Popcorn Theology

This week, our time machine takes us back to some audio content from James Harleman regarding the original Avengers film! This episode is being released as we follow along with the Road to Endgame calendar!  Enjoy!  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

Join the guys this week as they prepare for 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 about! 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

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 of Buster Scruggs! This movie seems to have some deep ideas it is playing with, but as we find on the episode.. figuring it all out can be about as unlikely as a chicken that can do math!  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, Po

As our podcast is still on a bit of a Holiday break, we decided we'd take this opportunity to open up the vaults of James Harleman's Cinemagogue content, right here on the podcast feed! Take a listen to this presentation which took place after a live showing of the film, years ago! We'll be back with our regular programming very soon!  (Written content from Cinemagogue on this film can be seen 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! ww

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 year - greed, consumerism, and our need to place good gifts in their proper places, with their proper rules. We promise this episode won't be, '...another reason to hate Christmas.'   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, Post

Take a listen as Richard and David are joined by Aaron White of Feelin' Film Podcast to discuss this latest entry in the DC Cinematic Universe! We all got to see the early showing of the film offered to Amazon Prime members, and spoiler alert... we were all pretty entertained by this one! The film spurs us to conversation about parenting/generational traits, imagery of Christ, jealousy, and more.  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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? 304-404-400

This past week, Richard and David were on Facebook Live Video to discuss the recent developments regarding the (now deleted) Popcorn Theology Facebook Group, and how we are moving forward. We are including audio from the relevant portion of that video session here, for our listeners' information.  Short version for those who don't have time to listen: The public group is gone, but we have a Patreon group which has the same discussions but also some cool perks. You can be a part of it for any pledge amount, even as low as one dollar a month. Thanks so much to those who have already chosen to support our podcast and be a part of our community!  www.patreon.com/popcorntheology

This week, Richard and James tackled Disney's newest sequel, Ralph Breaks The Internet! How did this new film hold up to its quite excellent predecessor?  The movie prompts us to discuss friendship, selfishness, insecurity, and more! If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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 David finish out our Rock Star Month (A little late, mind you) by covering a movie selected by our Patreon supporters - Whiplash!  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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

All three of the guys are back together this week to talk about Tom Hanks' directorial debut film, That Thing You Do!  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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

Are you ready, Freddie? Take a listen this week as Richard and James chat about the new Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody. The film definitely went in some surprising directions for both of us, and we had a lot to chat about! If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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 Popco

Richard, David, and James were honored this week as they were joined by James' wife, Kathryn Harleman! Truth be told, with her apparent love for the film Amadeus... we're not sure we could have kept her away if we tried!  And good thing we didn't, as she helped us greatly in discussing the film! If you've been waiting for us to do another movie that is simply tailor-made for our podcast, this is definitely one of those movies! How should we we react and respond when God chooses to use others in a way we wish He would use us? What is worse, self righteous hypocrisy or blatant sin and rebellion? Why does the wicked prosper?  We think you'll enjoy this one!  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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 t

Richard and James were joined this week by Pastor Joe Thorn (known for the incredible podcast Doctrine & Devotion) to chat about 2017's remake of the Stephen King classic, It. You may be surprised just how much substance there is to chat about when it comes to this movie about a killer clown of questionable origins! The idea and theme of Predator vs Prey, the problem of absenteeism (or worse, abusive) parenting, and more.  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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 lea

Richard, David, and James were hugely honored this week as they got the opportunity to speak with Phelim McAleer, one of the producers from the new film Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer. Not only that, we were also joined by filmmaker, author, and long-time friend of the podcast Brian Godawa for the discussion!  We chatted and picked the brain of Mr. McAleer about the film. What was it that got him first interested in the Gosnell murders and trial? What does he hope this film will accomplish, how would he like it to be remembered? What does he think of the response to the film so far - both positive and negative?  We had a great time hearing from him in this interview episode, and we think you'll find it interesting as well. Please, consider sharing this episode to your own social media outlets to help the film gain as much exposure as possible. It's not often a movie makes it onto our mainstream theater screens that so clearly upholds what is essentially a biblical value - human dignity

Join Richard, David, and James as they are immersed in the newest Marvel superhero film, Venom! Fair warning folks.. we are almost always positive about films, even to a fault - defending flicks others might not, but Venom provided a heck of a challenge for us! Despite its problems (which we probably chatted about too much - again, we're usually positive!), the movie did provide us good fodder for discussion eventually. Comparisons between Venom and Upgrade abound as we discuss how the two films handle the idea of an 'evil inside', or what we would call a 'sin nature'... We hope you enjoy the episode! Be on the lookout for a VERY special second episode, dropping very soon (this week!) If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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

Richard and James got together this week to talk about the very unique horror/court room drama film The Exorcism of Emily Rose. This movie really provided us an opportunity to talk about some important ideas. Should believers enjoy films that deal with demonic plot elements at all? If so, is it possible for this enjoyment to go too far? We also got to discuss the ideas of spiritual vs physical explanations for the unbelievable, as this movie deals heavily with the question of mental illness and demonic possession. If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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 - Aw

This year, we have decided we will devote the entire month of October to a genre of film we have historically (mostly) neglected: the Scary Movie!  Scream felt like a fitting choice to jump in as it directly and explicitly deals with the genre in the film itself, providing us an excellent starting point for this month long journey. We think you'll really enjoy the conversation which jumped around between Horror movie tropes and themes, the rules of horror, and some decent points for reflection as believers.  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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

To wrap up our classic literature month, our Patron Saints voted for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). James and David compare the film and the book(s), talk about their cultural impact, and explore the Christ-like character of Atticus Finch.  If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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  Check out the fantastic written content at our sister website, www.cinemagogue.com! 

In continuing the theme of films based on classic literature, David and James are joined by actor Jamie Costa to discuss The Count of Monte Cristo (2002). We talk about why revenge stories are so compelling, the biblical view of vengeance and justice, and Edmond Dantes as a Christ figure. We hope you enjoy! If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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  Check out the fantastic written content at o

Increase your vocabulary and feel more historically cultured as we begin a month Reviewing classic literature films! David and James explore the difference between Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson‘s Academy award-winning adaptation of Jane Austen‘s classic novel (starring Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, and more). What does this narrative teach us about keeping our vows and even imitating Christ? Check out the podcast and continue the discussion in the popcorn theology Facebook group! If you like what you are hearing and want to help support our show, consider dropping a few dollars our way 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