Click here to download. In the Dark Ages, magic was a weapon, love was a mystery, adventure was everywhere ... and POOPs were real! Tune in this week as Dustin and Jessica sit down and discuss Matthew Robbins's 1981 film DRAGONSLAYER for #80sFantasyMonth. This week's movie was Dustin's pick. In this podcast episode, the Poops touch on Joseph Campbe…

Click here to download. A magical, mystical POOP! This week, Dustin and Jessica kick off #80sFantasyMonth with Richard Donner's 1985 film LADYHAWKE! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. Tune in this week to hear the Poops talk about why 1985 was the peak year for 80s fantasy movies, how the titular heroine does not get her due, and why this movie …

Click here to download. A New England POOPtale! This week, Dustin and Jessica wrap up #WitchMonth with a look at Robert Eggers's 2015 film THE WITCH! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. The Poops make no bones about it, they love this film. Tune in and hear them discuss its historical accuracy, which movie it would make the best double feature wit…

Click here to download. Welcome to the POOPing hour! This week, the Poops take on Andrew Fleming's 1996 film THE CRAFT for #WitchMonth! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. It's Dustin's first time with THE CRAFT; what did he think of it? Jessica hasn't seen this since she was a young adolescent, this film's clear target demographic; does it hold …

Click here to download. A year later, their POOP was found! The Poops continue #WitchMonth this week with a viewing and discussion of Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's 1999 film THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. This week's movie was Dustin's pick. Discussions this week include our favorite found footage movies, how this film is actually quite conventiona…

Click here to download. When you're young, boys are a mystery. And love is pure POOP! The Poops are back after a long hiatus to kick off #WitchMonth with Dorian Walker's 1989 film TEEN WITCH! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. Does this cult favorite stand up to the test of time? Was this film intended to be a musical? How irredeemably superficia…

Click here to download. A masterpiece of modern POOP! This is it, the final week of #PooplingPicksMonth, and the Poops are taking on their first Stanley Kubrick film for the podcast, 1980's THE SHINING! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. Tune in this week as the Poops discuss tone, tension, symbolism, and adaptation in an attempt to make sense of…

Click here to download. There are some very good reasons to be afraid of the POOP! It's the third week of #PooplingPicksMonth, and this time Dustin and Jessica are taking on Tom Holland's 1985 film FRIGHT NIGHT! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. Tune in as the Poops discuss this movie's impact and place in genre film history. Did this cult favo…

Click here to download. Love. Pain. POOP. This week the Poops sit down with Darren Aronofsky's 2008 film THE WRESTER for the second week of #PooplingPicksMonth! Join Dustin and Jessica as they talk about the themes of what is arguably Aronofsky's most conventional film, including discussions on identity, ageism, and whether or not art is selfish. P…

Click here to download. Believe in POOP! The Popcorn Poops are kicking off #PooplingPicksMonth with Alex Proyas's 1994 film THE CROW! Tune in as Dustin and Jessica try to figure out why so many people love this movie. What did this film borrow from and in turn influence in years since? What two characters is Eric Draven the likely lovechild of? The…

Click here to download. They're here to save the POOP! Dustin and Jessica wrap up #FranchiseOriginsMonth this week with Ivan Reitman's 1984 film GHOSTBUSTERS! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. Join the Poops as they lavish this comedy classic with endless praise all while swearing they're not wearing their nostalgia goggles. They openly admit, h…

Click here to download. The question of whether or not we are POOP in the universe has been answered! Week three of #FranchiseOriginsBrings you Jessica's pick of Roland Emmerich's 1996 film INDEPENDENCE DAY! One of the Poops hates this movie, the other one loves it! The resulting podcast is a veritable bloodbath! Don't miss it! Please subscribe to …

Click here to download. Hey, POOP. This is no cartoon. Week two of #FranchiseOriginsMonth brings Steve Barron's 1990 film TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES to the podcast! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. A nostalgic favorite for many in the Poops' age range, but does this movie hold up? Could Dustin and Jessica's feelings for this movie have anythi…

Click here to download. Trust a few. Fear the POOP. Dustin and Jessica are launching #FranchiseOriginsMonth with Bryan Singer's 2000 film X-MEN! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. Tune in to this week's podmentary as Jessica and Dustin dig in to the movie that kicked off the great reign of superhero flicks we've experienced for nearly two decade…

Click here to download. He's good. She's good. He's just POOPie! Dustin and Jessica are wrapping up #1986Month on this week's podcast with a discussion of Howard Deutch's PRETTY IN PINK! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. Tune in this week as Jessica and Dustin tear into this movie a little more than it probably deserves. Which ending is superior…

Click here to download. They eat so fast, you don't have time to POOP! Tune in this for the third week of #1986Month as the Popcorn Poops take on Stephen Herek's CRITTERS! This week's episode was Jessica's pick. It's a GREMLINS ripoff! ... or is it? Find out once and for all which is the superior mini-monster flick of the 80s (according to Jessica …

Click here to download. It's a strange POOP! This week, things get a little weird on the podcast as the Poops dive headlong into David Lynch's BLUE VELVET for #1986Month! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. Tune in to Dustin and Jessica as they discuss what some would call Lynch's masterpiece through lenses of genre, morality, and gender. But woul…

