Popfrontation
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago -Have you ever seen something and thought, "That's not for me"? That's what we do at Popfrontation! Each episode we go on an adventure outside the pop culture comfort zone and consume media we had originally avoided, and decide if it's for us or not.
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Ep 21 - 10 Cloverfield Lane
April 10, 2017 04:06 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBDo you think a song can drive you crazy? Also, Sara accidentally creeps out a dude in the lobby of our building. ...Which is very much like 10 Cloverfield Lane: Surprise, It's A Sequel to Cloverfield, Kind OF Recommendations: Sara: I Think We're Alone Now -- Tommy James and the Shondells Grant: Anamanaguchi - Endless Fantasy
Ep 20 - Lady and the Tramp
March 16, 2017 04:56 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBIn the course of us watching all of these Disney movies, it'd be irresponsible of us to not mention all of the technological achieeeeeOOOOOOHH MY GOD EVERYONE SHUT UP IT'S A MOVIE ABOUT DOGS (On this episode, we talk about Disney's animated film, Lady and the Tramp) Recommendations: Sara: Outsider Comics, Seattle, WA Grant: Night in the Woods
Popfrontation 20 -- Peter Pan
February 24, 2017 04:23 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBEscape with us to a world of fantasy when boys never grow up and women aren't allowed to talk. It's Jeff Sessions's* Peter Pan! Recommendations: Grant -- Stardew Valley Sara -- Golden Girls * -- HA HA! Topical ** ** It's actually Disney. Disney's Peter Pan
Popfrontation 19 -- Suicide Squad
January 28, 2017 00:04 - 53 minutes - 49 MBDC Presents: "Ed Hardy's Guardians of the Galaxy" In this episode we watched DC's magnum opus, Suicide Squad ---- Intro music -- "Sympathy for the Devil," the Pickin on Project Recommendations: Grant: Zoo City, by Lauren Beukes Sara: Soulless, by Gail Carriger
Popfrontation 18 -- Alice in Wonderland
January 12, 2017 05:23 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBWhat if Alice was like, ACTUALLY DEAD, and like everything she saw in Wonderland was actually her brain comforting her before she died and something something Johnny Depp joke here. In this episode, we watched the Disney animated adaption of Alice in Wonderland. ---- Recommendations: Grant: The Three-Body Problem, by Liu Cixin Sara: Lost Stars, by Claudia Gray
Popfrontation 17 -- Cinderella
December 21, 2016 02:25 - 49 minutes - 45 MBIn this episode, we talk to mice and slowly poison our terrible relatives to death in Disney's Actual Classic, Cinderella. ---- Recommendations: Sara: Dogs Grant: Latchkey Kingdom
Popfrontation 16 -- Bambi
November 28, 2016 03:03 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBSo Disney was like, "No! The world isn't ready for the hottest prince ever! We have to work them up to a fox Robin Hood! What else we got?" And his assistant said, "We have like two-thirds of a movie about the deer prince of the forest?" "How sexy is the skunk?" "The skunk, sir?" "HOW SEXY IS THE SKUNK?" "Sir, you're hurting me..." (This episode, we talk about the Disney classic, Bambi.) ---- Recommendations this episode: Sara: Cities: Skylines Grant: Arrival
Popfrontation 15 -- Dumbo
October 29, 2016 22:08 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBSeason 2 episode 3: This Clown Elephant Found A Feather. You Won't Believe What Happens Next! On this episode, we watch the 1941 Disney classic, Dumbo. Recommendations: Sara: Bizarre States and History Goes Bump Grant: Ghostbusters (2016)
Popfrontation 14 -- Pinocchio
October 13, 2016 04:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBSeason 2 episode 2: Join the boat full of stupid boys and sail away to some grade-A nightmare fuel with the Disney classic, Pinocchio. Recommendations: Grant -- Movies with Mikey Sara -- Dogs. Like, the actual animal. Dogs, won't we? Check out our Facebook page at Facebook.com/popfrontation
Popfrontation 13
September 29, 2016 04:34 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBIt's Popfrontation Season 2! In this episode, we watched the Disney 2D hand animated classic, "Snow White and the Seven Counts of Breaking and Entering." Recommendations: Sara: Murder, She Wrote, Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda Grant: Barbarous (johnnywander.com)
Popfrontation 12
December 07, 2015 19:21 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBWell, it's that time. We had a good time this year, but due to massive scheduling conflicts, we have to say goodbye. But we decided to give you a special episode to say thanks for sticking with us and listening.
