Recap and Gown

This week, we're digging into the 1994 summer camp classic, "Camp Nowhere." We examine the logistics of sending a camp representative to the home of each individual camper to recruit them, heap praise on Christopher Lloyd's performance, break down the economics of pulling this off, and wonder what happened to the mid-budget kids' movie theatrical release. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow...

This week, we're digging into the 1993 historical drama, "Swing Kids." We wonder whether the movie is pro or anti-Nazi, talk about all of the dancing and music, examine the nonsense slang, and debate whether Noah Wyle has a Nazi face. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group the Recap and Gown Fan Club! Learn more about your...

This week, we're digging into the 2001 Shakespeare adaptation, "Get Over It." We wonder why you'd cast Vitamin C in a movie just to have her lip sync, get very confused by all of the character names, examine Martin Short playing Martin Short, and get really angry about the closing credits. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook...

This week, we're digging into the 1987 sequel, "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise." We explain the conspicuous absence of Anthony Edwards, examine the logistics of a rotating wall adjacent to a country club courtyard, compare the musical performance in this movie to the one in "Revenge of the Nerds," and remember some of our favorite basic cable comedies from the 90s. As always, subscribe...

This week, we're digging into the iconic 1984 comedy, "Revenge of the Nerds." We examine the logistics of Adams College, wonder why the Alpha Betas hate nerds so much, feel bad for all of the ordeals Timothy Busfield had to deal with while filming the movie, and of course, break down that ending. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Fa...

This week, we're digging into the 1988 John Waters comedy, "Hairspray." We relive some of our favorite 90s talk shows, try to figure out which songs were real and which ones were made up for the movie, talk about some of our favorite dances from the movie, and discuss the difference between satire and parody. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, an...

We're switching up the format a little bit this week to discuss the 2015 abomination, "Bikini Model Academy." Dana was unable to watch the movie, so Crooks and Dave lead her through the nonsensical plot and get her reaction. We examine what exactly Gary Busey is doing, wonder why a movie about teaching women how to become bikini models doesn't actually include any scenes where women learn how to b...

This week, we're digging into the 1989 Morgan Freeman drama, "Lean on Me." We compare this movie to the other "How do I reach these keeds?" movies we've covered so far, do our best impressions of Morgan Freeman screaming all of his dialogue, examine the discography of Bill Withers, and think about how the other four actors originally cast for the role of Joe Clark would've done in this role. As al...

This week, we're digging into the 2003 Mandy Moore romantic drama, "How to Deal." We examine the billions of unnecessary plot elements, talk about Peter Gallagher's eyebrows, debate wht genre of movie this is supposed to be, and wonder why they didn't give Allison Janney a more attractive love interest. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join...

This week, we're digging into the 1996 Pauly Shore/Stephen Baldwin comedy, "Biodome." We debate which Baldwin is the best Baldwin, work out all of the plot holes in the movie, talk about the logistics of the Biodome itself, and remember a time when ska was king. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook page, the Recap and Gown Fan...

This week, we're digging into the 1993 Whoopi Goldberg classic, "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit." We discuss the musical numbers, remember the sweet spot in hip hop after the Run-DMC era but before the Death Row Records era, try to figure out what's wrong with Mr. Crisp, and look back on that time James Brown went on CNN while high on cocaine hours after trying to kill his wife. As always, subscr...

This week we're digging into the Netflix teen rom-com, "The Kissing Booth." We break down the logistics of the titular booth, debate our favorite teenage Good Humor ice cream treats, talk about the movie's very sudden shift in tone, and wonder why Uber doesn't seem to exist in this world. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook g...

This week, we're breaking down the 2000 James Franco/Marla Sokoloff rom-com, "Whatever it Takes." We wonder why none of the characters are likable, examine the unbelievably small lots in this neighborhood, try to figure out why there's so much accordion in this movie, and imagine a world in which nobody realizes Marla Sokoloff is super good looking. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on...

This week, we're digging into the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson feel-good football movie, "Gridiron Gang." We wonder why Michael B Jordan isn't in the movie, discuss Xzibit's teeth, examine the proper technique to push a blocking sled, and debate whether or not The Rock is wearing a wig. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group,...

This week, we're digging into the Channing Tatum/Jonah Hill action comedy "21 Jump Street." We discuss the similarities and Easter eggs from the original series, debate whether or not either of these obvious grown men were convincing high school students, break down each of the steps of the drug HFS, and get really grossed out by Jonah Hill lusting after teenage Brie Larson. As always, subscribe,...

This week, we're digging into the 2005 Tommy Lee Jones action comedy "Man of the House." We try to figure out who this movie was made for, break down the accent work in it, recast the movie to make it a lot better, and get pretty grossed out by one particular plot element. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap...

This week, we're digging into the 1994 Brendan Fraser/Joe Pesci drama, "With Honors." We talk about some memorable Madonna songs from other 90s movies, try to work out the architectural details of the Harvard library, wonder why none of these characters are even remotely likable, and learn a little something about Willem Dafoe. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram...

This week, we're digging into the Winona Ryder/Johnny Depp dark comedy(?) Edward Scissorhands. We heap praise on Diane Wiest, try to figure out what exactly Edward is, debate Edward's hairdressing talent, and discuss what a gritty remake would be like. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club! Le...

This week, we're digging into the Lindsay Lohan Netflix original movie, "Falling for Christmas." We examine the movie's portrayal of influencers, try to understand all of Tad's acting choices, explain to Dana how made-for-TV Christmas movies are supposed to work, and debate whether this movie actually had to take place at Christmas at all. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter a...

This week, we're time warping back to 1986 to talk about the Molly Ringwald classic, "Pretty in Pink." We break down the cavalcade of insane fashion choices made in the movie, try to figure out why the class divide in this town is so severe, get really creeped out by James Spader, and debate whether there were any characters in the movie we actually liked. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follo...

This week, we're talking about the 2013 coming of age movie, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." We relive what it was like to be self-conscious high school freshmen, discuss the virtues of treating a very famous David Bowie song as an odd, obscure track, get really confused about why they never made an effort to tell us that the movie took place in 1991, and try to understand what exactly are the...

This week, we're talking about the Reese Witherspoon/Toby McGuire comedic drama, "Pleasantville." We discuss some of our favorite Nick At Night classics, try to figure out exactly how the rules of this world work, talk about Paul Walker's absurd handsomeness, and Dave breaks out a brand new impression. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join...

This week, we're digging into the Diablo Cody magnum opus, "Juno." We talk about the time Crooks failed to get a small popcorn at a movie theater, debate the merits of Diablo Cody's dialogue writing, get really grossed out by everything Jason Bateman does, and talk about the differences in perspective between watching this movie in our mid 30s and watching it in our early 20s. As always, subscribe...

This week, we're talking about the raunchy Miles Teller comedy, "21 & Over." We talk about how much we'd hate hanging out with Miller, get uncomfortable about amount of straight-up racist jokes, remember some of our favorite college-era drinking games, and try to make sense of how none of these characters had social media or smartphones in 2013. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twi...

This week, we're warping back to 1990 to talk about the Kid N Play classic, "House Party." We discuss what might e the oldest group of actors we've ever seen play teenagers, debate our favorite 90s candies, examine the many Black-specific sayings in the dialogue, and compare this party to the other house parties we've seen so far. As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instag...