This Ends at Prom is a weekly podcast analyzing the staying power of womanhood featured in coming-of-age and teen girl movies from... more
"If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?" With the premiere of WICKED just days away,... more
"Once, there was this day... this one day when... everyone realized they needed each other." Thanksgiving is just around the corner,... more
"You can't let Dick run your life!" We were hoping the election would turn out much different than it did, but... more
"So many pretty parts and no pretty wholes." Happy Halloween, Prom Party! The Wives Colangelo are closing out the most wonderful... more
"Maybe demons aren’t the most trustworthy beings to make a deal with?" Spooky season continues on with the best stop-motion movie... more
"Well, the idea that there was any control to begin with is a f*cking illusion. There's only one thing in... more
"Never let anyone pick on you. Otherwise, you'll carry it with you the rest of your life." 10 years ago, Adam... more
"Whatever you do... don't fall asleep." A Nightmare on Elm Street is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, so The Wives... more
"We didn’t know the Wolfwalkers were real. That you were people." Inside you, there are two wolves... and they're both gay... more
"Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life's problems." This Ends at Prom's month of animation continues with... more
"Kids. Little kids. They grow up believing that they can be a hero if they drive a sword into the... more
"We are not one-dimensional. We are smart and fun!" This Ends at Prom turns four this week, which means we're finally... more
"We knew the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love, and even death, and that our job... more
"You really need to stop shoving your psychotic idea of '50s womanhood down my throat." 15 years ago, Drew Barrymore and... more
"This is not a big deal. They're teenage girls. They have sex. Do you, like, freak out when you see... more
"Do I look like I own tights?" This week the Wives Colangelo are diving back into the world of dance movies... more
"But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even... more
“I’ll show you how valuable Elle Woods can be.” The Wives Colangelo have held off on covering LEGALLY BLONDE until there... more
"I'm no dame!" 65 years ago, a blonde small fry played by Sandra Dee picked up a surf board, showed the... more
Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone: "You're on my list, maggot!" Kelly Collins: "You'd be on mine if I had one!" Some folks... more
"Is she in slow motion again?" As Pride Month comes to a close, The Wives Colangelo are diving into a sapphic... more
"Come on, it's not every day that your best friend grows a penis." It's been a while since The Wives Colangelo... more
"What's her problem anyway? She don't eat, she don't talk, she don't do anything!" You didn't think The Wives Colangelo were... more
"Ever since I was a child, people said my family was cursed. Mom tried to protect us with God. Dad... more
"Poets, geniuses, revolutionaries. Lemonade Mouth has been called all of these things. But the real story, the story of our... more
"Seventeen and you can't stop me! Seventeen and you won't boss me! You cannot control me father! Daddy's girl's a... more
“It was the first time I realized that absolute reality could be so much more fun than fantasy" While this one... more
“I mean, if I don't have a personality of my own, so what? I'm an actress! I can put on... more
“I will grind you to sand beneath my Louboutin heel." One of the most important teen movies in history was given... more
“Kat, such a good girl. Where did we go wrong with her sister Daisy?" The coming-of-age of three young Portuguese-American friends... more
“There was only one way I'd ever get what I wanted. I would have to become exactly like those people... more
“Life sucks and people are jerk-offs." We're only four months into 2024 and we've already got a killer coming-of-RAGE story to... more
“Just goes to show you, Nick. You can never be too careful." The incomparable Sarah Marshall joins The Wives Colangelo this... more
“You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground. But do you see that? Fire... more
“I want you to know that just by trying out today, you're already a winner. Unless of course you get... more
“I always wanted to be one of the shiny, happy people.." Sequel month continues with an oft-maligned legacy sequel, THE RAGE:... more
“I punched a werewolf in the face." Sequel month is back and The Wives Colangelo are continuing on their adventures through... more
