Straight Out of Home Video
76 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago -Do you remember Return of Jafar? Mulan 2? The Pocahontas sequel? Take a walk down lane of all your favorites or possibly hated Disney sequels and other movies that were released direct to home video.
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Johnny Tsunami
January 22, 2024 14:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBVanessa, Candace, and Alex talk about the 1999 DCOM Johnny Tsunami, a perfect film for the season as it teaches you how to make the most of being ripped from paradise and thrown into a snowy, class-based ski/snowboard town. That is, as long as you have transferrable athletic ability, your own stunt doubles, and the ability to shrug off Brett's not so clever insults.
The Ultimate Christmas Present
December 11, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBVanessa, Candace, Arezou, and Chelsea talk about the first Disney Channel Original Christmas Movie, The Ultimate Christmas Present. They talk about the horrifying global warming implication of Santa's snow machine, the too-intense weatherman, and Brenda Song supremacy.
Zombies
July 10, 2023 14:00 - 28 minutes - 52.4 MBVanessa and Candace talk about the High School Musical-meets-Descendants musical, and debate the physical implications of what a zombie society means.
The Little Mermaid Series
May 23, 2023 14:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBDid you know Ariel came face to face with dinosaurs? We're looking back at the 90s animated TV series The Little Mermaid. Ariel is a teenage mermaid who lives under the sea with her father, the sea king, her six sisters, and various friends. Together, they try to keep harm away from Atlantica as enemies try to ruin their peaceful kingdom. Ariel takes viewers on underwater adventures into caves, meeting humans and singing songs. Among Ariel's animal friends are Sebastian, a crab who acts as ...
You Lucky Dog
April 15, 2023 14:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBVanessa and Candace marvel how this movie was even made. Kirk Cameron does act his heart out, we'll give him that.
The Luck of the Irish
March 17, 2023 14:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBVanessa, Candace, and Maggie discuss this DCOM classic for St. Patrick's Day. Wear your green and join us on this nostalgic ride that shows us if it wasn't hard enough being high school, how about if you also were a leprechaun who depended on a magic coin to be cool? Sláinte!
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century
February 15, 2023 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBPerhaps one of the most beloved of our DCOM movies, Zenon is the focus of our discussion today! Reminisce with Waffles Vanessa, Candace, and Krista. Zoom zoom zoom!
Willow the Series - Season 1 Review
January 18, 2023 14:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBCandace, Arezou and Krista breakdown the characters and relationship in season one of Willow.
'Twas the Night starring Bryan Cranston
December 19, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBA DCOM holiday movie starring Bryan Cranston, that's all we need to say.
Brother Bear 2
November 21, 2022 14:00 - 23 minutes - 42.4 MBIt's our last straight-to-home-video episode before we switch to DCOMs! Today, Candace, Vanessa and Mack are talking about Brother Bear 2. They talk about how strange it is to have non-indigenous people voice indigenous characters, how unnecessary and weird the story is, and the trope of transforming for true love.
Pinocchio (2022)
October 10, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBWe watched it and regret it. In an Italian village, the wooden puppet Pinocchio is brought to life by the Blue Fairy and seeks the life of adventure while striving to be a real boy. Pinocchio's life is turned upside down when he leaves his father to follow the circus.
I Am Groot
August 15, 2022 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBI AM GROOT! We had to watch the latest short films on Disney+ starring the cutest tree you have ever seen. The mischievous toddler Baby Groot learns to grow up amongst the trouble in the stars along with the help of his friends and family in the ragtag superhero team, the Guardians of the Galaxy. We also discuss the Marvel characters we would like in a series of short films.
Phineas And Ferb Star Wars
August 02, 2022 14:00 - 25 minutes - 46.3 MBThis week, Arezou and Candace are talking about the Phineas And Ferb Star Wars double episode. They talk homages, catchy music, and speculate about how the series might continue some day.
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
July 18, 2022 13:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBThere are a hundred and four days of summer vacation and we spent one with Phineas and Ferb! We answer the question we all have asked. Is Dr. Doofenshmirtz the hero of the show? Why does Candace want to bust her brothers? Is Perry the Platypus the greatest secret agent?
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
July 04, 2022 14:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBChip and Dale live amongst cartoons and humans in modern-day Los Angeles, but their lives are quite different now. When a former cast mate mysteriously disappears, Chip and Dale must repair their broken friendship and save their friend. This week, Candace, Arezou and Hope talk about their favourite parts of the movie, compared the world building to other stories, and discuss the controversy behind Peter Pan.
Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
June 20, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBWe watched a movie that Disney hasn't bothered putting on Disney Plus yet. Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams was the first and only film released for a planned Disney Princess Enchanted Tales series of direct-to-video films, each featuring new stories about the Disney Princesses. This film features new stories about Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty and Princess Jasmine from Aladdin.
