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The PCCD Pod is back with a review of Shyamalan's Glass and so, so much more: I. Whatcha' Watchin'? - 04:48 The Discovery Channel's Gold Rush The Sisters Brothers A Dog's Way Home II. So Sorry to Interrupt - 18:12 The Prodigy's Two Trailers for Two Different Movies Oscar Nominations Are Out - Surprises, Disappointments, Should-Wins The Barbarous New York State Abortion Expansion  III. Pull th...

Here's a treat: Jared and Jeff scheduled an audio record of their throw-down over Eighth Grade.  One of the guys is very negative, the other very positive.  Can either convince the other?  We'll find out on this episode. In addition you get the regular goodies you've come to expect from The Pop Culture Coram Deo Podcast: I. Whatcha' Watchin'?- 01:34 Noroi: The Curse (2005) First Ref...

The PCCD Pod is back and ready to start the year off right!  Specifically, we're talking two of the biggest films of the young new year, Netflix's Bird Box and the DCEU's Aquaman! Here's what's in store for this special Double Feature episode: I. Whatcha Watchin’? - 02:17 (1). Taylor Swift's Netflix Concert (2) Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (Amazon) + Terrified [Aterrados] (Shudder) (3) Bird Box (R...

The Pop Culture Coram Deo Podcast is back to send 2018 out the right way!  The guys have your year-end review covered, starting the absolute worst of the stay-aways from the year that was.  You'll get the toppermost of the poppermost as well plus all that slots in-between. Here's the breakdown: I. Whatcha' Watchin' - 03:32 Rapid fire on: Annhilation Into the Spider-Verse Aquaman The Good...

This week's Pop Culture Coram Deo episode gets upgraded with the addition of special guests.  This band of brothers covers a broad range of topics on their way to reviewing Upgrade.  Here's what is in store: I. So Sorry to Interrupt - 01:16 Who are the best NFL QBs, RBs, and WRs of all time? II. Whatcha' Watchin' - 06:16 - The Grinch - College Football - Instant Family (including a frank...

It's Double Feature time on The Pop Culture Coram Deo Podcast! This week Jeff and Jared went extra innings to cover two projects: the Freddie Mercury (and Queen) biopic Bohemian Rhapsody starring Rami Malek plus Netflix's Black-Mirror-for-Tween series Creeped Out. Here's how the episode breaks down: I. So Sorry to Interrupt (yes, we mixed the order up this week) - 01:32 - Why are movies with nudit...

Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.  Jared and Jeff from The PCCD Pod walked to...

Jeff and Jared braved the carnage of the latest Sony/Marvel collaboration, Venom, to report back on how the movie holds up compared to the ultimate story God is telling about His Son through cosmic history. On the way there the guys also got into: I. Whatcha Watchin'? (Featuring a brand new play-in bump :D) ~Spoiler Warning~ 1. How Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom holds up on re-watch. 2. The first e...

Jeff and Jared are back to give their new 31 Days of Horror list the kickoff it deserves by looking at 1987's cult-classic Monster Squad. You know what you get on the way: Whatcha Watchin'?, special edition, where we test Jared's knowledge of horror trivia using Trivial Pursuit's new Horror Movie Edition and So Sorry To Interrupt where we discuss the beautiful conjunction of Tom Hanks and Fred Rog...

I didn't know her... I didn't know my daughter. This week Jared and Jeff tracked down Searching and, spoiler alert, liked what they found.   But how does the film stand up when compared against the story God is telling through history?  The guys from The Pop Culture Coram Deo Podcast are here to help answer that question.   You'll find this episode of The PCCD Pod chock-full of...

 "Our memories make us who we are." - Project 77 Netflix paid big $$$ for Next Gen.  And why not?  The movie has all the talent in the world involved and a built-in fanbase from one of China's most popular - and infamous - websites.  The movie has a lot to say about some pretty big ideas: how technology remakes humanity in it own image, what relationship exists between our memo...

What's the opposite of a miracle, Father? There guys from the PCCD Pod had a date with a Romanian convent and let's just say it didn't go well. The latest (and perhaps most hyped) film from The Conjuring Universe is here and its time to put the movie under the spotlight of God's glory revealed in the face of Jesus Christ.  On the way there the guys hit on the latest video game featuring Marve...

