Harriet the Spy (1996)

"You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life."

On February 26, 2025, the world lost an influential performer in Michelle Trachtenberg. An icon in the world of teen movies and TV dramas, she first came into the hearts of many as the titular HARRIET THE SPY. In honor of her life, The Wives Colangelo are discussing one of the best kid's movies (that isn't structured at all like a kid's movie) that only feels like it's gotten more special as years have gone by. The first Nickelodeon film ever was unafraid to tackle difficult topics, difficult children, and the difficulties of growing up. Get your spy kit ready because we've got a lesbian nanny to learn from!

Rest in peace, Michelle. Thank you for everything.

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Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part 1 & 2) w/ Rosie Knight

"You nicknamed my daughter after the loch-ness monster?!"

Sequel month comes to a close with the long-awaited conclusion to This Ends at Prom's coverage on The Twilight Saga. Joining The Wives Colangelo for a double-header episode is journalist and podcaster Rosie Knight, as the trio tackle the wedding, honeymoon, and sickly childbirth of Breaking Dawn Part 1, before diving into the fight-that-isn't-a-real-fight of Avatar: The Last Airbender vampires of Breaking Dawn Part 2. It's been a wild four years of Twilight movies. Imprint on us!

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The Craft: Legacy (2020) w/ Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

"Witchcraft in general is such a charged word. We literally house babies in our stomachs. That's some Ridley Scott shit."

Sequel month is getting witchy as The Wives Colangelo are joined by the incomparable Alexandra Heller-Nicholas to discuss the highly controversial lega-sequel, THE CRAFT: LEGACY. Does this movie deserve all the hate it gets? Could this have been a beloved movie if it wasn't saddled with the name of a sacred IP? Will we ever get a "woke Timmy" spinoff? We're calling the corners and trying to find the answers, will you be our fourth?

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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde (2003)

"Speak up for the home of the brave. Speak up for the land of the free gift with purchase. Speak up, America!."

Sequel month continues as The Wives Colangelo follow Elle Woods to Capitol Hill as she fights for animal rights, becomes the ultimate gay dog ally, realizes just how corrupt the legislative system truly is and ... takes some huge steps back from the character growth shown in the first movie? Also, is Luke Wilson even in this movie or did they just greenscreen him in? The Wives have questions and they're searching for answers with LEGALLY BLONDE 2: RED, WHITE, AND BLONDE!

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Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

"We got a chip on our shoulder and nothing to lose. And we’re not backing down from anyone. Aca Wiedersehen, bitches."

Sequel month is back with a vengeance and The Wives Colangelo are checking in with the Barden Bellas to see what they've been up to, and transport ourselves back to 2015. Are the PITCH PERFECT movies the most Obama-era films ever made? Why doesn't anyone talk about these movies after they made a ton of money? Why aren't we giving Elizabeth Banks blank checks to make whatever she wants from now until the sun burns out? Let's get aca-into it!

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St. Elmo's Fire, 40 Years Later

Kirby: "I always thought we'd be friends forever."

Kevin: "Yeah, well forever got a lot shorter all of a sudden."

Despite popular belief, the Brack Pack wasn't established with a John Hughes movie, but instead in the wake of a film about recent college graduates struggling to adjust to adulthood called ST. ELMO'S FIRE. Over the past 40 years, the film has been declared "one of the worst films ever made," despite a star-studded cast of all-time greats, including Academy Award-nominee, Demi Moore. Does the movie deserve the hate? What does the Brat Pack obsession say about us as a culture? The Wives Colangelo are diving deep into the 1980s to talk about a movie they weren't alive to see during its debut, and trying to make sense of how this movie and those who made it would change pop culture forever.

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I Don't Think One 1985 Brat Pack Movie Deserves The Unfair Hate It Gets: https://screenrant.com/st-elmos-fire-criticism-reviews-negative-wrong/

St. Elmo’s Fire Might Be the Worst Movie Ever: https://consequence.net/2015/06/worst-movie-ever-st-elmos-fire/

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The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) w/ Nina Starner

"Goodbye Lizzie McGuire, hello fabulous."

