Author: Unsalted Popcorn

As anyone who knows us will tell you, here at Popcorn Towers we are very much Team Marvel when it comes to big screen super heroes. While DC

As a rule of thumb, if The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw really hates a film, it will have mainstream appeal and be thoroughly enjoyable. It should, then, come as

It’s been a funny old week on the nostalgia front – no, not doing that joke – here at Popcorn Towers. Firstly, a band of my youth (LA

It still amazes me that in this day and age, things can slip under the radar. Until the poster appeared on my cinema listings app of choice, I

A dearth of original ideas and comedies that are actually funny are just two of the things that get mentioned around here on a regular basis. While the

You’d think, by now, that we might have learnt not to get taken in by swishy, stylish trailers – by a 200 second snapshot that makes a film

There is an oft-used phrase among film fans that claims a movie can be so bad it’s actually good. Take Bait, for example, or Sharknado. Terrible films, but

At some point, we are going to have to sit down and have a chat about Judd Apatow, and maybe even American comedies in general. As both director

I started the Unsalted Popcorn blog many moons ago because I wanted to do something fun. The day job was boring and tedious, I was seeing a therapist

Finally, a Spider-Man movie! We’ve been waiting three long years for our webbed hero to be re-booted… I mean, yes, I know about the politics, the new guy

I always approach an Edgar Wright with a healthy mixture of interest and apprehension. While being a big fan of Spaced, Shaun Of The Dead and The World’s

There is something of the genius behind these films you know… Ugly hero, small yellow things talking gibberish, it shouldn’t really work as well as it does. And

I want to be very, very clear from the outset – seeing this film was not, in any way, shape or form, my idea. For a start, it

It has taken me far longer than is normal to write this review. Yes, life has been as nuts bonkers as ever – but even as I catch

Before we start discussing this film, I feel there is something I should disclose something. I have, in the past, been in abusive relationships, and have been subjected