Popcorn Therapy
A podcast about movies and mental health. Please grab some popcorn, and take a seat on the couch. Hosted by Chelsey and Shade (like the singer). Please follow us on Twitter (@PopcornTheraPod) and Instagram (@PopcornTherapyPod)
Episodes
It wouldn't be Shade's birthday month if we didn't find the time for an 80's classic. Today, the lads are bringing down the house with The War of The Roses (1989). Take a seat on the couch as Chelsey and Shade dive into what makes marriage challenging, and when to leave to preserve the relationship.
It was direct by Danny Devito, and written by Warren Adler.
The cast includes Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny Devito.
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Hey bbies! We are taking the week off in honor of Shade's birthday, and will be back next week with The War of the Roses (1989) before our Summer Break. Talk soon!
This week on Popcorn Therapy Shade and Chelsey wish you a happy Mental Health Awareness Month, AAPI Month, and of course Shade's Birthday month! As we continue Shade's birthday takeover month, Shade and Chelsey are reminiscing about the early aughts while discussing the coming of age movie Didi (2024). Join us in our mom's minivan as we get into friendship, developing self awareness, and what did he do to the lotion?! Dìdi was wri...
It's May 7th so you know what time it is--it's Shade's birthday month takeover!!! Today the lads are talking all about fate, relationships, and the experience of immigration. Join Chelsey and Shade as they dive into Past Lives (2024).
Past Lives was written and directed by Celine Song.
The cast includes Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro.
We're taking it back to adolescence in next week's episode. So join us when we cover Di...
This week on Popcorn Therapy, Shade and Chelsey are getting raptured or will burn eternally as they cover This is the End (2013). Join us at the end of the world as Shade and Chelsey get into cannibalism, celebrity parties, high stress situations, and how the real apocalypse was the friends we made along the way. This is the End was written and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. It was based on the short Jay and Seth Vs the...
The girlies are back with another episode, but this time starring two Saturday Night Live alums. Shade and Chelsey tell us all about how The Skeleton Twins (2014) is packed with sibling dynamics, while learning to understand suicidal ideation and self-harm behaviors.
Content Warning: This episode discusses suicide, self-harm, and childhood trauma.
The Skeleton Twins was written Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman. Craig Johnson also di...
This week on Popcorn Therapy we're devoting ourselves to the not so love of our lives in Companion (2025). Join Shade and Chelsey at a mansion in the woods as we discuss dating, AI, and the things they do for love. But please! Watch this movie first if you want to see it or really like thrillers! Companion was written and directed by Drew Hancock. The cast includes Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Megan Suri, Rupert Friend, Harvey Gu...
Our episode on Companion (2025) is out on Friday, the same day it premieres on Max! So watch it there, and then listen here!
Boogeying right on through April, Chelsey and Shade are keeping it cute for today's episode. We're talking all things self worth and esteem featured in Party Girl (1995).
Party Girl was written and directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer.
The cast includes Parker Posey, Liev Schreiber, Anthony DeSando, Guillermo Diaz, Omar Townsend, Donna Mitchell, Sasha von Scherler, and The Lady Bunny.
Let's get devoted next week with Chelsey...
Popcorn Therapy is back from spring break with another class conscious classic, A Bug's Life (1998)! Join us in the ant colony with a special guest, not just our friend of 18 years but a real life bug guy, entomologist Chris! He's comin at ya with all the gnarly bug facts while Shade and Chelsey dazzle and entertain this animal cracker box circus with our takes on power, social dynamics, and second hand embarrassment. A Bug's Lif...
Who's afraid of Big Bad Dad? Apparently his sons. This week Chelsey and Shade are addressing depression and family dynamics in today's episode on The Iron Claw. TW for discussions of suicide in today's episode--remember to be gentle with yourselves.
The Iron Claw was written and directed by Sean Durkin.
The cast includes Zac Efron, Holt McCallany, Maura Tierney, Harris Dickinson, Jeremy Allen White, Stanley Simons, and Lily Jam...
Welcome to our post-Oscars/Third Anniversary of Popcorn Therapy episode featuring a very special guest, our amazing friend Sandra (she also made our lil popcorn guy in the chair)! We're all bound for a New York City strip club to discuss this year's Best Picture winner, Anora (2024). We delve into Russian culture, class consciousness, what is love, and baby don't hurt me with your impressive punches.
Anora was written and direct ...
Ending Chelsey's birthday month on a true Aquarius note. We'll be talking all about the unusual western phenomena in today's episode on Nope (2022). Join the girlies as they discuss spectacles and how they relate to pop culture, and how this influences the ways we treat one another.
Nope was written and directed by Jordan Peele.
The cast includes Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Steven Yeun, Wren Schmidt, Keith Davi...
Welcome to the penultimate week of ✨Chelsey's Birthday Month✨ here at Popcorn Therapy. This week is going out with a bang in a dognapping adventure as we dive into Seven Psychopaths (2012). So take a drive into the desert for the ultimate shoot out with Shade and Chelsey as we discuss which actor has hip hop singles in Australia, psychopathy, and how it's the same teams as our Paddington episode!
Seven Psychopaths was written and...
Two day delay on the play! Seven Psychopaths will be out this Friday!
Let's keep the celebration train rollinggggg! Not only did the Eagles celebrate a Super Bowl win this past Sunday, but our beloved Chelsey celebrated another rotation around the sun. So today we are celebrating by getting cozy and loving those dark parts of ourselves with Your Monster (2024). Laugh and hang as the lads discuss what Your Monster says about emotions, our friendships and relationships, who we are accountable to, and ...
The time has come the Walrus said to talk of many things: of shoes, and ships, and sealing wax, and Popcorn Therapy. Join Shade and Chelsey as we kick off ✨Chelsey's birthday month✨ with a pilgrimage to New Jersey to stop a couple of renegade angels from negating all of existence. On the train ride to the Garden State we'll discuss religion, rejection, and who Alan Rickman thought was a true American Icon.
Dogma was of course writt...
Welcome to the world of babes and bebes for today's episode of Popcorn Therapy. We're talking all things millennial friendships as we watch Babes (2024). You don't want to miss Chelsey and Shade heartfelt conversation about how friendship changes in adulthood, what we can do to show up and be more present for the people we love, and an analysis of the story's characters.
Babes was directed by Pamela Adlon and was written by Ilana...
We're taking the puggle for a stroll down the Venice boardwalk with Popcorn Therapy searching for a new best friend as we watch I Love You, Man (2009). Jam in the man cave as we discuss making friends as an adult, male comradery, where to find Jason Segel's imaginary friend Gideon, and why would you fight Lou Ferrigno?
I Love You, Man was written and directed by John Hamburg. It was also written by Larry Levin. The cast includes...
Second week of the New Year and the lads are diving deeper into the content we all love to dish about--family. Chelsey and Shade are bringing you an episode with just that in His Three Daughters (2023). We're taking on oldest, middle, and youngest daughter syndromes so buckle up buttercups.
His Three Daughters was written and directed by Azazel Jacobs.
The cast includes Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Rudy Galvan,...
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