“My daydream was always the same - that some day, I was going to get to Chicago, because that's where... more
“Mister, I'm a person!" Women in prison! True Crime! Sleaze! Revenge! This week This Ends at Prom getting filthy, sleazy, and... more
“I write a letter when I have a crush so intense I don't know what else to do." You never forget... more
“Hell is a teenage girl." 15 years ago, Diablo Cody and Karyn Kusama joined forces to create one of the best... more
“Life isn't absurd! Some people give their lives for freedom." The coming-of-age experience can be an especially terrifying time, but when... more
“I can always tell when adults are about to cry." Who gets to decide what makes a "good" childhood? This week... more
“FAIR IS FAIR!" This week we're traveling back to 1985 and covering one of our most requested titles, THE LEGEND OF... more
“One sin MINOR and my life is a living black hole!" Zetus Lapetus! The Queen of Disney Channel Original Movies is... more
“Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can't remember." The Wives Colangelo are kicking off 2024 by returning... more
“You're nineteen, grow up!" Listen up, fellow maneaters! Another year is coming to a close so The Wives Colangelo are ending... more
“I just hate all these extroverted, obnoxious, pseudo-bohemian losers." The Wives Colangelo are finally tackling one of the most requested films... more
“I should have been a great many things." With the holidays right around the corner, it's time to finally dive into... more
“I guess every lonely girl would hope she's a princess." Once upon a December, Don Bluth scared the absolute crap out... more
“I'm the best goddamn dancer In The American Ballet Academy…” Who the hell are you?" Before the dance movie craze went... more
"We cannot break bread with you" If you're an American, how old were you when you first learned the truth about... more
"Letting everyone down would be my greatest unhappiness." With PRISCILLA coming to theaters, now is the perfect time for The Wives... more
"My memories shine like a diamond, not because I love them, because I hate them" The Wives Colangelo have an extremely... more
"Is 'Do Revenge' even, like, correct grammar?" You asked and The Wives Colangelo delivered, it's time to watch STRANGERS ON A... more
“We'll pray. We'll pray. We'll pray for the last time. We'll pray.” The Wives Colangelo are saying goodbye to sp0o0oky season... more
“We don’t go anywhere with ‘scary’, ‘spooky’, ‘haunted’, or ‘forbidden’ in the title.” Sp0o0oky season is for everybody, so as a... more
"I'm not an alien. I'm discontent." As sp0o0oky season continues on, The Wives Colangelo are spotlighting the all-time great collaborative effort... more
“Mrs. MacNeil, the problem with your daughter is not her bed; it's her brain.” 50 years ago, William Friedkin delivered what... more
“I really value when people use violence for me, it's actually one of my love languages” ARE YOU READY TO BE... more
“You're the most beautiful, exciting thing I've ever seen in my life and I don't know anything about you.” 50 years... more
“Sensei, I’m scared that my other self will do something that I don’t know about…” One of the greatest animated films... more
“That’s why we fought the Nazis? So you could have a mojito bar?!” The Wives Colangelo are heading back to middle... more
"You see us as you want to see us — in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions" This Ends... more
"The quickest way to ruin a relationship with someone is to actually try to have a relationship with them." Book-to-film adaptations... more
"Oh! I almost forgot my machine gun!" This is another reminder that coming-of-age stories aren't always about high school romance or... more
"You have *everything*, and still the world holds no joy, and yet you insist on making fun of those who... more
"Which religion should I be? Sometimes I just wish I’d been born one way or the other." It took over 40... more
“I have a brilliant beyond brilliant idea!” Believe it or not, but Disney's THE PARENT TRAP remake just turned 25 years... more
"Hit me. I'm serious, I can't feel anything, hit me! Again, do it harder! I can't feel anything, this is... more
"I wish my mother had given me lube when I was your age." Things have been a little bit too sugar,... more
"Everyone is born, but not everyone is born the same. Some will grow to be butchers, or bakers, or candlestick... more
"You have the power to make anything you want happen." TEEN WITCH might not be winning an Oscar anytime soon, but... more
“I wish I could live through something.” Y'all have been asking The Wives Colangelo to cover LADY BIRD for almost three... more
