Unkind Rewind

18/07/2024

Wait, who's this week's guest? Yup, it's Adam Schwitters. And he REALLY saw a movie he shouldn't have seen at the age of 8.

After Sean and Josh prepare you for the coming weeks without the podcast in the penultimate episode of Season 1, they welcome occasional Unkind Rewind co-host and full-time Munch My Benson co-host Adam Schwitters to the podcast. When Adam was a wee lad of 8, he saw a film that he was roughly ten yea...

11/07/2024

GET A BRAND NEW DOSE!
Had a blast with Tasha from SVU POD Elite Squad, jumping into the cauldron and talking The Craft. How '90s was it? VERY. In plenty of ways both good and bad. Come marvel at the snake budget and the S***t of it all! Watch on our YouTube Channel or listen wherever you catch your podcasts.

Tasha Crawford--half of the inimitable hosting duo of the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit podcast SVU POD: Especially Heinous--joins us this week to expose...

04/07/2024

Oh man, this week we welcomed Tasha Crawford of SVU POD Elite Squad to the podcast to discuss a film from her youth that she hasn't seen in ages, seeing what she remembers about a '90s classic while regaling us with tales from her raucous youth. Wild ep here.

After Sean and Josh talk about white stuff, namely Sox and buffaloes, the gents of Unkind Rewind are graced by the presence of Tasha Crawford, one of the inimitable hosts of the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit podcast SVU POD: Especially Heinous. Tasha has some all-time great stories in addition t...

27/06/2024

Young Max Rieper of Royals Review felt Return to Oz was superior to its predecessor The Wizard of Oz. How would its bleaker vision of the Land of Oz and a much younger Dorothy (a 10-year-old Fairuza Balk) play to a grown-up Max who'd not seen it in more than 35 years?

Listen wherever you get your podcasts or check out our newest Main Event episode on the Unkind Rewind YouTube Channel.

27/06/2024

Young Max Rieper of Royals Review felt Return to Oz was superior to its predecessor The Wizard of Oz. How would its bleaker vision of the Land of Oz and a much younger Dorothy (a 10-year-old Fairuza Balk) play to a grown-up Max who'd not seen it in more than 35 years?

Having rewatched the nightmare fuel that is 1985's Return to Oz, we sat back down with our special guest, Max Rieper, the managing editor for Royals Review, ...

20/06/2024

After Sean tells of a truly insane moviegoing experience,
Josh sits down with Max Rieper of Royals Review to talk about what he can remember of his past with a little piece of nightmare fuel from the '80s that he hasn't seen since that decade.

After Sean tells of a harrowing trip to the cinema, we sit down with our very special guest for this week and next, Max Rieper, the managing editor for Royals Review, to take a trip down memory lane and discuss his childhood standing on an island loving this next film. That it was nightmare fuel did...

14/06/2024

Super funny one this week, as we watched the Jon Cryer star-vehicle Hiding Out with special guest, Brian Mann. What about this tale of a 29-year-old stockbroker *ahem* hiding out in a Delaware high school while on the run from a mob hit squad--grooming a high school girl while there--resonated with 8-year-old Brian?

Also, what did the Jon Cryer say to Josh when told he'd just seen this about 15 years ago?

Watch on our YouTube Channel or listen wherever you get your podcasts to find out.

13/06/2024

NEW ONE!

We watched the Jon Cryer star-vehicle Hiding Out with special guest, Brian Mann. What about this tale of a 29-year-old stockbroker *ahem* hiding out in a Delaware high school while on the run from a mob hit squad--grooming a high school girl in the process while there--resonated with 8-year-old Brian?

Also, what did the Jon Cryer say to Josh when told he'd just seen this?

Having rewatched the 1987 Jon Cryer star vehicle Hiding Out, we sit back down with our special guest, professor of modern Middle Eastern history Brian Mann t...

06/06/2024

Hot on the heels of our Beastmaster Main Event last week, Sean and Josh sat down this week to wrap up that discussion before welcoming modern Middle Eastern history professor Brian Mann to the pod to unpack his childhood predilection toward movies featuring the star of next week's film, which you will discover when listening to this week's Qs and Tease episode. Super fun talk with a guy who totally didn't peak when he was watching this movie, despite his assertion to the contrary.

You can also watch the episode on our YouTube Channel. Link in comments.

‎Show Unkind Rewind, Ep Qs and Tease with Dr. Brian Mann - Jun 6, 2024

31/05/2024

🚨NEW ONE🚨

We traveled back to an old ferret-forward favorite of writer/musician Jeremy Steen, watching THE BEASTMASTER for this week's episode. One of Jeremy's favorite movies when he was 8, it'd been three decades since he'd last seen it, despite having a framed poster of the film hanging in his house. Would Dar's courting techniques set off his creepDar? Were ferrets still as cool as they were to young J-Bone? How would the first tiger performing in blackface play to 2024 Jeremy? Did Jeremy go straight out into his backyard and start swinging branches around to play Beastmaster?