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
June 06, 2022 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBWe’re seeing spots! Candace is joined by her fellow Waffles Hope and Mack to talk about Disney's 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure. They were surprised by many things dalmatians related. While Candace’s dog was upset by the portrayal of corgis as villains.
Recess: All Growed Down
May 23, 2022 13:00 - 9 minutes - 8.92 MBAfter thoroughly enjoying the last Recess movie, "Taking the Fifth Grade," Candace and Arezou are disappointed by "All Growed Down." In this shorter episode, they talk about the inappropriate portrayal of kindergarteners and the movie's analogy for colonization.
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
May 09, 2022 13:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBSadly all good things must someday come to an end. Today, Candace and Arezou are talking about Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade, the series finale to the popular 90s Disney cartoon. Together, they relive the joy of Saturday morning cartoons, marvel at how well it all fits together, and wonder what kind of Board of Education budget pays for a James Bond-type agent.
The Fox and the Hound 2
April 11, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MBReba McEntire and Patrick Swayze play singing dogs, exactly what you would think the sequel to the Fox and the Hound would have. Candace and Mack watched this 2006 direct-to-home film where Copper and Todd take the backseat to the Singin’ Stray band.
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo
March 28, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBThis is one of our shorter episodes, but this was a very short movie! Coming in at 65 minutes we have a couple of things to say about Rabbit, Roo, and Tigger. We also read some extremely harsh reviews from Rotten Tomatoes. No one, even Winnie the Pooh, is safe from online critics.
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
March 14, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBLilo and Stitch are back in what might be the best direct to video Disney movie yet! This week Candace, Bri and Arezou process Stitch's existential crisis, draw comparisons to the Emoji movie and agree that David is the best Disney Boyfriend and that Myrtle is the literal worst.
Leroy and Stitch
February 28, 2022 14:00 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBWe’re continuing watching Stitch sequels with the 2006 movie Leroy and Stitch, which surprisingly doesn’t have many Stitch in it. Another surprise, Bri compares Captain Gantu to Kylo Ren. We also find out why Myrtle is so mean and that Stitch has a girlfriend named Angel? Thank goodness for Disney Wiki. Our next episode will be Lilo and Stitch 2!
Stitch!
February 14, 2022 12:00 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBHop in your spaceship, we’re going experiment hunting! This week, Candace, Bri and Arezou are talking Stitch, the 2003 backdoor pilot to Lilo and Stitch: The Series. Together, they agree that Nani is a queen, speculate at the progressiveness of Pleakely’s crossdressing and compare the series to Pokemon (gotta catch em all!) Also, Arezou scares Candace and Bri when she fixates on one alien in particular. Check out our website here: http://thegeekywaffle.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ge...
Tangled Before Ever After
January 31, 2022 14:00 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBIn this very special episode, we're crossing over with our new show What The Hair and talking about Tangled Before Ever After, the 2017 direct-to-video animated film that acted as the pilot to the Tangled series. What the Hair hosts Candace and Krista are joined by Tangled fans Arezou and Maggie to talk why they all love the movie so much. Waffle Links: http://thegeekywaffle.com/ https://twitter.com/Geeky_Waffle https://www.facebook.com/thegeekywaffle https://www.instagram.com/thegeek...
Tarzan II: The Legend Begins
January 17, 2022 12:00 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBWho's ready to watch Tarzan learn the same lesson over and over? This week, Candace, Bri and Arezou talk about this Disney midquel, and things get just a little inappropriate. They dissect gorilla family dynamics and debate whether or not this film includes an enemies to lovers storyline.
Mickey; Donald; Goofy: The Three Musketeers
January 03, 2022 12:00 - 17 minutes - 24.2 MBAn adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 novel The Three Musketeers…starring Micky, Donald and Goofy? This week, Candace and Vanessa discuss this 2004 full-length feature film, and marvel at the quality of the movie compared to some of the others covered on Straight Out Of Home Video. Check out our website here: http://thegeekywaffle.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Geeky_Waffle Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegeekywaffle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegeekywaffle/ YouTub...
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street
December 20, 2021 12:00 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBCandace and Arezou are joined by Enby Adams to talk about Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street, four episodes of the One Saturday Morning cartoon stuck together. They share fond memories of growing up with Recess, wonder if it holds up, and discuss the central thesis of the show: don’t grow up too fast.