"I took a photo of us, mid-embrace. When I am old and alone I will remember that I once held... more
"My story doesn't begin with a boy. It begins with me." The Wives Colangelo are joined this week by the... more
"There's a place for us ... somewhere a place for us" As May-usical month comes to a close, the Wives Colangelo... more
"Creeping like a communist, it's knocking at our doors / Turning all our children into hooligans and whores!" BJ's birthday is... more
Justin: "Hey, you're the girl from the beach." Kelly: "My friends call me Kelly for short." May-usical Month continues along with quite... more
“Do, do, do, do, do, do. Why isn’t the issue here who I am?!”” May-usical month is back with a vengeance ...... more
“I want to take you out to dinner. Every time we go out we got to watch other people... more
"Why didn't you fight back?" Coming of age isn't always about prom dresses and virginity pacts, sometimes it's a lot more...... more
"High school's better than junior high. They'll call you names, but not as much to your face." We're diving into the... more
We mustn't dwell, No, not today. We can't. Not on Rex Manning Day." You asked for it and we delivered. With... more
"It's a perfect example of life imitating art imitating life." We're closing up sequel month with arguably the greatest teen slasher... more
"Remember who the real enemy is." As sequel month continues on, we're tackling a sequel that surpasses the original and represents... more
"Just because I didn't get my fairytale ending doesn't mean you shouldn't." Justice for Lilly Moscovitz!! Sometimes a movie gets a... more
"I always liked the idea of being in charge of my future ... until it actually started happening." Sequel month continues... more
"Wow, maybe I shouldn't be dating such an old man. It's gross. I should be thoroughly repulsed." We're kicking off a... more
“I'll never let go, Jack. I'll never let go.” It's been 25 years since James Cameron dazzled the world with his... more
"Man, he's like tripendicular, ya know?" Ohmigod like, gag us with a spoon! VALLEY GIRL is turning 40?! We're going back... more
"You may have my body, breasts, and boyfriend, but you are not me." We're turning on the Disney Channel and talking... more
"I mean, you're a freak and everything, but I like you." There's so much more to the teen girl movie genre... more
"I always tell the girls, never take it seriously, if ya never take it seriously, ya never get hurt, ya... more
"You're out here collecting tickets instead of being inside at the dance. You spend your weekends doing extra credit algebra,... more
"Now boys, if either of you give me any grief I swear to God I'll kill you. Dead, murdered, stabbed." ADVENTURES... more
"She's gone! Oh my God, she used me. I was used. I was used! Cool!" We're kicking off 2023 by examining... more
"Listen, I know I can be hard to be around sometimes. I totally understand if you don't want to hang... more
"Christmas is fast becoming my least favorite 'C' word." We're combining a coming-of-age story, a musical, a zombie-comedy, and a Christmas... more
"No, Clare, it's the Mormon Tabernacle Choir making their annual obscene phone call." After three years, we've finally made our way... more
"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." You've been asking for it since the very... more
"The only things I care about in this goddamn life are me and my drums and you." It's the 35th anniversary... more
We're celebrating Brooklyn, the baby Brat Pack, and Boys' Catholic school with the criminally underseen HEAVEN HELP US. The Wives... more
“It's actually not my job to give you pervy intel on my best friends but good luck anyway.” Thanks to the... more
“Some people say I'm an overachiever, but I think they're just jealous.” It's election day and The Wives Colangelo are celebrating... more
“Being brave didn’t mean you weren’t scared. Being brave meant you were scared, really scared, badly scared, and you did... more
"I don't know what you think you heard, but you must be mistaken..." Sometimes the most horrific movies have nothing to... more
"Things get messy when you make a deal with the devil." Spooky season is well underway and this week we're giving... more
"Halloween is when people play tricks on each other. It's all make-believe." We're kicking off spooky season with a long-requested heavy... more
"We must find the book, brew the potion and suck the lives out of the children of Salem before sunrise.... more
"We must find the book, brew the potion and suck the lives out of the children of Salem before sunrise. Otherwise, it’s... more