The answer to these and so many more questions are contained within this week's wildly fun episode of the Unkind Rewind, available on all podcast platforms and on our YouTube Channel.

This week we jumped on The Beastmaster train with writer and musician Jeremy Steen and got a helluva ride. Did Jeremy's passion for this film influence his d...

24/05/2024

NEW TEASER EP IS OUT!

Talked with writer, musician, and righteous but social media averse (mostly) Jeremy Steen this week about his wasted time on set of Terrence Malick's Song to Song, the possible origins of his aversion to eating meat, having "bad" band names, and whether or not he "played [next week's film]" with his best friend.

Tons of fun in this one, which may or may not be brought to you by Big Ferret.

‎Show Unkind Rewind, Ep Qs and Tease with writer/musician Jeremy Steen - May 23, 2024

16/05/2024

In this Main Event, we get back together with best-selling sci-fi author Daniel H. Wilson (Robopocalypse, Robogenesis, and the Michael Crichton sequel The Andromeda Evolution) to revisit a staple of his childhood that was surprisingly scary today, . Starring a very young Stephen Dorff, along with an eventual Satanist, Kenny Powers's SIL, and an actress creepily sexualized, this entry in the horror-targeted-at-tweens subgenre had some serious special effects bonafides despite one's assumptions given its era. It also left Daniel impressed that he was able to withstand its scares as a child, which is all the more surprising when hearing that it was supposed to be MUCH harsher than the finished product ended up being.

You can watch The Gate on Prime, Plex, Tubi, and the Roku Channel. There's also a brand new Vestron Video Steelbook Blu-Ray release available at Wal-Mart if you're a big fan.

So watch The Gate and then check out how Daniel felt upon jumping back into the hellmouth after all these years either on YouTube (linked) or wherever you get your podcasts.

In this Main Event, we get back together with best-selling sci-fi author Daniel H. Wilson (Robopocalypse and Robogenesis and the Michael Crichton sequel The ...

09/05/2024

NEW ONE

This week, we sit down with Daniel H. Wilson--roboticist and best-selling author of Robopocalypse, Robogenesis, The Andromeda Evolution, and the upcoming Doubleday release, Heliopause--to discuss a rambunctious youth filled with riding motorcycles, hijacked phone lines, and other colorful stories that we presume can no longer be held against him thanks to statutes of limitations. Really fun talk in advance of next week's movie, which you can find out if you listen (and is available on Prime, Tubi, The Roku Channel, and Plex).

In this lively installment of the Unkind Rewind, we get to know roboticist, author, and TV host Daniel H. Wilson. Before he wrote best-selling novels like Robop

02/05/2024

NEW MAIN EVENT IS UP!

We revisited the high-water mark of the Geriatric Renaissance, Cocoon, with long-time friend and former improv/stand-up Peter Johansen.

How would being the exact age of one of the "septuagenarians" in the film play to him? Would the extreme horniness of this film about the Greatest Generation, the aliens who inhabited Atlantis, and a down-on-his-luck fisherman catch him off guard?

You can also watch on our YouTube Channel!

‎Show Unkind Rewind, Ep Cocoon with Peter Johansen - Main Event - May 2, 2024

25/04/2024

Sit right back and get to know our next guest, jack of all trades Peter Johansen, as he laughs about being defined by something new, reminisces about kicking other kids out of "his seat" at the local movie theater, and surmises that he surely cried when he saw our next selection--a key entrant into the '80s Geriatric Renaissance-- and will likely shed at least one more tear when we watch it for next week.

You can watch on our YouTube channel or listen anywhere podcasts are available.

‎Show Unkind Rewind, Ep Qs and Tease with Peter Johansen - Apr 25, 2024

19/04/2024

We sat down with LA Weekly/Village Voice film reviewer Chad Byrnes () and dove into the borderline traumatic childhood viewing experience that was seeing Firstborn—a cautionary tale about letting pinball, co***ne, Coleman grills (and Big Charcoal, by proxy), and Peter Weller into your single-parent home—in the movie theater with his divorcée mother. We also celebrate the creative forces that were Peter Weller, Michael Apted, Teri Garr, and Corey Haim, while wondering what happened to Christopher Collet, all of whom were great in this 1984 heightened family trauma drama. Come for the discussion of seeing a movie with your mom that traumatized you both, stay for tons of talk praising Corey Haim, speculation that RoboCop derailed Peter Weller’s acting career, and the offer of unequivocal proof that Sam was lying about his baseball-playing past.

