popcorn movie

A pure popcorn movie would pick fireworks over fleeing to safety, especially when the common wisdom of the time was that sequels were dreck.

Some of the best popcorn movie climaxes are built around less.

For “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” the expectation going in is probably the Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie high-octane popcorn movie.

Lindsey Bahr of the Associated Press described it as a "popcorn movie" which is "ultimately a pretty fun time at the theatre".

Despite some apprehension over taking on a summer popcorn movie with a $155 million production budget that dwarfed the $2 million “Minari,” he jumped at it.