Kate Hudson and Joe Two of our #TwilightForever series are here to discuss the first ever "vision" (Twilight adjacent) film we will be covering; Abduction. This 2011 movie was supposed to be the bridge between Twilight and Taylor Lautner's second act as an action film star. While the film did not hit home with critics, the true intended audience might have been Joe Two himself. Directed by John Singleton (2 fast 2 furious) and set in his hometown of Pittsburgh; this probably is the most Joe Two ...
Jun 14, 2021•2 hr 24 min
For the fifth time in three years we are back on the dance floor for Prom Night. We asked Mike Manzi once again to escort us through another installment of the horror series and he said yes! Tonight we chat 2008's Prom Night reboot to be exact. Mike and Brian can't decide if this is just a prom video staring Brittany Snow or a police crime thriller starring Idris Elba but both agree the tone is definitely in line with other turn of the century horror film remakes. Also; Brian talks In the Height...
Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 33 min
Get ready to head back to East Falls High slumberers as co-hosts Aislinn Addington and Brian Rodriguez talk the 5th film in the American Pie spin off series (and 9th overall in the franchise) American Pie Presents: Girls Rules. The film has a Stiffler and plenty of pie jokes but what sets this film apart from the franchise is that this time the ladies are in charge! Will the gender swapping premise make American Pie Girls Rules a surprise favorite of Aislinn and Brian? If you can guess the answe...
Jun 07, 2021•2 hr 2 min
We're celebrating the end of our first Two Coreys series (or COREYthians:1 as we've coined it) by talking about a film that stars neither Corey Feldman nor Corey Haim. We're chatting up Lifetime's A Tale of Two Coreys! Even though he's not in the movie, Corey Feldman helps produce this made for TV biopic on the teenage lives of the Haimster and Feldog. Lifetime expert Joe Two joins us as well as our Corey co-pilot Mike Manzi!
Jun 04, 2021•2 hr 4 min
Hey you guys! Our Two Coreys series continues with an ICONIC Corey Feldman movie of the 1980's; The Goonies. Produced by Steven Spielberg (and Kathleen Kennedy!), written by Chris Columbus and directed by Richard Donner, The Goonies is a huge part of a lot of peoples childhoods including our resident Corey expert Mike Manzi. Our other guest at the slumber party however has zero attachment to Mikey (Sean Astin), Brand (Josh Brolin), Mouth, Chunk or Data as Jordan Polan-Clarke has never seen The G...
Jun 01, 2021•2 hr 37 min
It might be Friday the 28th but on High School Slumber Party it's Friday the 13th as we're chatting Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. If you're a fan of the Two Coreys, don't worry; this film stars a young Corey Feldman. The official slumber party Corey consultant Mike Manzi is back and he's brought along his horror consultant and The Monsters that Made Us co-host Dan Colon to break down all the kills, scares and lore that make Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter one of he best in the series.
May 28, 2021•1 hr 57 min
Grab your Rollerblades for this slumber party and be prepared to fight fascism as Mike Manzi is here to chat about our next film in our Two Coreys series; Prayer of the Rollerboys. Corey Haim is skating solo today but he's not alone. Fighting along side Corey and against the inline skating band of neo-Nazi's is none other than Patricia Arquette. This movie is way more relevant today than it should be! Also; High School Movie News returns.
May 24, 2021•1 hr 53 min
The name is Haim, Corey Haim...and he's staring in the teenage spy thriller (?) The Double O Kid. Austin Wolf-Sothern has joined Mike Manzi and Brian on their daunting Two Corey's mission to cover this straight to VHS early 90's treasure. Despite itss love budget feel, The Double O kid also stars a collection of high budget actors such as Brigitte Nielsen, Wallace Shawn, Nicole Eggert and John Rhys-Davies!
May 21, 2021•1 hr 37 min
If you want a ride on this weeks High School Slumber Party you're going to have to hop in the back seat (or maybe even the trunk!?!) as Mike Manzi is in shotgun and we're saving room for both Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. That's right, we're talking License to Drive! Despite some negative critical feedback, both Brian and Mike think this movie would pass its driving test with flying colors. James Avery, Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Heather Graham also star!
