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Rewatchability is a comedic pop-culture nostalgia podcast hosted by J.M. McNab, Rob LaRonde, and Blain Watters. It is produced independently in Toronto, ON. The show began in the summer of 2011. In 2012 it was profiled by The A.V. Club and in 2015 our podcast appeared on CBC Radio’s Podcast Playlist. The aim of the show is to re-watch movies and television shows from when we were younger, and review them in an interesting and hopefully humourous way. Hopefully. Rewatchability contains coarse ...
Break out of your chrysalis and get in the hot tub, this week we combine our DNA with SPECIES! Starring way too many Oscar winning actors, and also Michael Madsen, Species combined the sci-fi horror of Alien with all the amped-up sexuality of a 90s erotic thriller. Might as well call it Sextraterrestrial, amiright? I'll see myself out. This movie s…
God save the King! This week we bow and grovel to his royal majesty KING RALPH! Starring Sir John Goodman, Sir Peter O'Toole, Sir John Hurt and Dame Camille Coduri, it's the classic tale of an oafish American lounge singer ascending to the throne of Great Britain. But does this king still rule? Is King Ralph responsible for the Trump era? What is P…
Pray to Crom or whatever deity you will stand before come the endless sleep, this week we spar with CONAN THE BARBARIAN! Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones and Sandrahl Bergman, and directed by John Milius, this movie was a smash hit, launching the film career of the former Mr. Universe and paving the way for him to eventually become …
Call your rebellious best friend who you secretly have a crush on, this week we press play on NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE! Starring Captain America himself, Chris Evans, as well as Chyler Leigh, Jaime Pressley and a whole bunch of other people, this movie takes on all the ridiculous tropes of 90s teen movies, by taking them way further. It made us laugh…
Grab a snack and turn on the tube, it's time for THE ROSIE O'DONNELL SHOW! Our old pal Johnnie Walker joins us to revisit all the wonderful and weird moments Rosie had over the years with her myriad guests including Madonna, Barbara Streisand and of course, her Tommy, Tom Cruise. She paved the way for Ellen and helped elevate the daytime talkshow o…
Shiver your timbers, this week we set sail with MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND! Starring Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders and some Muppets, this adventure sees Kermit and the gang searching for buried pirate treasure. But will the young Jim Hawkins be seduced by a life of piracy? Will they find the booty before the dreaded Long John Silver? Do …
It's finally here! Run downstairs, look at all the presents! Open the big one! The one from Santa. Did you get what you want? Yes! It's a podcast about A CHRISTMAS STORY! Starring Peter Billingsly as little Ralphie, as well as Darren McGavin, and Melinda Dillon, this movie is a classic that EVERYONE has seen multiple times, right? But how does it h…
On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me... an a masked, ritualistic orgy and a partridge in a pear tree? We ring in the holiday with EYES WIDE SHUT, Stanley Kubrick's swan song, starring then real life couple Tom Cruice and Nicole Kidman. Do scientologists even celebrate Christmas? Will this commedia mask interfere with my thetans? Als…
With the holidays approaching, we learn a little bit about giving (back what you've stolen) with TRAPPED IN PARADISE! Starring Nicholas "All I Want for Christmas is a T-Rex skull" Cage, Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey's impression of Mickey Rourke, it's a holiday caper about three brothers who successfully rob a bank but just can't seem to escape the ch…
Get your clamshells on, you want to be wise to this tango. I'm talking L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. Dicks. Dames. The putrid smell of death under the porch of a sunny California bungalow. It's all here from the James Ellroy yarn. Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe flickering onscreen, Curtis Hanson behind the lens, it's gangbusters, kid. Heck, they gave the little…
This week, we open the history books to discover NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS! Is this the movie that best embodies America in 2020? We don't know, we just want to see Nic Cage act crazy in a safe way to distract us from the craziness of the world! And hey, Ed Harris and Helen Mirren show up too. But does this movie rescue history from the do…
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THE SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR I-IX
