However, most of our time was spent discussing the new North Carolina position of same-sex marriage. While the proponents of the new legislation claim a biblical basis we discuss what the biblical basis for human sexuality is and what it means for public policy. We mention Origen castrating himself because of his literal understanding of Matthew 19:12, Paul’s complete non-sexuality as demonstrated in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla, and Christians’ adherence to Leviticus 18:22 while ignoring other Old Testament laws.

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Miss Annie Rexic leads the ‘Sundays are a Drag” event in Norfolk, Virginia and she is hosting Sharon Needles when she arrives in Norfolk on June 9th. (Get $5.00 off of VIP tickets by mentioning ‘Zombie Popcorn’)

Learn all the dirty secrets of the drag world in this episode. 

We also talk about;

The Avengers
Spider-Man
George Lucas
Beastie Boys
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
and so much more.

It is time to put on your wig, double check your lipstick and get ready for another episode of Zombie Popcorn’s The Talking Dead!

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Annie Rexic is a well known entertainer who hosts, “Sundays are a Drag“.

We will be broadcasting live (Sat. 7pm Eastern)  so join us in the chat room and interact with us!

Now, lets dance!

This time for the upcoming film, BATTLESHIP!

But first, the info about the movie. 

SYNOPSIS: Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs BATTLESHIP, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Based on Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, BATTLESHIP stars Taylor Kitsch as Lt. Alex Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, a physical therapist and Hopper’s fiancée; Alexander Skarsgard as Hopper’s older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of the USS Sampson; Rihanna as Petty Officer Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones; and international superstar Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone’s superior (and Sam’s father), Admiral Shane. Berg directs this epic action-adventure also produced by Scott Stuber (Couples Retreat), Sarah Aubrey (The Kingdom), Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir of Hasbro (the Transformers franchise), along with Duncan Henderson (Master and Commander). The battle for Earth begins at sea.

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This week we take a swing at the North Carolina pastor who thinks it is appropriate to advocate violence against children who show tendencies toward stereotypical homosexual behaviour. For making comments like “crack that wrist” while making punching and kicking motions, he has been forced to recant, if only in a backhanded manner.

We also cover the fact that Catholics have reinstated the sale of indulgences. An archaic institution which was abandoned more than half a century ago where the church will gladly take donations so as to reduce the amount of time a person’s loved ones need to spend in Purgatory. Interesting fact, the church has not accepted Purgatory as real for some time. This requires us to ask, “then for what purpose are the indulgences sold?” While discussing interesting Catholic concepts we also grasp onto the comment made recently by a priest who said that the Adam and Eve story is a myth. While most of us can see this it puts the Catholics in an interesting theological corner. Without Adam and Eve there is no fall, meaning there is no original sin, meaning there is no need for Jesus’ atoning sacrifice. What do you think?

We also mention, upon closing, this video. We want to get your take on it!

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Be you seeking the mighty tales of the Natural Ones crew? Be ye concerned about the UNNATURAL silence that has befallen those under the N1s banner this previous week? Worry not! For nothing can kill this podcast, like a societal cancer, or a your common graveyard lich, WE WILL NEVER DIE.

Join us as the party digs deeper than god or man ever intended, and unearth secrets and magics that are lost to this paltry dimension. What new and fresh horrors has this horrible world spawned for our party? Undead horrors, monsters with no faces where there should be faces? Its a terrifying experience free for all!

To all our fans who have sat through all our nonsense these past couple weeks, we thank you so much, if we had a genie one of our wishes would be that nothing bad happens to you listeners… unless you stray… THEN ALL THE PAIN. Seriously, we couldn’t have done all this without you, ten story episodes, one holiday episode and a talking head episode, all because of your comments and views that encourage us to keep up this crazyness. So in a lot of a ways… It’s all your fault. As always thanks for listening, and lets hope we can get another ten done, maybe even another thousand.

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The real focus of the show, however, was our little game of “name that logical fallacy.” Bob found this wonderful site with a helpful infographic to help you name them all (disclaimer: this is not all of them, I just wanted to make a Pokemon reference, isn’t that what the internet is all about). We played this game with this site containing 15 questions for “evolutionists.” We encourage you to check out the site and play the game yourself!

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Director Tim Burton brings the cult classic series “Dark Shadows” to the big screen in a gothic comedy featuring an all-star cast, led by Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Helena Bonham Carter.

