Popcorn Poops

"If I had only realized I wasn't alone."

Join the Popcorn Poops this week as they continue their month of anime films with Hiroyuki Okiura's A LETTER TO MOMO from 2011. This week's movie was Jessica's pick.

Tune in and listen to Jessica and Dustin talk about living in Japan and how it relates to this slice-of-life story, as well as what other famous anime film this movie may or may not be borrowing a bit too much from.

Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else you get podcasts. Leave a five-star review on iTunes, and the hosts will read it on the show. Follow Popcorn Poops on Twitter and like the Facebook page for frequent updates on the status of future episodes, including a weekly movie still identification game. Correctly identify the movie from the screenshot, and you'll be mentioned on the podcast along with anything you'd like to promote.

If you want to support the show, be sure to visit Audible and sign up for a free 30-day trial of their audiobook subscription service. You will also receive a free audiobook that is yours to keep whether or not you decide to continue with Audible after your trial membership has expired. Please use the link provided so they know who sent you.

Stick around after today's show for a few words from the Soiled Restroom Cinema podcast. Visit them online by following this link.

"I don't know myself anymore."

Join the Popcorn Poops this week as they continue their month of anime films with Satoshi Kon's PERFECT BLUE from 1997. This week's movie was Dustin's pick.

Tune in and listen to Dustin and Jessica chat about the underlying feminist themes in the film, idol culture in Japan, and why this story is ideal for the animation medium.

Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else you get podcasts. Leave a five-star review on iTunes, and the hosts will read it on the show. Follow Popcorn Poops on Twitter and like the Facebook page for frequent updates on the status of future episodes, including a weekly movie still identification game. Correctly identify the movie from the screenshot, and you'll be mentioned on the podcast along with anything you'd like to promote.

If you want to support the show, be sure to visit Audible and sign up for a free 30-day trial of their audiobook subscription service. You will also receive a free audiobook that is yours to keep whether or not you decide to continue with Audible after your trial membership has expired. Please use the link provided so they know who sent you.

Stick around after today's show for a few words from the Super Hammered Bros. podcast. Visit them online at superhammeredbros.com.

"Time waits for no one."

Join the Popcorn Poops this week as they continue their month of anime films with Mamoru Hosoda's THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME from 2006. This week's movie was Jessica's pick.

Tune in and listen to Jessica and Dustin discuss how their time living and working in Japan has changed their opinion about this movie and the central message it puts forth!

Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else you get podcasts. Leave a five-star review on iTunes, and the hosts will read it on the show. Follow Popcorn Poops on Twitter and like the Facebook page for frequent updates on the status of future episodes, including a weekly movie still identification game. Correctly identify the movie from the screenshot, and you'll be mentioned on the podcast along with anything you'd like to promote.

If you want to support the show, be sure to visit Audible and sign up for a free 30-day trial of their audiobook subscription service. You will also receive a free audiobook that is yours to keep whether or not you decide to continue with Audible after your trial membership has expired. Please use the link provided so they know who sent you.

Stick around after today's show for a few words from The Projection Booth podcast. Visit them on the web at projection-booth.com.

"Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E."

Join the Popcorn Poops this week as they kick off their month of anime films with Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA from 1988. This week's movie was Dustin's pick.

Tune in and listen to Dustin and Jessica discuss the politics at the center of this classic film, discover who has the most satisfying character arc, and attempt to make sense of that notorious ending!

Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else you get podcasts. Leave a five-star review on iTunes, and the hosts will read it on the show. Follow Popcorn Poops on Twitter and like the Facebook page for frequent updates on the status of future episodes, including a weekly movie still identification game. Correctly identify the movie from the screenshot, and you'll be mentioned on the podcast along with anything you'd like to promote.

If you want to support the show, be sure to visit Audible and sign up for a free 30-day trial of their audiobook subscription service. You will also receive a free audiobook that is yours to keep whether or not you decide to continue with Audible after your trial membership has expired. Please use the link provided so they know who sent you.

Stick around after today's show for a few words from the InSession Film podcast. Visit them on the web at insessionfilm.com.

"Love is the only inspiration."

Join the Popcorn Poops this week as they wrap up their month of Best Picture Oscar winners with John Madden's 1998 film SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. This week's movie was Jessica's pick.

Tune in and listen to Jessica and Dustin discuss the historical veracity of this movie, theories surrounding the nature of Shakespeare's authorship, and whether not the film misunderstands the play at the center of its story.

Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else you get podcasts. Leave a five-star review on iTunes, and the hosts will read it on the show. Follow Popcorn Poops on Twitter and like the Facebook page for frequent updates on the status of future episodes, including a weekly movie still identification game. Correctly identify the movie from the screenshot, and you'll be mentioned on the podcast along with anything you'd like to promote.

If you want to support the show, be sure to visit Audible and sign up for a free 30-day trial of their audiobook subscription service. You will also receive a free audiobook that is yours to keep whether or not you decide to continue with Audible after your trial membership has expired. Please use the link provided so they know who sent you.

Stick around after today's show for a few words from The As You Watch Podcast. Please visit them on the Web at asyouwatch.wordpress.com.

"To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman."

Join the Popcorn Poops this week as they continue their month of Best Picture Oscar winners with Jonathan Demme's 1991 film THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. This week's movie was Dustin's pick.