Hey now, hey now! This is what dreams are made of! This week The Wives Colangelo are joined by freelance writer and Lizzie McGuire superfan Nina Starner to talk about THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE! Discussions include European fantasies, the world's most anticlimactic kiss, the comedic genius of Alex Borstein, Taylor Dayne covers of RuPaul, and the fan theory that might make you believe Paolo did nothing wrong. Sing into your hairbrush and avoid your pesky little brother, we're going to the VMA--err, International Music Video Awards!

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[The Lizzie McGuire Movie] Fan Theory: Paolo never lied to Lizzie. Isabella was the true lip-syncing villain: https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/njd6cp/the_lizzie_mcguire_movie_fan_theory_paolo_never/

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Beastly (2011)

"Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it’s good."

Love is in the air and there's nothing more romantic than a Beauty and the Beast teen movie interpretation where a heartthrob boy gets turned into a bald and tattooed baddie to learn how to stop being such a jerkwad. That's right, The Wives Colangelo are embracing their inner Vanessa Hudgens, eating a box of jujyfruits, wearing smokey eye makeup with a flesh-toned lip, and talking about the most romantic subject of all ... body dysphoria and the politics of beauty!

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Becky (2020) & The Wrath of Becky (2023)

"There was a little girl, who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very good. But when she was bad, she was horrid."

Let's cut to the chase: everything sucks and we're filled with rage about the world, the government, and the people in charge, so let's watch a teenage girl take down fascists with her bare hands because catharsis and spite will help us get through it all. The Wives Colangelo left their blood, sweat, and tears in this episode, and they hope you'll do the same when you're fighting the good fight in your own communities.

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The Baby-Sitter's Club (1995)

"You know, we're more than just a club. We're friends. Best friends. Nothing could ever change that."

THE BABY-SITTER'S CLUB movie turns 30 years old this year, so The Wives Colangelo are installing a landline, hiding candy in books, giving back to the community, and being there for their best friend when her deadbeat dad blows her off on her birthday. Based on the best-selling and beloved book series of the same name, THE BABY-SITTER'S CLUB is a sleepover staple with great lessons for tween girls (save for Stacey's way older first-kiss), but does it hold up without nostalgia? Let's dive in and find out!

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An Oral History of The Baby-Sitter's Club Movie: https://www.vulture.com/article/an-oral-history-of-the-baby-sitters-club-movie.html

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Honor Society (2022)

"Men don't have to choose between love and power."

Contemporary teen movies thrive on streaming platforms, so this week The Wives Colangelo are talking about one of the best in recent memory, the Paramount+ film HONOR SOCIETY. Starring MEAN GIRLS: The Musical star Angourie Rice and STRANGER THINGS' Gaten Matarazzo, it's time to talk about the lengths teen girls will go to in an attempt to escape their hometowns, the granddaughters of ELECTION's Tracy Flick, making friends outside of your usual social group, and why being a cute nerd doesn't mean you're a good person.

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Sucker Punch (2011)

"For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know."

Can good intentions and stunning imagery be enough to overcome a lackluster script? Well, this week The Wives Colangelo are trying their damndest to find the silver lining in Zack Snyder's SUCKER PUNCH. Together your hosts fight through misery to champion the aesthetics, acting, and costumes, and try to dig up the empowerment fantasy in an anti-empowerment movie. Is there anything in SUCKER PUNCH actually for women, or is this another instance of a film that's about us without us? It's about to get controversial in here, y'all!

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Articles Referenced

Revisiting Sucker Punch: https://film-cred.com/revisiting-sucker-punch-zack-snyder/

Interview with Zack Snyder: https://filmschoolrejects.com/interview-zack-snyder-on-the-sexuality-and-fanboy-hate-of-sucker-punch-36287c94c6b0/?amp=1

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I, Tonya (2017)

"There's no such thing as truth. It's bullsh*t. Everyone has their own truth, and life just does whatever the f*ck it want."

To discuss the story of Tonya Harding is to discuss the ‘90s news cycle, “white trash America,” misogyny, and the vilification of girls living in poverty. This week The Wives Colangelo are talking about the Oscar-winning biopic, I, TONYA. This is a pretty charged conversation about the perceptions and assumptions society projects onto someone when the media needs a villain, and what happens when a person's reputation outlasts their humanity.