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America.  But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family.  Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.  The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green).  A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.

Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972.  He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin.  The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets.  Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles.

Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth’s ne’er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloë Grace Moretz); and Roger’s precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath).  The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David’s new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.

Burton is directing “Dark Shadows” from a screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith, story by John August and Grahame-Smith, based on the television series created by Dan Curtis. Also producing are Oscar® winner Richard D. Zanuck (“Alice in Wonderland,” “Driving Miss Daisy”), continuing his long association with Burton; Oscar® winner Graham King, (“Rango,” “The Departed”), continuing his collaboration with Depp; Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski, and David Kennedy.  The executive producers are Chris Lebenzon, Tim Headington, Christi Dembrowski and Bruce Berman.

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, Oscar®-winning production designer Rick Heinrichs (“Sleepy Hollow”), Oscar®-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (“Alice in Wonderland”) and editor Chris Lebenzon  (“Alice in Wonderland”).  The score is composed by Danny Elfman.

A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, an Infinitum Nihil/GK Films/Zanuck Company production, a Tim Burton film, “Dark Shadows” is slated to open on May 11, 2012, and will be distributed worldwide in theatres and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.

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Paul, Bob and I took some Valium before the show so we could bring you the best content ever!

(No, we really didn’t take Valium, we were only drinking.)

Topics included;

• Piranha 3DD
• Friday the 13th Documentary
• Hatchet 3
• Sam Raimi
• Poltergeist
• Oz The Great and Powerful
• Neil Gaiman
• Sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D
• Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
• Game of Thrones

and so much more!

Kick back, take off your pants because it is time for another episode of Zombie Popcorn’s The Talking Dead!

On top of understanding what people believe, it is one of my passions to understand the development of such beliefs. When I was in college I was introduced to the idea of literary criticism. I grew fond of unravelling the literature put in front of my by my professors by examining it in the light of Marxist, post-colonial, or psychoanalytical theories. It was only natural that I would eventually apply the same critical eye to the Bible, a book I had started studying at an early age. Eventually I discovered forms of criticism particular to biblical texts, my favorite among them being source criticism—the study of source materials to discover literary history.

This book is the culmination of countless hours of reading, writing, editing, formatting, re-editing and reformatting. A year’s worth of late nights playing historian, ethnographer and literary scholar. The final product is a four-hundred page tome, the subject being a version of the first five books of the Bible, or Pentateuch, divided into their individual sources using a three color, grayscale, color code, nearly 250 footnotes, and four indices. You can check out the book here, and you can follow me on Twitter and Tumblr, or friend me on Facebook to get insider information about my upcoming projects.

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The Pentateuch: A Source Critical Version of the Five Books of Moses written by, Zombie Popcorn’s very own host of This Non-Religious Life, Mr. Kenneth Montville!

Pentateuch: A Source Critical Version of the Five Books of Moses is a source critical version of the Pentateuch incorporating the JEDP model. Individual sources are color coded for readers to distinguish which sections were composed by which writers. Indices include weights and measures, narrative sections, texts and resources, and a timeline from the arrival of Hittites in Asia Minor to the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.

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We also discuss the notions of magic medallions, namely St. Christopher , the release of my first book, The Pentateuch: A Source Critical Version of the Five Books of Moses, and touch lightly on the subject of Christian and Atheist discrimination at work.

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Join the party as they delve deep into the construction of the new old dwarven district, and press deep into the fissures the Dwarves dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of the Eula depths… goblin and stink.

Not all as is it seems deep in these caves, and the streets of Eula quake with fear of an underdark up rising that could come at any moment, and an already tightly strung city is wound up to the point of snapping, what new adventures will the team uncover deep underground, and what will be left of the city when they emerge?

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We also discuss the presidential run where no just about all the candidates who claimed that they were called by God to run for president have now been ousted by a man who believes that God lives on a planet called Kolob. We discuss what a Mormon in the White House would mean and the similarities with President Kennedy, a Catholic who had many of the same criticisms of his campaign.

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We have a special guest on this episode. A man who was with us back on day one of the Zombie Popcorn podcasts/netcasts, Josh.

For those who are wondering, yes, he finally watched Frankenstein.

In this episode we talk about the film Bully and go a little too far in our personal lives and talk about the times we were picked on at school.

