Bring Your Own Popcorn

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FEATURED FILM: Hard Boiled (1992). OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED: Casablanca (1942), Star Trek III: Return of the Spock (1984), The Shining (1980). Mixtape and special guest DENNIS jump through the window and slide across the table of memory lane in this hard boiled episode! They discuss popcorn; the evolution of film watching and why we're never happy with where we're sitting; John Woo's movie motivation...

!ARTIST REVEAL! This episode is a wonderful journey into Jurassic World (2015) with the creator of the new Bring Your Own Popcorn logo: Milk Surface ! This interview was recorded in March before the Slap heard 'round the world destroyed Hollywood (fingers crossed). Mixtape thought she would finish editing this episode before midnight on March 31st but she played herself for an April fool. In this...

Happy National Popcorn Day! We hope you've got a hot belly full of kernels on this fine winter evening as Chad "IMDB" Opitz takes us into the gateway of horror with Return to Oz (1985). From talking chickens to screaming British punk rockers with wheels for hands, Return to Oz has got something for everyone. Especially for the kids who love to sneak down the stairs to watch that one movie that Mom...

We're bringing the end of 2021 to a close with The NeverEnding Story, which feels like an aptly titled watch during the endless pandemic of 2019, am I right?! This episode features possibly the first mention of Mixtape's real name, and is being released on her birthday, so you can stalk her pretty good now. Heather's birthday is just two days after Mixtape's, so the Capricorn energy on this episod...

(Part 2) This spooky season special features special interviews with spectacular guests talking about spooky movies that had a significant impact on them! In part 2, we've got comedian Melony Ford, filmmaker Dustin Harmon, and father Justin Shobe. Find Melony on social media @mol0gna, Dustin on YouTube as The Valiant Viking and on TikTok as @the.valiant.viking, and if you're ever in a video store...

Our first ever spooky season special and compilation episode! This special will feature five interviews with five awesome guests talking about five spooky movies that had a significant impact on them. Part 1 features artist and author Briauna Rupert discussing the 2009 comedy horror Jennifer's Body, and musician Jordan Roherty discussing the 1989 horror comedy Ghostbusters II. Find Briauna on inst...

This episode is all about women in pre-Code Hollywood, and how a couple Catholic men and the Production Code Administration changed the course of the American film industry forever. What was the role of women in the early days of film? What about people of color? Was representation just as bad then? Who were some successful women in the early film industry? Listen to find out! I'm your host, Mixta...

Episode 28 features the hilarious and brilliant comic Rhoda D. Ramone, with whom your host Mixtape once watched Casablanca at the same theater at the same time but in different seats without knowing the other was there! Small world! And now they’re back together again, this time on purpose, to discuss the 1997 comedy Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion. Enjoy, and follow Rhoda on all the socials...

On this episode we talk about Bend It Like Beckham (2002), a selection by Priya Rani Kumar: comedian, actress, improviser, and owner of the cutest little pup! Listen closely for tiny-dog toe-tapping, and if you’re a patron at Patreon.com/BringPopcorn, you can even see a picture of one of the cutest dogs in the world! The coming-of-age film Bend It Like Beckham was marketed as a “sports rom com” --...

Hold on to your hats, cuz you’re in for a wild ride on episode 25! Featuring special guest Lindsay Armendariz, a training coordinator and program developer for children’s mental health — and a dear, close, special, personal favorite colleague of mine! In this episode we discuss Lindsay’s childhood favorite, CANDLESHOE (1977)! This little-known live-action Disney flick was Jodie Foster's 13th film...

Pop POP! We’re BACK! This is our first long-distance episode, and it went so well we’re gonna do lots more! You are in for a real treat with this here interview. We have special guest dungeonmaster, filmmaker, former movie theater employee Rayne Vasquez to talk about the 1993 Western, Tombstone -- a film that is near and dear to his heart as a pancake vaquero. So give it a listen! You’re a daisy i...

Greetings, creamy corn niblets! It is here: The annual droppings. A single episode. You know what, there just might be another one this year. Who knows what the future holds? No, seriously. Does anyone know? It might be good to know some of this shit in advance. I have a gift for you, dear cobs: this episode is 100 percent certified COVID-19 FREE. That's right. This was recorded before we knew wha...