and underwater chaos… with stunts that should probably be illegal.

🎯 What we loved:
• Cruise jumping off more things than necessary 🚁
• Benji sweating bullets (as always) 💻
• The Skyfall-style emotional depth
• That submarine finale—Hunt for Red October vibes with a 2025 makeover

🎶 The score? Pulse-pounding.
🎭 The stakes? Higher than Ethan’s last motorbike jump.
🎉 The verdict? A high-octane, globe-trotting farewell (…or is it?)

🌀 Plus, Nikky's got this week’s Sequel throwback waiting for you too—what movie did she dig out of the Pundit vault?

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🎬 The Popcorn Pundits – Week 82: Final Destination: Bloodlines

This week, Peter & James returned to the scene of Death’s best work: elaborate, gruesome chain reactions. Final Destination: Bloodlines brings back the franchise with fresh victims, brutal creativity, and more “Nope!” moments than ever.

💀 Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
🎬 Directed by Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein (Freaks)
🎭 Starring: Brec Bassinger, Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Richard Harmon
🏢 Produced by New Line Cinema
🔞 Rated R (gore, bad luck, and home decor gone rogue)

The Setup:
One vision. One escape. Then… well, you know what comes next. As usual, a group of teens cheats Death—but Death’s patient. This time, it’s personal (and tied to the OG film).

Why It Slaps (and slices, and splatters):

Classic Final Destination formula—only sharper.

Wildly inventive kills. Death’s still a sadistic genius.

Gen Z cast brings modern panic and believable poor choices.

Great balance of horror, tension, and fan-service.

Legacy Vibes:

A spiritual sibling to Scream 5 and Halloween Ends.

Nods to the original Final Destination will make longtime fans smile... nervously.

Less reboot, more blood-soaked love letter.

Verdict:
It’s ridiculous. It’s relentless. It’s Final Destination back in form—and just when you think you’re safe, you're not. Don't stand too close to anything sharp. Or hot. Or heavy.

🌀 Nikky’s Sequel
Nikky brings back a past Pundits review—but will this blast from the past live, or die horribly in a freak kettle accident?

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