We also talk about;

• Tron: Uprising
• Cabin in the Woods
• Step Up: Revolution 3D
• Bad Ass
• Carrie remake
• Dark Shadows
• Ted
• Hellraiser: The Series
• The Munsters rebook
• Sin City: A Dame to Kill for
• and so much more!

So grab some nose tissues because we are going to need it to dry our eyes in this episode of THE TALKING DEAD!

If you are a subscriber to the Zombie Popcorn Newsletter you already know about this giveaway. 

Zombie Popcorn is giving away one copy of Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass brought to you by Bloody Disgusting Selects.

“A man suffering from amnesia wakes up in a desolate barn from a cryogenic freezer to be informed that the planet has been devastated by a world war and reduced to little habitability by a subsequent alien invasion. He is thrown into a military mission to help reestablish a livable atmosphere for what’s left of humanity. Soon enough he encounters more than he bargained for: aliens, crazy survivors, inadequate equipment and a pretty unhealthy dose of bad luck. Jam-packed with visual inventions and plot twists, this movie offers a dark and humorous take on the post-apocalyptic genre.”

Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass is currently available on DVD, iTUNES, & VOD  but why worry about all of that when you can just get a free copy now.

Just follow these steps;

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Any loyal fans will no doubt remember our first foray into the shroud mystery. Since then we have touched on the subject a few more times. We even issued an invitation, and later a challenge, to Dan Porter to discuss the shroud with us on the air after his attempt at a scathing rebuttal of our first examination. And while we are on the subject of challenges, a new challenge has been issued for Richard Dawkins, of all people, to disprove the shroud for £20,000. But the shroud is also once again in the news. This time for a new book entertaining the idea that the shroud is authentic and that it, not the risen Jesus, is responsible for the spread of Christianity and the faith of the initial converts. As you will see, we tear this assumption apart so stay tuned as well as we can with the info we have.

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Listen as they uncover the mysteries at the heart of the Island Of Broch.

Happy easter, or passover, or normal day to everyone!

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We are back and in this episode we don’t hold back.  We invited back our good friend, Lauren Ornelas of the Food Empowerment Project, so we can talk about the projects they have been working on.

We dive deep into the issue of child slavery in the chocolate industry and the importance of transparency of a company who is trading or producing  chocolate items.

We know companies like Nestle, Hershey, Mars and other large chocolate companies buy cacao that is involved with the slave industry but what about companies we are suppose to trust, like the company Clif Bar.

Food Empowerment Project is leading the way and pushing Clif Bar to disclose which countries supply the cacao used to make their chocolate products – in fact, they have a campaign that you can help with by visiting their site and sending a lettter to Clif Bar to disclose where they purchase their chocolate.

We also go talk about what you can do to help put an end to child slavery.

To learn more about this issue  please visit The Food Empowerment Project and listen to this episode of The New Architects.

 Lauren Ornelas is the Food Empowerment Project’s founder and serves as the group’s volunteer executive director. She is also the former executive director of Viva!USA, a national nonprofit vegan advocacy organization. lauren has been active in the animal rights movement for over 20 years. After spending four years as National Campaign Coordinator for In Defense of Animals, lauren was asked by Viva!UK to start and run Viva!USA in 1999. In cooperation with activists across the country, she worked and achieved corporate changes within Whole Foods Market, Trader Joe’s, and Pier 1 Imports, among others. She currently serves as Campaign Director with the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition.

The Food Empowerment Project is based in Santa Clara County, the Food Empowerment Project decided to take a closer look in our own backyard to determine how easy it is for communities of color and low-income communities to have access to healthy fruits and vegetables, as well as alternatives to meat and dairy products.

The Food Empowerment Project seeks to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one’s food choices. F.E.P. encourage healthy food choices that reflect a more compassionate society by spotlighting the abuse of animals on farms, the depletion of natural resources, unfair working conditions for produce workers, and the unavailability of healthy foods in low-income areas.

By making informed choices, we can prevent injustices against animals, people, and the environment. F.E.P.  also work to discourage negligent corporations from pushing unhealthy foods into low-income areas and empower people to make healthier choices by growing their own fruits and vegetables. In everything they do, the Food Empowerment Project seeks specifically to empower those with the fewest resources.

Seriously, what the fu*k?  I saw this trailer without knowing anything about who wrote it, who is in it, or even what the movie was about – I just knew it was a new film trailer and it just happened to be a red band trailer.

Boy, was I in for a surprise kick in the funny bone.  The film is ‘Ted‘.

