The Popcorn Isn't Real: Fan Theory Podcast

She's a single, white female, with multiple personalities. Today we discuss the 90s thriller SINGLE WHITE FEMALE, adding a Fight Club-esque twist. Not only do we posit that the two main characters are the same person, but also no one actually died in this blood-soaked thriller. Watch Single White Female at https://www.amazon.com/Single-White-Female-Bridget-Fonda/dp/B000I9X50A/ and follow along wit...

Is Anastasia the story of a Romanov princess being reunited with her grandmother? Or of the cold, cunning con-man Dimitri who exploited a poor clueless orphan girl to get his hands on Anastasia's inherited fortune at any cost?? Join us as we dive into Don Bluth's classic 1997 film Anastasia, and reveal that Dimitri pulled the wool over ALL of our eyes! Watch Anastasia at https://www.amazon.com/Ana...

We continue our epic 20 year anniversary celebration of the Harry Potter series with the Goblet of Fire. Did Ron cast the Imperius Curse on Hermione? Was Hagrid a death eater? Is Dumbledore a Dark Wizard? Was Snape Harry's father? This is part 4 of our Harry Potter 20 year anniversary special, where we're covering the craziest fan-theories surrounding the Wizarding World! We'll be going through ev...

We continue our epic 20 year anniversary celebration of the Harry Potter series with the Prisoner of Azkaban. Was Hagrid a death eater? Is Dumbledore a Dark Wizard? Did Ron cast the Imperius Curse on Hermione? Was Snape Harry's father? This is part 3 of our Harry Potter 20 year anniversary special, where we're covering the craziest fan-theories surrounding the Wizarding World! We're going through...

Happy Christmas! Have we got a present for you! Home Alone and Planes, Trains and Automobiles are in a shared universe, connected by a soul-stealing, traveling Devil played by John Candy. Watch Home Alone at https://www.amazon.com/Home-Alone-Macaulay-Culkin/dp/B0031QNMKK and Planes Trains and Automobiles https://www.amazon.com/Planes-Trains-Automobiles-Steve-Martin/dp/B002S30PS4, and follow along...

A revolutionary action film about a man stuck in a dream, pursued by agents, who must take a red pill to return to reality. Yes, we're talking the 1990 film TOTAL RECALL! Wait, what? Was Total Recall in the Matrix universe all along? Watch The Matrix at https://www.amazon.com/Matrix-Keanu-Reeves/dp/B000GJPL1S and Total Recall https://www.amazon.com/Total-Recall-Arnold-Schwarzenegger/dp/B000IHL52W,...

We continue our epic 20 year anniversary celebration of the Harry Potter series with the Chamber of Secrets. Was Hagrid a death eater? Is Dumbledore a Dark Wizard? Did Ron cast the Imperius Curse on Hermione? Was Snape Harry's father? This is just part 2 of our month-long celebration of Harry Potter and the crazy fan-theories surrounding it! We're going to cover every main Harry Potter film over t...

We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first HARRY POTTER film!! Was Hagrid a death eater? Is Dumbledore a Dark Wizard? Did Ron cast the Imperius Curse on Hermione? Was Snape Harry's father? This is just part 1 of our month-long celebration of Harry Potter and the crazy fan-theories surrounding it! We're going to cover every main Harry Potter film over the next few weeks, so make sure to fo...

We're back with part 2 of our Halloween special! Everyone knows Michael Myers is the big bad of the Halloween series, and possibly the most iconic slasher ever. But few people know that his psychiatrist Dr. Loomis was the TRUE villain! Learn the whole story as we discuss all of the films in the Halloween series. Watch Halloween (2018) at https://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Jamie-Lee-Curtis/dp/B07JDXG...

Halloween special Part 1! Everyone knows Michael Myers is the big bad of the Halloween series, and possibly the most iconic slasher ever. But few people know that his psychiatrist Dr. Loomis was the TRUE villain! Listen as we discuss HALLOWEEN (1978). Stay tuned for Part 2 where we will continue this theory and discuss the rest of the HALLOWEEN films! Watch Halloween at https://www.amazon.com/Hall...

Today we interview Jack Epps Jr, co-writer of TOP GUN! We ask him the burning questions on everyone's mind: Is Quentin Tarantino right, and the film is all a metaphor for Maverick's closeted homosexuality? And who really caused Goose's death, Maverick or Iceman? We also explore the idea that Top Gun started a cultural phenomena pervading Japanese animation and culminating in Guillermo Del Toro's P...

This week we talk PREDATORS! We believe Topher Grace's character, Edwin the doctor/serial killer, is actually a human-predator genetic hybrid who was trained like a dog by the Predators and placed among the humans as a decoy, to purposefully lead them to their doom. Watch Predators at https://amzn.to/3kae4pa and The Predator at https://www.amazon.com/Predator-Boyd-Holbrook/dp/B07H7VKYQ5, and follo...

