Best Nicholas Prom Podcasts (2025)

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Little Women (2019) 1:26:53

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“I’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I'm so sick of it." The best way to spend the holidays is curled up next to a warm fire and waxing poetic about the March sisters and LITTLE WOMEN. This year, The Wives Colangelo are dissecting Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel, and debating the parallel st…

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Saint Frances (2020) w/ Amelia Emberwing! 1:24:32

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"That's what I like about you. I never know what you'll say next." Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan's SAINT FRANCES was one of the best films released during quarantine, and no one has been a bigger champion of it than writer, editor, critic, and host Amelia Emberwing. The Wives Colangelo are joined by Emberwing to dissect what a coming-of-age fi…

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Desperately Seeking Susan (40th Anniversary) 1:26:58

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"That's what I like about you. I never know what you'll say next." 40 years ago, Madonna transcended into pop star superstardom and helped turn a quarter-life crisis film into a coming-of-age classic that helped define teen fashion for a decade. Many women are shaped by the women who came before them and showed them what was possible, and that's pr…

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Battle Royale (25th Anniversary) 1:41:21

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"So today's lesson is, you kill each other off till there's only one left. Nothing's against the rules." 25 years ago, Kinji Fukasaku brought the infamous novel BATTLE ROYALE to life, and essentially invented a new subgenre of dystopian teen cinema. In honor of the film's anniversary, The Wives Colangelo are exploring the incredibly bleak messaging…

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Sweethearts (2024) 1:17:40

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"I... have a girlfriend. She lives in Ohio." The first fall break after leaving your hometown and going off to college is one of the weirdest adjustment periods in a young person's life, and it's weird that SWEETHEARTS is one of the only movies to talk about it! This week The Wives Colangelo are heading back to the Midwest to discuss "Turkey Dumps,…

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Seventeen Again (2000) w/ Aaron Perine 1:49:17

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"I am gonna do what I wanna do! And you know what? I don't need your permission to do it!" What if your grandparents magically turned back into teenagers, and they were so hot that it caused chaos in your high school? And what if you look exactly like your grandma did at your age, so this magical regression inspires some twin magic hijinks? This we…

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The Pregnancy Pact (2010) 1:34:06

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"So this is what it feels like to be Jamie Lynn Spears." There are two types of people in this world: People who love Lifetime Original Movies and people named Harmony Colangelo. This Ends at Prom is finally embarking on the wild world of LMN originals and starting with THE PREGNANCY PACT, a ripped-from-the-headlines drama with massive creative lib…

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The Brady Bunch Movie, 30 Years Later 1:24:08

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"Put on your Sunday best, kids. We're going to Sears!" The Brady Bunch is one of those fascinating TV relics that helped shape American culture for decades, so in the 1990s, they lovingly spoofed it with THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE and gave us one of the great cult-hits of the decade. To sweeten the deal, the film is also centered on the middle teen girl…

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 50th Anniversary w/ Chelsey Weber-Smith 1:31:21

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"Don't dream it. Be it." 50 years ago, a midnight movie was unleashed on the American masses that changed the lives of outsider teenagers forever. The Wives Colangelo would not be the people we are today without THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, and neither would Chelsey Weber-Smith of the American Hysteria podcast. For the final episode of the Hallow…

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The Ugly Stepsister (2025) 1:40:50

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"That's the whole point. I'm going to marry the Prince." THE UGLY STEPSISTER is Emilie Blichfeldt's first feature, and it is unfathomable that a first-time feature filmmaker was given the space (and budget) to make such a biting, daring, and monstrous creative swing. The reason Cinderella is a fairy tale is that to be a woman so pure and beautiful …

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Hausu (1977) 1:29:34

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"The girls will wake up ... when they are hungry." Is Hausu secretly the most honest coming-of-age teen girl horror movie ever made? This week, The Wives Colangelo are diving into the wild, weird, and wonderful world of Nobuhiko Obayashi's 1977 masterpiece, HOUSE. Hell truly is a teenage girl, and this week the show is discussing seven young women …

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Bit (2019) 1:26:59

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"We're made to be monsters, so let's be monsters. Let's be gods." BIT is the intersectional, trans-inclusive, vampire girl gang movie of your dreams, and The Wives Colangelo are here to talk about it for the most wonderful month of the year. How do you exist in a world that makes you out to be a monster just for existing, and what do you do when yo…

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Pearl (2022) 1:27:11

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"Please, Lord, make me the biggest star the world has ever known so that I may get far, far away from this place. Amen." The Wives Colangelo are kicking off the Halloween season by discussing a young woman who will not accept a life she does not deserve, the titular PEARL. Discussions include the liberating excitement of seeing an adult film for th…

