Chasing Childhood

There's been a change to our usual line up! We're not reviewing a movie this week and instead answering some burning questions submitted by all of you. HUGE thank you to everyone who participated, we hope you enjoy the chaos and we'll see you at the end of July for our next episode!

We're ready, we're ready! To review the epic adventures of a yellow sponge and his pink sea star bestie with The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004). When Plankton frames Mr. Krabs for stealing King Neptune's crown, SpongeBob and Patrick are given 6 days to find the crown in Shell City and return home to spare his life. Despite everyone accusing them of being unserious children, togethe...

Hey now! Hey now! This week's episode is what dreams are made of as we metaphorically travel to Rome, Italy and review The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003). As the finale to the popular TV series on Disney Channel, timid Lizzie hopes to start fresh when she joins her junior high class on a graduation trip to Rome. There she meets the famous and charming singer Paulo who, along with the rest of the...

This week's episode is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious because we have Shaleena joining us from the Everything 90s podcast! In honor of our wonderful guest, we're throwing it back with one of her childhood favorites: Mary Poppins (1964). After driving away yet another nanny while being neglected by their parents, Jane and Michael find themselves in need of a stern, kind, and practically...

Zetus Lapetus! It's been 2 whole weeks already! We're so happy to be back with a new DCOM episode as we review a childhood favorite called Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999). Even though she's basically the it-girl of the space station that she lives on, Zenon is a 13 year old with a serious knack for getting into major trouble. After she upsets the benefactor who funds the space s...

We know it's been for-ev-errrrr since last Wednesday, but we're back! This week we plan on continuing the theme of summer vacation by taking our baseball gloves out to The Sandlot (1993). School's out and a group of junior high boys who are obsessed with baseball find themselves (unwillingly) recruiting the new kid in the neighborhood to join their team. Together they teach him how to...

Fellow kids of the playground, we give you... a new episode!! This week we're celebrating the end of the school year with the ultimate ode to summer vacation in Recess: School's Out (2001). Based on the TV show of the same name, this animated movie focuses on mischievous 4th grader TJ who winds up all alone during the summer after his friends head off to camp. During his wallowing, he disc...

Did you remember your baby keys and a list of instructions? We hope so, because this week we're on the evening shift for Night at the Museum (2006). In a last ditch effort to secure himself a steady job and impress his son, directionless Larry finds employment at the Museum of Natural History as their overnight security guard. What he quickly learns is that once the sun sets and the doors are...

What's your favorite way to wake up in the morning? Is it a rooster singing until the sun rises? Then you're in luck, because this week we're rewatching Rock-A-Doodle (1991). Live action meets cartoon silliness in the adventurous tale of a little boy named Edmund, who's turned into a kitten by the evil Grand Duke of Owls during a terrible storm. After meeting all of the local farm...

Could you, like, chill for a sec? And come join us as we rewatch an early 00s cultural staple better known as Freaky Friday (2003). Tess and Anna are a mother-daughter duo who simply don't see eye-to-eye on anything, except for how much they drive each other nuts. After being given cookies at a restaurant that cause them to switch bodies until they complete the fortune inside, the pair must fi...

Got 2-5 minutes to spare? Good, because this week we're reviewing all of the theatrically released Pixar shorts. Known for being quirky, hilarious, and/or heartwarming snippets that set the tone before a brand new Pixar flick, some of these shorts stand the test of time and some... don't. We're going in chronological order from the very first creations by this powerhouse company to the...

No capes! And also no frowns, because this week we're feeling pretty super (ba dum tss) since Jackie and Tyler are joining us in person to review The Incredibles (2004). The Parr family are your average suburban citizens with normal lives and identities, except for the fact that they're all secretly mega powerful superheroes. Despite being forcibly retired from the crime fighting life, Bob...

One, two, three, four, get that pod back through the door! We're continuing our Pixar month with a star-studded movie about monsters and corporate greed known as Monsters, Inc (2001). Sully and Mike are rising stars in the world of monsters, where scaring children produces screams that powers cities and come with huge accolades. The one rule? Never leave the bedroom door open because a child m...

