Recap and Gown

This week, Jade Lopez of True to the Culture joins us to break down an all-time classic in the White savior genre, 1995's Dangerous Minds.  We dig into Michelle Pfeiffer's hillbilly accent, break down all of the problematic depictions of minority students, relive the monster hit that was Coolio's "Gangster's Paradise," and decide who we'd each like to play us if our life stories were turned into major motion pictures.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are tackling the 1993 college football classic, "The Program."  We dig into Halle Berry's business casual attire, compare this movie to the other football movies we've covered so far, try to understand why there were so many romantic angles, and do our best to figure out what conference Eastern State University is supposed to belong to.  As always, be sure to subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials break down the 2006 comedy "Accepted."  We discuss the intricacies of college accreditation, wonder why you'd call a kid named Bartleby "B" rather than "Bart," try to figure out why the option of community college never occurred to anyone, and marvel at the age of the movie's cast.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, we're taking a look back at the best and worst of the movies we've covered in our first season.  In this episode, we announce the award nominees for the inaugural Cappy Awards, but it's up to you to decide the winners!  Join our Facebook group, the Recap And Gown Fan Club, to have your say in who takes home the most coveted awards in film.  Also, be sure to subscribe, rate, review, and ollow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod!  

This week, the Four Old Millennials are taking on the 2003 comedy classic, "Old School."  Crooks starts things off by giving the bullet points of The Worst Night Ever(TM), then we debate whether this is actually a college movie, wonder what exactly Ellen Pompeo's character is doing in this movie, go over a lot of our favorite lines, and try to think up a funnier sport than gymnastics for the movie's triumphant finale.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials complete Crooks' Teen Movie Holy Trinity by digging into the 2001 cult classic, "Wet Hot American Summer."  We go through some of our favorite goofs, put some respect on Christopher Meloni's acting range, wonder whether Andy is the worst boyfriend we've ever seen in one of these movies, and debate whether this movie has the most stacked cast of any movie we've covered so far.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap And Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are limbering up to dig into the 2000 dance drama "Center Stage."  Megan and Dana talk about their ballet experiences, we try to figure out who was an actor who learned how to dance and who was a dancer who learned how to act, Dana breaks down her dad's love for Jamiroquai, and we examine the logistics of riding a motorcycle across a stage in an auditorium.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, the time machine is taking us back to 1992 to discuss the period drama "School Ties."  We talk about McGoo being the worst, wonder why they gave us an extended scene in French with no subtitles, talk about old-timey football, and bust out some hoity-toity accents.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are talking about the year 2000 comedy, "Road Trip."  We judge ourselves and our entire generation for letting Tom Green happen, wonder how one iPhone would've changed this entire movie, try to make sense of that scene where they're literally auctioning college women to the highest bidder, and tell some fun road trip stories of our own.  As always, be sure to subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, Recap And Gown Fan Club!

