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It’s happened again! The amazing folks at Trashwatch Podcast asked us to be their guest for one fo the greatest movies of all time! GREASE 2! *Reposted* EPISODE 41 – GREASE 2 Sara and Stacie of @what_would_mom_do_podcast are back to talk about the parents in the totally parent-less Grease 2! This week, Ashley scolds Miss Mason; Brian reveals the hidden meaning of “Score Tonight”; Sara revives Mast...

The Kids Are All Right is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed by Lisa Cholodenko and written by Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg. It is among the first mainstream movies to show a same-sex couple raising two teenagers. A hit at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, it opened in limited release on July 9, 2010, expanding to more theaters on July 30, 2010. Nic and Jules are in a long term, committed...

Welcome to EARTH! or welcome to our podcast! We decided to change it up this week and tackled the classic 1996 film Independence Day! Independence Day is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Jeff Goldblum, Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Log...

This month we are celebrating PRIDE Month with movies about LBGQT+ community! Our first movie is 2010 film Beginners starring Ewan McGregor & Christopher Plummer (who won an Academy Award for this role) Beginners is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Mills. It tells the story of Oliver, a man reflecting on the life and death of his father, Hal, while trying to...

We are celebrating AAPI month here at What Would Mom Do Pod! Today, we're chatting about a 2001 classic, Spirited Away. The tagline: The tunnel led Chihiro to a mysterious town. Spirited Away s a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Tohokushinsha Fi...

We are celebrating AAPI month here at What Would Mom Do Pod! Today, we're chatting about a movie from the glorious mind of Taika Waititi! The tagline: Nature just got gangster. Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a 2016 New Zealand adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, whose screenplay was based on the book Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump. Sam Neill and Julian Denniso...

We are celebrating AAPI month here at What Would Mom Do Pod! And we are doing, in my opinion, the BEST Disney movie Princess, MULAN! The tagline: This time, the princess saves the prince. Mulan is a 1998 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. It is based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, and was Disney's 36th animated feature...

We are celebrating AAPI month here at What Would Mom Do Pod! The next movie on our list is the FIRST EVER Foreign Film Best Picture WINNER Parasite! The tagline: Act like you own the place Parasite is a 2019 South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jin-won. The film, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Par...

We are celebrating AAPI month here at What Would Mom Do Pod and the first movie we are discussing is, Crazy Rich Asians. Sara and Stacie breakdown all the mom and mom figures in this 2018 gem. Did they cry at the end of the movie? You'll have to listen to find out! (Spoiler: they did). The tagline: The only thing crazier than love is family! This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bes...

Hey y'all! This week we are joining our friends over at the TrashWatch Podcast. We came together to talk about the greatest girl band British movie EVER MADE...if you haven't said Spice World by now DO YOU EVEN KNOW US? Climb aboard the double decker Spice Bus and get ready for a madcap musical adventure with the sexy phenomenons of pop - the Spice Girls. An encounter with extra-terrestrials, a ni...

This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 1994 Disturbing Disney staple Blank Check. After committing check fraud, Preston Waters lives out his 12-year-old fantasies by spending a million dollars in 6 days, but he quickly realizes he can't quite handle the consequences. Miguel Ferrer and Brian Bonsall star in this 1994 kid classic that will leave you asking...

This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 1979 movie Kramer vs Kramer. The tagline: There are three sides to this love story! Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 American legal drama film written and directed by Robert Benton, based on Avery Corman's 1977 novel of the same name. The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, and Justin Henry. It tells...

This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 1994 sequel My Girl 2! The tagline: There's being a kid. There's being an adult. And then there's that year in between. My Girl 2 is a 1994 American comedy-drama film starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky and Austin O'Brien. A sequel to My Girl (1991), its plot follows a now-teenaged Vada Sultenfuss,...

