The Old Kids Movies

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! We'll also be reviewing LIGHTYEAR exclusively on our Patreon. Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies We're not playing around this week — went to infinity and beyond with our discussion on Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3. Listen to us rank the trilogy (we don&apo...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies Zetus Lapetus! We're flashing back to 1999, turning on Disney Channel, and watching one of the most beloved DCOMs every released – Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century! It was a staple in AJ's childhood and only a "seen it once or t...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies Watch out for that new episode! In the year of its 25th anniversary, AJ and Trevor revisit one of their very favorite movies from childhood – George of the Jungle! One of us thinks it holds up. The other one? Not so much. We're back in t...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies It's the TWENTIETH anniversary of Episode II – time flies faster than a speeder on Coruscant. Don't forget to revisit our discussion on Episode I on Apple or Spotify if you missed it last year. This time around, we're joined by...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies The first proper millennial kids' superhero movie, 2002's Spider-Man changed the game for blockbusters, action movies, and superhero films for the next two decades. We're tipping our hats to Maguire, Dunst, Raimi, and everyone...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies Per Trevor's suggestion, we're revisiting the animated Batman universe to talk about Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. We chat about animated TV superhero shows, Blockbuster background movies, traumatizing flashbacks, and more! En...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies We're skipping right over the first and jumping to Inspector Gadget 2 – a direct-to-video sequel that stayed with us...for some reason. Plus, we welcome back Josephine Allegretti, VFX artist from the Oscar-winning film Little Women, who...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies Next stop: Sky High!  We're kicking off our superhero-themed month to talk about the 2005 Disney movie, Sky High. Join us as we talk about homecoming dances, late bloomers, the popular kids, and trying to gain super powers (oh my...).  F...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies It's the 10-year anniversary of this pop culture phenomenon, and on March 23rd, 2012, the whole world was watching.  Trevor and AJ take you back to Panem (and high school) to talk about The Hunger Games, what it meant for us as teenagers...

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SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies For week two of The Old Teens Movies — our special run on millennial teen flicks — we're talking about 2012's The Perks of Being a Wallflower and are joined by TJ Ruesch. A more reflective and personal episode than usual, we still h...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies Welcome to The Old Kids...I mean, Teens Movies! We're stepping it up this month for four straight weeks of our favorite movies we watched WHEN we were teens, ABOUT teens, FOR teens. To start off the month, we're talking about the mo...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies We went 101% on this one as we wrap up pet month. Revisit the live-action adaptation of the Disney classic, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, in this week's episode! We talk about the descension from clever and witty dialogue into a CGI-fi...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies Get ready for a whale of a time this week. Trevor and AJ talk about 1993's Free Willy! Tune in for discussions about foster parenting, 80s vibes in a 90s movie, and the ethics of caged animals.   Next week, more dogs! A lot of them, actu...

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SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies We're kicking off pet month with a true boy-and-his-dog movie. A relic of the 90s, Air Bud adds a dog movie to a basketball movie for one of the influential films from our childhood. Spawning more than a dozen sequels and spin-offs, Air...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies It's morphin' time! For our 75th episode of The Old Kids Movies, we're joined by Power Ranger guru Derek Aiello to talk about the first Power Rangers feature film from 1995. We talk about bad dancing, worse effects, but an over...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies AJ and Trevor follow Edmund, Lucy, Peter, and Susan and their first tale in Narnia! Join us as we recount this epic 2005 kids film that grossed three-quarters of a billion dollars back in the day, yet somehow seems as irrelevant as ever. Why...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies Why talk about just one Santa Clause movie when you can talk about three? In this year's Christmas special, we're breaking down the good, the bad, and the ugly of this iconic Christmas movie trilogy. Trevor loves the first movie – A...

Are you traveling this Christmas? You're in luck! We've recorded a review of 2006's Unaccompanied Minors – it's one of AJ's favorites and one of Trevor's most maligned. Let's see if a Christmas miracle can bring these two together on this movie about six kids stranded in an airport on Christmas Eve.  Stay tuned for our Christmas special next week, and check out o...

We didn't think we'd touch this movie with a 39 1/2 foot pole, but given the love it has in our generation, did we really have a choice? Stay tuned for more Christmas movies, and check out our full backlog of holiday-themed episodes! The Old Kids Christmas Special Elf The Polar Express The Muppet Christmas Carol Jingle All the Way Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Night Follow us on Twitte...

Time to talk about our favorite (well, the only) Hanukkah movie, 8 Crazy Nights! This Adam Sandler flick is crude, quick, and was seen by FAR too many 90s kids when they were children.  Stay tuned for more Christmas movies, and check out our full backlog of holiday-themed episodes! The Old Kids Christmas Special Elf The Polar Express The Muppet Christmas Carol Jingle All the Way Follow us on Twitt...

When you're finished with this episode, check out our discussion on the sequel, Cheaper By the Dozen 2 , on Apple or Spotify . To celebrate Thanksgiving, we're talking about the family movie from our generation – 2003's Cheaper By the Dozen. A commercial success and a hit with its intended audience, Cheaper By the Dozen was a mainstay for 90s kids and features the likes of Tom Welli...

Time to play a game. Join Alan Parish, Sarah Whittle, and Peter and Judy Shepherd  to play a little game that started in 1969.   This week, The Old Kids roll the dice on 1995's Jumanji. Join us as we recount board games, VHSs in furniture stores, and discuss the legacy and impact of this still-alive franchise.   Next week, Thanksgiving! And don't worry – it's not expensive. In fact,...

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON ! You'll earn bonus episodes, exclusive content, and credit in our shows! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheOldKidsMovies Just in time for its 20th anniversary, we're here to talk about 2001's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone! The movie that introduced  us to the wizarding word, the first Harry Potter movie featured magic, fun, and some quest...