Raised by the Movies

In the last of our Cartoons Come To Life series, we revisit the 1995 nostalgia soaked wet fart Casper! Look, it ain't great but the episode is still a hoot!Follow RBTM on INSTAGRAM and on TWITTERListen to FRIENDLESS

This week Cartoons Come To Life gets a face full of lead as we revisit the 1990 Warren Beatty passion project, Dick Tracy!This one is chock full of all the usual Daddy Issues, Fine Wines, Squirts but absolutely NO KINK SHAMING!Pop it in your gabber then cheese it cuz the Fuzz is comin'!Follow RBTM on INSTAGRAM and TWITTERListen to FRIENDLESSand Don't blame your parents, BLAME THE MOVIES!

Cartoons Come To Life Continues with 1994's John Goodman starring The Flintstones! Also crazy story, this is episode 25 for us! So that's something kinda fun!!Be sure to follow RBTM on INSTAGRAM and on TWITTERListen to FRIENDLESSand Don't blame your parents, blame the MOVIES!

It's August and we're watching cartoons again (sort of). All month we're watching Cartoons Come To Life, all those weird proto-Disney remakes that messed up our childhood in the 90's. And we're kicking off the month with the absolute hidden gem, and Brendan Frasier love bomb, "George of the Jungle"!Enjoy the show and WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREEEEEEE!!!!Follow RBTM on INSTAGRAM and TWITTERListen to FRIENDLESS  

Will Smith July ends not with a bang but a whimper with the 1999 flop and a half "Wild Wild West". We gotta level with you here, we struggled with this one. But it's Will Smith so it can't all be bad right?Grab your tickets to The Afraidians HEREFollow RBTM on INSTAGRAM and TWITTERListen to FRIENDLESS

Will Smith July keeps on trucking with the 1998 spy thriller, that mostly holds up, Enemy of the State. All your favourite bits are in full force this week. A 20 minute 5 minute summary, drooling over Will Smith in a bathrobe, the uncontainable appeal of Gene Hackman, and Regina MFing King!Follow RBTM on INSTAGRAM Listen to FRIENDLESSand buy a ticket to THE AFRAIDIANS

Here come the Men in Black! Galaxy defenders! Will Smith July rolls on with 1997's Sci-fi smash Men In Black!Hear all about our love for Tommy Lee Jones, Edgar suits, and talking dogs!Follow RBTM on INSTAGRAM and TWITTERlisten to FRIENDLESS

Kick July off with a bang as we start Will Smith Month by doing a rewatch of the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day!Hear all the daddy issues surrounding Thicc Jeff Goldblum. Find no kink-shaming as we try to decide "marry, fuck, kill" on the leads. All that and so much more!Follow RBTM on INSTAGRAM and TWITTERand listen to Friendless

Come on and SLAM, and welcome to the JAM!Everybody get up it's time to rewatch the 1996 classic SPACE JAM!Relive what it was like to be a kid in the 90's at the peak of his Royal Air-ness Michael Jordan's career. Stick around for all the fine wines, squirts, and daddy issues you've come to expect, but as always you won't find any kink shaming here!Be sure to follow RBTM on INSTAGRAM and TWITTERAnd listen to Friendless 

DAMN THE MAN, SAVE THE EMPIRE!! Teen Comedy June concludes with the absolute banger, and winner of the month, 1995's Empire Records! Highlights include James' drooling over AJ's hair (and entire fashion sense), debating which cast member is the most beautiful (spoiler, it's all of them), and we dive deep into justifying some hot guy on guy pseudo-daddy sucker punching. All that and more on this very special episode!Be sure to follow RBTM on INSTAGRAM and on TWITTERBuy your copy of BU TT HE ADand Listen to FRIENDLESS