In the interest of not giving anything away – the details about this film will be after the trailer… enjoy.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humor to the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice star of Ted. In the live action/CG-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish…and has refused to leave his side ever since.

These and other questions get answered this week. As always we want to know what your thoughts are! You can always contact us at nonreligious@zombie-popcorn.com, like us on Facebook / Google+ or call the ZPN hotline at (757) 337-2195. And don’t forget to subscribe to This Non-Religious Life on  iTunes or listen to us on Stitcher Radio.

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American Reunion hits theaters April 6th but because Zombie Popcorn likes you – we are going to give you free passes to an advance screening to see it before anyone else!

Details on how to enter are below – but first here is info about the film you will get to see (if you enter) for free!

Jim, Michelle, Stifler, and their friends reunite in East Great Falls, Michigan for their high school reunion.

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 We have a very special guest blog post writer for you. Her name is Dana Fredsti and she is the author of the upcoming book series, Plague Town: An Ashley Parker Novel. Plague Town hits the shelves next Tuesday (April 3, 2012) and I highly recommend you picking up a copy. Zombie Popcorn is currently reading this book and love it – in fact, we love it so much we have invited Dana Fredsti on our podcast, The Talking Dead – she will be on the show this Sat., so stay tuned for that interview.

We are very happy to have Dana Fredsti here on Zombie Popcorn, so enough of my words here is Dana’s post. – Enjoy!

• He’s not a leader, but everything he does just seems to make sense.
• He’s slowly but surely overcoming the limitations of a poverty-stricken, abusive and racist background.
• While those around him seem to become less noble as the shit hits the fan in greater volume, he seems to be becoming more of a stand-up guy.
• He saves a man (twice) who was inadvertently responsible for his brother’s possible death.
• He knows the value of giving a woman flowers. Or at least one Cherokee Rose.
• He’s a dead shot with a crossbow.
• He’s made “redneck” the new “sexy.”
• He makes really ginchy necklaces out of zombie ears.

That’s right, ladies and gents, I’m referring to none other than Squidbilly (er… Daryl)  on The Walking Dead. My boyfriend Dave started referring to him as Squidbilly in reference to a cartoon on Adult Swim about … well… hillbilly squids. The name stuck with our Walking Dead Night gang and now Daryl will forever be Squidbilly to me, and Squidbilly will always have improbably sexy connotations.

What sets the best movies, books and (now) TV shows apart is that they feature interesting characters that actually evolve as the story unfolds, as opposed to one-dimensional stereotypes who exist solely to annoy the audience and die horribly (but generally not quickly enough to placate the annoyed audience).
One of the things that made the original Dawn of the Dead such a compelling story were the four main characters. We had Peter, level-headed yet kick-ass swat dude; Roger, also kick-ass, but not so level-headed; Stephen, impulsive, lousy shot, poor impulse control, wants to be one of the “cool kids”, but doesn’t know how; and Fran, pregnant, lousy shot and kind of wimpy at first, but capable of thinking outside the box. We saw these characters evolve (or die) as the movie progressed, and by the end I’m sure I wasn’t the only one rooting for Peter to get off his apparently suicidal ass and escape in the helicopter with Fran.

Walking Dead also rocks because it presents a great range of characters, with plenty of growth potential for all of them. In the beginning of the first season I fully expected to dislike Daryl as much as his delightfully racist brother Merle (Squidbilly the Elder), and yeah, he pretty much lived down to my low expectations the first time we meet him. But between the writers and Norman Reedus (the actor playing Daryl), the character quietly started developing dimension, the racist redneck rounding out with unexpected hints of conscience, empathy, and heroism. The scene where he lashed out at Carol out of guilt because he couldn’t save Sophia is one of my favorites because a: it’s a very real response to guilt and b: it gave Carol one of her best moments, showing insight into human nature beyond anything that, for instance, Lori had shown up to that moment. Okay, yes, not a great fan of Lori.

But Squidbilly?  Oh yeah. From the time he saved T-Dog from the herd on the freeway, then shared his brother’s drug stash to save T-Dog from infection (if only he’d shared some lines with the guy!)… well, he’d won my heart. Looking for Sophia and giving Carol the flower were just the icing on the Sexy Redneck Cake of Ass-Kicking Goodness that is Squidbilly.
I’m not a fan of redneck culture or motorcycles, but damn me if Daryl isn’t one of the most compelling characters on Walking Dead and one of only reasons I didn’t go stark raving mad with boredom during the Find Sophia episodes.  Let’s face it; if I had to choose one character on that show to be stuck with during the zombe apocalypse, it would be Daryl and his crossbow.  Hell, I’d even help string ears for his very special necklaces.

