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This week, the Four Old Millennials are breaking down the alleged coming of age comedy, "Outside Providence."  We discuss why the Farrelly Brothers disowned this film, the ham-fisted treatment of George Wendt's coming out scene, try to figure out why our romantic leads seem to hang out in an abandoned house all the time, present our ideas for how to make this movie actually worth watching, and get...

This week, the Four Old Millennials are jumping into our DeLorean and firing up the flux capacitor to go all the way back to 1985 to talk about the raunchy teen comedy "Just One of the Guys."  We remember the days of watching heavily-censored movies on basic cable, talk about the time James Brown did an interview on CNN while clearly high on cocaine, dig into the origins of the PG-13 rating, and m...

This week, the Four Old Millennials are taking a look at the 2002 classic, Van Wilder.  We discuss whether we actually think Van is cool, wonder how his dad had no idea he was still in college, remember the classic SNL sketch "Colon Blow," and of course discuss that pastry scene.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and then follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod! Learn more about your...

It's Election Eve 2020, and this week the Four Old Millennials are breaking down the 1999 Matthew Broderick/Reese Witherspoon (Witherspewn?) dark comedy Election.  We jump right into the super problematic elements underpinning the entire plot and then examine all of the relationships in the movie, discuss the fantastic performance Reese gives as Tracy Flick, and wrap it up with a brand new segment...

In the final week of our inaugural Spooktacular, Hayes Whitney joins the Four Old Millennials to talk about the seminal slasher movie of our generation, Scream.  We talk about the time Dave traumatized his sister by doing an impression of the killer over the phone, wonder why the killers were just walking around in broad daylight in full costume, try to figure out how a 1/3 horsepower garage door...

In week 3 of the Halloween Spooktacular, the Four Old Millennials are reviewing the 1999 stoner horror comedy love story Idle Hands.  Join us as we debate the proper way to pronounce the name "Pnub," wonder what exactly Vivica A. Fox was doing in the movie, try to understand the physics of how a possessed severed hand does anything other than squeeze stuff, and rank the increasingly-absurd kills i...

This week, the Four Old Millennials take on the 1997 slasher film, "I Know What You Did Last Summer."  We spend way too much time trying to figure out exactly who the sexy teens hit with their car, wonder what would happen if just one of these sexy teens had a cell phone handy, talk about all of the really bad decisions these sexy teens made, and call out some of the wild outfits these sexy teens...

In the first week of our inaugural Halloween Spooktacular, Kim Duncan joins the Four Old Millennials to discuss the iconic 1996 revenge horror movie, The Craft.  Kim takes us on a trip down memory lane to discuss the coven she formed after seeing this movie in high school, and then we wonder whether there are any actual rules for how the magic in the movie works, talk about how long it would've ta...

This week, the Four Old Millennials are discussing the 2004 takedown of the Evangelical movement Saved!  We wonder what it must be like to date someone when you're not allowed to have any physical affection, talk about the most inadequate sex ed class in human history, go over all of the super problematic things these characters say, and wonder why any of these couples exist in the first place.  A...

This week, the Four Old Millennials are talking about the 1999 rom-com She's All That.  We go over the insane cast, wonder what exactly Usher was doing in this movie, talk about our favorite seasons of MTV's The Real World and the incredible choreographed prom dance number, and dig into what might be the craziest cafeteria scene in movie history.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to...

This week, we're covering our second (or third?) Texas high school football movie, 2004's Friday Night Lights.  We share our surprise at just how heavy and dramatic this movie is, talk about Big Sis' close personal friendship with Taylor Kitsch, learn all about the oil crash in Texas' Permian Basin, and wonder if there was any kind of abuse we didn't see Billingsley's dad unleash on his sad, wet-e...

This week, Crooks' trivia teammate Nick Hallman joins the Four Old Millennials to discuss the angsty Gen X classic, Empire Records.  We remember our old retail jobs and our favorite indie stores from back in the day, talk about who our own versions of Rex Manning would be, take a long look at this amazing soundtrack, wonder just who the hell Lucas thinks he is, and judge AJ for being so incapable...

This week, Bobby Clawson joins us to discuss one of the most iconic teen movies of our generation: American Pie.  We relive the days of terrible webcam quality, wonder how a couple from a Nicholas Sparks movie snuck in here, talk about a universe in which the one guy in the movie who has an active sex life gets shamed for not having actual sex, and hear all about the time 13-year-old Bobby's mom t...

