Sleepover Cinema

As the sole film (perhaps!) responsible for the movie musical renaissance of the mid 000s, 2002’s Chicago is THE overachiever of its genre and time period. Glitz, glam, and perfect casting abound.  Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode HERE!  Follow Sleepover Cinema on Instagram here! Follow Hannah and Audrey on Instagram here! Sleepover Cinema Tik Tok Sleepover Cinema Facebook Sleepover Cinema...

Drag queens love it for a reason! Bette Midler post-Academy Award, the tasteful direction of Kenny Ortega, and boundless levels of Halloween camp have made 1993’s “Hocus Pocus” a cult classic. We discuss this beloved movie in our first-ever LIVE episode, recorded at the She Podcasts Live conference in Scottsdale, Arizona!  Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode HERE! Follow Sleepover Cinema on In...

Stephen Sondheim meets Tim Burton in 2007’s “Sweeney Todd,” a gothic tale of the ultimate toxic codependent relationship. The first R-rated many of us dared to see, star-studded with nearly every villain from the Harry Potter franchise, this one is for the emo theatre kids.  Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode HERE!  Follow Sleepover Cinema on Instagram here! Follow Hannah and Audrey on Instag...

If you did youth theatre in the mid-000s (and especially if you considered yourself edgy), you already know it well— 2005’s RENT. Though boldly ripped from greater cultural context in this movie version, RENT was a history-making theatrical success… but whose story was it really to tell in the first place?  Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode HERE!  Follow Sleepover Cinema on Instagram here! F...

With its infamously shrill child vocals, the holy warmth of Ms. Audra McDonald, and a character canonically referred to as “daddy,” 1999’s Annie is made-for-TV perfection. Our little orphan heroine was correct when she sang the sun will come out tomorrow, but in 2021, how quickly will it burn our faces off? Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode HERE! Follow Sleepover Cinema on Instagram here! Fo...

We’ve still got the ingredients to make this summer sweet! We’re celebrating the end of summer with a quick trip to Lava Springs Country Club. What time is it?!??  Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode HERE!  Follow Sleepover Cinema on Instagram here! Follow Hannah and Audrey on Instagram here! Sleepover Cinema Tik Tok Sleepover Cinema Facebook Sleepover Cinema Twitter More about Too Pink Pictur...

Our musical mini-season kicks off to a melodramatic start with 2004’s “The Phantom of the Opera,” a little indie movie straight from the deep pockets of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber himself. Turn your face away from the garish light of day.  Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode HERE! Click here to listen to Hannah's audio essay on the impact of The Phantom of the Opera on developing adolescent brain...

Today’s very special episode of Sleepover Cinema is a celebration of our one-year anniversary!! We talk best and worst movies upon rewatch, answer genuinely juicy listener questions, and EVEN debate whether or not we had the 90s Barbie airplane as children. (We did.)  Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode HERE!  Follow Sleepover Cinema on Instagram here! Follow Hannah and Audrey on Instagram her...

Emma Stone was THAT GIRL for young millennials, and there’s perhaps no better example of her It-ness than 2010’s “Easy A.” In a long-awaited collab with our sisters in media and NYU matriculation, we discuss with Mo and Christina of Movies That Raised Us.  Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode HERE!  Follow Sleepover Cinema on Instagram here! Follow Hannah and Audrey on Instagram here! Sleepover...

You know every line, whether you like it or not. It’s finally time for 2004’s “Mean Girls” to take center stage on Sleepover Cinema.  Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode HERE! Follow Sleepover Cinema on Instagram here! Follow Hannah and Audrey on Instagram here! Sleepover Cinema Tik Tok Sleepover Cinema Facebook Sleepover Cinema Twitter More about Too Pink Pictures For more details on this epi...

Featuring an elderly Eartha Kitt, multiple instances of vigilante justice, and what turns out to be a not-so-subtle allegory for the prison industrial complex, 2003’s Holes is like a fine wine in the world of children’s movies, and not just for how well it has aged. Our beloved friend Yhara Zayd joins us to discuss.  Subscribe to Yhara’s YouTube channel here and check out our last episode with her...

Now, we aren’t normally here for sports movies… but for 2002’s “Bend It Like Beckham,” we’ll make an exception. Distributed into the homes of thousands of girls across the US due to a stroke of marketing genius, this Actually Good piece of art has a peculiar place in the genre of Sleepover Cinema.  For more details on this episode, go to www.evergreenpodcasts.com/sleepover-cinema! Watch the VIDEO...

