Posts Tagged ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’
Film Review – Blockers
Blockers (2018) is the kind of sex comedy that does what many good sex comedies do. It’s starts off with a premise that adheres to lowbrow antics – high school kids discovering their blossoming sexuality – and then handles it in a mature, insightful manner.…
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Film Review – Vamps
My friend Violet loves teenage sex comedies. Which would be completely unremarkable except for the fact that she is 60. But whatever: different strokes for different folks, etc. One of her favorite movies is Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and if you get her just…
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Episode 218 – Forest Whitaker
In honor of the release of A Dark Truth, Spencer and Greg discuss Forest Whitaker.
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What We’re Watching -10/5/2011
Movies Fast Times at Ridgemont High I always thought of Fast Times at Ridgemont High as being in a line of films examining the life of high schoolers. It started with American Graffiti for the fifties, Dazed and Confused for the seventies, and then Fast…
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Bird Watching – Amy Heckerling’s “Clueless”
In last week’s Top 5, Ben and John discussed their favorite teen comedies, which served as the inspiration for the film I want to discuss this week: the brilliant and hilarious Clueless, from writer/director Amy Heckerling. An earlier film directed by Heckerling, the Cameron Crowe-written…
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Top 5 – Teen Comedies
Another MacGuffin Film Podcast Top 5′s segment. This time Ben and John share their top 5 teen comedies.
READ MOREEpisode 72 – A Controversial Figure
A look back on the sometimes tumultuous career of Nicolas Cage in honor of the release of Season of the Witch, a discussion of some of the best DVD commentaries, and DVD picks of the week.
READ MOREEpisode 48 – Crypticon 2010 Part 2
Spencer and John are still at Crypticon, where they conduct interviews with Amanda Wyss and Andras Jones from the Nightmare on Elm Street Series, with Felissa Rose from Sleepaway Camp, and with Ernie Hudson from Ghostbusters, before closing out the show with their DVD picks…
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