Ready 2 Retro

Like, OH MY GOD! April 2023 marks the 40th Anniversary of "Valley Girl" (1983) starring Nicolas Cage (first leading role) and Deborah Foreman! Joining @ready2retro for the celebration is "The ENFORCER" aka Jesse from @heartgodmedia! Join us as we shed light to this very underrated 80s gem, talk about the Hollywood & valley cultures during that time, Frank and Moon Zappa's hit song of the same...

Several weeks ago on Episode 125 of the Ready 2 Retro Podcast, we celebrated the 30th Anniversary of "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey". What we didn't know at the time is that a special listener, actor Benj Thall, who played "Peter" in the film, tuned in and heard our whole conversation. So naturally we needed to have Benj on R2R to come on and to share his experience working on Homeward Bo...

Believe it or not, "Kill Bill Vol 1" turns 20 in October, 2023! So of course, Ready 2 Retro had to do an early 20th Anniversary celebration for this fantastic film! Join Max and The Duchess of Horror, Chelsea, as they share about their love for Quentin Tarantino's 4th film. They get into the backstory of how "Kill Bill" was first thought of on the set of "Pulp Fiction", praise the iconic soundtrac...

"The Godfather of Ready 2 Retro", aka Joey from @ninjatoitles, returns to "celebrate" the 30th anniversary of the infamous TMNT 3 film. Max and Joey go through a deep dive into the third installment of the TMNT movie franchise including: the good, the bad and the unredeemable. Also, they share their opinions and excitement for the TMNT: Mutant Mayhem trailer. Episode 130 is a pizza-packed-full of...

On Episode 129 of @ready2retro, we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of "Grumpy Old Men" (1993) starring Hollywood legends Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Join us as we share some highlights of Lemmon and Matthau's incredible careers individually and collectively, their hilarious chemistry and how this movie is so underrated! Also, Chris gives his thoughts about Season 1 of Cobra Kai. This and s...

It only took 128 episodes, but Max, Chelsea and Chris FINALLY recorded an episode together in the same room! So what brought them to this occasion? The legendary COCAINE BEAR! Join the conversation as @ready2retro shares about their thoughts and highlights of Elizabeth Banks' newest film now in theaters. SPOILER ALERT!

What do you get when you mix the vision of Joel Schumacher, the acting chops of Michael Douglas, and the charm of Robert Duvall all thrown together in a social commentary about changes in society set in beautiful, deteriorating Los Angeles? You get one helluva movie! Jesse from @heartgodmedia joins @ready2retro for the third consecutive week to talk all about the 30th Anniversary of "Falling Down"...

@ready2retro is honored to welcome this week's guest, musician/comedian/actor Matthew Patrick Davis! Believe it or not, Matthew is most known for his portrayal as "The Mother" in the 2022's horror hit "Barbarian". Join our conversation and hear how a 6'8'' foot man who loves his dog and makes tunes for Disney Junior, landed the iconic role!

February 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the beloved Disney classic "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey" (1993). Join Max, Chris, Jasmine and Jesse as they reminiscence about this tear-jerker of a film. They highlight some of their favorite scenes, at which moment of the movie they shed a tear and share about their pets from childhood until now. This episode is approved by all 90s kids and...

Join @ready2retro for Episode 124 as we have a conversation with video content creator, Carlos, @thenostalgiclatino. If you are a millennial on TikTok or Instagram then you have probably seen Carlos' videos already. Get to know the man behind the content as Carlos shares about his love for the 90s, his process of creating videos and he shares the BTS story of his most recent viral video of a girl...

Remember the 1996 TV movie about the shootoff X-Men team called "Generation X"? Well for the 95% of you who said no, don't worry, we gotchu. Joining Ready 2 Retro this week is first-time guest Myk OConnor from the "I Miss the 90s" YouTube channel. Myk introduces Max to this zany, VERY 90s and not well-known Marvel movie from 1996. It's a jam packed episode of Grade A, 90s cheese!

What do "Power Rangers", "Dragon Ball Z", "VR Troopers", "The X-Men Animated Series", "Mummies Alive", "Sweet Valley High" and "Horseland" all have in common? Ron Wasserman was the composer for all these amazing shows and he's our latest guest! Join our conversation as Ready 2 Retro hosts Ron Wasserman, aka the "Mighty RAW", as he shares his origin story and his amazing career. Learn about his rel...