This week, the Four Old Millennials revisit the 2004 Lindsay Lohan masterpiece, Mean Girls.  We take a look back at Megan's high school girl group and tell stories about her own experiences with a queen bee, talk about which of the film's cliques we wanted to see more of, wonder what teenage boy would ever be upset about Lindsay Lohan trying too hard to get close to him, and examine what a horrify...

This week, the Four Old Millennials are joined by Megan's little brother Sean to discuss the 2002 Nick Cannon/Zoe Saldana movie Drumline.  Megan finds herself dumbfounded by the entire love story plot, Dana viciously trashes Nelly's rap career, Dave lives with regret for not figuring out a way to turn his cello into a marching band instrument, and Crooks takes everyone on a guided tour of the Stan...

This week, the Four Old Millennials break down the 2004 raunchy comedy Eurotrip.  Crooks defends the noble city of Bratislava, Dave does a spot-on Cockney accent, Dana shows utter disdain for the Robot Man fight, Megan tells an absolutely horrifying story about a night in France drunk on absinthe, and we all talk about exactly how much we hate Cooper.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and be su...

This week, the Four Old Millennials tackle the 2004 raunchy teen romantic comedy The Girl Next Door.  Crooks complains about the convoluted plot and the bait-and-switch played by the movie trailer, Megan finds herself dumbfounded by the character of Kelly, Dave takes us through what might be the longest soundtrack of any movie we've reviewed so far, and Dana takes issue with the film's portrayal o...

This week, we spell redemption "J-U-L-I-A."  After several episodes of egregiously dumping on Julia Stiles, the Four Old Millennials are joined by Crooks' oldest friend Bobby Clawson to talk about the movie that launched her whole career, 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You.  We discuss the similarities to the source material, wonder why Kat was so into a $249 guitar, get a crash course in Andrew Ke...

Crooks' old college roommate Joel "Two Scoops" Campbell joins the Four Old Millennials to discuss an underappreciated gem of a movie, the 2006 Bow Wow Roller Disco film Roll Bounce.  We dig into the cheat code-aided soundtrack, discuss our favorite Charlie Murphy and Mike Epps lines, get into a heated discussion about how cool the character of Sweetness really is, and wonder why this movie isn't a...

This week, the Four Old Millennials break down the 2006 revenge comedy John Tucker Must Die.  In the process, we get sad that there was no actual murder plot in the movie, explain the Netflix series "You" to Megan, remember the era of pop punk covers of 80s pop songs, and learn way too much about Crooks' college girlfriend [name redacted].  Subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Twitter @RecapN...

What do you do when you have too much good content for one episode?  Bonus episode, of course!  Here's the full, uncut interview with Richard Whitley about the making of "Rock N Roll High School."  Stay tuned at the end; he comes back after the end of the recording to tell us a couple more stories and add context to some of the things we talked about during the episode. Learn more about your ad ch...

Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show with Bob and David, Breaking Bad Better Call Saul) and Richard Whitley (screenwriter of Rock N Roll High School) join the Four Old Millennials to talk about the 1979 Ramones musical Rock N Roll High School.  Not long after the 40th anniversary of the film's release, Richard takes us through some of the screenwriting and production processes and regales us with some stories a...

Join the Four Old Millennials as we break down the Joshua Jackson/Paul Walker secret society movie The Skulls.  We ponder why they avoided using the name "Yale University," wonder whether your secret society is really a secret if everyone knows about it, and learn precious little about Megan's time in her very own college secret society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

Crooks, Megan, Dave, and Dana break down the 2001 hip hop love story, Save the Last Dance.  Is this the greatest soundtrack of all time?  Can a bunch of 30-somethings convincingly play high schoolers?  Would this film be better if they cast an actress who could actually dance?  Join us as we step-touch down memory lane and debate who we would've rather seen play Julia Stiles' role. Learn more abou...

Crooks' former high school football teammate Eric Bramwell joins the podcast to talk about the 1999 high school football movie Varsity Blues.  We tell stories about our crazy high school football coach, break down the absolute nonsense version of football the movie presents, address all of Tweeder's glaringly-problematic dialogue and reflect on a time when super baggy clothes were still a cutting-...