As one of my best friends put it, “Daryl has that same scruffy appeal as a kitten you find in an alley covered in shmutz.  You just know once you give it a bath and get it socialized, it’ll be cute as the dickens.”
That pretty much says it all.

Cosmopolis is a new directed by David Cronenberg and stars Robert Pattinson from Twilight.

This movie looks crazy good – with the emphasis on the word crazy- too bad the release date is May 31st….in Portugal.

Trailer is below. 

New York City, not-too-distant-future: Eric Packer, a 28 year-old finance golden boy dreaming of living in a civilization ahead of this one, watches a dark shadow cast over the firmament of the Wall Street galaxy, of which he is the uncontested king. As he is chauffeured across midtown Manhattan to get a haircut at his father’s old barber, his anxious eyes are glued to the yuan’s exchange rate: it is mounting against all expectations, destroying Eric’s bet against it. Eric Packer is losing his empire with every tick of the clock. Meanwhile, an eruption of wild activity unfolds in the city’s streets. Petrified as the threats of the real world infringe upon his cloud of virtual convictions, his paranoia intensifies during the course of his 24-hour cross-town odyssey. Packer starts to piece together clues that lead him to a most terrifying secret: his imminent assassination.

Cast includes;

• Robert Pattinson
• Juliette Binoche
• Sarah Gadon
• Mathieu Amalric
• Jay Baruchel
• Kevin Durand
• Emily Hampshire
• Samantha Morton
• Paul Giamatti
• Patricia Mckenzie

“We believe in We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of the Father, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father;”

The whole point of the Creed was to establish that Jesus was divine and not man. But the Church wanted him to be both. So the trinity was devised. A triune Godhead where the Father, Son and Holy Spirit were all God but not the same with each other. A nonsensical rationalization was devised which essentially painted themselves into a philosophical corner.

We also cover the recent Reason Rally in Washington DC. Though we, unfortunately, could not attend in person we did follow the media blitz which followed. This includes one ridiculous commenter from Fox News which describes the rally as “[a] rally for nothing in particular …[atheism] has become a kind of religion, a Church of Unbelief complete with a saint (Christopher Hitchens), a high priest (Richard Dawkins), and holy writ (anything Dawkins writes). And now, with the political nature of this rally, Dawkins is set to become the Pat Robertson of atheism.” We tackle this and other absurd stances this week so stay tuned!

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Now, we have a new RED BAND trailer and it is over the top.

If you are too young for nudity and gore please do not watch this trailer but if you are old enough step back because June 1st can’t get here soon enough!

We also get into a case where a NASA employee was supposedly fired for espousing belief in Intelligent Design. While we conclude that this is almost certainly not the case and there is certainly a spin on this, just as there was in the case of the people who claimed the same thing for Ben Stein’s documentary of ID, Expelled, we can’t ever be certain.

But much of the focus was not on the two previous topics, a lot of it, and I think this is the most important bit, is a discussion about the A-Word: i.e. calling oneself an atheist. In the past years there have been a number of terms which have meant basically the same thing as being an atheist, be it secular humanist, bright, freethinker, or skeptic but they all fall short. There is a new documentary,
Scarlet Letter, coming out which promotes the idea that people should use the word atheist. If people use the word as a self identifier then we might eventually overcome the ignorance about who we are or what we think.

What are your thoughts? You can always contact us at nonreligious@zombie-popcorn.com, like us on Facebook / Google+ or call the ZPN hotline at (757) 337-2195. And don’t forget to subscribe to This Non-Religious Life on  iTunes or listen to us on Stitcher Radio.

Watch the trailer below and let me know what you think.

Will you buy it?

An untold story following convicted criminal Lee Everett; a man given a second chance at life in a world gone to hell. With danger around every corner, protecting an orphaned girl named Clementine may offer him redemption in a world of true horror. Experience events, meet people and visit locations foreshadowing the story of Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes in this extension of Robert Kirkman’s award-winning universe. This is a 5 part game of Adventure Horror, where the decisions that you make will have profound and lasting consequences.