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Happy Halloween! We celebrate by participating in our favorite ritual, watching THE SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR I-IX! These fun-sized segments monster mashed our favorite TV family together with plots from the Twilight Zone and many other horror anthologies and movies we were way too young to have been exposed to. The Treehouse of Horror fascinate…
If there's something strange in your neighborhood, but you're on a budget, who you gonna call? We ring up THE FRIGHTENERS! Directed by Peter Jackson and starring Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvardo and the second craziest Busey in Hollywood, it's about a guy running a paranormal investigation grift who must stop the grim specter of death itself! Also fea…
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JENNIFER'S BODY with Alex Nursall and Emily Kellogg
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Call your bff, this week we're dishing on JENNIFER'S BODY! Written by Diablo Cody, directed by Karyn Kusama, and starring Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried, this movie was considered a huge flop in the wake of Cody's success with Juno. Though initially dismissed by critics, perhaps due to it's bro-tastic marketing, it's since been rediscovered and re-e…
Grarble your phlonx, this week we visit with American's favorite family, the CONEHEADS! Starring Dan Ackroyd, Jane Curtain and Chris Farley amongst a zillion other SNL alums, this aquatic-lifeform-removed-from-dihydrogen-monoxide tale shines a luminescent photon beam on the immigrant experience (or at least the experience of white immigrants with h…
With Christopher Nolan's TENET in cinemas for those who want to risk their lives and health for a movie, we close our eyes and re-enter the world of INCEPTION! Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, plus Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard and more, Inception bent our minds as we tried to decipher reality from dream. But how does it hold up ten years later? Listen h…
In celebration of the most eminent release of Bill & Ted Face The Music, forming the most heinous of trilogies, we hit the Highway to Hell (shredding noises) with BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY! Starring the most radical Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, not to mention George Carlin and totally bodacious Pam Grier, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is like the Va…
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SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD with Graham Isador
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Round 1... Fight! We press start to play SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, an epic video-game themed fantasia about one Player 1's quest for his dream Player 2. But what happens when you have too many players and not enough controllers? Game over! Starring Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, plus like half the superheroes, this movie is also notab…
Run yourself a nice bath, this week we reveal WHAT LIES BENEATH! A supernatural mystery starring Michelle Pfieffer as a woman who believes a ghost is trying to communicate with her, and Harrison Ford as her dismissive husband who is too busy fussing about his precious job. Ladies, lemme tell ya, if you tell your man your house is haunted by the gho…
Grab your swim trunks, we're going for a dip with COCOON! Directed by Ron Howard and starring the young and vivacious Wilford Brimley, as well as Hume Cronyn, Don Ameche, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon and, yes, Steve Guttenberg, Cocoon tells the story of a group senior citizens who discover a fountain of youth in the neighbor's pool. Did we mention th…
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TEAM AMERICA WORLD POLICE with Sina Rahmani
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It's the July 4th weekend, so you better believe we're celebrating America (f-yeah!) by riding along with TEAM AMERICA WORLD POLICE! Melding the crass humor of Trey Parker and Matt Stone with the grand artistic legacy of marionette, and just a dash of geopolitics for flavor, Team America attempted to deflate the Hollywood establishment while offeri…
Hear ye, hear ye! For the wholesome entertainment of the publick, the bards of Rewatchability revisit the tale of ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS, a parodie penned by the great poet Mel Brooks, and presented by his men including Cary Elwes, Dave Chapelle, Richard Lewis, Amy Yasbeck,Tracy Ullman and all thine favorite thespians of stages comedick and dram…
Check your seams, on this MINI-EPISODE we reveal the movie we’re watching for next week, plus news about an upcoming reboot (with a pandemic twist) that hopefully won’t turn out too corny. Listen here and don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher! Also, you can also support us by either contributing Patreon campai…