Teen Comedy June trucks along with a massive uptick as we rewatch the adaptation of William Shakespeare's comedy Taming of the Shrew, 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You! Listen along as we drool over Heath Ledger, debate the most approachable actor, and do our best to not do too many Australian accents. Follow RBTM on INSTAGRAM and on TWITTERBuy a copy of BU TT HE ADand listen to FRIENDLESS 

Teen Comedy June keeps on rolling with the 1998 swing and a miss, Can't Hardly Wait. Learn about the obviously mouldy ageing of Seth Green's character, drool along with us to Jenna Elfman's cameo, and laugh along as you imagine just how unbelievably stoned the lead actor was throughout filming.  Follow Raised by the Movies on INSTAGRAM, and TWITTERBuy a copy of BU TT HE AD, James' super fun book of poetry!And check out our sister show FRIENDLESS

Raised by the Movies kicks off a June of Teen comedies with the 1999 mother of all complex creators, "She's All That".  We talk about how Paul Walker is way hotter than Freddie Prinze Jr., try to cover the Cardigans (or is it the Cranberries?) with Stan Rogers, and do our best to keep track of the living nightmare that is 90's prom scenes.

This week we revisit the modern fairy tale classic "The Princess Bride"! We talk the perfection that is the leading couple of the film, the legend of Andre the Giant, and the life lesson of listening to your grandfather!Plus as always, all the fine wines, all the squirts, and all the daddy issues you've come to love! But if you're here for kink-shaming, you've come to the wrong place bub. 

This week we revisit the heroes in a half shell (turtle power), the 1990 smash hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!We talk hot interspecies action, slapping sense into people like a good Foot clan member, and so much more!Plus all the fine wines, squirts, and daddy issues you've come to love and expect! But if you've come for kink-shaming you've come to the wrong part of town bud. Bodacious!Tubular!Bossanova!!!!

This week on Raised by the Movies we revisit the 1989 classic Honey, I shrunk the kids! Your hosts James and Jennica work their way through their adoration for Rick Moranis' luscious lips, the dangers of snot, and the dreamy eyes of Little Russ. Plus all the fine wines, squirts, and daddy issues you've come to love with absolutely no kink-shaming!

We're finally free of Disney and to celebrate we're watching the greatest movie ever made, 1993's masterpiece JURASSIC PARK!!!!Included in this special episode is our longest 5-minute recap yet, your hosts struggling not to soak the mics while drooling over the smokeshow cast, regaling stories of giving up one dreams of being paleontologists, and so much more! Plus, as always, all the daddy issues, fine wines, and squirts you could ask for, but absolutely no kink shaming! 

It's finally over! The Disney Renaissance comes to a close with a whimper and a vine swing as we rewatch the 1999 hit, Tarzan!We discuss the daddy issues Tarzan must harbour when all his dads keep getting killed. We try not to peek under the loincloth that has no business being in the movie. And then we try to keep count of how many times Jennica does the classic jungle yell (spoiler we lose count)All that plus fine wines, squirts and so much more!!

This week in the penultimate entry of the Disney Renaissance series, we rewatch the 1998 entry Mulan!Hear stories about James' first angry letter to the manager,  keep count of how many times JENNICA! cries, and thrill to the ongoing deep-dive discussion of Donny Osmond's tasteful nipples. All that plus fine wines, squirts, and daddy issues galore! But of course, no kink-shaming allowed!

WHO PUTS THE GLAD IN GLADIATOR?It's finally here! At long last, and after the drudgery of the last two films in the Disney Renaissance, your hosts James and JENNICA! have made it to the 1997 mess of perfection that is HERCULES! (More like HUNKULES!!)Thrill as your intrepid hosts try to do a five-minute summary of the film in under 30 minutes! Chill as they describe their pre-teen confusion at Meg's bizarre proportions!Spill as James retells the story of going to Disneyland during peak Herc-Fever while Jennica stews!All this plus all the daddy issues, fine wines, and squirts you could ask for. But remember RBTM is a NO KINK SHAMING zone. You've been warned.