2023 is the year that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers turns 30 years old! Throughout the year @ready2retro will be having special MMPR episodes and guests to celebrate this momentous occasion! To kick things off, we have Romy J. Sharf, the suit actor for Alpha 5 from the original season. Join our conversation as Romy reflects about the 30th anniversary, shares stories from set and how she managed to...

With a new year at hand, it means R2R gets to talk about their favorites from 2022! Join Max, Chelsea AND Chris as the Ready 2 Retro crew share their most listened to song of the year, their top 3 TV series of 2022, and their Top 7 films from 2022! What made the list? Listen and find out!

The last episode of 2022 is now available and joining @ready2retro for the occasion is Max's wife, Jasmine! Together Max and Jasmine talk about one of their favorite movies of all-time, Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)! This film is a classic for a reason! The sentimental and realitic storytelling of the joy and pain of life sparks so many conversation in this episode. Join in the conv...

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! For Episode 118, "My Cousin Chris" subjects Max to watch "Christmas Every Day" (1996). Ok, we'll be nice. No, this ABC Family Movie is not that great of a viewing, but we know it's nostalgic for many millennials out there. It definetly is nostalgic for Chris, which is why we're talking about it! Join Ready 2 Retro for our holiday special as Max and Chris share s...

Welp, it happened. We reviewed the infamous TMNT Christmas special from 1994 titled "We Wish You A Turtle Christmas". It can't be THAT bad could it? Well, we invited the TMNT expert and our buddy Joey from @ninjatoitles to find out! In this episode we break down every scene and song in the special and in doing so, end up laughing a lot throughout the process. Happy Holidays and Cowabunga dudes!

This week's episode is a tribute to the life of Jason David Frank aka "Tommy Oliver" from the Power Rangers series. Joining us this week is @brettwilsonart from @splatattackpodcast, @kvngprimetime from @primenostalgiapod, @southpawrefusal from @heartgodmedia, @noahbaron actor/creator of "Life After Power Rangers" and Prop Master for the first 10 seasons of Power Rangers, @atmab13. We want to warn...

The final episode of #nicknovember for 2022 is here and joining @ready2retro is comedian/writer Tim Barnes. Tim Barnes is a comedian who has written for shows such as "All That" (2019), "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", Nickelodeon's "Warped!" and creator of the online series "Maurice on Mars". Tim joins R2R to talk about his career, working on a late night TV show during the pandemic, the...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! For week 3 of #Nicknovember we have the honor to have two HUGE Nickelodeon fans with us. Joining @ready2retro for Episode 114 is Alex and Brett from @splatattackpodcast as we reminisce about Kenan & Kel's Thanksgiving episode called "Turkey Day". We talk all about our personal Thanksgiving traditions, our love for Kenan & Kel, the lost art of slapstick comedy, a Thanksg...

#Nicknovember continues with a Top 10 list of one the most beloved Nickelodeon shows of all-time...HEY ARNOLD! Joining @ready2retro this week is first time guest, Julian Hester from the "What's In My Head Podcast", as he and Max give their 10 favorite episodes about the Football Head with a big heart. In this episode we share our love for the show, why it is still relevant in the year 2022, how no...

#nicknovember is back and to help us kick off our annual tradition is Matt from @retrotoyenvy. In this episode we talk all about the old school Nickelodeon toys, some of our favorite toy commercials from the 90s and what made Nickelodeon so amazing in the early 1990s.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! It is Ready 2 Retro's annual Halloween Special! This year joining us is our buddy Jesse from the Sight & Sound Podcast presented by Heartgod Media. In this episode Max and Jesse share their plans for Halloween, recent horror movies they've seen, their general review of "Halloween Ends" (with spoilers) and they give 5 random hot takes on anything they want. This episode is uned...

The final episode of "Witch, Please" drops as Elvira Taylor from @thedollcircle joins @ready2retro to talk about the 1990, cult film "THE WITCHES"! In this episode we talk about the amazing makeup in the film, how crazy the plot is, how badass Anjelica Huston is and how the movie's ending differs from the book. If you are a fan of witches, the 1990s or having a good time, you want to make sure you...

Week 2 of WITCH PLEASE is a fun one as our #pocastcousin @neonmountainfairy from @nerdtwinspod returns to @ready2retro. We are going back to 1996 to reminisce about the edgy and witchy coming of age movie, "The Craft". In this episode we talk about how it was one of the scariest movies Max watched as a young kid, the crazy stories that happened on set and we even recast the four main characters wi...