This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 1991 coming of age movie My Girl! The tagline: When your Dad's an undertaker, your Mom's in heaven, and your Grandma's got a screw loose...it's good to have a friend who understands you. Even if he is a boy. Vada Sultenfuss (played by Anna Chlumsky) is an intelligent, bubbly, hypochondriacal 11-year old girl. Her fa...

Hear Sara get surprised by her husband and like always more Dick Van Dyke rants This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 2003 Disney movie Freaky Friday! The tagline: Every teenager's nightmare...turning into her mother. Freaky Friday is a 2003 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon, based on Mary...

Want to hear Stacie and Sara go on a million rants including but not limited to Spider-Man (all iterations…Stacie loves Toby McGuire and hear Sara shame her!), Lord of the Rings, Marvel, the Royal Family, and our new Hereditary…Dick Van Dyke! This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 1999 dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous! The tagline The battle between the go...

Hereditary has nothing on this GRIEF! *Content warning talk of suicide* This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 1980 drama Ordinary People. The tagline Some films you watch, others you FEEL American family drama film directed by Robert Redford (in his directorial debut) from a screenplay written by Alvin Sargent based on the 1976 novel of the same name by...

This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 1995 sequel Grumpier Old Men! The tagline Still Yelling. Still Fighting. Still Ready For Love. Things don't seem to change much in Wabasha County: Max and John are still fighting after 35 years, Grandpa still drinks, smokes, and chases women , and nobody's been able to catch the fabled "Catfish Hunter", a gigantic c...

This week, Sara and Stacie judge the mom and mom figures in the 1993 Grumpy Old Men! The tagline The best of enemies until something came between them. In Wabasha, Minnesota, retirees John Gustafson (Jack Lemmon) and Max Goldman (Walter Matthau) are feuding next-door neighbors. Living alone, they spend their time ice fishing and pulling cruel practical jokes on each other, including John leaving a...

This week, Sara and Stacie judge the mom and mom figures in the 1961 movie The Parent Trap. The tagline It's Strictly a Laugh Affair Teenagers Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers (Hayley Mills) meet at Miss Inch's Summer Camp for Girls. Their alike appearance initially causes resentment and a rivalry in which they continually pull pranks on each other, ultimately disrupting a dance with a neighborin...

This week, Sara and Stacie judge the moms and their daughters in this weeks 1993 sensation The Joy Luck Club. *Also Content warning there’s discussion on suicide and domestic violence* The tagline It didn’t have a tagline….instead I’ll give you this fun fact - At the time the film was released, it was anticipated that Hollywood would begin to develop more films around the Asian experience, but thi...

This week, Sara and Stacie judge the mom and mom figures in the 2002 sleeper hit, My Big Fat Greek Wedding! The tagline Love is here to stay...so is her family. Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek, and works in her family's restaurant, Dancing Zorba's, in Chicago. All her father Gus wants is for her to get married to a nice Greek boy. But Toula is looking for more in life. Her mother convinces Gus to le...

This week, Sara and Stacie judge the mom and mom figures in the movie Failure to Launch! This movie broke up...check out min 27:33 to hear Stacie FAILURE to TALK! (get it) The tagline To leave the nest, some men just need a little push. At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, and a great house - trouble is, he lives with his parents. They want him out, so they hire P...

This week, Sara and Stacie judge the mom figures in one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES Adventures in Babysitting!!! The tagline She thought babysitting was easy money - until she started hanging out with the Andersons. This movie stars the gorgeous and perfectly cast Elizabeth Shue along with her gang of kinds Maria Brewton, Keith Googan, and Anthony Rapp who travel to “mean” streets of Chicago to...

STOP! And Listen to this weeks What What Would Do Podcast This week, Sara and Stacie judge the mom (and cop son) in the 1992 romp, STOP! Or My Mom Will Shoot. The tagline Detective Joe Bomowski's mom is in town for a visit. She did the laundry, washed the windows and scrubbed the floors. Now, she's gonna clean up the streets. This movie stars Sylvester Stallone as a tough police sergeant who's mot...