A Very Merry Pooh Year a time to celebrate
December 06, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBLet's ring in the new year with nostalgia. In this home video we visit the 100 Acre Woods. Candace is joined by fellow Waffle Mack for this holiday Winnie the Pooh movie. They discuss the best and most disturbing moments throughout the film. Eeyore smiling is going to be haunting Candace's dreams for days to come. Where to follow Mack: https://twitter.com/mackveltman https://mackthemuser.com/ Waffle Links: http://thegeekywaffle.com/ https://twitter.com/Geeky_Waffle https://www.patr...
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
November 22, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes - 21 MBCandace and Arezou review Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse. It’s a cheerful holiday special with one moment between Belle and the Beast that they found very WEIRD. Check out our website here: http://thegeekywaffle.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Geeky_Waffle Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegeekywaffle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegeekywaffle/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thegeekywaffle TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegeekywaffle
Why Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is a Classic
November 08, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBIn a first for Straight Out Of Home Video - they are revisiting one of the movies! This week, Candace and Arezou gush about Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, and how they feel it's stood the test of time. From being the only sequel represented in the parks, to how much it meant to them as kids and as adults, to the romance tropes shown in the movie (and Arezou's liberal use of a certain term), they were only too happy to revisit one of the earliest Disney sequels.
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
October 25, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBPooh and the gang are back in this 2005 Halloween Movie the last movie to be produced by DisneyToon Studios. Join Candace and Bri as they laugh their way into this spookable movie. From a bizarre lament from Piglet, to a movie that is mainly about a story within a story, to the cute nostalgia of the iconic characters plus a new Heffalump character, neither of which Candace or Bri where aware about.
Muppets Haunted Mansion
October 11, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBCandace and Bri are joined by Those Happy Places’ Alice to talk about two of their favorite things: muppets and haunted mansion. They talk about all the cameos, all the references, songs, the jokes, and jump scares!? They also can’t help but compare this to the 2003 Haunted Mansion. Those Happy Places: https://www.thosehappyplaces.com/ Why Are People Obsessed with Haunted Mansion? https://thegeekywaffle.com/home/2020/10/13/podcast-why-are-people-obsessed-with-haunted-mansion Movie Remake...
Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales
October 04, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 66 MBIt's a special Space Waffles/Straight Out Of Home Video crossover! This week, Arezou, Candace, Bri and special guest Noor-Hal take a look at the newest holiday special featuring Star Wars Lego. Come for their favourite moments, stay for Ben Solo conspiracies, the best horror movie homages, and some (not so) surprising thoughts about Darth Maul Check out our website here: http://thegeekywaffle.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Geeky_Waffle Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegeekywaffle...
Tarzan & Jane
September 27, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBWhat's more romantic at your first wedding anniversary than remembering a bunch of stories of you being attacked and kidnapped in the jungle during the first year of your marriage? This week, Candace, Bri, and Arezou discuss this stitched tv show turned direct to DVD movie Tarzan & Jane. Follow along for a barrel of laughs as we discuss if learning English or animal languages would be easier, that volcanos do exist in Africa, and much, much more. Check out our website here: http://thegee...
Monsters at Work
September 13, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBIn Summer 2021, Disney released Monsters at Work, a sequel (or midquel, depending on how you look at it) to Monsters Inc. This week, Candace, Arezou, and Waffle writer Hope discuss their favourite parts of the show and why they think it works so well. They also talk about why they relate to it so much, as adults who came of age during a major recession and cultural shift. Check out our website here: http://thegeekywaffle.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Geeky_Waffle Facebook: https://ww...
Tinkerbell and the Legend of the Neverbeast
August 30, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBTinkerbell and the Legend of the Neverbeast? More like Fawn and the Legend of the Neverbeast. This week, Candace, Bri, and Vanessa dive into the 6th and last movie in the Tinkerbell franchise, discussing key elements of the plot, characters that got left behind, and taking a Buzzfeed community quiz to help determine which pixie hollow fairy we are. Come find out our final result of the Tinkerbell films and stay to be confused over Fairy lifelines, we may never get an answer.
Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy
August 16, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 71.8 MBTom Hiddleston? Christina Hendricks? Costumes by Christian Siriano? Are we sure this is a Tinker Bell movie? This week, Candace, Bri, Vanessa and Arezou dive into not just the all-star components of Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy, but analyze the nitty-gritty of Pixie Dust alchemy, question Pixie Hollow society, and browse eBay for Pirate Fairy dolls. Come to find out where this falls on their ranking of the movies so far, stay to hear a bunch of parent reviews that completely missed the ...
Belle’s Magical World
August 02, 2021 13:00 - 24 minutes - 19.4 MBThis week, Candace and Arezou subject themselves to the...experience that is Belle’s Magical World, a three part “movie” that was clearly meant to be a series and stitched together with no through line. They analyze how the petty conflicts cheapen the original story and dive in to the terrifying implications of sentient characters that appear here, but are nowhere to be seen in the rest of Beauty and the Beast Is it better or worse than Atlantis II? Only time (and listening to this episode...
Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings
July 19, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes - 59 MBWhat happens when you hit your fourth Tinker Bell movie and are just overwhelmed by the whole experience? You forget to even mention the name when talking about it. This week, Candace, Bri and Vanessa dive into Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings. The movie features new cast members Timothy Dalton, Lucy Hale, Debby Ryan and Matt Lanter, who plays a fairy named Sled that Bri is totally crushing on. Come for that, stay for Vanessa going off the deep end with fairy biology and a very heate...
Kim Possible: So the Drama
July 05, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBWhat's the sitch? A lot of yelling and feelings, for one. This week, Candace and Arezou are joined by their friends Tori and Catrina to discuss "Kim Possible: So the Drama", the not-quite series finale for everyone's favourite teenage spy. Together, they talk about the series as a whole and what it meant (or didn't) to them growing up, and Candace valiantly tries to defend Kim/Ron while the rest vocally oppose it - especially Arezou, who felt "bamboozled" by the friends-to-lovers plot twis...
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
June 21, 2021 14:00 - 16 minutes - 31 MBThe Great Fairy Adventure continues with this latest installment, as Candace, Bri and Vanessa struggle to find the words to express how this movie made them feel. Is it anti-science? Did Disney actually believe this had Oscar potential? Is the superior fairy ship Tink/Terrance or Tink/Vidia? All this and more this week on Straight Out of Home Video
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
June 08, 2021 12:00 - 33 minutes - 45.3 MBWhat do you get when you take the Little Mermaid 2, add a dash of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and make them all dogs? Why, you get Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure of course! This week, Candace, Bri and Arezou are joined by their friend Nicole to ask themselves the really important questions about this strange entry into Disney canon. Questions like: Why is this a musical? Why is there a love story? And why, oh why, are people SO passionate about it in their online reviews?? ...
Bambi II
May 24, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 29.4 MBA surprising and unexpected sequel to one of Disney's earliest movies? That's Bambi II in a nutshell. This week, Candace and Arezou are joined by Waffle writer Jennifer to talk about whether the movie is a cautionary tale on toxic masculinity, discuss the inner lives of deer, and get weirdly flustered over Patrick Stewart playing Bambi's absentee father.
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
May 10, 2021 12:00 - 43 minutes - 35.1 MBA lot of movies from the mid-90’s didn’t age well. But only a few can elicit this many “yikes” in under 90 minutes. This week, Candace, and Arezou are joined by their friend Swara to pick apart this very loose adaptation of Pocahontas’ real-life trip to England. Together they muse on how Pocahontas got “fair-and-lovely’d” and how the Johns Smith and Rolfe had more chemistry with each other than either did with the heroine.
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
April 26, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 13.4 MBCandace and Vanessa are on an adventure to get through all the Tinker Bell movies, and this particular entry in the canon was a stressful one. At least for Vanessa. Pour yourself some celebratory chamomile tea, and brace yourself for Tinkerbell’s anger issues.
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
April 12, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBWinnie the Pooh holds a special place in many of our hearts. That warmth and comfort and nostalgia for childhood all wrapped up in a chubby, little cubby, all stuffed with fluff package This week, in a mini-episode, Candace and Vanessa take a look at one of Pooh’s more adventurous outings - an adventure to rescue Christoper Robin - which turns the characterizations up to eleven and includes some truly strange war propaganda.
Kronk's New Groove
March 29, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes - 19.4 MBNot all Disney Sequels are created equal. Take Kronk’s New Groove, which finally puts a spotlight on everyone’s favorite spinach-puff-making himbo henchman. This week, Candace and Bri are joined by Robert from Crooked Table to take a look at this sequel which they believe is better than most and gets an unfair beating from Rotten Tomatoes critics. After all, when you give the legendary Eartha Kitt a song of her very own, how could you fail?
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
March 15, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThe quality of any given Disney sequel, it turns out, may lie in how nostalgic you are about it in the first place. Case in point, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea Arezou and Candace like it. Bri doesn’t. This week, they discuss what would have made the film stronger, which weird quirks jumped out at them and most importantly debate whether or not “Titanic Tip and Daring Dash” is a bop Check out our website here: http://thegeekywaffle.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Geeky_Waff...
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
March 01, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 21.7 MBWe found a rare gem in Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time in that it is one of the movies that actually made us want to revisit the series, instead of shun it forever! And it's no wonder that we enjoyed it; not only did we love revisiting our favorite characters of Kim and Ron (and of course Rufus), we reminisce about the crushworthiness of Shego (and how she's the only villain with a brain) and discover all of the awesome actors that lent their voice to the film–such as Michael Clarke Duncan, Mi...