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Brown Butter Popcorn

Brown Butter Popcorn

By: Mike Bibbins and Toy
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A movie and television discussion podcast hosted by Mike and Toy of BibsCorner. You'll see a few types of episodes in the feed: New movie discussions, Classic movie discussions, Television discussions, and some interviews! We cover everything from indie films to billion-dollar blockbusters. If you love movies but are tired of listening to stuffy reviews, you're in the right place! We try to review all movies from a non-spoiler perspective and if there are potential spoilers, we'll let you know! Remember, Buttered Popcorn is good but Brown Butter Popcorn is better! Twitter @BrownButterPodMike Bibbins and Toy Art
Episodes
  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps
    Jul 31 2025

    Mike and Toy are back in your podcast feed with a deep dive into the latest Marvel film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Each has a different history with the MCU and a differet history with these characters in general so they get into their feelings about these characters coming in, and how they felt about their portrayals in this film. They also discuss favorite scenes and things they perhaps didn't like.

    First, they broke the ice with a random topic generator and the topic of "Old" movies.

    • Random Topic Generator: "Old" (00:00)
    • The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review (10:40)
    • Superman Rating (01:04:07)


    Starring: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn

    Additional Cast: Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Sarah Niles

    Directed by: Matt Shakman

    Written by: Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer, Kat Wood. Based on comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

    Quick Synopsis: Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

    Follow me on Twitter and Bluesky @BibsCorner and the show @BrownButterPod for more content! You can also follow the show on Letterboxd @BrownButterPod. For written content, visit BibsCorner.com

    You can email us at BrownButterPopCornReviews@gmail.com

    5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Sinners
    Jun 5 2025

    This should have been posted long ago, but it's better late than never over here. Mike and Toy finally sat down to discuss the film of the year, Sinners. There were so many things to discuss with this film that it was hard to decide where to start, but we think we found a good place and feel like this was our best episode yet!

    We hope you agree.

    Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton

    Additional Cast: Jack O'Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, Hailee Steinfeld, Omar Miller, Wunmi Mosaku

    Directed by: Ryan Coogler

    Written by: Ryan Coogler

    Quick Synopsis: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

    Follow me on Twitter and Bluesky @BibsCorner and the show @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.com

    You can email us at BrownButterPopCornReviews@gmail.com

    5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Thunderbolts* and the Future of the MCU
    May 16 2025

    Mike and Toy are back in your feed with another review. This time it's Marvel's Thunderbolts*. We give you our MCU backgrounds, then get into the details of the movie, before finishing with what we're thinking about the future of the MCU

    Starring: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lewis Pullman

    Additional Cast: David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Olga Kurylenko, Geraldine Viswanathan, Wendell Pierce

    Directed by: Jake Schreier

    Written by: Eric Pearson, Joanna Calo, (Thunderbolts created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley), (Avengers created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby), (Captain America created by Joe Simon), (The Sentry created by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee),

    Quick Synopsis: After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must go on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

    Follow me on Twitter and Bluesky @BibsCorner and the show @BrownButterPod on Twitter for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.com

    5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

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    1 hr and 33 mins
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