We Are Not Young Anymore

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Three decades later, Tim Burton's parable about life, afterlife and intergenerational conflict seems like an unlikely box office smash. Chris and Drew discuss the merits of Burton's golden era, of Alec Baldwin's hairy chest and of Catherine O'Hara's perfect take on an artsy twit. Writer-director-horror lovely Staci Layne Wilson is on hand to pine for the days when we didn't know every last awful thing about the actors in the movies we watch. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WANYApodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearenotyounganymore/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wanyapodcast/ Official website: https://www.wearenotyounganymore.com/ Staci on Twitter: https://twitter.com/staciwilson Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisjeggertsen

It's been twenty years since Neve Campbell and Denise Richard jumped into a pool together, and Chris and Drew wonder if Wild Things was a legit thriller masquerading as softcore or just lurid trash. This John McNaughton-directed feature co-stars Matt Dillon, Teresa Russell and Kevin Bacon's penis, and this discussion of the film co-stars Alisha Grauso and multiple references to what was okay in 1998 but seems super awkward today.

John Waters' first PG-rated feature opened quietly in 1988 but never really left pop culture. Thirty years later (and three re-interpretations down the line), Chris and Drew re-watch this glossy, dippy movie about big hair, big dances and big racism, and Gwynedd Stuart joins them to ask if this movie actually tackles segregation as well as its reputation would have it. All this plus Divine, Debbie Harry's dermatological services and discussion of white saviors.

Adam Sandler celebrated Valentine's Day 1998 with an unusual follow-up to Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison: a date movie that showcased his considerable chemistry with Drew Barrymore. The Wedding Singer and its soundtrack helped kickstart a love for '80s nostalgia that still hasn't died, but does it all hold up? Grae Drake, senior editor for Rotten Tomatoes, helps Chris and Drew separate what works from what doesn't. And yes, we totally talk about how the jokes at Alexis Arquette's expense so totally don't work twenty years later.

What can be said about Spice World, twenty years later? Well, in our first episode of 2018, we'll tell you that David Russell, pop music expert and manager to Sia, saw it opening weekend. He joins Chris and Drew to discuss Spice Girls mania and as it was when this film was released in 1998, as well as Madonna, Bananarama, Martika, Debbie Gibson and more. Is this a great film? No. But is it a great snapshot of pop culture history? Yes.

And... we're back! Before we jump headlong into our lineup for season two of We Are Not Young Anymore, Chris and Drew talk about their top picks from 1983, 1988, 1993 and 1998 — the years all this season's movies will be hitting major milestone anniversaries. Some of these will get whole episodes. Some are personal favorites that we're just happy to give a shout-out to, in case you've come to think of us as legit authorities on old movies. Among those discussed in this episode: Hairspray, Terms of Endearment, The Hunger, Valley Girl, The Opposite of Sex, The Sandlot, Out of Sight, Hocus Pocus, Cujo and two tragic Meryl Streep classics.

Twenty years ago this week, a three-hour tour turned into one of the biggest movie events of all time. Since, Titanic has remained in the public consciousness, but does it deserve its success (and boatloads of billions)? Writer and comedian Louis Virtel joins Chris and Drew to talk about Leonardo DiCaprio's impossibly perfect hair, about Kate Winslet's status as a totally down girl who can hang, and Gloria Stuart's pronunciation of the phrase "the most erotic moment of my life."

Twenty years before Laurie Metcalf started getting Oscar buzz, she played Scream 2's Mrs. Loomis, the kookoo-bananas matriarch of one of horror's great murder families. But does the slasher sequel hold up? Ira Madison III — writer and totally not a pundit — joins Drew and Chris for a discussion of Portia de Rossi's eyebrows, Jada Pinkett's ill-fated movie-goer character and the Scream franchise in general.

This is a movie about three men — heterosexual but cohabitating — who raise an abandoned baby while fending off a drug cartel. Three Men and a Baby was also the highest-grossing movie of 1987, and while critics and audiences loved it, Chris and Drew are hard-pressed to think of a single reason why aside from Tom Selleck's mustache. Fortunately, comedy writer and actor Rob Nolan guests hosts and offers the counter-argument of "Hey, maybe it doesn't suck." Ghosts are discussed as well.

