About

When the Tar Heel football social media team approached Zach Goins and Jake Lawler about filming a brief video review of “Avengers: Infinity War,” they quickly agreed. After the 240 seconds ended, they knew they wanted more, and so, the Inside The Film Room podcast was born. Now, Inside The Film Room spans across mediums, as both a weekly entertainment podcast and an online vertical, each breaking down the latest news and releases in film, television and pop culture.

Zach Goins
Co-Founder, Editor-In-Chief

Zach Goins is a film critic and entertainment reporter for CLTure.org, and an accredited member of the North Carolina Film Critics Association. Zach graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2019 with a B.A. in Reporting. At Carolina, he spent four years playing defensive back for the Tar Heels and served as a senior writer for The Daily Tar Heel for three years. Zach has covered film festivals, interviewed Oscar-nominees, walked red carpets and regularly attends advanced media screenings. 

Favorite Movies: “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Spotlight,” “Prisoners,” “Booksmart,” “La La Land”

Jake Lawler
Co-Founder, Contributing Writer

Jake Lawler is a screenwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Jake graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in broadcast journalism and film studies in 2020. Jake is an aspiring writer/director, and already has a handful of short films, stories and screenplays under his belt. During his time at UNC, Jake played defensive end for the Tar Heels, and also served as the content director for UNCUT Chapel Hill, a multimedia platform allowing student-athletes to tell their stories outside of sports.

Favorite Movies: “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “The Dark Knight,” “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “The Iron Giant,” “The Princess Bride”