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Picture if you will… THE TWILIGHT ZONE

Step through the door with David and James to another dimension as they cross the streams of CBS All-Access and enter The Twilight Zone, courtesy of new curator and narrator Jordan Peele. We explore the first two episodes, “The Comedian” and “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet”. Is the Twilight Zone relevant today? Is it timeless? From […]

A LITERAL April Fool: THE JERK

As this week saw us all celebrating April Fool’s Day, the guys decided to take a look at one of the most ‘foolish’ characters in movie history – Navin Johnson!  What exactly does it mean to be ‘The Jerk’? How does the movie portray a foolish person? How does the God describe a foolish person?  […]

A REAL Marvel – ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL

Join Richard and James this week as they discuss this month’s Patreon-supporter selected film, Alita: Battle Angel! This flick gets a lot of comparison and contrasting with last week’s film, Captain Marvel,  as it is also recent, female-led, and covers many of the same narrative beats. But which one does it better?  The film really gets us […]

CAPTAIN MARVEL: HERo or ZER0?

The three of us are joined by James’ wife Kathryn to discuss the newest offering in the MCU, Captain Marvel! This has been a pretty polarizing film, so what did we all think of it? While some are getting more upset about it than they should, others are importing their agendas into a film that […]

The Great Divide: GREEN BOOK

Join us this week as we discuss what is (apparently!) the best picture of 2018, Green Book! Controversy and discussion have ensued, so we figured it was appropriate to get in the car and drive the conversation further. CLICK THE POPCORN THEOLOGY BUTTON BELOW TO ACCESS THE SITE AND LISTEN ONLINE… …or RIGHT CLICK AND DOWNLOAD […]

Are we FIRST REFORMED?

Will God forgive us?  Our Patreon supporters commissioned us to cover 2018’s First Reformed this week! The movie is at once beautiful and weird, and we had a good time chatting about it. Things considered: The church’s witness and how it can be compromised, the contrast of the ‘museum’ with the ‘megachurch’ – Also, David rants […]

Choose: BANDERSNATCH

Join us as we try to tackle this incredibly unique special from the Black Mirror series, Bandersnatch! This is the Black Mirror episode (or is it a film?) where you get to basically ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’, and it definitely made for some good mind-blown moments. Bandersnatch really puts the viewer into mind of the ideas […]

Without Fear: DAREDEVIL Season 3

The Daredevil concludes! Faith vs Doubt, the importance of objective moral standards, and the idea of evil as a means toward good (both from God’s plan, or from human decisions) — This one really gives you some things to chew on! It’s mind-blowing how much this comic-based series allows its characters (especially Matt Murdock) to […]

Popcorn Prequel: IRON MAN 3’s Suit-ability

It’s time to reexamine why Shane Black’s third Iron Man film shouldn’t be dismissed, taking the themes of “heart” and “legacy” from prior films and concluding with “identity”. Tony Stark has to yield his obsessive desire for control to three helpers – representing his past, his present and his future – as the Iron Man […]

Into INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

Join the team as we use this extraordinary film to jump into conversation about the importance of having good role models to look up to and imitate, the idea of a ‘multiverse’ and how that might present a mirror back on the content of our own hearts, and more! CLICK THE POPCORN THEOLOGY BUTTON BELOW […]