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Unkind Rewind

Presented by Munch Casts: A podcast inspecting our filmic nostalgia with hosts Josh Duggan, Sean McGrath, and a special guest each week. Examining whether their favorite movies have stood the test of time, Unkind Rewind revisits (and potentially ruins) the beloved movies of our youth, one guest at a time. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unkind-rewind--6119307/support.

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78:30

Angel Heart with Adam Schwitters of Munch My Benson -...

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/07/26

At the age of 9, a friend's dad traumatized his own son and Munch My Benson's own Adam Schwitters by gleefully letting them watch the darkly sexual and extremely messed up 1987 Mickey Rourke/Lisa Bonet/Robert De Niro gothic horror noir set in 1950s New York and New Orleans, Angel Heart. The first time Josh heard this, he was struck dumb at the notion that such a young child had been allowed to see such an ADULT movie, so when Unkind Rewind was born, there was absolutely no way that they weren't

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49:13

Qs and Tease with Adam Schwitters of Munch My Benson

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/07/18

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 years too young to see. The first time Josh heard this, he guffawed and when this podcast came into being there was absolutely no way that they weren't going to dive into Adam's FORMATIVE experience with

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109:16

The Craft with Tasha Crawford of SVU POD: Especially...

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/07/11

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 to the possibility of ruination The Craft, a formative film she loved as a teen. How would this very 1996 film play in 2024? Would its racism both on and off camera shock? Would the form of feminism it purports to wield play today? Despite having the largest diving team in the country by more than a score of athletes, did it hew close

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64:26

Qs and Tease with Tasha Crawford of SVU POD:...

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/07/04

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 to having a very fun movie from her youth of which we try to establish her memories. If you listen to one Qs and Tease installment of this show, listen to this one.Next week's film is currently

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92:24

Return to Oz with Max Rieper of Royals Review - Main...

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/06/27

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, who contrary to his peers not only loved this film as a child but felt this film was superior to its predecessor The Wizard of Oz because it was more faithful to the L. Frank Baum books. That it was darker and bleaker didn't bother young Max, but how would its vision of the Land of Oz and its new traveling companions for a much younger Dorothy

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53:07

Qs and Tease with Max Rieper of Royals Review

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/06/20

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 didn't bother young Max, and its hewing close to its source material really meant something to him while his classmates just couldn't understand. Next week's main event is available to stream for free in the

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93:34

Hiding Out with Dr. Brian Mann - Main Event

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/06/13

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 to peer deep into the soul of eight-year-old Brian to divine what it was about this tale of a nearly 30-year-old stockbroker on the run from the mob embedding himself in a Delaware High School and doing everything he can to stop himself from bedding a high school girl who he ultimately follows to college. Tip your cap to the '80s? Strap in for a

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61:20

Qs and Tease with Dr. Brian Mann

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/06/06

This week, Josh and Sean dig into the past of modern Middle Eastern history professor, Brian Mann, getting down to brass tacks on an entry in a certain star actor's canon who truly resonated with Brian when he was peaking in life in late elementary school. Brian tells of his childhood adoration of the star of next week's film and hopes upon hope that revisiting this cherished memory doesn't ruin the entirety of his childhood for the sake of content for this podcast. Next week's main event is

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102:41

The Beastmaster with Jeremy Steen - Main Event

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/05/30

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 dietary practices? Does he still feel comfortable being known as a "Beastmaster guy" to anyone who's seen his framed Beastmaster poster? Has his shipment of body oil come in yet? Did this rekindle his love of ferrets so much that he'll be taking that love to a whole new level by bringing one of those cute little critters home to live with him?The

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63:30

Qs and Tease with writer/musician Jeremy Steen

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/05/23

In this latest foray into the Unkind Rewind, we get to know writer and musician Jeremy Steen. Way before he was fronting or playing bass in bands in Austin or having his work published at the Oxford American and various literary journals, Jeremy had a passion for a film which may or may not have influenced his dietary practices and which definitely instilled in him a love of a certain strange domesticated animal--a love we'll have to wait until after next week's episode and see if he'll be taking to

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88:30

The Gate with author Daniel H. Wilson - Main Event

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/05/16

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 Andromeda Evolution) to revisit a staple of his childhood that was surprisingly scary today, The Gate. 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

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47:58

Qs and Tease with author Daniel H. Wilson

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/05/09

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 Robopocalypse and Robogenesis and the Michael Crichton sequel The Andromeda Evolution, Daniel got into some mischief for which we assume the statute of limitations has run out on and is probably safe for broadcast. Tune in for stories revolving around church busing, kids on motorcycles, and hijacking phone lines to call in to the DJ Jazzy Jeff and

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78:06

Cocoon with Peter Johansen - Main Event

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/05/02

After 35 years separated from the cool comfort of the high-water mark of the Geriatric Renaissance, 1985's Ron Howard geezer pleaser Cocoon, how would our special guest Peter Johansen react to being utterly surprised by a solid 60% of the movie? 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? There's

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53:03

Qs and Tease with Peter Johansen

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/04/25

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 and will likely shed at least one more tear when we watch it for next week.Peter can be found socially at: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and ThreadsHis carpentry Instagram account is

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118:17

Firstborn with Chad Byrnes - Main Event

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/04/18

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, cocaine, 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

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21:09

Firstborn - Pre-Interview with Chad Byrnes

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/04/11

We are joined by Chad Byrnes, film reviewer at The Village Voice and LA Weekly and all-around righteous dude, to discuss his personal history with the cautionary family drama that reaches a fairly terrifying fever pitch by the end, Firstborn. Directed by acclaimed documentarian Michael Apted, Firstborn (1984) stars Teri Garr, Christopher Collet, and Corey Haim in a post-divorce setting that is upended by the entrance of mom's new guy, played by Peter Weller. As a child of divorce at the time, this

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94:38

Night of the Creeps - Main Event with Leon Henderson Jr

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/04/04

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 its strong Midwestern showing on the home video rental market? Was he thrilled, as Detective Cameron would have wanted? The answers to these

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65:22

Night of the Creeps - Pre-Interview with Leon...

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/03/28

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 in LA, Leon's shifted largely into locations work on set--you should see his name when the credits roll on Paul Thomas Anderson's untitled and secretive new project. Having provided us with a list of films we could have done a whole season of Unkind Rewind on, we talked with him about the 1986 Fred Dekker genre-mash-up Night of the Creeps, seeing

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83:26

Labyrinth - Main Event with Kay from the F**k My Work...

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/03/21

Having rewatched Labyrinth, we sat back down with Kay from the F**k My Work Life Podcast to see how her fond memories of the film fared upon seeing the film again for the first time in decades. Did David Bowie's junk in tights titillate? Were there plot points that horrified her? Were there elements of the love story that were wildly inappropriate in retrospect? The answers to those and so many other questions lie within this episode.Kay's podcast, F**k My Work Life, can and should be listened to

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23:47

Labyrinth - Pre-Interview with Kay from the F**k My...

Unkind Rewind ·

2024/03/21

In the first installment of the Unkind Rewind, Josh Duggan and Sean McGrath sit down with Kay from the F**k My Work Life Podcast to get to know her and dive into her relationship to the 1986 Jim Henson feature film Labyrinth, which she has not seen since her youth and that stars Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, and a slew of Henson's non-Muppet creations. Check back in to next week's Main Event to see how Labyrinth played to Kay's memories and expectations.Kay's podcast, F**k My Work Life, can and

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