We're joined by Joseph Kosinski (Director of Top Gun: Maverick and Oblivion) to talk about his film TRON: Legacy. We believe the ISOs were really humans, Kevin Flynn was responsible for killing over a hundred people, and Quorra is his actual human daughter. Let's see if Kosinski agrees... Watch TRON: Legacy at https://www.amazon.com/Tron-Legacy-Jeff-Bridges/dp/B004R63MWQ and follow along with us!

Today's fan theories: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a horror film?! Wonka murdered five kids and turned them into candy? Violet Beauregarde deserved to win more than Charlie did? Even if you can't believe that, at least we can all agree, Grandpa Joe was a terrible, horrible person who deserves our hate. Watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at https://www.amazon.com/Willy-Wonka-Ch...

Buckle in, because this is a big one. The snake in ANACONDA is a demon-god, worshipped by an evil priest who just wants to feel its warm embrace. And even more shocking, ANACONDA is in a shared universe with Disney's HOLES. Join us and legendary screenwriter, professor Jack Epps Jr. (TOP GUN, ANACONDA) as we unpack this crazy monster film! Watch Anaconda at https://www.amazon.com/Anaconda-Frank-We...

Today we discuss Terry Gilliam's 2005 film THE BROTHERS GRIMM. You probably remember this as a strange dark fantasy, but there is no magic in this film. It is actually the story of one of the greatest political assassinations of all time! Watch The Brothers Grimm at https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Grimm-Matt-Damon/dp/B008Y6U5AM and follow along with us!

This podcast takes place during the hours between midnight on Wednesday and dawn on Friday in the mind of a fifteen year old boy. We're joined by writer/director MICHAEL MINER (Robocop) to discuss his amazing 1989 film DEADLY WEAPON. Watch Deadly Weapon at https://youtu.be/cox9c2edwFA and follow along with us!

Today we discuss the story of a poor, mentally unstable woman who dresses up animals, hallucinates fairy godmothers and believes that she falls in love with a prince she's never spoken to. That's right we're discussing the Disney classic, CINDERELLA. Rent or buy Cinderella at https://www.amazon.com/Cinderella-Signature-Ilene-Woods/dp/B07SMBGGZN/, and follow along with us!

We chat with the co-creator/screenwriter of ROBOCOP, Michael Miner, and ask him that age-old question: Was this hyper-violent film about a robotic policeman actually an allegory for Jesus Christ? Rent or buy RoboCop at https://amzn.to/3waHucI, and follow along with us!

Today we talk about the greatest video game adaptation ever made: The 1995 film Mortal Kombat. Was Scorpion actually Johnny Cage's adoring fanboy? And was Mortal Kombat just a ripoff of Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon? FIGHT! Rent or buy Mortal Kombat at https://amzn.to/2Q29Mp9, and follow along with us!

Sing to me, Paolo. Director Jim Fall joins us to discuss his film: THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE. We try to convince him that the villainous, lip-syncing Paolo was NOT the bad guy! He actually never told a lie, and Isabella was the REAL villain all along! This is what dreams are made of! Rent or buy The Lizzie McGuire Movie at https://amzn.to/3szoFNP, and follow along with us!

The Jeepers Creepers trilogy: A horror series about a demon terrorizing a rural community, right? Wrong! This community worships the Creeper and sacrifices outsiders to appease it, unaware of the fact that the Creeper is actually an extra-terrestrial! Rent or buy Jeepers Creepers at https://www.amazon.com/Jeepers-Creepers-Gina-Philips/dp/B00AKUNMH8/, and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30...

No one died in FROZEN. This episode we're joined by legendary writer/director/producer and host of The Movie Crypt podcast Adam Green! Listen as we try to convince him that every character actually survived his 2010 survival thriller FROZEN, and it was all just a horrible prank gone wrong. Check out Adam Green's podcast, The Movie Crypt! https://moviecrypt.libsyn.com/ Rent or buy Frozen at https:/...

Every horror fan recognizes the iconic showdown of Freddy vs Jason. But did you know there was a third killer in that movie? We bring David Kopp who played Blake onto the podcast to discuss his character's secret murderous rampage! Rent or buy Freddy vs Jason at https://amzn.to/3c9pHsY, and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV...

The age old question: Was he really a psycho or was he just boring? Join us as we dissect the extremely dull yet utterly bizarre man known as Patrick Bateman. Rent or buy American Psycho at https://amzn.to/3rlGI9D, and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly! http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree?tag=thepopcornisn-20