Amid the assortment of limited-edition collectible popcorn buckets, there have been some questionable contributions.

Each era of cinema has its defining promotional tie-in. In the 1990s, it was fast-food collaborations and toy giveaways. Today, it is the popcorn bucket. What began as a novelty item has, in recent ...

What started out as a simple monster movie in space -- Ridley Scott's 1979 Alien -- has in the decades since seen burst from its chest, if you will, an entire franchise of seemingly unstoppable, ...

The popcorn bucket war has just received two new figures for the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World. The highly-anticipated superhero film will also have two Funko Pops available for purchase.

“We knew it was kind of difficult to stick your hand in there. But at the same time, it was possible.” If you’ve been following novelty popcorn bucket discourse (or NPBD) over the last eight months, ...

The Alien franchise is back in a big way with Alien: Romulus, and it’s bringing the titular Xenomorphs back to the forefront. That includes the Xenomorphs, the alien race that has stalked the series ...

Movie franchises are a lot like memories...they may fade away, but they'll never die. The latest example of this adage is the current rebirth of the 44-year-old Alien movie franchise. Despite numerous ...