Listen anywhere podcasts are found or watch on our YouTube channel.

18/04/2024

After we revisited a seminal moviegoing event of his youth last week, we sat down with Chad Byrnes, film critic at The Village Voice/LA Weekly, and dove into the borderline traumatic childhood viewing experience that was seeing Firstborn--a cautionary tale about letting pinball machines, co***ne, Coleman grills (and Big Charcoal, by proxy), and Peter Weller into your single-parent home--in the movie theater with his divorcée mother. We also celebrate the creative forces that were Peter Weller, Michael Apted, Teri Garr, and Corey Haim, while wondering what happened to Christopher Collet, all of whom were great in this 1984 heightened family trauma drama.

Come for the discussion of seeing a movie with your mom that traumatized you both, stay for tons of talk praising Corey Haim, speculation that RoboCop derailed Peter Weller's acting career, and the offer of unequivocal proof that Sam was lying about his baseball-playing past.

So hop on your dirt bike and come for a pouty ride wherever you get your podcast on.

We sat down with LA Weekly/Village Voice film reviewer Chad Byrnes and dove into the borderline traumatic childhood viewing experience that was seeing Firstb...

11/04/2024

This week we were joined by Village Voice and LA Weekly film reviewer Chad Byrnes for a pre-interview discussing what he remembers of his formative filmgoing experience involving the 1984 Michael Apted thriller/family drama Firstborn, which stars Peter Weller, Teri Garr, Christopher Collet, Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert Downey Jr, and Corey Haim in his film debut.

Firstborn just made its way to Netflix, so by all means watch in advance of next week's Main Event.

‎Show Unkind Rewind, Ep Firstborn - Pre-Interview with Chad Byrnes - Apr 11, 2024

06/04/2024

What did our guest make of his return to the 1986 genre mashup Night of the Creeps? Would the countless influences worn on its sleeve wear out their welcome? Did he wish he could have a roommate as generous and giving as J.C., who was surely given those initials for his Christ-like self-sacrifice? Was Leon’s household solely responsible for its strong Midwestern showing on the home video rental market? Was he thrilled, as Detective Cameron would have wanted?

The answers to these questions can only be found within the confines of the most recent installment of the Unkind Rewind, available on all podcatchers and the Unkind Rewind YouTube Channel.

05/04/2024

What would our guest Leon Henderson Jr make of his return to the 1986 genre mashup Night of the Creeps? Would the countless influences worn on its sleeve wear out their welcome? Did he wish he could have a roommate as generous and giving as J.C., who was surely given those initials for his Christ-like self-sacrifice? Was Leon's household solely responsible for a strong Midwestern showing on the home video rental market? Was he thrilled, as Detective Cameron would have wanted?

So watch Night of the Creeps (you can find it on archive.org) and then listen to Leon get blasted from the past.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unkind-rewind/id1736422754?i=1000651394976

‎Show Unkind Rewind, Ep Night of the Creeps - Main Event with Leon Henderson Jr - Apr 4, 2024

28/03/2024

After letting the audience get to know Sean a little better, Josh sat down with Leon Henderson to introduce him to the audience and ask him about his childhood spent watching the 1986 genre mashup Night of the Creeps.

After getting to know co-host Sean McGrath a little better, Josh sits down with this week's guest Leon Henderson Jr. Dipping in and out of the comedy scene i...

22/03/2024

Yes, we kicked the new podcast off with a classic, the Jim Henson joint Labyrinth, starring David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie’s bulge, and a bevy of creatures from Jim Henson’s workshop. Kay from was kind enough to expose her childhood to potential ruination by revisiting for the first time in decades.

How did it hold up? Are we on the hook for some therapy bills? Check out the first two episodes of to find out—available on the Unkind Rewind YouTube Channel and wherever you listen to podcasts!

22/03/2024

Well, it’s finally here. The first pair of episodes of Unkind Rewind are available wherever you listen to podcasts or on the Unkind Rewind YouTube Channel. Our inaugural guest is Kay from , who was fantastic. Dive into her childhood and explored what Labyrinth meant to her as a child in our Pre-Interview, and then in our Main Event, we check back in with Kay after she’s watched the film for the the first time since her youth. It’s a ton of fun, and we’re so excited for you to check them out.

15/03/2024

The Trailer for the new pod is live.
Check it out. Subscribe. Rate and review the podcast on Apple/Spotify/wherever. The earlier, the better.
Kay from FMWLPod is our first guest. You're gonna love it.

Welcome to the Unkind Rewind, where we revisit and possibly ruin the movies of your youth, one guest at a time.  In the first week, we'll sit down with our guest and get to know them while diving into their relationship to a film. The next week, we get back together after having watched said film, ...