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Can't Hardly Wait (1998) w/ Niko Stratis! 1:38:24

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"Fate! There is such a thing as fate, but it only takes you so far. Then it's up to you to make it happen." Everyone loves that one last house party after high school before everything changes, especially when it has a banger soundtrack, introduces the next generation of Hollywood superstardom, and gives us all a reason to believe in fate. This wee…

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Dirty Girl (2010) 1:21:40

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"If it's a man's world, God wouldn't have made me." This week, The Wives Colangelo are championing the young women who were ever called a "bad influence" and celebrating the rural queer kids fighting for a chance to exist in a world that tries to literally straighten them out by talking about DIRTY GIRL. This criminally underrated and underseen roa…

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What a Girl Wants (2003) 1:13:40

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"Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you are born to stand out?" This week, The Wives Colangelo are hopping the pond and showing up to merry ol' England to find their long-lost rich dads and talk about the Amanda Bynes classic, WHAT A GIRL WANTS. Discussions include dissecting why so many movies post-9/11 were overseas adventures, the glory o…

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KPop Demon Hunters (2025) w/ Laura Sirikul 1:32:48

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“That’s the funny thing about hope. Nobody else gets to decide if you feel it. That choice belongs to you.” We're goin' up, up, up! It's our moment! You know together we're glowin'! KPOP DEMON HUNTERS has quickly become a phenomenon, and we are loving every second of it. This week, The Wives Colangelo are doing a deep dive into the world of K-pop w…

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30 Years of Clueless and 5 Years of This Ends at Prom 1:45:53

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"UGH. AS IF!" Back in 2020, the recently married Wives Colangelo sat down in their Cleveland apartment to kill some time during quarantine and talk about teen girl movies. Now, five years later, in a different apartment in Los Angeles, they're returning to the movie that started it all and celebrating how it has changed culture in the last 30 years…

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Freakier Friday (2025) 1:20:49

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"My face looks like a Birkin bag that's been left out in the sun to rot!" The long-awaited sequel to 2003's FREAKY FRIDAY is finally here, and The Wives Colangelo are thrilled to finally have a movie in theaters that they can cover on the show. Is FREAKIER FRIDAY a worthy follow-up to the absolute best film in the franchise, or was it another cheap…

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Now & Then (1995) 1:42:29

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"As we grow older, it becomes difficult to just believe." In honor of the film's 30th anniversary, The Wives Colangelo are stuffing their bras with pudding, trying to find the truth about a tombstone, having an existential crisis about coming back to their hometowns, and falling in love all over again with the movie NOW AND THEN. Let's talk about t…

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In Memory of Margo Donohue, Heaven Help Us (1985) Re-Release 1:14:17

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"I've been kicked off the track team, and without track, my grades will be based on ...my grades." The world lost a wonderful woman this month with the passing of Margo Donohue. In honor of her life and legacy, we're re-releasing our episode with her on HEAVEN HELP US, the 1985 Catholic school boys film filmed in Brooklyn. At the time of the episod…

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Light of Day (1987) 1:19:26

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"Music is all that matters. One hour on stage makes up for the other 23." The Wives Colangelo are heading back to the Midwest for a trip, so it's only fitting that they'd cover an underrated shot-in-Cleveland story starring Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox about a pair of musical siblings trying to find their places in the world. Directed by Paul Schra…

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Dumplin' (2018) 1:44:37

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"As far as I'm concerned, a swimsuit body is a body with a swimsuit on it." This week The Wives Colangelo are heading to Texas, signing up for a pageant to piss off our mothers, and learning from drag queens what it means to be a beauty queen with DUMPLIN'! It's time to discuss the insecurities our moms imprint on us, why seeking external validatio…

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Blue Crush (2002) 1:21:17

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"You're a girl that doesn't ask a guy what to do..." Surf's up, and we're remembering having very confusing feelings about watching all of these cool surfers! BLUE CRUSH is one of those seminal sleepover classics that caused quite a stir for millennials everywhere, but we're breaking down why it's so good, why Anne-Marie is so iconic, and why the h…

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Mermaids (1990) 1:24:10

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"Charlotte, I know you're planning a celibate life, but with half my chromosomes, I think that might be tough." We at This Ends at Prom firmly believe that we never stop coming-of-age, and this Cher/Winona Ryder/Christina Ricci/Bob Hoskins classic is proof positive of that! We're cutting our sandwiches into stars, co-opting Catholic guilt, yearning…