Tune in and listen to Dustin and Jessica discuss the prevalent and pervasive feminist themes of this film. They also discuss its cultural and artistic influence on American television.

Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else you get podcasts. Leave a five-star review on iTunes, and the hosts will read it on the show. Follow Popcorn Poops on Twitter and like the Facebook page for frequent updates on the status of future episodes, including a weekly movie still identification game. Correctly identify the movie from the screenshot, and you'll be mentioned on the podcast along with anything you'd like to promote.

If you want to support the show, be sure to visit Audible and sign up for a free 30-day trial of their audiobook subscription service. You will also receive a free audiobook that is yours to keep whether or not you decide to continue with Audible after your trial membership has expired. Please use the link provided so they know who sent you.

Stick around after today's show for a few words from the Soiled Restroom Cinema podcast. Please visit them on the Web at http://www.signalsoffury.com/p/soiled-restroom-cinema.html.

"What we do in life echoes in eternity."

Join the Popcorn Poops this week as they continue their month of Best Picture Oscar winners with Ridley Scott's 2000 film GLADIATOR. This week's movie was Jessica's pick.

Tune in and listen to Dustin and Jessica discuss how this movie has influenced so many action movies after it, whether or not it really deserved its Best Picture win, and if Ridley Scott successfully made the historically accurate epic he wanted to.

Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else you get podcasts. Leave a five-star review on iTunes, and the hosts will read it on the show. Follow Popcorn Poops on Twitter and like the Facebook page for frequent updates on the status of future episodes, including a weekly movie still identification game. Correctly identify the movie from the screenshot, and you'll be mentioned on the podcast along with anything you'd like to promote.

If you want to support the show, be sure to visit Audible and sign up for a free 30-day trial of their audiobook subscription service. You will also receive a free audiobook that is yours to keep whether or not you decide to continue with Audible after your trial membership has expired. Please use the link provided so they know who sent you.

Stick around after today's show for a few words from the Super Hammered Bros. podcast. Please visit them on the Web at superhammeredbros.com.

"There are no clean getaways."

Join the Popcorn Poops this week as they kick off their month of Best Picture Oscar winners with Joel and Ethan Coen's 2007 film NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. This week's movie was Dustin's pick.

Tune in and listen to Dustin and Jessica pick apart the morality, philosophy, and symbolism that pervades throughout this Coen brothers masterpiece. Who is the actual protagonist of the film? Is Anton Chigurh just a psychopathic killer or something more? Listen in for the discussion!

Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else you get podcasts. Leave a five-star review on iTunes, and the hosts will read it on the show. Follow Popcorn Poops on Twitter and like the Facebook page for frequent updates on the status of future episodes, including a weekly movie still identification game. Correctly identify the movie from the screenshot, and you'll be mentioned on the podcast along with anything you'd like to promote.

If you want to support the show, be sure to visit Audible and sign up for a free 30-day trial of their audiobook subscription service. You will also receive a free audiobook that is yours to keep whether or not you decide to continue with Audible after your trial membership has expired. Please use the link provided so they know who sent you.

Stick around after today's show for a few words from the Projection Booth podcast. Please visit them on the Web at projection-booth.com.

"Unleash a new reality."

Join the Popcorn Poops this week as they wrap up January's month of video game adaptations with Hironobu Sakaguchi's 2001 film FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN. This week's movie was Jessica's pick.

Tune and listen to Jessica and Dustin discuss what may be the second best video-game-to-film adaptation yet. But is the film worthy of the title? Why has this movie somewhat fallen into obscurity, and does it deserve to be forgotten? Listen in and find out!

Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else you get podcasts. Leave a five-star review on iTunes, and the hosts will read it on the show. Follow Popcorn Poops on Twitter and like the Facebook page for frequent updates on the status of future episodes, including a weekly movie still identification game. Correctly identify the movie from the screenshot, and you'll be mentioned on the podcast along with anything you'd like to promote.

If you want to support the show, be sure to visit Audible and sign up for a free 30-day trial of their audiobook subscription service. You will also receive a free audiobook that is yours to keep whether or not you decide to continue with Audible after your trial membership has expired. Please use the link provided so they know who sent you.

Stick around after today's show for a few words from the InSession Film podcast. Please visit them on the Web at insessionfilm.com.

"Nothing in this world has prepared you for this."

Join the Popcorn Poops this week as they watch and discuss Paul W.S. Anderson's 1995 film MORTAL KOMBAT. This week's movie was Dustin's pick.

Tune in and listen to Dustin and Jessica talk about the second worst movie they've covered on the podcast, why it sucks, and if there are any redeemable things about it at all.

Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else you get podcasts. Leave a five-star review on iTunes, and the hosts will read it on the show. Follow Popcorn Poops on Twitter and like the Facebook page for frequent updates on the status of future episodes, including a weekly movie still identification game. Correctly identify the movie from the screenshot, and you'll be mentioned on the podcast along with anything you'd like to promote.

If you want to support the show, be sure to visit Audible and sign up for a free 30-day trial of their audiobook subscription service. You will also receive a free audiobook that is yours to keep whether or not you decide to continue with Audible after your trial membership has expired. Please use the link provided so they know who sent you.