This week, Bob "The Hitman" Clawson makes history as the first ever three-time guest on the pod!  He joins the Four Old Millennials to talk about the Kevin Smith opus, "Mallrats."  We reminisce on a time when mall culture was still the centerpiece of the teen experience, remember our favorite 90s dating shows, and debate the differences between Jay and Silent Bob and Penn and Teller.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are digging into the modern day Shakespeare basketball tragic love story, "O."  We talk about how hard it is to search for this movie to stream, share our concern for Coach President Bartlett's mental health, wonder why exactly this movie exists, and break down one of the most absurd movie heel turns of all time.  As always, be sure to subscribe, rate, and review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are digging back into the MTV Films catalogue to discuss the 2004 heist movie, "The Perfect Score."  We debate exactly how much heist is too much heist in a heist movie, try to figure out who thought Darius Miles should embark on an acting career, do our best to make sense of this high school's class rankings, and and remember a time when Foo Fighters stood atop the teen music mountain.  Be sure to subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are time warping to 2010 to discuss the movie that made Emma Stone a star, "Easy A."  We pour one out for the career Amanda Bynes could've had, try to figure out exactly how this scheme was supposed to work, talk about how much we all loved Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson, get terrified by yet another appearance of Joe from "You," and aggressively hate on Aly Michalka's performance as the World's Worst Best Friend.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @RecapNGownPod and join our Facebook group, The Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, Shannon Lee from "The Thing Is" podcast joins the Four Old Millennials on a Time Warp back to 1993 to talk about a truly insane movie, "My Boyfriend's Back."  We wonder what exactly Philip Seymour Hoffman was doing in this movie, try to decipher the zombie rules the movie creates, try our best to understand why nobody in this whole town reacts to a reanimated corpse in their midst, and struggle to make sense of this absurd romance storyline.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod and be sure to join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are taking another swipe at the lost episode that started it all, "Jawbreaker."  We debate whether Courtney Shane is the scariest mean girl we've seen so far, Megan makes a pitch for turning this movie into a "Rocky Horror" style musical, we take a walk down memory lane to remember some of our favorite high school cafeteria meals, and get into a very heated discussion over what exactly a Jawbreaker is.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter @RecapNGownPod!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are digging into the horniest teen movie of our generation, "Cruel Intentions."  We start things off by getting grossed out by how much Roger Ebert enjoyed this movie, then remember when sneaking into movies was a big deal, wonder what exactly is wrong with Cecile's brain, and reminisce about the early days of reality TV.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap And Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are discussing MTV Films' first ever R-rated feature, "Dead Man On Campus."  We wonder why they thought they could convince us these two senior citizens were college freshmen, examine the logic of Josh taking a legit psychopath over to the dorm room of the girl he has a crush on, worry for Linda Cardellini's safety, and express our dismay that the movie treats suicide and mental illness as running punchlines.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are discussing the cheerleading bank heist movie "Sugar and Spice."  Crooks gets things started by talking about the real life 1999 bank robbery pulled off by his high school classmates, and then we remember when Conan O'Brien was a plucky upstart, wonder why these girls literally washed the money they stole, and put some respect on Marla Sokoloff's name for her 1930s gangster accent.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!  As a reminder, if you leave us a review during February, we'll put your name into a cowboy hat for a chance to get a custom caricature like the ones in our show art!

This week, Lauren Jade joins the Four Old Millennials to discuss the Rob Schneider body horror comedy "The Hot Chick."  Spoiler alert, it's exactly what we expected it to be.  We talk about some of these truly bizarre fashion choices, wonder what the hell Tia and Tamera are doing in this movie, try to figure out why all these girls are so thirsty to see Rob Schneider's penis, and do our absolute best to make heads or tails of this nonsense plot.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group the Recap And Gown Fan Club!

This week, Noelle Winters Herzog (Teen Mom Trash Talk, 90 Day Fiance Trash Talk) joins the Four Old Millennials to discuss one of the greatest teen movies of all time, Can't Hardly Wait.  We break down some of the most iconic lines in the movie, the wild fashion choices, remember a time when Smash Mouth songs could be played in movies with no sense of irony, and compare Preston Meyers to Joe from "You."  We also debut a brand new segment this week, and announce a fun little contest for our listeners!  As always, subscribe, rate, review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and join our Facebook group, the Recap and Gown Fan Club!

It's Inauguration Day Eve, and this week the Four Old Millennials are marking the occasion by talking about a comedy featuring the second or third most corrupt Republican President ever, Richard "Dick" Nixon.  We dig into the completely over-the-top fashion choices, wonder how a fifteen-year-old girl fell in love with Nixon, do a rapid fire recitation of the endless dick puns in the movie, and play a game of Fact or Fiction where we explain all of the super insidery Watergate jokes you may have missed.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod, and be sure to join our Facebook group, Recap and Gown Fan Club!