Popfrontation 11 - Tootsie
September 25, 2015 17:11 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBOn this sleepy episode, we put on our best wigs and whatever accents and watched the 1980s comedy, Tootsie. Recommendations: Grant - Never Sleep Again Sara - Too Sleepy To Recommend
Popfrontation 10 - Big Trouble in Little China
September 01, 2015 05:12 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBKurt Russell and James Hong and Kim Catrall, oh my! We watched Big Trouble In Little China, just now, for the first time. Yeah, we're upset about that too! Recommendations: Grant - No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular, by Nico Tanigawa Sara - Property Brothers
Popfrontation 09 - American Graffiti
August 01, 2015 16:29 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBCruise with Little Ronnie Howard and Little Jaws in the nostolgic car fetish film, American Graffiti. Recommendations: Sara: Ex Machina Grant: Kabu Kabu by Nnedi Okorafor
Popfrontation 08 - Con Air
July 03, 2015 16:28 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBI hope you like sand, because we reviewed Con Air! Recommendations: Grant - What We Do In The Shaddows Sara - Sense8
Popfrontation 07 - Grease 2
June 17, 2015 18:19 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBPut on your leather jacket, jump a cop car, be a cool rider, because Grease 2: The Greasening Recommendations this week: MAD MAX AND JURASSIC WORLD
Popfrontation 06 - There's Something About Mary
June 03, 2015 22:54 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBThere's Something About Mary? We'll be the judge of that! (Something something semen in hair joke.) Recommendations: Sara: Fraiser Grant: Adult Swim on Hulu!
Popfrontation 05 - Bottle Rocket
May 18, 2015 16:52 - 32 minutes - 30 MBWe put on our Zissous and travel back in time to Wes Anderson's first major film, Bottle Rocket. Recommendations: Sara: Grace And Frankie Grant: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, and Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau
Popfrontation 03 - The Jinx
April 16, 2015 16:53 - 42 minutes - 24.7 MBYou know what, I don't have a witty thing to say about The Jinx, it's supes creepy, and we watched it for you. Recommendations this week: Sara - The Blacklist Grant - The Disaster Artist
Popfrontation 02 - Sex Criminals
April 01, 2015 05:46 - 48 minutes - 44 MBHotter than a Dutch Microwave, we reviewed Sex Criminals, plus we adventure into Emerald City Comiccon! Recomendations: Grant -- Over the Garden Wall Sara -- The Jinx
Popfrontation 01 - Broad City
March 18, 2015 18:26 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBHave you ever seen something and thought, "That's not for me"? That's what we do at Popfrontation! Each episode we consume media we had originally avoided, and decide if it's for us or not. This week we ditched our inhibitions (and our underwear) and watched Broad City. This week's recomendations: Grant - Terry Pratchett books. Good Omens, Guards, Guards, Going Postal, The Wee Free Men Sara - Bitch Planet and Captain Marvel
Popfrontation Prequel 2 - Empire
March 06, 2015 07:49 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBStop feeling on each other and join us for the Shakesperian musical betrayal fest that is Empire. Recommendations: Sara: Ready Player One -- Ernest Cline Grant: Speed Racer (the movie)
Popfrontation Prequel 1 - Jupiter Ascending
February 24, 2015 16:43 - 42 minutes - 39 MBWe saw the wonderfully over the top Jupiter Ascending. Come dive into a swirling gas giant of camp and hunky space wolfs.