Ride like the wind, Bullseye! A little over 1 year after Jackie and Tyler hosted their Toy Story takeover episode, we're revisiting the franchise by reviewing a beloved sequel to the Pixar movie that started it all: Toy Story 2 (1999). After being kidnapped during a yard sale by a greedy toy salesman, Woody finds himself at the heart of a shady business deal that will send him and the other to...

Apparently you can't feed us after midnight! If you know, you know. This week we're closing out March Madness with a review of Gremlins (1984). The twisted cousins and probable inspiration behind the furby toys, these little creatures are the driving force behind all sorts of calamity in this film. When his dad gifts him a strange pet as a Christmas present, Billy is immediately fascinated...

Give us a new name! But actually don't, we worked hard to come up with this one. However, if you've seen a child empress lately then you might have joined us in rewatching The NeverEnding Story (1984). This well known classic from the 80s follows the combined stories of Bastien and Atreyu: one is a social outcast grieving the loss of his mom and the other is a brave warrior attempting to s...

We're phoning home! This week we're reviewing a Steven Spielberg cultural classic: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). When young Elliott discovers an alien from another planet hiding out in his backyard, he quickly bonds with and comes to adore the lost little creature. ET, as he and his siblings affectionately call him, starts to learn about humanity and in turn teaches the children about his own...

It's the last of our sanity! We're headed to therapy this week by reviewing the animated movie that started it all for Lex's bird phobia: The Last Unicorn (1982). After discovering that she might be the last of her kind, a unicorn goes out in search of whatever happened to the rest of her fellow mythical creatures. Along the way she must escape an illusionist, befriend a magician, visit a grimy ol...

We're the babes with the power! And this week we're kicking off March Madness with a David Bowie cult classic better known as Labyrinth (1986). After wishing away her baby brother and instantly regretting that choice, self-absorbed teen Sarah makes an unwitting deal with the goblin king Jareth to win him back. She must venture through a complicated, often life-threatening, and lesson packed labyri...

We're finishing up February's month of love and closing things out with sibling love by rewatching Brother Bear (2003). When their eldest brother Sitka dies while defending them from an enraged bear, Denahi and young Kenai are absolutely devastated. The latter seeks revenge and eventually slays the culprit, only to upset the Spirits who transform him into a bear as both a punishment and lesson. If...

Waiting for this episode was like waiting for–– you guys already know.  We're revisiting an early 00s take on a fairytale classic with A Cinderella Story (2004). Samantha is a diner waitress and unpopular high school student who is overworked by her shallow stepmother and clumsy stepsisters. Her only solace is the online flirtationship she has with a user called Nomad, who wants to meet her o...

Is this heaven? No, it's Chasing Childhood (so pretty darn close). We're taking this van cross-country to visit Iowa and the unexplainable Field of Dreams (1989). After purchasing a giant farm for his family, Ray begins hearing a strange voice in his cornfield telling him to plow under a huge section and build a baseball diamond. For what reason? To attract the ghosts of famous baseballs players,...

Skadoosh! We're back and tackling another semi-modern DreamWorks epic better known as Kung Fu Panda (2008). This hilarious movie centers around Po, a clumsy panda residing in the Valley of Peace who has always wanted to become a Kung Fu legend like his heroes: the Furious Five. After accidentally winding up in the center of a tournament to select the prophesied Dragon Warrior, Po is chosen by wise...

Are you ready to hit 88 MPH and see some serious sh**? This week we're securing our flux capacitor to time travel all the way Back to the Future (1985). After discovering that his friend Doc Brown has created a time machine out of a DeLorean car, high school student Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time 30 years to 1955. In order to return to the future and prevent tragic events from occur...

How's your green thumb? Hopefully useful because this week we're going to meet the expert while reviewing A Troll in Central Park (1994). Stanley comes from a world of hideous, frightening trolls where behaving otherwise means being turned to stone by Queen Gnorga. Except Stanley isn't terrifying at all and he actually has a secret talent: he can grow living flowers with just a touch. Banished to...