May 17, 2021•2 hr 15 min
The Two Coreys are back on High School Slumber Party...well at least one of them is. Is there anything really like young love? Corey Haim stars as Lucas; a bright 14 year old bug collector with a crush on the new girl in town played by Kerri Green. Though his young love is unrequited; the film Lucas ushered in America's love with Corey Haim. Mike Manzi steps into the sleeping bag once again to talk Charlie Sheen, Ash Catchem, slow claps, high school football, Jeremey Piven and everything else th...
May 14, 2021•2 hr 4 min
Happy Birthday High School Slumber Party! In honor of the 3rd anniversary of the podcast, Brian Rodriguez provides audio commentary on Sixteen Candles. Listen for facts about John Hughes, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald (of course) or listen because you enjoy someone talking over your movie. Queue up the 80s teen classic and watch along with Brian!
May 12, 2021•1 hr 46 min
The Black Teen Experience goes back in the day to talk all about The Wood. Co-host Kirkland Shephard shares with Brian one of his favorite coming of age films staring Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones and Taye Diggs. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa (who would later go on to direct Dope), The Wood tells the story of three young men growing up in Inglewood, California through a set of ill timed wedding day flashbacks. Kirk educates Brian on all things LisaRaye, what Young Slim is up to these days and everythi...
May 10, 2021•2 hr 20 min
What's better than one Corey? Two Coreys of course! Our Two Coreys (Corey Feldman and Corey Haim) series starts with Dream a Little Dream and it's not overstatement to say that our co-host of the Corey lap Mike Manzi has been dreaming of this moment for a long time. Also staring Meredith Salenger, Jason Robards, Piper Laurie and Harry Dean Stanton; Dream a Little Dream is peak Corey and the perfect place to start when deep diving into the careers of these two ICONIC teen idols.
May 07, 2021•2 hr 42 min
Co-Professors Aislinn Addington and Brian Rodriguez are back to chat about one of the most visceral (and best) films of 2020; Never Rarely Sometimes Always. High School Slumber Party AP was started to shine a light on great but overlooked contemporary projects just like this one. Director Eliza Hittman and lead actors Sidney Flanigan and Talia Ryder are among the mostly woman production who put together this realistic yet heartbreaking tale of friendship and the hardships of a teenage abortion. ...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 48 min
We finally did it slumberers! Restless marks the end of our Gus Van Sant journey and the wonderful Shawnee Mead has joined us to chat all about it. This one surprised the both of us! Young love? Sure. Death? Why not? The ghost of a kamikaze pilot? Count us in...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 23 min
Brian and Kate Hudson welcome Joe Two back to the #TwlightForever slumber party to chat all about Twlight: New Moon in an episode that's sure cause a frenzy for both Twihards and Twihaters. Find out what Joe made Kate buy on e-bay, what everyone thinks of the Parks and Recreation Twilight Episode, if anyone is really #teamJacob and which characters have counterparts in the Fast and Furious universe among the usual chaos and insanity that ensues when we talk these Stephanie Meyer adaptations.
Apr 26, 2021•2 hr 2 min
When Brian and Cousin Pumkin got together for this episode, they quickly realized that there was only one week out of the year it should be released; the week of 4/20. On the surface, Mac and Devin go to High School is a stoner comedy functioning as an extended music video for Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg's hip hop album of the same name and don't worry, that's pretty much what it is. So what? That's what it's supposed to be; living young, and wild and free.
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 35 min
For the 200th episode of High School Slumber Party; Brian Rodriguez keeps it simple and invites the Foodie Films man himself Kyle Reinfried to turn the microphone around and interview him for a look behind the curtain at the person who host the slumber party every week.
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 8 min
After covering some of the more well known works of Gus Van Sant, Brian invites returning guest Austin Wolf-Sothern to the Slumber Party to talk about a lesser known film in his catalog; Paranoid Park. Continuing his trend of using amateur actors; Van Sant tells the story of a young skateboarder whose life is turned upside down after an accidental death.
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 22 min
The Black Teen Experience returns to High School Slumber Party with co-host Kirkland Shephard to discuss one of the most ICONIC teen films of all time; House Party. Kirk and Brian talk all things Kid N' Play, cool hair, Martin Lawrence and dance parties. Also, listen for Brian and Kirk's reaction to an early 20/20 feature on the origins of hip hop! Look out for future episodes of High School Slumber Party B.T.E on the second Tuesday of every month.
