Popcornflix
Popcornflix is a free, ad-supported streaming service that offers a variety of movies and TV shows. Popcornflix service is completely legal and does not require downloads – films are easily streamed on your device. You can find a lot of movies and TV shows from Popcornflix on their YouTube channel or you can stream directly from their website.
Popcornflix features programming in the following genres: action, comedy, crime, drama, horror, and sci-fi. You will find a variety of movies and TV shows on the streaming platform. Popcornflix can be installed or connected devices including mobile, tablets, smart TVs, desktop, and gaming consoles. I will be demonstrating Popcornflix on a desktop system using Ubuntu MATE 20.04.2 LTS. I like added my online streaming services to my main menu. Browsers such as Firefox, Chromium, Chrome, and Vivaldi support Application Mode which allows me to add websites to my menus. Application Mode allows you to display websites directly without borders or address bar, etc. It makes it look similar to an installed app on your system.
You can add Popcornflix to your menu to make it look like an actual application installed. To add it to your menu you'll need to open your Control Center and click on Main Menu under the Look and Feel section.
You can add Popcornflix to your menu to make it look like an actual application installed. To add it to your menu you'll need to open your Control Center and click on Main Menu under the Look and Feel section.
A Main Menu dialog box should appear on your screen. Select a menu on the left. I created an Entertainment menu to keep my entertainment links and applications organized. After you select the menu click on the + New Item button on the right.
You will see a Create Launcher dialog box appear on your screen. I will create an icon for Popcornflix.
Enter the following information:
Enter the following information:
- Type: Application
- Name: Popcornflix
- Command: vivaldi --app=https://www.popcornflix.com
- Comment: Watch Free Movies & TV Shows
You can replace Vivaldi with Firefox, Chrome, or Chromium because these browser support Application Mode. However, you must enter the browser command as you would as if you are starting it in your Terminal. You can use any icon your prefer or you can save the icon below and use it. Click the OK button when you finish entering the information. <You can also use Ice SSB (Site-Specific Browser) to integrate many of the modern web applications into your menus.>
You should now see Popcornflix in your folder.
First Time Run of Popcornflix
Clicking on the Popcornflix icon will open Popcornflix to its home screen. Since you are opening it up as a web app you will not see a URL bar. It will look similar to an app installed on your system. I highly recommend that you open the Vivaldi web browser in normal browser mode and create a free Crackle account and log in. That way, you'll be logged in when you click on the web app icon.
Clicking on the Popcornflix icon will open Popcornflix to its home screen. Since you are opening it up as a web app you will not see a URL bar. It will look similar to an app installed on your system. I highly recommend that you open the Vivaldi web browser in normal browser mode and create a free Crackle account and log in. That way, you'll be logged in when you click on the web app icon.
Movies
By default, the Movies section is displayed when you first open the website. You will notice there's a lot of free sections and movies to select from. Topics will be organized by New Arrivals, Most Popular, Asian Action, Popcornflix Originals, Staff Pics, Drama, Action, Horror, Thriller, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Family, Western, Date Night, Shout! Factory TV, Old School Cool, Foreign Films, Documentaries, Standup Comedy, and Espanol. I will showcase some of these topics in the images below.
Monster Trucks is an entertaining movie the whole family can watch. Train to Busan is a great horror movie.
By default, the Movies section is displayed when you first open the website. You will notice there's a lot of free sections and movies to select from. Topics will be organized by New Arrivals, Most Popular, Asian Action, Popcornflix Originals, Staff Pics, Drama, Action, Horror, Thriller, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Family, Western, Date Night, Shout! Factory TV, Old School Cool, Foreign Films, Documentaries, Standup Comedy, and Espanol. I will showcase some of these topics in the images below.
Monster Trucks is an entertaining movie the whole family can watch. Train to Busan is a great horror movie.
You'll find a variety of Jean-Claude Van Damme movies on Popcornflix. Lionheart is a good action movie to watch.
Crown Vic is a decent drama that follows a cop all night looking for some cop killers.
There's a lot of movies in the Romance section for the women.
The entire family can enjoy watching a movie together by selecting a movie from the Family section.
There's a Western section for those that enjoy watching cowboy movies.
You'll find a lot of old classic movies in the Old School Cool section.
You can find Standup Comedy and Espanol or Spanish language.
TV Series
There's a lot of free selections within the TV section. Most of the TV series are old or classid series.
There's a lot of free selections within the TV section. Most of the TV series are old or classid series.
They are organized the way the movies are organized. You can see below that there's a Drama TV section and then Reality TV.
Then you'll see an Action/Adventure section and then a Comedy TV section.
There's a small Horror TV section and then a Nostalgia TV section.
Viral Vids
You can even select Viral Vids to watch some of the most popular videos shared across the Internet.
You can even select Viral Vids to watch some of the most popular videos shared across the Internet.
The Viral Vids are also organized in sections.
You can click the three lines or hamburger menu in the upper left corner to display the options for Popcornflix. You have five options: Log In, Home, Discover, Directory, About, and Private Policy.
The Directory option allow you to only display the section names or topics for the Movies.
The Directory option also allow you to only display the section names or topics for the TV Shows.
Clicking the Log In option allows you to log in the website or create an account.
You can click on a video to display the controls. You can put yourself in full-screen mode by clicking the square in the lower right corner.
Popcornflix has a lot of Independent films to chose from; however, you can find several main stream movies within each section. Popcornflix is owned by the Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment group. It's the same company that owns Crackle, so you may notice a lot of the same content.
Popcornflix is nice to add to your free streaming services to give you more options when you're looking for something to watch. It has a great family and kids section; however, I don't recommend that you use movies and TV shows to keep you child occupied all the time.
Popcornflix is nice to add to your free streaming services to give you more options when you're looking for something to watch. It has a great family and kids section; however, I don't recommend that you use movies and TV shows to keep you child occupied all the time.
May 11, 2021