Click here to download. Where POOP seems possible and nothing is what it seems! The Popcorn Poops are kicking off #1986Month with Jim Henson's LABYRINTH! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. Unpopular opinions abound in this episode as Dustin and Jessica dive into the things that do and don't work in this 80s fantasy classic. And should the late D…

Click here to download. Part man, part machine, all POOP. For the fourth and final episode of #1987Month, the Poops take on the future of law enforcement, ROBOCOP, directed by Paul Verhoeven. This week's episode was Dustin's pick. Tune in and listen to Jessica go from lukewarm to mildly lukewarmer on this classic flick that Dustin loves, all while …

Click here to download. There's a passageway ... a gate behind which the POOPS wait to take back what was once theirs! This week on Popcorn Poops, Dustin and Jessica enter THE GATE (1987), directed by Tibor Takács! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. The Poops think this #1987Month pick is an underrated horror classic! Tune in to hear them discus…

Click here to download. POOPS in New York are about to go down the toilet! Follow the Popcorn Poops down that toilet for the second week of #1987Month as they take on Jim Muro's STREET TRASH! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. Tune in to Dustin and Jessica as they struggle to get through a mostly unwatchable melt movie that goes far beyond provoc…

Click here to download. It's as real as the feelings you POOP! This Popcorn Poops kick off #1987Month with a look at Rob Reiner's THE PRINCESS BRIDE. This week's episode was Jessica's pick. Tune in to hear Dustin and Jessica nitpick the latter's favorite movie of all time and still come out feeling like it is a charming classic that is as funny tod…

Click here to download. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's POOPerman! The Poops wrap up #WorldFinestMonth with their second two-and-a-half hour podcast in a row, this time on Zack Snyder's 2013 film MAN OF STEEL! This week's episode was Dustin's pick! Overwritten dialogue? Check! Underwritten characters? You got it! Senseless destruction? In spades! P…

Click here to download. You'll believe a man can POOP! The Popcorn Poops continue #WorldFinestMonth with a look at Bryan Singer's 2006 film SUPERMAN RETURNS! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. Is this movie unfairly maligned? The Poops certainly think so. Also, what happens when our hosts run out of things to talk about during a movie that's way…

Click here to download. The Dark Knight fights to save Gotham City from its deadliest POOP! Join the Popcorn poops for the second week of #WorldsFinestMonth as they dive into Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm's 1993 film BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. How does the only animated theatrical Batman feature film stack up …

Click here to download. Strength. Courage. Honor. And POOP. The Poops are kicking off #WorldsFinestMonth with a doozy, Joel Schumacher's 1997 film BATMAN & ROBIN! This week's episode was Jessica's pick. Would you believe that Dustin and Jessica spend any amount of time defending this universally hated mess of a motion picture? Well, they do! Tune i…

Click here to download. It's more than a game ... it's the poop of a lifetime! On this week's podcast, the Poops wrap up #VGMonth with Tom Holland's 1989 film THE WIZARD! This week's movie was Dustin's pick! Tune in for a very candid discussion about a film in which adults act like children, children act like adults, and the screenwriter characteri…

Click here to download. Get ready for a new kind of POOP! For week three of #VGMonth, the Poops sit down for their first Walt Disney Animation Studios episode with Rich Moore's 2012 film WRECK-IT RALPH! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. Check out this week's show to hear Dustin and Jessica discuss how this movie goes too far with its product pl…

Click here to download. Play it. Live it. POOP for it. For week two of #VGMonth, the Poops take a look at David Cronenberg's 1999 film EXISTENZ! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. Tune in to find out how this stacks up to the two other "nested reality" films that came out the same year. Dustin sings the praises of an underappreciated movie prop, …

Click here to download. The game wants to POOP with you! It's the first episode of #VGMonth, and the Poops are watching Albert Pyun's 1994 film ARCADE! This week's episode was Jessica's pick. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to get trapped in a Windows 98 screensaver? Ever want to hear Ralphie say the real mother of all dirty words? If …

Click here to download. A love story to a different POOP! Join the Popcorn Poops this week for the final film of #GaijinMonth, Fran Rubel Kuzui's TOKYO POP from 1988. This week's movie was Dustin's pick. Dustin and Jessica maintain that no movie before or since has so perfectly captured the "gaijin experience." Tune in to find out why they think so…

Click here to download. Everyone wants to be POOP! The Popcorn Poops take on Sofia Coppola's 2003 film LOST IN TRANSLATION for week three of #GaijinMonth! This week's movie was Jessica's pick! Tune in to here Jessica and Dustin take apart this technically impressive movie for its weak themes and oppressively ignorant depiction of Japan! Jessica eve…

Click here to download. He's the biggest POOP to hit Japan since Godzilla! Tune in for week two of #GaijinMonth as the Poops tackle Fred Schepisi's 1992 film MR. BASEBALL! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. What the hell even is this movie? Listen to Dustin and Jessica spend nearly two hours trying to figure that out! Please subscribe to the podc…