In this episode you will learn what makes Bob and Paul cry like babies and find out why Romancing the Stone is so much better than Jewel of the Nile.

Also included in this episode are the following topics;

• Prometheus Teaser
• Prometheus Trailer for the Trailer
• Prometheus IMAX trailer
• Prometheus Official trailer
• Jurassic Park 3D
• Dark Shadows
• Garbage Pail Kids movie remake
• Robocop remake
• Halloween 3D
• The Devil’s Carnival
• and so much more!

So act now and we will throw in this episode for free!

Wrath of the Titans hits theaters March 30th but because Zombie Popcorn likes you – we are going to give you free passes to an advance screening to see it before anyone else!

Details on how to enter are below – but first here is info about the film you will get to see (if you enter) for free!

Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world.

If you live in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area and are free to see a movie on Thursday, March 29, all you have to do is follow these steps.

1.  Like this post ( button located at the left side of this page)
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3. re-tweet this – “I just entered to win free advance screening tickets for Wrath of the Titans at Zombie-Popcorn.com”
4. leave a comment below telling us why you want to see it.

For bonus points you can Sign up for the Zombie Popcorn Newsletter.
*If you are already a Zombie Popcorn Newsletter subscriber you got this contest two days ago and already won your tickets.

Winners will be picked at Midnight on Wednesday 28, 2012 and will be notified via email and announced in the Newsletter.

Each ticket admits two.

Good luck!

What terrible and unholy visions will attempt to eat their faces this time?

Join the party as they blunder into situations that are far beyond the comprehension of their mortal minds, like how to use a door knob.

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Today, we have a new teaser and this one answers some of our questions about the film but leaves us with more questions. 

I loved the first musical Bousman did, Repo! The Genetic Opera so I look forward to seeing this and as always they have sweeten the deal because Bousman and his crew will be taking the movie on the road with a tour. Similar to how Kevin Smith did with his film, Red State – below the trailer are the current tour dates.

Here is what we know about the film and the trailer – will you go see it?

In The Devil’s Carnival, sinners are invited to a theme park where they endure the repetition of their transgressions. What chances do a conniving kleptomaniac, a gullible teenager, and an obsessed father stand when facing their own moral failings? Lucifer and his colorful cast of singing carnies invite you to grab a ticket to The Devil’s Carnival to find out!

• Directed by Bousman
• the film features twelve original songs by Zdunich and Saar Hendelman
• Staring;
  Emilie Autumn,
  Dayton Callie,
  M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan of Slipknot,
  Briana Evigan,
  Sean Patrick Flanery,
  Maggie “Captain Maggot” Lally and The Blessed Contessa of The Bloody Crumpets,
  J. LaRose,
  Jessica Lowndes,
  Mighty Mike of Mini Kiss,
  internet star Hannah Minx,
  Ivan Moody of Five Finger Death Punch
• Returning Repo! cast members;
  Bill Moseley,
  Ogre of Skinny Puppy,
  Marc Senter,
  Paul Sorvino,
  Alexa Vega
  Terrance Zdunich

Here is the preview trailer:

Here is the official trailer:

The ticket packages available are as follows:

1. Sinners – $20.00
(gets you a ticket to the show)
2. Carnies – $30.00
(ticket to the show, and a pre-signed poster)
3. Ringmasters – $40.00
(VIP Experience: ticket to the show, pre-signed poster, and a meet & greet)

The current dates:
4/5 Hollywood CA – Laemmle’s Royal Theater
4/6 Anaheim CA – The Ultraluxe UltraStar
4/7 San Diego CA – Gaslamp Theater
4/8 Scottsdale AZ – Ultrastar cinemas
4/9 Tucson AZ – The Loft
4/11 El Paso TX – Starplex
4/12 Austin TX – Alamo Draft House
4/13 Houston TX – Alamo Draft House
4/14 Dallas TX – Lakewood Theater
4/17 Nashville TN – Limelight Theater
4/18 Atlanta GA – The Plaza Theater
4/21 Charlotte NC – The Neighborhood Theater
4/24 Pittsburgh PA – The Hollywood Theater
4/29 Boston MA – Foxboro Theater
5/1 Toronto ON – Toronto Underground Theater
5/2 Toledo OH – Collingwood Arts Center
5/3 Chicago IL – The Music Box Theater
5/5 Kansas City – Leawood Cinema Theater
5/6 Denver CO – The Oriental Theater
5/7 Salt Lake City UT – The Tower Theater
5/9 Seattle WA – The Admiral Theater
5/10 Portland OR – The Clinton St. Theater
5/11 Sacramento CA – The Colonial Theater

Enjoy!

Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce and Patrick Wilson, Prometheus arrives in theaters on June 8, 2012.

Here’s the official synopsis: 

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Depp) has the world at his feet–or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles. Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth’s ne’er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Moretz); and Roger’s precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley) and David’s new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.

Now the official trailer!

“You may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly!”

We discuss this claim as in depth as we can and are lucky to have Dr. Price to guide us along as he has tackled the claims of Dr. Tabor before. We discuss the famed James ossuary, relic mongering, and the nonsensical trinity.  Enjoy the show, and remember to check out Dr. Price’s site if you haven’t already.

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Sideshow Collectibles is proud to present the Freddy Krueger Premium Format figure. From his signature striped sweater and brown fedora, to his trademark metal clawed gloves, every horrific detail comes to life in stunning 1:4 scale. Stepping straight out of your nightmares and onto the shelf, the Freddy Krueger Premium Format figure stands approximately 21 inches tall; an essential addition to any horror or film collection.

The Freddy Krueger Premium Format Figure features:

The detail on this premium format figure is beyond amazing – but you expect that from SideShow Collectibles.

I love the details to the eyes and face but most of all I am happy it is the original Freddy (Robert Englund) and not the remake – but that is another post.

What do you think of this figure and when can I expect it in the mail.. as a gift from you.. right?

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Studios will continue to push out the hype machine even for those epic films and we are now going to witness something new.

Yes, we will see new footage of the film Prometheus – but we will also see a trailer for a trailer.

… some thought it could never be done… until now!

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

You nod, and slide a gold piece across across the stained and worn counter, as you tweak your hood, making sure that your face is still draped in shadow. This is not a tavern where it would do for people to discover your identity, or your plans.

With a speed that belies his girth, the barkeep snatches the gold off the counter and deposits into his coinpurse.

Conspiratorially he leans on his elbows until your faces are only inches away. ” You didn’t hear it from me” He says, his words wafting on the stench of stale beer and rotting meat, “but last I heard, The Natural Ones crew was locked in deadly combat against the reanimated remains of a couple of guardsmen that the shade of Hollysword reanimated… I doubt that they will survive the night.”

His eyes quickly dart from the other bar patrons to the door, and he whispers “If they DO survive I hear you can reach them at @NaturalOnesDM using that blasted new Twittermancy, or using that Wizarding mail at Naturalones[at]zombie-popcorn.com.”

Your head whips around as you see the door splinter inwards, and standing among the debris is the captain of the guard, looking straight at you.

Roll for initiative.

When the trailer began I didn’t think I was going to like this film but as it got further into the trailer it became more and more interesting – so check it out and let me know what you think.

Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family.

This conversation eventually takes us from Ray Comfort’s sidekick to Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich’s favourite faux historian, David Barton. For more information about the crazy twists and turns that our hour long conversation takes you will have to listen for yourself.

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This week we talk about magical brooms, Star Wars in 3D, Contests, and so much more.

Other topics include;

• Fox News thinks The Lorax is a teacher of eco-terrorism
• John Carter 3D
• The Avengers
• Frankenweenie
• 21 Jumpstreet movie
• 21 Jumpstreet movie sequel (Yes, we know the first one is not out yet…)
• God Bless America
• ParaNorman
• Bloodshot
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D
  and
• Darth Maul Returns

So kick back grab a Fat Tire and enjoy the time we share together- it is time for Zombie Popcorn’s The Talking Dead and the Magical Broom!

ParaNorman is the story of a boy who must use his ability to speak with the dead to save his town from an ancient curse, a hoard of invading zombies, and their own small-mindedness.

 

The film was directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell.  Chris was the storyboard supervisor for Caroline and the storyboard artist for Corpse Bride and Sam directed The Tale of Despereaux.  As you can see, this film has some talented people behind it so you know it will be good… just check out the trailer and tell you don’t love this movie already.

What will happen as they wander the decrepit halls still tainted with ancient evil?

Why has this evil resurfaced after so many years? What is it’s intentions with the party?

Another particularly SPoooOOOOoooOOOooky episode of Natural Ones.

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