Hosted by Dan Wiener and Jon Richardson · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 320 episodes
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Think that a movie reboot or remake can ruined your childhood? Brothers/cinephiles Dan and Jon beg to differ! Join them each week as they talk through a cult or classic film or franchise and imagine how it could be revisited, exploring Hollywood’s trend of reviving franchises with long-awaited sequels, prequels, spin-offs, remakes, and/or reboots. Do YOU have a movie you want them to coverEmail the show -ruinedchildhoodspod@gmail.comRuined Childhoods is produced and edited by Jon Richardson - https://www.jrmediaservices.net
Dan Wiener and Jon Richardson hosts Ruined Childhoods, a tv show with 320 episodes published.
In this season finale, Dan and Jon celebrate the 1992 comedy classic Stay Tuned, in which two suburbanites are zapped into the underworld by means of their television. Dan and Jon remember their first time seeing the fil
You know who directs bangers? Sergio Leone directs bangers. And 1971’s Duck, You Sucker! is definitely a banger, emphasis on the BANG! Dan and Jon celebrate this Spaghetti Western bromance and imagine how it could be rev
It’s something familar and something peculiar as Dan and Jon celebrate the 1966 Richard Lester musical farce, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. And although it doesn’t quite hold up today, there’s plenty to
Technically a sequel to Brian De Palma’s 1968 film Greetings, 1970’s Hi, Mom! takes us on another Jon Rubin adventure in the seedy streets of New York City. Starring Robert De Niro in an early role, Hi Mom! is a experime
A true cult classic, But I’m A Cheerleader is remembered fondly by Gen Xers & Millenials as a pivotal relic of LGBTQIA+ Cinema. Not only does it star indie stars Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall, we also get early performa
Named for a Talking Heads song and featuring a cameo from David Byrne, This Must Be The Place could be confused for a movie about the band. Instead, it follows Chayenne, a fictional aging rock star who is haunted by his
Nipping at the heels of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie, 2014’s We Still Kill The Old Way tells the story of a group of retired London gangsters who regroup to hunt down and kill the young gangster responsible for the
We recently lost legendary action star Chuck Norris, who Hollywood allowed to be in dozens of movies to show off his martial arts prowess depite being a dull actor. In 1978, Norris’s star was on the rise and played John
In 1989, we were all wondering one thing - WHO’S HARRY CRUMB? John Candy leads an amazing cast in this zany comedy, showcasing Candy as a disguise-wearing private investigator. Dan and Jon share their memories of experie
The 3rd film in his directorial career, Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me celebrates it’s 40th anniversary this year. And what better way to celebrate than to cover it on Ruined Childhoods’ 4th season, which features films that h
Gus Van Sant may be better known from films like Good Will Hunting, Milk, My Own Private Idaho, or Drugstore Cowboy. But nesteled in his early career, Gus made a strange movie about a woman with such long thumbs, she kne
Since the 1930s, Hammer Films has produced and distributed dozens of mystery and horror films, providing cinema lovers fresh alternatives to the big Universal monster movies. One of Hammer’s biggest stars was Grand Moff
Known for a knockout performance from then newcomer Leonardo DiCaprio, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? became synonomous with his portrayal of an intellectually disabled teen living in rural America and the older brother wh
After his 1980 Popeye film didn’t wow critics or audiences, Robert Altman did a run of stage dramas-turned-films. The first is his 1982 drama, Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, and on this week’s episode
One of Hollywood's greatest feuds directly ties to one of cinema's greatest questions, "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" This sibling thriller marks the crescendo of a lifetime of psychological manipulation, substance a
On our next episode exploring movies with full sentence titles, we're joined by our brother Scott to talk about the 2000 stoner comedy, Dude, Where's My Car? Unlike most podcasts that talk about this film, we celebrate i
This seaon of Ruined Childhoods, each episode features a movie with a full sentence title, so how could we pass up Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot? This 1959 comedy follows Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon has musicians on the
It's season 4! Each movie this season will have a title that's a complete sentence, and we're kicking it off with Macon Blair's 2017 hit, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore. The film stars Melanie Lynskey and Eli
It's the Season 3 Finale! Over the past 52 episodes, Dan and Jon have trekked up the alphabet in movie titles from A to Z and then went back from Z down to A. This episode, the 2nd A movie, is the 1990 Frank Marshall Com
It's the penultimate episode of Ruined Childhoods SEASON THREE and this one's a banger. Dan and Jon celebrate the 1988 comedy sensation, Big, the story of a boy who becomes an adult overnight and the grown ups he impacts
Robert De Niro
1 appearance on this show
David Byrne
Hotel Kilkenny General Manager · Hotel Kilkenny
1 appearance on this show
Uma Thurman
Poison Ivy
1 appearance on this show
Keanu Reeves
Actor
1 appearance on this show
Peter Cushing
actor (Hammer Frankenstein films)
1 appearance on this show
Johnny Depp
2 appearances on this show
Leonardo DiCaprio
UN Messenger of Peace for Climate Change
1 appearance on this show
Scott Wiener
state Senator
1 appearance on this show
Melanie Lynskey
1 appearance on this show
Elijah Wood
co-founder of SpectreVision · SpectreVision
1 appearance on this show
Mick Jagger
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Banks
ERP Analyst · Florida State University
1 appearance on this show
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