Ruining Our Childhood

We're back with SEASON 2 of Ruining Our Childhood.  This week we rewatch our social media poll winner Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990.) We make a few EXCITING announcements before we break down this classic 90's film!  Will it hold up to our adult standards?  Listen now to find out!  WANT TO HELP US PICK NEXT WEEK'S MOVIE? Visit our social media now! NEW POLLS EVERY WEDNESDAY!   Facebook @ruiningourchildhood Instagram @ruiningourchildhood and Twitter @ROCmoviepodcast.

This week we dive into one of Baby Ashley's favorite films, The Secret Garden.  We also discuss what movies we loved to watch on repeat and whether our parents were strict about watching R rated films.  We discover that Ryan might have a phobia of seeing live plants grow and question what is really wrong with Colin Craven.  As always we award our best and worst and decide if this classic film holds up to our adult standards.

This week we celebrate our little baby podcast turning one years old! We decided to answer some questions that were sent by our lovely listeners and then we decided to add alcohol and some good old competition to the mix.  We go on tangents about being latchkey kids. We name our least favorite actors and the discuss our worst moving going experiences.  In the second half of the episode we go head to head to find our who is the 1st Ruining Our Childhood Champion.  We also make a small announcement about a new listener focused segment. We want to know your favorite/worst/embarrassing/funny movie memories.  Is there a movie that you left in the middle of?  What movie makes you cry like a baby every time you see it?  Did you eat way too much candy at five years old during a showing of Hook and end up throwing up all night? That one was really specific, but a true story.  Send us your movie memories to [email protected] and they could be read on our next episode!

We know the world is kind of freaking out right now, so to get your mind off things we rewatched the 1992 "classic" Wayne's World.  Ryan discusses how he was late to the party on this movie because his older brother told him it wasn't funny.  Ashley talks about her fondness for the soundtrack.  As always we give out our prestigious awards and decide if this comedy holds up to our adult standards. Also, don't forget to DM your questions for our special Q & A episode by March 20th!  Ask us anything at Facebook & Instagram: @ruiningourchildhood. Twitter: @ROCmoviepodcast

This week we rewatch our recent poll winner, Problem Child.  The 1990 "classic" about a child monster that gets adopted by a clueless couple. If you love when we talk about anything but the movie; this episode is for you. It sparks a lot of tangents.  We discuss everything from our earliest music memories to why catholics (from our parents generation) only name their kids five different names.  Ryan talks about his rat tail envy and Ashley tells a story about the creepy clown from her childhood closet.  As always we give out our prestigious awards and decide if this "family" film (we question this) holds up to our adult standards.

NO PANTS! This week we rewatch the 2005 "classic" Fantastic Four.  This pre MCU Marvel film stars Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Ioan Gruffudd, and Michael Chiklis.  Ashley is confused on why she thought this movie came out when she was in high school and Ryan struggles with pronouncing Ioan Gruffudd. (Okay we both did.)  We wonder who thought it was a good idea to make Jessica Alba wear blue contacts the whole movie and question how Johnny made into NASA.  As always we discuss our best and worst and decide if this film holds up to our adult standards. Hey are you really reading this?  If so, Hi! Thanks for reading. Why not follow our social media and while you're at it, DM us your burning questions for our 50th episode/One Year Anniversary celebration! Facebook & Instagram: @ruiningourchildhood and Twitter: @ROCmoviepodcast.

This week we rewatched the 1991 cult "classic" Drop Dead Fred.  A movie that Ashley may have watched way too much as a child.  We discuss how our own imaginary friends or rather, how we can't remember their names.  We point out that smoking and jogging was a thing people did at the same time in the 90's. We also disagree about whether Drop Dead Fred was real, or if Lizzie (Phoebe Cates) caused all the destruction by herself.  As always, we award or best and worst and decide if this film is worth the rewatch or if we have once again ruined our childhood.

This week we let you decide what movie to rewatch.  After tallying up the votes from our Facebook and Instagram pages, we had our winner! The 1997 "classic"  Con Air starring Nicolas Cage.  Of course we couldn't watch a Nic Cage film without talking about the origins of our coveted award named after the man himself. We also discuss the logistics of the ending of the movie. Spoiler Alert: They land a jet onto the Vegas strip!  As always we award our best and worst and decide if this classic film holds up to our adult standards!  Thanks to everyone who voted in our poll this week! Check out our social media Facebook and Instagram @ruiningourchildhood and Twitter @ROCmoviepodcast to join in on future polls!

Its the last week of our RomCom-tastic Valentine's Day Celebration! This week we rewatch What Happens in Vegas starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher.  A tale about two people that stay married just to get their hands on a shared Vegas jackpot.  We discuss ALL of the Vegas themed plot holes and talk about our own recent trip to Sin City.  Ashley gets duped by the internet as it lies about where you can stream this movie.  For the record, you CAN'T stream this movie on the WWE app, thanks justwatch.com! As always we award the best and the worst and decide if this late 2000's movie holds up to our adult standards.

Continuing our RomCom-tastic Valentine's Day Celebration, we rewatch the 1998 "classic" You've Got Mail starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.  We discuss this classic duo, but somehow forget to mention that they were also in Joe Versus the Volcano. We reminisce  about the good old days of AOL chatrooms and our amazing screen names. We question why Kathleen (Meg Ryan) had so many employees in her struggling book store.  As always we award our Thomas J. Hanks Award for Exceptional Acting. Will the man himself win?  Listen now to find out! Also don't forget to let us know what your silly/embarrassing/awkward AOL screen name was on our social media!  Twitter @ROC_moviepodcast, Facebook & Instagram @ruiningourchildhood.