Popcorn Theology

David and James discuss current events... from the 1890s!   Join us to explore illuminating ideas about living life without brakes, making a name versus building a legacy, and what happens to relationships when we get our wires crossed.   If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!  www.popcorntheology.com

David and James stand ominously and stare in through the window of the horror genre at a defining movie that set the course for the slasher genre. They take a stab at understanding our film fascination with fear, and this particular slice of cinematic history in terms of what is says about morality and the "final girl" trope. Join them as they unmask Halloween and examine the film's ambiguities and seeming contradictions, thanks to our Patreon supporters and their pick for our podcast this month!    As referenced in the episode, here's James' legacy article from Cinemagogue on the holy, hellish, hodgepodge history of Halloween!   If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love

Join our hosts, Seattle and Martinsburg, as they take a shambling look at the second shot of Zombieland.   From the genre in general to the themes of this film - rules, pacifism and a healthy dose of political incorrectness - we see if this comedy has any brain matter in its cinematic cranium.   If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!  www.popcorntheology.com

Does this latest interstellar film about a lonely man's space odyssey have the gravity of its cinematic forebears? David and James launch into conversation about our protagonist's physical and emotional vacuum, the sins of the father, and the story's revelation that is open to different interpretation and is certain to fuel conversation. If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!  www.popcorntheology.com

Laugh inappropriately with David and James as they examine the bats in Joker’s cinematic belfry. Whether it’s contrasting incarnations, discussing external controversy, or considering what this film has to say about morality and mental illness, this episode should put a smile on your face... even if it’s forced. If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!  www.popcorntheology.com

Go for a ride with David and James as they see how Taxi Driver fares after forty years.   What drives Travis Bickle, and does the narrative steer into dangerous territory?   Considering this (and The King of Comedy, another De Niro film) are noted influences on the controversial Joker film, it seemed wise to review this historic film in light of imminent debate.   If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!  www.popcorntheology.com

“IT girl” Kathryn Harleman joins James for our return to Derry... from the book, to the first film, and how the lengthy part 2 stacks up against both King and Curry. Amidst all the clowning around in the film themes of repetition, regret, remembrance, aging and accusations surface for discussion. If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!  www.popcorntheology.com

David and James journey with Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac and Charlie Hunnam to South America, self-interest, and stark consequences. in this heist film that is perhaps more honest and sobering than others that glamorize the criminal behavior. Watch the Netflix original and listen to their reflections on temptation, greed, self-righteousness and more. If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!  www.popcorntheology.com

Did you know that the Joker and Robin went to high school together? That's the (not quite) premise of this 20-year classic, or perhaps it's just a Shakespeare play re-tooled and set in Seattle with sleepless Joseph Gordon-Levitt, dreamy Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles and more. Kat joins David and James to add the needed "feminine mystique" to this episode. We won't pay you to take it for a spin, but trust us: eventually you'll come to love it! If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!  www.p

David and James unleash the contents of a two-decade cinematic sarcophagus as The Mummy celebrates the 20th anniversary of a notable resurrection. Does this classic Brendan Fraser 90s flick still have life in it?   We open with conversation about the cast and how this film has influenced Disney and Marvel, then "wrap it up" with humanity's dismissive nature of the spiritual, what it means to profane sacred things, and the varying value of fear.  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent

Join us this week as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the best Star Trek film to date -- Galaxy Quest!  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!  www.popcorntheology.com

Would you believe we had substance to talk about after watching Hobbs & Shaw ?  Buckle up for some chat about blood family vs made family, the motivational nature of deadlines, and more!  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!  www.popcorntheology.com

Our Patreon pick for the month features Chris Evans in a grittier role than Steve Rogers, trapped with a tremendous cast aboard a post-apocalyptic train with a caste system about to go off the rails. David and James discuss the implications of hats and shoes, and how a surreal locomotive becomes a microcosm of our present age. If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!   www.popcorntheology.com

Did David, James, and Kathryn “Feel the Love” of the new Lion King? Did they have worries going into Jon Favreau’s life-like adaptation, or were they all Hakuna Matata about it? Well, “Be Prepared” to hear their passionate thoughts on the new film, discussing themes ranging from the scriptural to the Shakespearean. If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!   www.popcorntheology.com

What would it be like if almost everyone in the world forgot about the Beatles, overnight? Join us in this discussion about that very scenario!   If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!   www.popcorntheology.com

Scoops Ahoy, Popcorn Theologians! Strange things are afoot at Popcorn Theology this week as we all three binged the entire third season of Stranger Things - Netflix's flagship original content show!  It definitely gave us plenty to talk about - fatherhood, coming of age, the idea of personal responsibility and its tension with spiritual realities and warfare, and more! If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you!   www.popcorntheology.com

We take a little journey this week, a journey far from home. This flick is super hard to talk about without spoilers, not just for this film but also for Avengers: Endgame... so listener discretion is advised!  The film made us think about the tension between rest and responsibility, the idea of 'fake news' and the court of public opinion, and a lot more! We hope you enjoy the discussion!  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you! Want to leave us a voicemail? 304-404-4005! www.popcornth

Join Richard and David as they circle back around to cover last year's Ready Player One, which was the film chosen by our Patreon supporters for this month! The movie seems to have grown on both of us a bit on our recent second viewing, and it definitely provided us some good things to kick around and discuss! We referenced an article from Reel Spirituality, which can be checked out right here.  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you! Want to leave us a voicemail? 304-404-4005! www.po

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?  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share this content with your friends.  Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you! Want to leave us a voicemail? 304-404-4005! www.popcorntheology.com www.reformedpub.com

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 on this one!  Discussion begins with our thoughts on the book and show and then dovetails into discussions on God's sovereignty (or His ineffable plan, if you will), free will, and the question of whether or not God wishes us to sin against Him. You'd be surprised just how much C.S. Lewis comes up!  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider pledging to support us over on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! We hope you enjoy the listen and we would love it if you'd share