With a Mandy Moore filled with righteous Christian fury, problematic wheelchair usage, and just a sprinkling of gay nonsense, “Saved!” absolutely reeks of 2004. We were feeling Christ’s love after watching? Are we officially down with G-O-D? Find out now!  For more details on this episode, go to www.evergreenpodcasts.com/sleepover-cinema! Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode HERE!  Follow Sleep...

It’s been a long time coming, but we’re finally here— 2006’s “The Devil Wears Prada.” As THE movie that introduced a generation to Meryl Streep, this movie has made an indelible mark on the world of cozy girls’ night movies (almost as much as the color cerulean in trickle-down fashion philosophy). We’re joined by our new friend Emma McGuigan to unpack her favorite movie!  You can check out all of...

2007’s “Enchanted” signaled the beginning of polarizing era of Disney content: the reign of the “self-aware” princess, and decades of material half-heartedly making fun of the tropes it ultimately only doubles down on. That being said… is there anything that can overpower the legendary status of Giselle’s white dress? We discuss.  For more details on this episode, go to www.evergreenpodcasts.com/s...

In a Sleepover Cinema first, 2007’s “Juno” is an indie critical darling documenting the unplanned pregnancy of a precocious sixteen year old. Featuring icon Elliot Page in his breakthrough role, a dialogue style light years before its time, and an unrelentingly mumbly soundtrack, this movie has a place in the hearts of millions. But in 2021, does this movie fit the bill of being an “anti-choice” m...

Thoroughly convincing an entire generation that Lindsay Lohan had a twin, 1998’s “The Parent Trap” is a little different than our usual fare: with camp-based hijinks, a solid A on the Bechdel Test, and just a sprinkle of comp het, this movie won the hearts of millions. Does it hold up today? For more details on this episode, go to www.evergreenpodcasts.com/sleepover-cinema! Follow Sleepover Cinema...

We're on a break this week, so we're re-airing this episode from September 2020! It's one of our favorites. :) If you haven't been listening from the very beginning of Sleepover Cinema's existence, you may have missed this one. Enjoy! 2005’s The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is *that* movie that really made one feel mature when they finally got to watch it. Featuring an offscreen hookup with a...

(LISTEN TO LAST WEEK’S PART 1 BEFORE LISTENING!) Throughout our time on Sleepover, many questions have arisen for and about our mom. Why were Britney Spears and Limited Too not allowed in our house? Did she have any awareness of the feminism inherent in the blonde bimbo trope explored in 2001’s “Legally Blonde?” We explore together in this week’s LONG-AWAITED interview with Jennifer Dye Leach.  Fo...

2001’s “Legally Blonde,” perfectly straddling the cultural line between the ethos of second and third wave feminsm, was first showed to us by our mom one fateful evening in approximately 2004. What does she think of the movie now? And what does she think of our constantly analyzing her parenting choices on a public platform? We begin to unpack both topics on Sleepover Cinema’s two part season fina...

For a generation that’s grown up with “thirty, flirty, and thriving” running through their brains an unconscious loop, 2004’s “13 Going on 30” was a definitive cultural moment and continues to be to this day. With a sad adult Mark Ruffalo and seemingly the biggest soundtrack budget in film history, there’s much to discuss, and that, we do.  For more details on this episode, go to www.evergreenpodc...

It ain’t about how fast I get there, it ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side… it’s 2009’s “Hannah Montana: The Movie.” Is this one we *really* want to relive, extended physical comedy scenes and all? For more details on this episode, go to www.evergreenpodcasts.com/sleepover-cinema! Follow Sleepover Cinema on Instagram here! Follow Hannah and Audrey on Instagram here! Sleepover Cinema Tik...

2004’s direct-to-video classic “Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper” is the sort of movie that was part gripping cinema, part ubiquitous basement background noise for a generation of girls and gays. In celebration of this truth, sister-cousins of Hannah and Audrey, Erin and Julia, join the pod today to relive their youth. For more details on this episode, go to www.evergreenpodcasts.com/sleepove...

2007’s Jump In!, starring wholesome hunk Corbin Bleu and everyone’s BFF Keke Palmer, was THEEEE MOVIE that made it through the Leach sisters’ staunch anti-sports movie filter. Double dutch, wildly unsubtle use of stunt doubles, and rated-G discussions toxic masculinity in tact… what do we think? For more details on this episode, go to www.evergreenpodcasts.com/sleepover-cinema! Blavity's "The 12 b...

2003’s “School of Rock” may be the most ubiquitously adored film of our generation. With an ensemble cast of almost-too-realistic kid musicians, a consciousness-forming soundtrack, AND the performance of King Jack Black, there isn’t much left to ask for. PLUS… star Rivkah Reyes (AKA Katie the bass player!!!!!) joins us to unpack the legacy of everyone’s favorite movie.  For more details on this ep...