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April 9, 2019
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 […]
February 19, 2019
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 […]
February 14, 2019
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 […]
January 31, 2019
Walking On Broken GLASS
Join us this week as Richard and James discuss the newest offering in the ‘Unbreakable’ trilogy (if it can be called that?), GLASS. While these co-hosts may go back and forth a bit in their opinion about just how good of a movie this turned out to be, there is no disagreement that this film gives […]
January 28, 2019
Popcorn PREQUEL: Reassembling THE AVENGERS
This week, our time machine takes us back to the original Avengers film! Some fresh reflections with Richard and David of the Popcorn Theology podcast, assembled with a flashback to 2012 and Cinemagogue’s disassembling of THE AVENGERS. If you’re on the “road to Endgame” this might be a needed refresher. Enjoy! CLICK THE POPCORN THEOLOGY […]
Breaking Down UNBREAKABLE
Join the guys this week as they prepare for upcoming the release of Glass by diving backwards into the original film in the trilogy, Unbreakable! This movie is considered by many to be one of Shyamalan’s classics, and even his critics tend to view this one favorably. It certainly provided us a lot to talk […]
Six Shooter: THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
This episode will probably feel like six-in-one… We apologize for how quickly we found ourselves moving through each chapter, but it sure was hard to talk about this film well in a reasonable length of time! Richard and James take the week (sans David) to chat about the Netflix original Coen Brothers film, The Ballad […]
Something Old, Something New: INCREDIBLE HULK
Introducing! A new series from Popcorn Theology called, ‘Popcorn Prequels’… We’ve decided to pull film files from the “Cinemagogue vault” periodically to look at both classic films and classic explorations of their spiritual themes, but coupling them with FRESH reflections featuring our co-hosts of the Popcorn Theology team. And for those on the “road to Endgame” […]
GREMLINS: Merry Christmas?
This year, we asked our Patron Saints (that is, our supporters on Patreon!) to decide what movie we should cover for the Christmas holiday. They didn’t disappoint. Why not take a listen as we discuss the arguably Christmas film, Gremlins? This movie actually proves to be pretty rich in things to chat about at this time of […]
