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Travolting

Jeff Sweeney & Stuart Elmore

A weekly investigation into the strange filmographies of cinemas most fascinating careers.

tv & film film history

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50:24

Boys

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2024/03/20

This movie sucks. Don't watch it. But please listen to this episode where more than half of what is discussed is how Dune 2 is one of the best blockbusters of the post-Marvel/superhero era.

140:14

How to make an American Quilt

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2024/03/13

How to make an American Quilt, is not an instructional video on how to make a quilt, but rather, how to stitch and patch the turmoils of young and old love.

110:40

Little Women

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2024/03/06

There's not a lot of women, just a little women.

96:13

Reality Bites

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2024/02/28

Set in the grunge 90's, Winona Ryder and her roommates try to make sense of life after college. This coming of age story is a time capsule for the trials and tribulations of young adults in the mid 90's. Directorial Debut for a theatrical feature film for Ben Stiller, who is also in this movie.

104:13

The House of the Spirits

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2024/02/21

If a movie began showcasing a young girl living in Chile performing supernatural abilities such as telekinesis and clairvoyance, you would think that's what the movie would be about right? Wrong. If that said movie than began hinting at a possibility of a lesbian love affair between a young Meryl Streep and her sister-in-law Glenn Close, you'd think "okay that must be what this movie is about, right?" WRONG! IF YOU THINK THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT HOW A FILM CAN CAST ALL WHITE ACTORS AS CHILEANS AND THE

141:49

The Age of Innocence

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2024/02/14

After acting in a victorian age period piece where she's caught in a love triangle, Winona Ryder goes on to perform in a guilded age period piece where she is also caught in a love triangle. Winona's collaboration with Scorsese in The Age of Innocence gets her a Best Supporting Actress nomination and proves even more so the talent and skill this young actress is capable of.

146:07

Bram Stoker's Dracula

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2024/02/07

The first movie into a different era for Winona Ryder also takes to a different era in the world of cinema. Grouped with acting giants like Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins and Keanu "John Wick" Reeves himself; Ryder strides in this 1992 gothic horror/love story between a victorian bride and Count Dracula.

24:35

The "It Girl" Era (Recap Episode)

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2024/01/31

From Lucas to Night On Earth, Winona Ryder blew our socks off right away. Like many actors early in their career, Winona quickly finds her stride and her confidence in her performing abilities and with each proceeding film she works on, her abilities grow even stronger. HOWEVER... unlike many actors, young and old, she is able to take a chance on the next phase of her career and take her skills into a different direction that could've proved fatal but instead proved rewarding. The boys look back on

107:54

Night on Earth

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2024/01/24

A story told in five individual vignettes, all taking place in one night in different taxi cabs across the world. This movie explores those moments where a short encounter with a stranger showcases the various passive lives people do in their day to day. Sound boring? Well watch it at 2 o'clock in the morning and you'll think otherwise.

107:38

Mermaids

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2024/01/17

Heads up gang, if you think you are about to hit play on this episode and listen to a discussion about a movie with mermaids in it... this is not going to be the episode for you. Instead, Jeff, Stuart and special guest Charlie Schumann dive deep into a movie about a mother and a daughter reconciling their differences and figuring out what growing up and being a parent is really all about. CHER!

133:57

Edward Scissorhands

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2024/01/10

There was Wolverine, then Freddy Krueger, but in this movie, the man with the claws is a gentle soul who likes trimming hedges and giving hair cuts! Winona plays her most opposite role she's done so far with the blondest wig you've ever seen.

39:27

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

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2024/01/03

When a small midwest town is gearing up for a reunion with their native famous celebrity; Winona Ryder's "Dinky", an outsider social recluse, contemplates if she may be the daughter of the famous Roxy Carmichael. This movie "almost" hit many points for us, but sadly lacks any conviction in its themes.

50:28

Great Balls of Fire!

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2023/12/27

We've seen movies like Elvis, Judy, Whiplash, Amadeus, and many others that explores an iconic artist who went through troubled times but left a legacy that will stand the test of time. This movie would like to be in that club, however what you will find is an exploration of a deplorable man who thought coercing and marrying his 13-year-old first cousin was a perfectly fine thing to do; but hey he wrote some pretty great songs, am I right!?

53:57

A Very Travolting Christmas 3: Holiday Night Fever...

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2023/12/20

This may be our sweatiest christmas episode yet...

113:27

Heathers

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2023/12/13

They said this movie would kill her career before it ever began. They said this movie was tasteless, controversial and extreme; but as Christian Slater as J.D. says in the 1988 cult classic 'Heathers', "The extreme always seems to make an impression." Join Jeff, Stuart and Rebecca Sweeney as they divulge into the nuanced and intricate take on high school culture and we ask those nay-sayers of the film: "What is your damage, Heather?"

78:58

1969

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2023/12/06

The moon landing, woodstock, vietnam; these are all major events happening in the year 1969, all shown as a backdrop to two college students dodging the draft and contemplating the path of their lives. In this movie we see Winona Ryder, Kiefer Sutherland, and Robert Downey Jr; all develop their own ideas and opinions on the state of the nation fighting in an unjust war.

95:12

Beetlejuice

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2023/11/29

Don't say it three times! After two small roles and project, Winona takes the world by force as Lydia, the strange and peculiar girl who can see dead people in Tim Burton's 1988 cult classic, Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice not only brought us Winona, but it also paved way for Michael Keaton and many other amazing artists. Join the boys and special guest Scott Hoelzer as they dive deep into the unfathomable mythos of Tim Burton's undead world in the 1988 masterpiece: Beetlejuice.Wait... oh no...

83:58

Square Dance

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2023/11/22

13-year-old Winona Ryder plays Gemma, an awkward small town religious girl who wants to move away from her small minded community and angry grandfather to go live with her mother in the big city, Fort Worth Texas. Much like Travolta in Urban Cowboy, Winona soon finds that the cultural shift will rock her world.

83:37

Lucas

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2023/11/15

Winona Wednesdays begins with Ryder's very first role in a motion picture, Lucas; a film starring Carey Haim, Kerri Green and the unproblematic Charlie Sheen. An 80's film that promotes healthy platonic relationships as opposed to forced and uncomfortable romances. Wait a minute...

45:16

The Auteurist Return Era & Beyond (Recap Episode)

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2023/11/10

Two seasons down, only 58 more to go. Jeff and Stuart cap off the seasons end with a final retrospective on Brendan Fraser starting from where he's been, what he's doing, and where we think he'll go (or should go) from here.

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