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Making an Ice Queen (by Sarah Marshall!): https://thebaffler.com/latest/i-tonya-marshall

In Defense of Tonya Harding: https://www.damemagazine.com/2018/01/19/i-know-what-its-like-to-be-tonya-harding/

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Times Square (1980)

"I ain't got much time. I don't expect to live past 21. That's why I got to jam it all in now, you know?"

The Wives Colangelo are kicking off a brand new year by going back to 1980 to hang out with two best friends who are definitely in love and ready to take over TIMES SQUARE. The Wives discuss the brilliance of Robin Johnson, old-school teenage rebellion, edy teen films that are actually edgy, and the ways punk rock behavior hasn't exactly aged well. If Allan Moyle is in the director's chair, you know it's going to be a good one!

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Totally Killer (2023) w/ Nay Bever!

"God, the '80s are wild."

The Wives Colangelo are closing out the year by going back in time to the 1980s, fighting a slasher, and laughing their faces off with Today in Gay's Nay Bever! Topics on this week's episode include the true crime podcast industrial complex, the way preemptive statements are ruining us all, and how much worse all of our mommy issues would be if we went back in time and found out our moms were actually bullies.

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Happiest Season (2020)

"I am not hiding you! I am hiding me! Okay?"

It's the holiday season and The Wives Colangelo are diving headfirst into the discourse surrounding the lesbian rom-com that people have Very Strong Feelings about, Clea DuVall's 2020 feature, HAPPIEST SEASON. BJ compares Harper's family to the Von Erichs of THE IRON CLAW, Harmony talks about why she's not much of a Christmas girlie, and together they try to bring some much-needed balance to the polarizing discourse plaguing this movie every year.

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Elle: Clea DuVall and Mary Holland talk 'Happiest Season' (https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a34877833/happiest-season-clea-duvall-mary-holland-interview/ )

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Garden State (20th Anniversary)

"That's life. If nothing else, it's life. It's real, and sometimes it f*ckin' hurts, but it's sort of all we have."

20 years ago, Zach Braff made his feature directorial debut with a little indie film that won over the hearts of critics and audiences and changed the way female protagonists would be showcased in quarter-life crisis films forever. Despite the love shown to the film upon release, the years have not been kind to GARDEN STATE, and The Wives Colangelo are going to get to the bottom of why the tides have turned against it. Not to be dramatic, but put on your headphones because this episode will change your life.

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It’s the Ten-Year Anniversary of Realizing ‘Garden State’ Sucked (https://www.vice.com/en/article/its-the-ten-year-anniversary-of-realizing-garden-state-sucked/ )

Interview with Zach Braff, The AV Club (https://www.avclub.com/zach-braff-a-good-person-garden-state-legacy-1850249613 )

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Dinner in America (2020)

"Do you think I'm weird?"

Four years ago, the hosts of this podcast fell in love with a movie called DINNER IN AMERICA, and the underground sensation has finally gotten the attention it has always deserved. In honor of this cult hit's evolution into an indie phenomenon, The Wives Colangelo are finally talking about their favorite movie (as a couple), waxing poetic about being Midwest trash, praising Kyle Gallner and Emily Skeggs' phenomenal performances, and maybe crying a little bit about how this movie changed their lives.

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Cinderella (2015) w/ Fifi Dosch

"I have to tell you a secret that will see you through all the trials that life can offer. Have courage and be kind."

It's the fourth Cinderella story covered on This Ends at Prom, and the one with the most heart. The Wives Colangelo are joined by comedian Fifi Dosch to talk about why CINDERELLA (2015) is an essential watch during times of turmoil, explore the film's unintentional neurodivergent and trans themes, gush about a Prince worthy of our Ella, and praise the power of sentimental cinema.

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The Wizard of Oz (85th Anniversary)

"If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?"

With the premiere of WICKED just days away, The Wives Colangelo are going back 85 years to discuss arguably the most-watched film in history, and one that happens to also be a teen girl movie — The Wizard of Oz. A film that has been analyzed for decades, This Ends at Prom is focusing on Dorothy's journey into a technicolor world of escapism, recognizing the parallels between Dorothy Gale and Judy Garland's bleak coming-of-age experiences, and losing it over the Scarecrow's weapon of choice. Surrender Dorothy! We're off to see the wizard!

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