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I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 1:25:18

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"That's a shame, being that it's the 4th of July and all. Kids like you should be out having fun. Drinking, partying, running people over, getting away with murder... things like that!" Happy 4th of July to Helen Shivers, and only Helen Shivers. With a legacyquel on the way, it's time we finally talked about I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. BJ love…

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The Doom Generation (30th Anniversary) 1:21:08

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"Ever feel like reality is more twisted than dreams?" The Wives Colangelo are closing out Pride Month by introducing Harmony to the punk rock cinematic world of Gregg Araki and celebrating 30 years of THE DOOM GENERATION. Sometimes being a teenager feels like looking down the end of the world, and no one understands that feeling quite like Xavier R…

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Prom Dates (2024) w/ D.J. Mausner! 1:31:15

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"It's a first-year college party. Everyone's gay." This week The Wives Colangelo are joined by the ultra-hilarious D.J. Mausner to talk about their prom night comedy, PROM DATES! It's time to learn how this movie came to be, hear about the real-life inspirations behind the characters and absolutely wild scenarios these two best friends get themselv…

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Saved! (2004) w/ Sarah Marshall 1:46:35

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"Why would God make us all so different if he wanted us to be the same?" The incomparable Sarah Marshall makes her mighty return to discuss one of the best films of the 2000s, the religious satire SAVED! Together with The Wives Colangelo, the trio discusses repression, queerness, being filled with Christ's love, a perfectly written script, cool pas…

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Loser (2000) 25 Years Later 1:42:06

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"I love self-loathing complaint rock you can dance to." It's Harmony's birthday and whatever baby wants, baby gets, so we're upgrading Amy Heckerling's LOSER from the Sadie Hawkins Dance episodes on the Patreon and bringing Jason Biggs and co. to the main show! Let's talk about why so many people misunderstand the loveliness of this story, why Greg…

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Rent (20th Anniversary) 1:55:28

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"How do you measure a year in the life?" May-usical month comes to an end as The Wives Colangelo reflect on the film adaptation of Jonathan Larson's groundbreaking musical, RENT, 20 years later. What do we do with a show that was so important to a generation that hasn't quite held up to the hourglass of time? What do we do with a show that would pr…

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Stage Fright (2014) 1:16:48

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"I sleep with women, but musicals make me feel gay!" It's BJ's birthday week so she's forcing Harmony to watch a horror musical, the CAMP meets FRIDAY THE 13TH theatre geek slasher comedy, STAGE FRIGHT (2014). The Wives Colangelo are here to discuss the weirdest interpretations of beloved musicals, Meat Loaf (the man), theater kid jokes that hit ju…

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Cry-Baby (1990) 1:20:25

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"I may be a drape, but I love your granddaughter. And if that's a crime, I'll stand convicted, ma'am." John Waters returns to This Ends at Prom with the second of his unofficial teen trilogy and first true musical, the 1950s satire, CRY-BABY. This week The Wives Colangelo are discussing finding your path in a rigid world, why Waters' brand of "beau…

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Camp Rock (2008) 1:25:25

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"I'm not ashamed. It's just, for once, I just wanted to fit in and be popular." May-Usical Month continues with another Disney Channel Original Movie, the Demi Lovato and Jonas Brothers summer camp musical, CAMP ROCK. This week, The Wives Colangelo are talking about the Radio Disney pop-rock machine (complete with Disney Knees), how nonsensical thi…

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Cabaret (1972) 1:22:17

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"Does it really matter so long as you're having fun?" May-Usical Month returns with an all-time great musical about a 19-year-old Cabaret singer in Berlin just before World War II, the original manic pixie dream girl — Fräulein Sally Bowles in CABARET. This week, The Wives Colangelo muse on one of their favorite films of all time and discuss the po…

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) 1:31:56

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"We accept the love we think we deserve." If you were on Tumblr in 2012, chances are you or someone you know had a huge THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER phase. This week, The Wives Colangelo are talking about the book-turned-movie phenomenon, addressing their personal hang-ups from a decade ago, getting extremely candid about the ways they relate to…

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Where The Lilies Bloom (1974) w/ Sam Pancake 1:32:59

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"Sometimes on the wind, I feel something say my name, telling me to come to some far-off place." This week The Wives Colangelo are going back to the 1970s, heading into the Appalachian hills, and joining their friend Sam Pancake on a journey WHERE THE LILIES BLOOM. Together the trio discuss coming-of-age in rural communities, Hollywood's failure to…

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Thoroughbreds (2017) 1:10:09