This week, comedian/reverend/wet nurse/OB/GYN Tracey Carnazzo (Teen Mom Trash Talk) joins the Four Old Millennials to discuss one of the most iconic teen movies of all time, "Clueless."  Tracey tells us how she used to mentally watch this movie to avoid gym class, then we dig into the amazing fashion and hair choices, the most iconic lines in the movie, compare ourselves at 15 to THESE girls at 15, and then break down the romance between Cher and Josh.  As always, subscribe, rate, and review, then follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod and be sure to join our new Facebook group, Recap And Gown Fan Club!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are breaking down the undercover journalism romantic comedy "Never Been Kissed."  We discuss the absolutely insane fashion choices, some of our favorite lines from the movie, play a game of This or That with "Just One Of The Guys," and then try to figure out why this movie was so desperate to normalize relationships between full-blown adults and high school students.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod!

After spending way too much time trying to think of a Christmas-themed teen movie, the Four Old Millennials landed on "Just Friends."  Is it a teen movie?  No, not really.  But it does open with our main characters as high school students.  Join us as we wonder whether it's possible for Ryan Reynolds to have romantic chemistry with anyone, hate on Chris Klein again, heap praise on Anna Faris, and talk about what we all wish this movie would've been.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @RecapNGownPod!

This week, the Four Old Millennials are tackling our most polarizing movie yet, the 1996 Jon Lovitz White savior parody "High School High."  Crooks attempts to defend the movie's greatness while Megan, Dave, and Dana tear it limb from limb.  We talk about some of the running jokes, the absurd dialogue, wonder in what universe Tia Carrere would pursue Jon Lovitz, and debut a brand new segment!  Be sure to subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod!

This week, Shannon Henson, Esquire joins the Four Old Millennials to talk about the 2001 Reese Witherspoon comedy, "Legally Blonde."  Shannon and Dave break down the differences between their law school experiences and Elle's, we get into the relationships in the movie, of course go over all of the fashion choices, and reveal what was added to the movie after it was finished at the urging of test audiences.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod!

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 a dose of Dave's solid Boston accent.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod!

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 marvel at the peak 80s fashions on screen in just about every scene.  Be sure to subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod!

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!

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 where we evaluate the campaign tactics of these candidates and compare this campaign to the Leslie Knope/Bobby Newport campaign in Parks and Recreation.  Be sure to mask up and vote if you haven't yet, and when you're standing in line, be sure to subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod!

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 opener crushed a woman to death, and do our damnedest to puzzle out how Gale wound up with the gun at the end of the movie.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod!

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 in the movie.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod!

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 wore.  Did we mention that this movie is chock full of sexy teens?  For bonus points, Crooks and Dave unleash dueling David Blaine impressions.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @RecapNGownPod!

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.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and follow us on Twitter @RecapNGownPod!

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 follow us on Twitter @RecapNGownPod!

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-eyed son.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to follow us on Twitter at RecapNGownPod!

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 of reading Corey's emotions.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to follow us on Twitter at RecapNGownPod.

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 took him to the theater to see this movie.  As always, rate, review, subscribe, and be sure to follow us on Twitter @RecapNGownPod.

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 horrifying monster Regina George would be with access to a smart phone and social media.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to follow us on Twitter @RecapNGownPod to see whether or not Dana and Megan would've fit in with the Plastics back in the mid 00s.

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 Stanford marching band's many, many, many controversies.  As always, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to follow us on Twitter at RecapNGownPod!

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 sure to follow us on Twitter at RecapNGownPod.  We'll be posting some truly disturbing pictures of the 1987 TV series "Beauty and the Beast."  You'll understand why by the end of the episode.  Mi scusi!

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 of the nation of Cambodia.  Buckle up, this one gets pretty wild.

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 Keegan's (alleged) cult, Dana fawns over the young Heath Ledger, and we talk about our own regrettable prom fashion choices.  Subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to follow us on twitter @RecapNGownPod to see some photographic evidence of our own misadventures in prom getups.

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 already enshrined in the pantheon of great teen comedies from the 00s.  As always, subscribe, rate, and review, and follow us on Twitter at RecapNGownPod!

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 @RecapNGownPod.

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.