Posts Tagged ‘John Hughes’
Film Review – The 4:30 Movie
It’s been a long time since Kevin Smith burst onto the scene as part of the American Independent New Wave of the 1990s. In films like Clerks (1994), Chasing Amy (1997), and Mallrats (1995), Smith became a voice for a very specific subset of Generation X. His ruminations over relationships, comic books, movies, and…
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Episode 97 – The Tragedy of Macbeth
For this week’s podcast, we discuss the highs and lows of the Coen brothers‘ body of films and we review Joel Coen‘s solo effort, The Tragedy of Macbeth. We also cover the 1987 brat-pack dramedy, Some Kind of Wonderful for our streaming homework. The hidden…
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Film Review – The Hate U Give
Charlottesville, Trayvon Martin, Ferguson, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddie Grey; the headlines are filled with it. And those are just some of the most famous names. There is a staggeringly sad litany of incidents of unarmed black people being killed by police. Let’s face it,…
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Film Review – Love, Simon
Sweet, sincere, a bit too obvious, funny, yet also guilty of explaining things versus actually portraying them, all of these can be ascribed to the new teen dramedy Love, Simon. It’s a bit aggravating in a way, because representation in pop culture is extremely important.…
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SXSW Interview – Andy Meyer – The Breakfast Club
Spencer interviews producer Andy Meyer from the dramedy The Breakfast Club at SXSW 2015.
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Film Review – The DUFF
At age 46, I’m still a big fan of the teenage comedy. I hated being in high school in the 1980s. Sure, John Hughes made it look cool, but really it was a hell on earth full of big hair, Reaganomics, and horrible clothes. Plus,…
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Episode 230 – Young Adult Films
In honor of the release of Beautiful Creatures, Spencer Fornaciari and Greg Thomas discuss young adult films.
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In honor of the holiday season, Spencer and Greg discuss Christmas movies.
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