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Something Wicked This Way Comes?

No, this isn’t a review of the Ray Bradbury story-turned-film… though we really SHOULD get to that some day. Great book, wonderfully fun movie… although we’d also be game for a new version. Are you listening Hollywood? Actually, some mysterious artwork has appeared on Cinemagogue’s social media, although the “Cinemaguy” James Harleman has been collaborating […]

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The BLACK MIRROR, Cracked

Richard and James explore the themes of all three episodes from the latest season of Netflix Exclusive Black Mirror. The show is known for showing us the dangers in technology.. so where does this season take us?  CLICK THE POPCORN THEOLOGY BUTTON BELOW TO ACCESS THE SITE AND LISTEN ONLINE… …or RIGHT CLICK AND DOWNLOAD IT HERE. If […]

GOOD OMENS… or Bad Portentions?

Richard and James are joined once again by Kat this week to discuss the new Amazon miniseries Good Omens!  A theme of this discussion seems to be, ‘Insight mixed with nonsense’ as the show seamlessly continues to jump from insightful line or concept to outright nonsense or blasphemy.. So please, don’t be a mindless consumer […]

GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS indeed

It’s a monster mash of biblical proportions! Join James and Kathryn (and a couple crazy kaiju who crash the party) as they examine surprisingly deep ideas that hatch from Godzilla’s latest epic. From coping mechanisms in the wake of loss, to what the world looks like when we abandon faith and God, this movie’s themes […]

Now with 50% more Slusho: CLOVERFIELD

We recently discovered this recording of David and James talking about Cloverfield, the penultimate film of Monster MAY-hem. We aren’t sure what happened to them after discussing this 2008 found footage film picked by our Patreon supporters, but perhaps some clues exist within this audio file. You decide. CLICK THE POPCORN THEOLOGY BUTTON BELOW TO […]

THE FLY in the ointment…

Monster MAY-hem continues this week as we dive into The Fly (1986) – you know, the one starring Jeff Goldblum! How does such an older movie hold up today? Was this the role that sort of propelled Goldblum to stardom? The movie does provide us some ideas to kick around as well! What sets mankind apart […]

THE THING of it is…

James and David… if they really ARE who they say they are… examine the John Carpenter classic THE THING in our continuing month of Monster MAYhem! Fear, paranoia and mistrust emerge as key themes, as well as the loss of our own identity. They are joined this week by Kathryn Harleman as Richard has inexplicably […]

KONG: SKULL ISLAND is King

Come along with us this month of May, or as we have dubbed it May-hem. We’re going to be covering several monster movies, including one chosen by our Patreon supporters, and then capping it off with the newest Godzilla film. This week, we kicked all this off by talking about Kong: Skull Island!  CLICK THE […]

ENDGAME of an era: AVENGERS

Join us for this special, super-sized episode of Popcorn Theology! You really couldn’t expect us to cover a movie that is three hours long and caps off 22 films over more than a decade without running a little long, right?  We had to take some time to discuss the entire MCU to this point, where it is […]

EIGHTH GRADE gets an A

This month, our Patreon Supporters, like, picked Eighth Grade for us to review, and – um – we’re so glad they did! David and James go back to middle school with Kayla Day and have a chance to talk about identity, fathers, social media’s impact on socialization, and how the heck this moving drama came […]