Ruining Our Childhood

This week we celebrate Ashley's birthday with the 1995 "classic" The Baby-Sitters Club. One of Ashley's childhood favorites that was based on the popular novel series of the same name. We discuss all the 90's IT girls that are in this movie (Rachel Leigh Cook, Larisa Oleynik) as well as all the amazing fashion displayed by mean girl Cokie's group. (Listen as we mispronounce Cokie's dumb name throughout the whole episode.) We also question if the girls know what umbrellas are and how love interest Luca doesn't know how aging works.  As always, we talk about the worst and best actors of the movie and Ryan tries to guess if this film, that he has never seen apparently, holds up to our adult standards.

We are back with our regularly scheduled favorites! This week we rewatch Batman Forever. This 1995 "classic" stars tons of people but is missing a childhood favorite (and some would say the only true Batman) Michael Keaton.  We discuss the casting choice of Chris O' Donnell's Robin and never actually answer what the title of the other movie Ashley had seen him in ( Ryan was right, it was The Bachelor!) We wonder about the lack of detective skills of Commissioner Gordon in investigating murder and wonder if Two-Face was doing cocaine in this movie.  Ryan talks about his love for Jim Carrey and the character of the Riddler and how this movie was basically cast by his 10 year old self. As always we award the best and the worst, and decide if this superhero gem is still a favorite 24 years later.

On this super special 20th episode spectacular, we answer ALL OF THE QUESTIONS sent by our amazing listeners! Join us as we go down "memory road" (not lane) discussing everything from our favorite snacks as kids (FRUITOPIA, anyone?) to the reason Ashley doesn't like Star Trek. Thanks to all the lovely people that sent us questions. You guys are AMAZING...you know that right?  Don't forget to to check us out on our social media: @ruiningourchildhood on Instagram and Facebook. Also we are on Twitter @Rocmoviepodcast.

This episode we rewatch the coming of age film, Dazed and Confused.  The 1993 "classic" stars Jason London, Ben Affleck, and introduced the world to the chill persona of Matthew McConaughey.  Ashley talks about her love for any movie starring one of the London twins. We discuss our experiences with destruction of property as teenagers and the importance of football in small towns. As always, we give out our two coveted awards to the best and the worst and decide if this 90's teen comedy holds up.

This week we watch one of teen Ashley's favorite films. The 1999 "classic" The Virgin Suicides starring Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, and Kathleen Turner. We discuss how hard it was to find a "funniest moment" in a movie about mass teenage suicide. We blow Ryan's mind on the vast Coppola family tree. As always, we award the best and worst picks and decide if this 90's indie film lives up to our teenage standards.

This week we rewatch Lethal Weapon. The 1987 "classic" starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. Ashley questions whether she has actually even seen this movie or if she is confusing it with the rewatching the spoof equivalent, Loaded Weapon. We discuss how the General's real name is Peter McCallister.  Home Alone would make so much more sense if Kevin was the son of super villain, right?   We question the purpose of the final fight between villain Joshua and Martin Riggs (Gibson). Also we spotlight a favorite character that also made a cameo in another episode, Gone in 60 Seconds. As always, we award our best and worst and decide if this action classic holds up to our adult standards.

This episode we rewatch the 1997 "classic" Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.  A childhood favorite to both of us, we discuss how much we had rewatched this movie as a kid and how it was overly quoted for a good five years after it was released. (Who hasn't said 'yeah baby' at least once in their life?)  We also go over the various dated references (Vanilla Ice on ice, anyone?) including how this movie was set in a Las Vegas that is almost unrecognizable twenty plus years later.  As always we award our world famous awards to the best and the worst and decide if this favorite holds up to our adult standards.

In this episode we tackle one of Ashley's childhood favorites, Jawbreaker.  The 1999 "classic" starring Rebecca Gayheart and Rose McGowan about a group of friends that accidentally murder one of their own. We discuss how this movie, as well as many other teen movies, gave us high expectations of prom where in every film there is a grand gesture or over the top revelation of love. Of course in this movie, we get less of a love confession and more of a murder one instead. We question a lot of choices made in this film like how this town's forensic lab must have not existed when the girls were trying to stage a crime scene in their friend's bedroom. As always we award our favorite and not so favorite acting awards and decide if Jawbreaker holds up to our adult standards. Don't forget to check out our Facebook and Instagram after the episode to show us some love!

On this episode we rewatch and discuss Napoleon Dynamite. The quirky low budget indie "classic" that became a surprise hit in 2004. We talk about the out of date fashion of the small Idaho town on which the movie is set and how we forgot how much Uncle Rico was a creep. As always, we award our favorite "Cagey" and "Hanksy" award to the best and the worst and discuss if this comedy holds up to our adult standards.

This week's episode was the latest winner of our Facebook poll, chosen by you our lovely listeners. The movie chosen was Gone in 60 Seconds a 2000 "classic" that has finally gave us the opportunity to watch a Nicolas Cage film. Listen as we discuss the plausibility of this whole movie and why the LAPD doesn't know how to properly use a helicopter. We question why some characters were given way too much screen time (Mirror Man we are looking at you) while others (Sway, Donny, pretty much everyone else) didn't. As always, we award the best and worst. Will Nicolas Cage himself win the coveted award named after him? Listen to find out! Also don't forget to check out our Instagram and Facebook to show us some love!