Pop Goes Your World

Episode 315: “Fight Club” (1999): Movie Review After discussing pop culture from the year 1999 on episode 313, Chris and Derek decided to go back and review “Fight Club” starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter. The guys discuss the film, focusing on the cast, director, box office performance, themes, and much more. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Derek... Read More

Episode 314: “Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace” (1999): Movie Review After recently discussing pop culture from the year 1999, Chris and Derek decided to go back and review “Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace) since it was the number 1 film from that year. The guys are joined by regular guest, Greg Martin to discuss the film, focusing on the... Read More

Episode 313: 1999: The Year in Pop Culture Chris and Derek go back to the year 1999 to discuss the pop culture from that year. They talk about the movies, music, TV shows, pop culture events and more from this seminal and defining year in pop culture. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of “Pokemon or Drug”. The... Read More

Episode 312: “The Fifth Element” (1997): Movie Review Derek loves his Sci Fi movies. So this week he has Chris watch “The Fifth Element”, Luc Besson’s 1997 futuristic film. The guys discuss the box office, the director, the cast, scenes, special effects, themes of the film and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of “Pick the Flick”.... Read More

Episode 311: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986): Movie Review It was time for Chris to suggest a movie to watch and review. He went back to 1986 with the John Hughes classic “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara and Jennifer Grey. The guys discuss the box office, the cast, themes, soundtrack, scenes and more. For the trivia segment of the... Read More

Episode 310: 2024: The Year in Pop Culture In the first episode of the 10th season, Chris and Derek take a look back at the year 2024 in regard to pop culture. The guys discuss movies, TV shows, music, celebrities that died and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek a pop culture event and Derek has to guess if it... Read More

Episode 309: TV Christmas Episodes With the Christmas season here, Chris and Derek run down their personal top 5 favorite TV Christmas episodes. No Christmas specials or movies were allowed. These had to be TV series’ that featured an episode dedicated to Christmas. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek trivia questions about some of the most popular Christmas ‘villains’ of all... Read More

Episode 308: “Idiocracy” (2006): Movie Review This week, it was back to Derek to nominate a movie to review. He decided to go with the 2006 Mike Judge film, “Idiocracy”, starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph. Chris had never seen the movie, so he brings a fresh perspective. The guys discuss the box office from 2006, the cast of the movie, scenes, quotes, themes and... Read More

Episode 307: “Wayne’s World” (1992): Movie Review This week, it was Chris’ turn to nominate a movie to review. He decided to go back to 1992 and discuss the pop culture phenomenon that was “Wayne’s World” starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. Chris and Derek discuss the film’s box office success, the cast, scenes, quotes, themes and the film’s influence on pop culture in general.... Read More

Episode 306: The Best Narrated Movies After a few weeks off, the guys return and take a look at some of their favorite ‘narrated’ movies. Chris and Derek each put together a top 5 list of their personal favorite movies that prominently feature a narrator as part of the storytelling process.  For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek try to name the... Read More

Episode 305: “An American Werewolf in London” (1981): Movie Review With Halloween around the corner, Derek suggested that he and Chris go back and watch the 1981 comedy/horror John Landis film, “An American Werewolf in London”. The guys discuss the themes of the film, the box office, scenes, cast and behind-the-scenes trivia about the making of the movie. For the trivia segment of the show,... Read More

Episode 304: “Zapped!” (1982): Movie Review It’s finally available on the streaming services! Chris has Derek go back and watch the 1982 sex comedy, “Zapped!” starring Scott Baio and Willie Aames. The guys discuss the box office performance of the film as well as the cast, quotes, scenes, themes, music and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek has Chris play a game... Read More

Episode 303: Living Celebrities We’d Like to Have a Beer With We’ve all heard some version of this idea before. It’s a standard question: “If you could sit down and have a beer with any celebrity, who would it be?”. This week, Derek and Chris each present a top 5 list of such celebrities. They also discuss one question they’d ask each celebrity if given... Read More

Episode 302: “Revenge of the Nerds” (1984): Movie Review This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 1984 film, “Revenge of the Nerds” starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards and Curtis Armstrong. They focus mainly on how the movie looks through the lens of 2024, with some interesting takes on wither side of the debate. The guys then discuss the box office, the cast,... Read More

Episode 301: “The Prestige” (2006): Movie Review This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 2006 Christopher Nolan film, “The Prestige” starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. The guys talk about the cast, scenes, box office, critical acclaim and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek questions about magic in pop culture: movies, TV shows and music all featuring... Read More

Episode 300: A Look Back This week, Derek and Chris look back on 300 episodes of the “Pop Goes Your World” podcast. They discuss some of their favorite episodes, best (and worst) movie reviews, previous guests on the show (and guests they’d love to have on the podcast), and shows they’d like to perhaps ‘do over’ if given the opportunity. For the trivia segment of... Read More

Episode 299: “Bachelor Party” (1984): Movie Review This week, Derek and Chris go back to the year 1984 to a time before Tom Hanks was an award-winning actor and the most-respected actor of his generation. It was a time when Tom Hanks starred in a raunchy sex comedy. The guys review “Bachelor Party”. Chris and Derek talk about the box office performance that year, the... Read More

Episode 298: Third Installments This week, Derek and Chris run down some of their personal favorite movies that are ‘third installments’ in a movie series or franchise. Chris’ movies are all older Gen-X films (surprising, I know). Derek’s movies are mostly newer films.  For the trivia segment of the show, Chris debuts a new game, “Name the Tagline” (complete with a brand new theme song).... Read More

Episode 297: “Logan” (2017): Movie Review This week, Derek wanted to have Chris watch a ‘newer’ film so the guys watched and review the 2017 Wolverine movie, “Logan”. Chris has seen very few of the Marvel movies and he was completely unaware of the Wolverine character going into it (he had never even read a Wolverine comic book), so this gives a fresh perspective. Chris... Read More

Episode 296: “Summer Rental” (1985): Movie Review We’re right in the middle of summer so what better time than the present to review a summer movie? Chris and Derek go back to 1985 to re-watch and review the comedy “Summer Rental” starring John Candy. The guys discuss the box office, the cast, script, scenes and quotes from the film. For the trivia segment of the... Read More