Hallelujah! On this blessed day we sit in communion with SISTER ACT! Starring Sister Mary Whoopi Goldberg as well as Sister Mary Kathy Najimi, not to forget Mother Sister Mary Dame Maggie Smith, this movie was a surprise hit for non-believers. Elevated by the uplifting musical performances (with sinfully delicious handclaps), this movie almost made…
Praise be! We made it through another week and that means we have a MINI EPISODE for you! We tease the title of next week's movie and check in on some hot reboot news! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Take up thine earpods, valiant knight, for today we quest for DRAGONHEART! Look upon our hero, Dennis Quaid, as he ventures to slay his vocal chords with a contrived growl! Hear the dulcet tones of Sean Connery cashing in! See David Thewlis summon all his powers yet stand impotent under an awful Prince Valiant haircut! This movie soared into our hu…
We're still locked down, but that doesn't mean our spirits can't soar! Get together with us for this week's MINI EPISODE where we'll reveal the subject of next week's podcast so you can watch along! Plus we have some listener mail and the ever-popular iRoboot segment! Listen and don't forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or St…
With the world gone crazy we escape into a good story with STRANGER THAN FICTION! Starring Will Ferrell as a man who becomes aware he is a character in someone else's novel, and Emma Thompson as the author who can't figure out how to kill Will Ferrell, Stranger Than Fiction is a quirky metafictional drama with chocolate rom-com chips. Also starring…
We're back! After a lengthy pandemic-related hiatus we are re-emerging from our caves, sorta, and we're ready to get back to reality, as best we can! Tune in to hear what we're talking about next week (if you can't guess from the picture above) and also to hear what we've been rewatching during lockdown! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-ou…
The world has been ravaged by a deadly virus and humanity forced from the surface of the Earth. Since those things also happen in 12 MONKEYS, it seems like an appropriate moment to revisit Terry Gilliam's 1995 sci-fi drama. Based on Chris Marker's La Jetée, 12 Monkeys tells the story of a man who is sent back in time to get information on the plagu…
It's the first episode with our new format! In this week's "Mini Episode" we preview next week's topic and gab about the latest in reboot news. Listen and don't forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher! Also, you can also support us by either contributing Patreon campaign, or by buying Rewatchability t-shirts from TeeP…
Get your magic ticket ready, we're going beyond the screen with LAST ACTION HERO! Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Austin O'Brien, Last Action Hero is the story of a boy who spends way too much time in a creepy old movie theatre and ends up getting sucked into the world of a movie. Also starring Mercedes Ruehl, F. Murray Abraham, Charles Dance an…
Polish your dermal piercings, this week we suspend ourselves in THE CELL! Starring Jennifer (J.Lo) Lopez, and is there really anything else that you need to know? Actually, there is because this movie is nuts. Directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Vinces D'Onofrio and Vaughn, this movie is a visually resplendent thriller with a dark beating heart, …
Tune that guitar, this week we crank it to 11 to rock out with JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS! Starring Rachel Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson and Tara Reid, it's the classic story of three young girls who just want to rock the world and how they get manipulated by the corporate pop music machine into selling junk. Also starring Alan Cumming, Parker Posey and …
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413- CATCH ME IF YOU CAN with Anne T Donahue
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Run, don't walk, to your earbuds because this week we're chasing down CATCH ME IF YOU CAN! Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom "Won't You Be My Neighbor" Hanks and Leo "I saved a guy from drowning once" DiCaprio, CMIYC tells the somewhat true story of con man Frank Abegnale as he forges checks and lies his way through the American Dream. …
Throw up the horns, this week we get heavy with AIRHEADS! I'm talking Brendan Fraser on lead, Steve Buscemi humping the low-end and Adam "Enter Sandman" Sandler pounding the skins like a madman, this movie rocks more than any uncut gem! It's the story of three struggling rockers who will do anything to be heard, including holding an entire radio st…
As the Oscars draw near and we prepare to bestow statuettes upon the movies that deserve them most, we look back to ARGO, the 2012 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture. Directed (and starring!!!) Ben Affleck. Also featuring Victor Garber, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin and every other recognizable person Ben Affleck could call in for a f…