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"The only thing worse than being incompetent, or being unkind, or being evil, is being indecisive." This week The Wives Colangelo are heading to Connecticut and contemplating whether or not being a jerk who wears Vineyard Vines is enough to justify meeting the sharp end of a kitchen utensil by discussing THOROUGHBREDS. Discussions for this gorgeous…

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Harriet the Spy (1996) 1:31:01

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"You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life." On February 26, 2025, the world lost an influential performer in Michelle Trachtenberg. An icon in the world of teen movies and TV dramas, she first came into the hearts of many as the titular HARRIET THE SPY. In honor of her …

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Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part 1 & 2) w/ Rosie Knight 1:52:13

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"You nicknamed my daughter after the loch-ness monster?!" Sequel month comes to a close with the long-awaited conclusion to This Ends at Prom's coverage on The Twilight Saga. Joining The Wives Colangelo for a double-header episode is journalist and podcaster Rosie Knight, as the trio tackle the wedding, honeymoon, and sickly childbirth of Breaking …

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The Craft: Legacy (2020) w/ Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 1:37:05

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"Witchcraft in general is such a charged word. We literally house babies in our stomachs. That's some Ridley Scott shit." Sequel month is getting witchy as The Wives Colangelo are joined by the incomparable Alexandra Heller-Nicholas to discuss the highly controversial lega-sequel, THE CRAFT: LEGACY. Does this movie deserve all the hate it gets? Cou…

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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde (2003) 1:22:12

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"Speak up for the home of the brave. Speak up for the land of the free gift with purchase. Speak up, America!." Sequel month continues as The Wives Colangelo follow Elle Woods to Capitol Hill as she fights for animal rights, becomes the ultimate gay dog ally, realizes just how corrupt the legislative system truly is and ... takes some huge steps ba…

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Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) 1:15:46

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"We got a chip on our shoulder and nothing to lose. And we’re not backing down from anyone. Aca Wiedersehen, bitches." Sequel month is back with a vengeance and The Wives Colangelo are checking in with the Barden Bellas to see what they've been up to, and transport ourselves back to 2015. Are the PITCH PERFECT movies the most Obama-era films ever m…

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St. Elmo's Fire, 40 Years Later 1:30:06

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Kirby: "I always thought we'd be friends forever." Kevin: "Yeah, well forever got a lot shorter all of a sudden." Despite popular belief, the Brack Pack wasn't established with a John Hughes movie, but instead in the wake of a film about recent college graduates struggling to adjust to adulthood called ST. ELMO'S FIRE. Over the past 40 years, the f…

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The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) w/ Nina Starner 1:23:04

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"Goodbye Lizzie McGuire, hello fabulous." Hey now, hey now! This is what dreams are made of! This week The Wives Colangelo are joined by freelance writer and Lizzie McGuire superfan Nina Starner to talk about THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE! Discussions include European fantasies, the world's most anticlimactic kiss, the comedic genius of Alex Borstein, T…

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Beastly (2011) 1:34:33

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"Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it’s good." Love is in the air and there's nothing more romantic than a Beauty and the Beast teen movie interpretation where a heartthrob boy gets turned into a bald and tattooed baddie to learn how to stop being such a jerkwad. That's right, The Wives Colangelo are embracing their inner Vanessa Hud…

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Becky (2020) & The Wrath of Becky (2023) 1:42:56

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"There was a little girl, who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very good. But when she was bad, she was horrid." Let's cut to the chase: everything sucks and we're filled with rage about the world, the government, and the people in charge, so let's watch a teenage girl take down fascists with her ba…

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The Baby-Sitter's Club (1995) 1:36:33

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"You know, we're more than just a club. We're friends. Best friends. Nothing could ever change that." THE BABY-SITTER'S CLUB movie turns 30 years old this year, so The Wives Colangelo are installing a landline, hiding candy in books, giving back to the community, and being there for their best friend when her deadbeat dad blows her off on her birth…

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Honor Society (2022) 1:04:15

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"Men don't have to choose between love and power." Contemporary teen movies thrive on streaming platforms, so this week The Wives Colangelo are talking about one of the best in recent memory, the Paramount+ film HONOR SOCIETY. Starring MEAN GIRLS: The Musical star Angourie Rice and STRANGER THINGS' Gaten Matarazzo, it's time to talk about the lengt…

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Sucker Punch (2011) 1:24:59

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"For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know." Can good intentions and stunning imagery be enough to overcome a lackluster script? Well, this week The Wives Colangelo are trying their damndest to find the silver lining in Zack Snyder's SUCKER PUNCH. Together your hosts fight through misery to champion the aesthetics,…