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 56 min
For the next film in our Gus Van Sant series returning guest Danny Kim is here to chat Elephant. The movie's tagline says it all; "An ordinary high school day. Except that it's not." In Elephant, Gus Van Sant made the bold and controversial choice to depict a high school day in its rawest form; even when that day ends in a tragic school shooting. Influenced by the Columbine Massacre this film (and this episode) are not for the faint of heart.
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 42 min
It’s the first ever episode of High School Slumber Party AP and hosts Aislinn Addington and Brian Rodriguez start their project of shedding light on contemporary teen films by breaking down The Map of Tiny Perfect Things. This Amazon Studios film starring Kathryn Newton and Kyle Allen might just be the cute smart funny Sci-Fi romance 2021 needs. Think Groundhogs Day or Edge of Tomorrow but you know…with teens.
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 36 min
"You're the man now, dawg!" Mike Manzi returns to the slumber party to chat up the second Gus Van Sant film in our series; Finding Forrester. Starring Sean Connery (in one of his final performances), newcomer Rob Brown and Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham; Finding Forrester is so much more than a knock-off Good Will Hunting. Mike and Brian talk a different era for independent film, on set chemistry and why this movie went under the radar for both of them when it first came out.
Apr 02, 2021•2 hr 45 min
Brian invites his old Blockbuster bud Kyle Reinfried back to the slumber party to chat the first in a Gus Van Sant series of teen adjacent films; To Die For. This underrated Nicole Kidman performance may be the best of her career as she plays Suzanne Stone-Maretto; an aspiring TV personality who will stop at nothing to become a star. To Die For also stars Matt Dillion, Illeana Douglas, Dan Hedaya, Holland Taylor, Wayne Knight as well as breakthrough teenage performances from Joaquin Phoenix and ...
Mar 26, 2021•2 hr 18 min
After making a special guest appearance (and dropping a HUGE High School Slumber Party announcement) on The Contenders podcast, Brian returns to his sleeping bag to discuss Netflix's new film Moxie; directed by Amy Poehler. Actor/model/previous slumber party guest Jenny O'Connell stops by with an opinion or two of her own on feminism, Amy Poehler and Tiny Fey and of course all things Moxie!
Mar 20, 2021•2 hr
The most tenured man in High School Slumber Party history Mike Manzi returns to the podcast to hop across the pond with Brian and chat about one of the most acclaimed and groundbreaking British films of all time; If.... Staring a pre-Clockwork Orange Malcom McDowell and set in a prestigious boarding school, If...'s subversiveness and dark humor were a perfect mixture for an emerging late 60's counter culture ready to view a new kind of film.
Mar 13, 2021•2 hr 9 min
Hey you...we're talking Noah Baumbach's break out feature the Squid and the Whale with returning guest Danny Kim. This might not be an episode for you philistines out there as not only does Brian read Kafka out loud but Danny and Brian take a very analytical deep dive into a film that was formative to both their early film pallets. Starring Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney as divorcing Brooklyn parents and Jesse Eisenberg as a teen trying his best to process it all; the Squid and the Whale stands t...
Mar 05, 2021•2 hr 1 min
Kirkland Shephard joins High School Slumber Party for the soft launch of a brand new series: the Black Teen Experience. On their first episode, Kirk and Brian talk all about one of the most ICONIC movies of the 90's John Singleton's Boyz n the Hood; staring then unknowns Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Regina King along with Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett. Boyz n' the Hood provides the perfect jumping off point for the new series that will examine both popular and o...
Mar 02, 2021•2 hr 3 min
YA author and rom-com expert Jenna Guillaume returns to the slumber party to say goodbye to the groundbreaking Netflix To All the Boys series of films as Brian and her chat To All the Boys: Always and Forever. Where will the love story of Lara Jean and Peter end up as they ready themselves for their next step, college? Jenna and Brian discuss how this film compares with the rest of the series, hot dad getting married, the lack of woah woah woahs and if the movie is a fitting sendoff for Jenny Ha...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Hang on tight spider-monkey because Twilight is proving harder to quit than our own personal brand of heroine. That's right, we're talking 2008's Twilight again! Kate Hudson is back of course but this time her and Brian are joined by Joe Two for the start of their second lifetime through Stephanie Meyer's vampire world. Is there any room for #TeamJacob anymore? Will Robert Pattinson realize his pasta dreams? Is Kristen Stewart's Bella a horse girl? Chinchilla poop? Chocolate Candles? All that an...
Feb 20, 2021•2 hr 17 min
