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[Ep 42] Popcorn Jabber's Summer Film Roundup

Season 2, Ep. 1

Did you miss us? We certainly missed you! We thought that for Popcorn Jabber's first episode back in 2025, we gotta catch up on ALL of the films that got released over the summer break! Sonic The Hedgehog, Mufasa, Paddington... so many films to cover! So Daz, Oli & Lilli have rounded up all of the films we saw over the holidays and we share our spoiler-free mini reviews on each one!


Which films did you see while we were gone?

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