Pop 'N' Pizza • 11th August 2026

While the World Burns: Volume VI

80 films and 30 years of cinema later, we've reached the end of WHILE THE WORLD BURNS. Volume VI covers 1984 to 1989 — ten films made by filmmakers who lived through the '60s and '70s and saw every ideal of that era quietly abandoned, co-opted, or sold back to them. The counterculture became a marketing demographic.

Pop 'N' Pizza • 20th July 2026

While the World Burns: Volume V

By 1979, the machinery of the previous decade had been exposed, examined, and — unchanged — left running. The films in Volume IV raged against it. Volume V doesn't rage...

Pop 'N' Pizza • 24th June 2026

While the World Burns: Volume IV

By 1975, the revelations were over. Watergate ended — not with accountability but with a pardon. Vietnam ended in defeat, the last helicopters lifting from a Saigon rooftop.

Pop 'N' Pizza • 3rd June 2026

While the World Burns: Vol. III

Watergate. Nixon's resignation. The fall of Saigon. The Senate Church Committee. Between 1973 and 1975, the American government's darkest machinery was dragged into the light — and nobody liked what they found.

Pop 'N' Pizza • 12th May 2026

While the World Burns: Volume II

Volume I ended in 1968 — the year that changed everything. The Kennedy and King assassinations shocked the nation. The Chicago Democratic Convention revealed deep divisions. Vietnam dominated headlines.

Pop 'N' Pizza • 21st April 2026

While the World Burns: Volume I

Heroes don't always win. When they do, it feels hard-won, hollow, or heartbreakingly temporary. No one walks away with their innocence intact — and right now, somehow, that's the most comforting thing of all.

Pop 'N' Pizza • 25th May 2026

The Mandalorian and Grogu

THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU feels true to the spirit of STAR WARS. It's made for kids — full of heart, humor, and silly creatures — and it delivers hope and wonder to a new generation navigating a crumbling empire, just as Lucas did during the turbulent 1970s.

Pop 'N' Pizza • 1st March 2026

Hell Isn’t Ahead—It’s Where We’ve Always Been

The first thing you do when you get here is scream...

Pop 'N' Pizza • 26th December 2025

Adam's Favorite Films of 2025

And yet, even in a year like this — especially in a year like this — movies mattered. Not as escapism, exactly, but as resistance. As communion. As proof that someone, somewhere, understood the dread, the anger, the fear, and those brief flashes of joy and wonder that still break through the despair. That while generative-AI slop threatens to further erode culture, art made by human beings still fucking matters. That telling stories — especially difficult, unruly, inconvenient ones — remains an act of defiance.

Pop 'N' Pizza • 9th September 2025

Of Rumination and Revelation: Living with ADHD

ADHD, or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how the brain regulates attention, impulses, and executive function.

Pop 'N' Pizza • 7th July 2025

The X-Files: I Still Want to Believe

Over its multi-decade run, THE X-FILES became a defining pop culture phenomenon, blending sci-fi, horror, and procedural drama in a way unlike anything seen before or since.

Pop 'N' Pizza • 28th March 2025

Twin Peaks: Only in Dreams

Created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, Twin Peaks (1990-1991, 2017) was a groundbreaking television series that redefined the small screen with its surreal blend of mystery, horror, and soap opera melodrama.

Pop 'N' Pizza • 17th June 2025

The Strange Case of Shelly Miscavige

What started in the 1950s as a self-help philosophy ballooned into a global empire complete with tax-exempt status, a star-studded following, and ruthlessly secretive tactics.

Pop 'N' Pizza • 17th February 2025

A Brave New World

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has been in a precarious place lately. With the Infinity Saga in the rearview and audiences growing weary of half-baked multiversal shenanigans, the franchise has struggled to regain its footing.

Pop 'n' Pizza • 1st January 2025

Adam's Favorite Films of 2024

Here are My 10 Favorite Films of 2024. Also included are My Top 10 Horror Films and My 10 Favorite Streaming Series.

Pop 'n' Pizza • 8th November 2024

Every Town Has an Elm Street…

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET was released on November 9, 1984. Written and directed by Wes Craven, the film tells the terrifying tale of Freddy Krueger, a child murderer who returns to haunt the dreams of teenagers.

FirstShowing.net • 8th November 2019

Review: Mike Flanagan's 'Doctor Sleep' Film is Not to Be Overlooked

In 2011, Mike Flanagan wrote, edited, and directed his first feature, the low-budget indie horror Absentia. After the success of his Kickstarter-funded indie film, Flanagan got the opportunity to adapt his own 2006 short, Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan, as a feature. The Blumhouse-produced Oculus made $45 million at the box office on a $5 million budget, signifying Flanagan as a unique up-and-coming voice in the genre.

FirstShowing.net • 28th May 2020

Review: Andrew Patterson's 'The Vast of Night' is Spellbinding Sci-Fi

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man." With this sentence, Rod Serling first introduced The Twilight Zone to American viewers on October 2nd in 1959.

FirstShowing.net • 11th October 2018

Review: Goddard's 'Bad Times at the El Royale' is Nothin' But a Good Time

Now, after most recently producing Netflix's Daredevil series and writing the screenplay for Ridley Scott's 2015 space film, The Martian, for which he earned Oscar and WGA nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, Goddard is back in the director's chair for Bad Times at the El Royale, a spirited, subversive thriller steeped in '60s nostalgia (and paranoia) with an incredible cast and a killer soundtrack.

Pop & Pizza • 19th June 2023

A Brief History of the Slasher Film

The slasher horror genre has a fascinating and enduring history that has left an indelible mark on the horror film industry.