Ensign! Chart a course for STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT! In anticipation of PICARD, the new Star Trek series revisiting the Next Generation world, we slingshot around the sun to re-experience what some would say is the best TNG movie. Directed by frickin' Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and starring Patrick Stewart and the rest of the crew (except Wesley Crush…
Lawyer up, 'cause court is in session with MY COUSIN VINNY! Starring Oscar Winner Joe Pesci, Oscar winner Marisa Tomei and non-Oscar winner Ralph Maccio, it's the story of a couple of city slickers who get more than they bargained for when roll into the South to defend two innocent kids accused of murder! Also starring Lane Smith and Fred Gwynne, t…
New year same game. Prick your ears up at this morsel. BRICK. High school noir, ya dig? Rian Johnson's big debut and everyone was there for the ball. Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Emilie de Ravin. Lukas Haas. Names. Faces. Clues. You with me? Then let's dance. A lot of folks have it out for Johnson for mucking up their space stories. But word is his "Knive…
Merry Christmas! Thank you all for listening and watching with us all year! We hope that you have an amazing holiday filled with fun, friends and family and we look forward to rewatching more of our favorite and used-to-be-favorite movies in 2020! In lieu of another Christmas movie, this week we talk about THE TRUMAN SHOW! It's the movie where Jim …
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406- THE HOLIDAY with Katie Connell
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Christmas is just a short week away and gear us up we spend some time with THE HOLIDAY! Written slash directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law and let's not forget (because he sure did) Jack Black, The Holiday is a delightful romp which follows two heartbroken women, an American and a Brit, who exchange houses and …
Get your X-Mas list together because we're going to see Santa! Yes, this week we're talking about MIRACLE ON 34th STREET, the 1994 update of of the 1947 holiday classic! Starring 'lil Mara Wilson, Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins and dreamy Dylan McDermott! It's the story of a little girl who refuses to believe in Santa unless she gets exact…
Ring the bells, the holidays are here! And in the holiday spirit we present to you THE FAMILY MAN starring Nicholas Cage, Tea Leoni and Don Cheadle. It's the story of a rich, lonely, possibly psychotic man who gets a glimpse of what his life would have been like if he'd have a family. Sounds heartwarming right? Wrong. So wrong. This movie made us p…
Oh my God! We are totally buggin' because this week we're talking about CLUELESS! Starring Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd and, of course, Dan Hedaya, this movie changed the landscape of teenagedom in totally epic ways. Fashion, lingo, it's like Amy Heckerling possessed the brain of the modern teen (in 1995) and, like, you know, what…
(10...9...8...) Hold onto your socks, this week we launch into OCTOBER SKY, the 1999 drama directed by Joe Johnston starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Laura Dern! (7...6...) Based on the true story Homer Hickam, a boy from a poor coal-mining town who used his love of rocketry to escape his destiny in the mines and eventually work for NASA! (5...4...3...)…
No time for lo mein, this week we're getting into BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA! Starring Kurt Russell, Dennis Dun and Kim Cattrall, Big Trouble in Little China is the tale of a brawny, loudmouth white dude who stumbles into the world of Chinese street gangs and ancient magic. A huge box office flop when it was released, John Carpenter's attempt at a…
It's our 400 episode! And if that ain't enough to phone home about, we're talking about one of the biggest movies of all time, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL! Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore and 80 pounds of rubber, this movie touched the hearts of a generation with its story of interstellar friendship. We talk ab…
It's Hallowe'en! And this year instead of candy, we're handing out vengeance with CARRIE! Adapted from the Stephen King novel and starring an Oscar-nominated Sissy Spacek, Carrie changed the face of horror by putting a lens on the most terrifying monsters of all; teenage girls! Also starring Piper Laurie and a young John Travolta, this movie made u…
Open a vein and warm up your voice, we're headed down to the LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS! Directed by Frank Oz and starring Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene, this musical adaption of the 1960 Roger Corman-produced flick has it all; romance, horror, and of course sadomasochistic dentistry. This movie fed all our cinematic hungers when we were seedlings, but…
