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Popcorn Pages

Geek talk about movies and films.

First-Person

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Bugs

Aug 9, 2026

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2 min read

Bugs

This has more to do with fomo than bugs.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

First-Person

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Something’s Coming

Aug 5, 2026

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3 min read

Something’s Coming

Something so bad it has brought universes together, and people are getting serious about their lives.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

First-Person

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What Was He Like.. Before Corona?

Jun 14, 2026

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5 min read

What Was He Like.. Before Corona?

He laughed, a lot. He wanted to work with racehorses. He loved. Aaah, but not a single man came back the same. Some never returned at all.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Letters & Lovers

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Who’s Jules?

Jun 7, 2026

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4 min read

Who’s Jules?

You know what they say: if a man is going to be rejected, he might as well be rejected by a pretty woman. At least then he has a good story to keep telling himself.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

First-Person

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Bounce

May 17, 2026

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5 min read

Bounce

The drinking wasn't the worst part. It was the thinking I was such hot stuff. It's like how everybody thinks that they have a good sense of humor, or they're a good driver.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

First-Person

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You Can’t Buy Aura

May 3, 2026

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5 min read

You Can’t Buy Aura

He did nothing, and somehow that made the noise grow louder. He fixed his gaze on another spot for nearly two more minutes, letting the audience soak in his presence alone. Some accepted their fate and let themselves fall. Others cried freely, hands raised in gratitude to whatever higher power allowed them to witness such greatness.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Popcorn Pages

Everybody Is Dead

Apr 26, 2026

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5 min read

Everybody Is Dead

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Popcorn Pages

I'll Be Down By The Shore

Apr 15, 2026

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2 min read

I'll Be Down By The Shore

Odysseus was not like you and me, beloved. The man was loyal to his wife, Penelope, whom he had not seen for more than ten years, and for whom suitors were already lining up. He wept every night by the shore, staring longingly at the horizon, thinking of his wife and his son Telemachus.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

First-Person

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No Moral High Ground

Mar 8, 2026

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5 min read

No Moral High Ground

In darkness there are no neat lines separating right from wrong. Boundaries exist only in righteousness, for what is good and just.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

First-Person

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Sweet Expectations

Mar 1, 2026

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3 min read

Sweet Expectations

You can almost picture the green screens, the rehearsed pauses, the careful delivery of lines meant to sound spontaneous. Predictable. The tension never quite builds.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Popcorn Pages

The Sokovia Accords

Feb 15, 2026

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10 min read

The Sokovia Accords

You don’t defeat gods by fighting them, you make them fight themselves.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

32 Days of Christmas

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F.R.I.D.A.Y.

Dec 12, 2025

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1 min read

F.R.I.D.A.Y.

*Claps hands* "Wake up, daddy's home!" "Welcome home, sir"

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

First-Person

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Once Was Enough

Jul 27, 2025

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4 min read

Once Was Enough

Some stories are legendary precisely because they happen just once. They’re a moment. It’s like trying to relive our best childhood memories. They wouldn’t be half as exciting if we tried to recreate them.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

First-Person

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Adolescence

May 25, 2025

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7 min read

Adolescence

This series doesn’t hold your hand as it tells this story. It shoves you face-first into the broken homes, the silent failures, the loneliness and peer pressure that wraps around kids when no one is paying attention.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

First-Person

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Waiting

Mar 9, 2025

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5 min read

Waiting

Waiting does things to the mind; it forces you into corridors of introspection, where possibilities twist and fold over each other. You contemplate leaving, but the hypocrisy of that decision stings. You, after all, are no stranger to tardiness. You’re always late to your classes and meet-ups, things that you consider of less importance than going to watch an animated film.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Popcorn Pages

I Need To Sleep

Dec 8, 2024

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5 min read

I Need To Sleep

I have trouble sleeping. And when I do sleep, I dream [that] someone wants my crown.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Early Days

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L after L

Jul 24, 2024

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2 min read

L after L

To feel so desperately that you’re right, yet to fail nonetheless.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Early Days

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Divergent

Apr 10, 2024

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1 min read

Divergent

What terrifies you the most!?

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

First-Person

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The Gospel According To Bobby Glass

Mar 24, 2024

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1 min read

The Gospel According To Bobby Glass

Featuring the drug empire of John 'The Gospel' Dixon.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Early Days

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Cancer Patient

Aug 13, 2023

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3 min read

Cancer Patient

Why I appreciate life more this week!

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan
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