Click here to download. The missing ingredient is POOP! The Popcorn Poops kick off #GaijinMonth with a movie they've never seen before, Robert Allan Ackerman's 2008 film THE RAMEN GIRL! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. This episode's discussions include the "white girl abroad" trope, the trickiness of language acquisition, and magical realism …

Click here to download. An all-POOP television special! Connor and Andrew from Two Player Media join the Popcorn Poops this week to take on the mother of all shitty holiday specials, Steve Binder's 1978 film THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL! Tune in for discussions on everything from Wookiee sex to what's wrong with Mark Hamill's face to more THE FORC…

Click here to download. Every POOP has a beginning! Tune in this week as the Poops dive into George Lucas's 1999 film STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE for #ShittyStarWarsMonth! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. Join Dustin and Jessica as they go a second round on their debate about whether Star Wars is sci-fi or fantasy, talk THE FORCE A…

Click here to download. May the POOP be with you! Join the Poops for week number two of #ShittyStarWarsMonth as they watch and discuss Dave Filoni's 2008 film STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS! This week's movie was Dustin's pick. Dustin and Jessica really hated this movie! Like, a lot! Tune in for 100 minutes of complaining! Please subscribe to the podcas…

Click here to download. You'll live the adventure. You'll love its POOP! Join the Poops as they kick off Shitty Star Wars Month with a pick from Jessica, John Korty's 1984 film CARAVAN OF COURAGE: AN EWOK ADVENTURE! Although widely considered a bad film, does this movie fit into the Star Wars universe? Is Mace the worst character in the franchise? …

Click here to download. The only way out is POOP! Tune into the Popcorn Poops this week for their final episode in November's listener request month. This week, they tackle Dustin's pick of Jon Amiel's 2003 sci-fi disaster flop THE CORE. Did the writer's of this film actually go to college? How solid is the science presented in this movie? Have the…

Click here to download. Another world, another time ... in the age of POOP! Join Jessica and Dustin this week as they delve into the former's pick for week #3 of listener request month, Jim Henson and Frank Oz's 1982 film THE DARK CRYSTAL! In this episode, the Poops talk about topics including their favorite creature designs, the spiritual inspirat…

Click here to download. Man has made his POOP ... now it's his problem. Join the Popcorn Poops for the second week of their listener request month as they watch and discuss Ridley Scott's 1982 film BLADE RUNNER! This week's episode was Dustin's pick. Does this film deserve its reputation as a classic? Is Deckard really a Replicant? Is this movie se…

Click here to download. A ghoulish POOP with wicked humor and stunning animation! Join the Popcorn Poops this week as they kick off their delayed listener request month with Henry Selick's 1993 film THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. Does this movie actually work as a musical? Who deserves more credit for the fina…

Click here to download. The man who made a POOP! The Poops sadly wrap up their month of sci-fi horror films with a pick from Dustin, James Whale's FRANKENSTEIN from 1931! Tune and listen to Jessica and Dustin talk about the very first sci-fi horror feature ever made, its lasting impact on cinema, and what name people should refer to the monster by.…

Click here to download. SYNCING NOTE: This commentary is intended for use with the 117-minute theatrical version of this film. The director's cut will not sync properly. In space no one can hear you POOP! Tune in this week as the Popcorn Poops delve into Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror classic ALIEN! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. On this …

Click here to download. "Be afraid. Be very afriad." Tune in to this week's Pumpkin Poops for Dustin's first sci-fi horror pick of the month, David Cronenberg's 1986 film THE FLY, starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. In this week's podcast, Dustin reveals his true feelings about remakes and sequels, Jessica has some harsh words for the makeup ef…

Click here to download. "The ultimate in alien terror." We are the Pumpkin Poops (but only for October)! Tune in this week as we kick off our month of sci-fi horror films with John Carpenter's 1982 film THE THING! This week's episode was Jessica's pick. In this week's podcast, Jessica delves into her very thoughtful Marxist reading of Carpenter's s…

Click here to download. "The robbery should have taken 10 minutes." Tune in to the Popcorn Poops this week as they dive into the first movie in their very first listener request month. This week, the Poops talk about Sidney Lumet's 1975 film DOG DAY AFTERNOON, requested by listener Amber and picked by Dustin! Dustin thinks Lumet might be the greate…

Click here to download. "Once you see him, nothing can save you." This week, the Poops wrap up their month of franchise originals with Scott Derrickson's 2012 film SINISTER. This week's movie was Jessica's pick. This movie is a pretty well-regarded horror film, and the Popcorn Poops just can't figure out why. Jessica and Dustin really don't like it…

Click here to download. SYNCING NOTE: This episode is intended to be synced to the 93-minute "special edition" cut of the film, not the original 88-minute theatrical version. "The maximum force of the future." The Popcorn Poops continue their month of franchise originals this week with George Miller's 1979 film MAD MAX! This week's movie was Dustin…

Click here to download. "An adventure 65 million years in the making." The Popcorn Poops continue their month of franchise originals this week with Steven Spielberg's 1993 film JURASSIC PARK! This week's movie was Jessica's pick. The Poops share a favorite character from this movie. Tune in to find out who it is! They also discuss how this film and…