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It’s Gen-X vs. Millennial pop culture! Every week, Chris McBrien helps Generation X listeners take a trip down memory lane by reminiscing about movies, TV shows and music from the 70’s and 80’s. Derek Myers promotes everything he can from the Millennial generation.

It’s the pop culture podcast for the generations!

Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture Chris McBrien

    • TV & Film
    • 4.7 • 46 Ratings

It’s Gen-X vs. Millennial pop culture! Every week, Chris McBrien helps Generation X listeners take a trip down memory lane by reminiscing about movies, TV shows and music from the 70’s and 80’s. Derek Myers promotes everything he can from the Millennial generation.

It’s the pop culture podcast for the generations!

    Episode 285: "RoboCop" (1987): Movie Review

    Episode 285: "RoboCop" (1987): Movie Review

    Chris McBrien and Derek Myers go back and watch Paul Verhoeven's 1987 crime/action/black humour film, "RoboCop", starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen and Ronny Cox. The guys discuss the film's box office performance, critical response, cast, memorable scenes and trivia.



    For the trivia segment of the show, Derek has Chris play a game of 'Pick the Flick' where Chris has to guess the movie titles of 1980's films that have been remade/re-imagined.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Episode 284: "Snatch" (2000): Movie Review

    Episode 284: "Snatch" (2000): Movie Review

    Chris McBrien and Derek Myers go back and watch Guy Ritchie's 2000 crime/comedy film, "Snatch", starring Brad Pitt, Jason Statham and Dennis Farina. Chris had never seen the film so he is coming in with a fresh approach. The guys discuss the film's box office performance, critical response, cast, memorable scenes and trivia.



    For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of 'Pick the Flick'. Chris gives Derek the year and the synopsis, Derek has to guess the title of the movie. All of the movies have titles that sound dirty (but really aren't).

    • 50 min
    Episode 283: Movies That Were Better Than the Book

    Episode 283: Movies That Were Better Than the Book

    Chris McBrien and Derek Myers each run down their personal top 5 list of movies that they think were better than the book the film was based on. There seems to be a general feeling that the book is almost always better than the movie but the guys challenge this notion with 5 films that rise above the source material.



    For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of 'Pick the Flick'. Chris gives Derek the year and the synopsis, Derek has to guess the title of the movie (all of the movies are based on a book as source material).

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Episode 282: "Romancing the Stone" (1984): Movie Review

    Episode 282: "Romancing the Stone" (1984): Movie Review

    Chris McBrien and Derek Myers go back 40 years and re-watch the 1984 Robert Zemeckis film, "Romancing the Stone" starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. They discuss the box office, critical success, the cast, the director, quotes and scenes.



    For the trivia segment of the show, Derek has Chris play a game of 'Pick the Flick'. Derek gives Chris the year and the synopsis, Chris has to guess the title of the movie (all of the movies are related to treasure hunting).

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Episode 281: "Scarface" (1983): Movie Review

    Episode 281: "Scarface" (1983): Movie Review

    Chris McBrien and Derek Myers are joined by frequent guest, Greg Martin to discuss the 1983 Brian De Palma film, "Scarface". Chris had never seen the film before so he is coming in fresh. This is one of Greg's all-time favorite films. The guys discuss the cast, the box office, overarching themes of the film, scenes, behind-the-scenes trivia and more.



    For the trivia segment of the show, Derek has Chris try to distinguish between Al Pacino film titles. He then has Greg try to describe details of the films.

    • 1 hr 19 min
    Episode 280: Movies You Only Need to Watch Once

    Episode 280: Movies You Only Need to Watch Once

    Chris McBrien and Derek Myers constantly discuss films they love to watch over and over. This week, it's something a little different. The guys each present a list of Top 5 movies that only require one viewing.



    For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives a year, movie and the OVER/UNDER on the total number of theatre tickets sold domestically in the United States. Derek must guess the OVER or the UNDER for each.

    • 1 hr 6 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
46 Ratings

46 Ratings

michaelburgett ,

Fun and Entertaining Show

It’s a fun listen hearing films broken down from the Gen X and Millennial perspective. Can tell how much the hosts enjoy the subjects they talk about

pmintheamfan ,

Great show!

Amazing content and professional production quality. Overall a wonderful show!

Littleb3 ,

Like Chatting With Friends!

Really enjoying this show! I’m always collecting fun and informative shows and this is a great one, with very listenable hosts! I will never tire of listening to people who know what they are talking about describe their favorite things and that’s exactly what this is!

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