PopCorn Garage

PopCorn Garage is a game where the goal is to discover the 66 references to cult movies from pop culture hidden in a single picture.

Finding the solution

Read the blog article

Check out this blog article for a more detailed presentation: Coding a solution for PopCorn Garage.

Create a list of movies to test

The program iterates over a list of movies and test each of them against the PopCorn Garage script that tells if there is reference of the movie in the picture.

To get the list of movies we use the YQL console to parse the content of:

1. 500 Greatest Movies of All Time
2. 3000 Best Movies and T.V. Series

For each of these lists, use the corresponding YQL request:

1. select * from html where url="http://www.imdb.com/list/ls003073623/?start=1&view=compact&sort=listorian:asc" and xpath="//table/tbody/tr/td[contains(@class,'title')]/a"
   Note: use start=1, then start=251
2. select * from html where url="http://www.imdb.com/list/ls058293270/?start=1&view=compact&sort=listorian:asc" and xpath="//table/tbody/tr/td[contains(@class,'title')]/a"
   Note: use start=1, then start=251, then start=501, ......, then start=2501, then start=2751

Test each movie for its appearance

Make a POST request to the following address to test each movie:

http://www.popcorngarage.com/scripts/lookup.php

Each request must pass 2 parameters:

• title : the movie title
• lang : the language of the movie title (en or fr)

Run the program

Type the following commands:

1. npm install
2. node index.js

Each movie name is displayed in the console, either in green if it's found, or in red if not.
A complete list of all the found movies is displayed at the end. You can find the results here.