There's always time for a smackeral of wonder. .  Time for an expetition... er... expedition into The Hundred Acre Woods to get re-acquainted with Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, Eyeore, and all his friends.  It is also time for Pooh and the crew to get re-acquainted with Christopher Robin. This week Christopher Robin goes under the PCCD Pod's microscope and you'll get a hearty dose of the good...

"Your mission, should you *choose* to accept it." I wonder - did you ever choose not to? The end you've always feared is coming. And the blood will be on your hands. The fallout of all your good intentions.  Jared and Jeff have [finally] chosen to accept Mission: Impossible - Fallout for review under the Pop Culture Coram Deo lens.  Is the series long in the tooth or still in s...

The guys from the PCCD Pod are back and this time they've got into extra innings with a favorite horror movie, 2005's The Exorcism of Emily Rose! Lots of ground gets covered in this one: Do they guys think possession still happens?  If so, how?  And what would they do if they were tasked with an exorcism. The real-life tragedy that forms the source material for this movie.-Scott Derricks...

You can do it.  You can do anything.  You're the world's greatest grandma.  Ant-Man and The Wasp dropped this week and became Marvel's latest #1 box office draw.  Jared and Jeff hit their regulators and dropped into the world of Scott Lang and Hope Pym.  What did they find?  Quantum... stuff. Lots of it.   More importantly, how does the film stand up when scrutin...

Senator: "Do these animals deserve the same protection given to other species? Or should they just be left to die?" Dr. Ian Malcolm: "These creatures were here before us. And if we're not careful... they're going to be here after. Life cannot be contained. Life breaks free. Life... finds a way." Jared and Jeff head in to Isla Nublar to look in on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.  Catastrophe i...

Helen Parr: "You know it's crazy, right? To help my family, I gotta leave it to fix the law, I gotta break it." Bob Parr: "You've got to, so our kids can have that choice." The Pop Culture Coram Deo Podcast is back with a long-awaited 21st episode, this time covering an even longer-awaited sequel to 2004's beloved animated hit The Incredibles. Pixar took their sweet time but finally we've got anot...

Hide away, they say 'Cause we don't want your broken parts I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars Run away, they say No one will love you as you are But I won't let them break me down to dust I know that there's a place for us For we are glorious Time for some music!  This week the guys are pulling The Greatest Showman into the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jes...

On Facebook? Join in the conversation at The Pop Culture Coram Deo Perpetual After Party Solo has finally shown up and it is making news for all the wrong reasons: Too little at the box office Too much progressive politics Too much weirdness with Lando's characterToo many Star Wars movies (?)The guys from The PCCD Pod get in to it all - Pansexuality, L3's social justice crusade, and why Solo's ope...

The most important thing a man can take into combat is a reason why. 12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11, ODA 595, under the leadership of Captain Mitch Nelson, who must work with an Afghan warlord to take down a critically important Taliban stronghold. The movie is a story of bravery, upright conduct, and fighting a good fight.  Time...

"In time, you will know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right. Yet to fail all the same. Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives." - Thanos It's here.  After 10 years, [seemingly] countless movies, and long days of waiting Avengers: Infinity War has arrived and [again, seemingly] the whole world rushed out to watch it. The Pop Culture Coram Deo Podcast Guys wer...

"He's more human I am. He lived in this world, fell in love, had a job. In spite of all that power." - Bruce Wayne describing Clark Kent. The PCCD Pod is back with an attempted rehabilitation of a much-maligned movie, 2017's Justice League.  More importantly, we're also attempting to help you think through this movie in light of  God's glory. And, while he's no friend of the film, this e...

"It's a lot easier to be brave when you've got lives to spare. It's a lot harder when you only have one life." Pop Culture Coram Deo is back with some Redbox-friendly movie fare.  We're going back to the world of Jumanji except this time there's a haunted Atari-clone video game system rather than a board game (Robin Williams we miss you!). Does the decades-later sequel live up to the ori...

"What are we if we can't protect them?" - Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt's) to her husband Lee (John Krasinski) in reference to the couple's children. The calling of parents to care for their children even as they prepare them for the future provides the heart and drama of A Quite Place, the John Krasinki vehicle that is garnering rave reviews in the early days of its run. Join the guys from the PCCD...