It only took Disney 55 years to animate a story about non-European characters, and we celebrate Aladdin's 25th anniversary by asking how well the House of Mouse handled characters who were slightly tan. The answer? It's a mixed bag, as far as racial stereotypes and gender roles are concerned, and it's a split vote on whether Robin Williams' performance as the Genie is comedy genius or ADD nightmare. Comic writer and artist Sina Grace joins Chris and Drew to show off his own personal Cave of Wonders.

Journalist Katherine Spiers joins Chris and Drew for a discussion of the best fish-themed thriller of 1997, when the success of Scream led producers to say "Hey, let's put that other actress from Party of Five in a horror movie." (No, not Lacey Chabert.) And while I Know What You Did Last Summer proved to be a box office success, we're wondering how it compares today. Could it be enjoyed as pretty good Lifetime original-style thriller? Is Anne Heche the best thing in it? And why *did* Johnny Galecki's character need to die, anyway?

Ask anyone who saw 1985's Return to Oz when they were a kid, and they'll probably remember it being scary. It *is* scary. (Princess Mombi is basically perfect nightmare fuel.) But in this episode, Chris, Drew and guest host Glen Lakin talk about how it's also a better movie that its reputation would have you think. Also discussed: Fairuza Balk being a precocious little moppet, Illuminati mind control, and how Return to Oz came to be the first and last movie directed by revered film editor Walter Murch.

That poor bunny got tossed onto the stove 30 years ago this week, and Chris and Drew are observing the anniversary with special guest Roth Cornet, talking about all the ways the American conversation about sex, gender and mental health has changed and hasn't changed. But can we all agree that Glenn Close offers a bravura performance?

What is there to say about the 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie in light of the cult favorite TV series that followed it? Drew and Chris attempt to pick out what's still notable about Buffy 1.0, with special guest Heather Wixson, self-described horror chick and unabashed Luke Perry fangirl. Discussed in this episode: the surprising Dolly Parton connection, what got cut out of Joss Whedon's original script, and the funkiness of our respective chickens.

The unsung Disney classic The Brave Little Toaster recently turned 30, and Drew and Chris exhume it to sing its praises. Did it really help bring about Toy Story? Is it the saddest Disney animated epic ever? And does guest host Nikol Hasler have the most depressing memories of watching and rewatching this movie?

Chris and Drew celebrate the 25th anniversary of a movie that can only be described as What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? meets The Evil Dead. But a quarter century later, do we remember Death Becomes Her for its incisive critique of the cult of beauty? Or do we just remember Meryl Streep's head being on backwards? Avowed heterosexual Nick Loiacano helps answer these questions.

Twenty-five years later, A League of Their Own isn't just the movie that introduced the world to Rosie O'Donnell. It's also a still-rare example of a women's sports flick, it's a smash hit that was directed by a woman, and it's the one good movie Madonna has ever made. Special guest Michelle Lanz joins Drew and Chris to talk about how A League of Their Own holds up today and whether it can be called a feminist film.

Twenty years after it farted up up theaters, Batman & Robin has been dragged through the mud again and again. And it's a flawed film, sure, but a lot of criticism of this movie (and of director Joel Schumacher) whiffs of homophobia. At least Uma Thurman's performance is kinda good, right?

Drew and Chris discuss Tim Burton's second Batman outing, beloved by diehards and gay Catwoman fans alike. However, Batman Returns wasn't the financial success you might have thought. And although Michelle Pfeiffer's Selena Kyle might be the best-ever on the big screen, it's not without some problems. (Namely, she keeps getting pushed out of buildings.) All this plus Sean Young's one-time appearance on Tiny Toons, with a special appearance by Drew's roommate.

In 1988, George Lucas and Ron Howard attempted to launch a medieval fantasy franchise to rival Star Wars and Indiana Jones. It... didn't work, but that's not to say that Willow was a disaster. Drew and Chris talk about the film's highs and lows, how it's a secretly feminist flick and how it's sometimes better not to revisit some childhood thing you're nostalgic for.

Does Helen Hunt's 1996 weather-based action movie hold up all these years later? No. It sucks. Please don't watch it. It deserves no more of anyone's money.

Chris and Drew look at why Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is an understated feminist film, why Elaine Hendrix is a magical unicorn and why there aren't more female buddy comedies.

Twenty years later, we look into whether the darkest romcom ever still holds up——and what it can teach us about high school reunions.

Drew and Chris look back at Lost Highway on its 20th anniversary and talk about how the movie has changed, about the O.J. Simpson connection and about the deathless terror that is Robert Blake.