Posts by Tara McNamara
Podcast: Did HEATHERS Lead to a Darker High School Experience Today?
Riley Roberts gives the Gen Z take on HEATHERS (Paramount, 1989) on her podcast ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents.
Read MorePodcast: What SAY ANYTHING says about ’80s teens
Podcaster Riley Roberts gives the Gen Z take on SAY ANYTHING (1989).
Read MorePODCAST: How Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure was Most Triumphant (and One Heinous Inclusion)
We share a mission with Ted Logan and Bill Preston, Esq. Cinema’s favorite air-guitaring airheads know that to move forward most righteously, you’ve got to travel back in time to understand history. And, that’s exactly what we do in the ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Our Parents podcast. In this episode, we…
Read MorePODCAST: JUST ONE OF THE GUYS is a Dude’s Story Disguised as a Chick Flick
Podcaster Riley Roberts gives the Gen Z take on JUST ONE OF THE GUYS (1985).
Read MorePODCAST: Men’s dreams come true in XANADU
Podcaster Riley Roberts gives the Gen Z take on XANADU.
Read MorePODCAST: CASUAL SEX? Writer Wendy Goldman explains how a female buddy musical comedy turned into an Andrew “Dice” Clay rom-com.
As the “making of” CASUAL SEX? story is unwound by screenwriter Wendy Goldman, it’s an education in how male-dominated Hollywood stuck their thumb into and mangle what is likely the most female-centric film production of the 1980’s.
Read MoreWe co-host ICONIC ’80s Week with Lea Thompson on HDNET Movies!
The founder of ’80s Movie Guide, Tara McNamara, will interview actress-director Lea Thompson for “Iconic ’80s,” a week-long special airing July 22-27 exploring the ’80s through its movies on HDNET Movies. The duo provide insightful discussion on each film in the lineup, which includes St. Elmo’s Fire, Stripes, Short Circuit, Christine, and more. It’s also…
Read MoreKevin Costner and Dwier Brown tried to change FIELD OF DREAMS’ most memorable line: 17 Crazy, Magical Facts About the Baseball Classic
Thirty years ago, Dwier Brown had a small but significant role in Field of Dreams, playing the late, estranged father of Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner). The movie is a fantasy for sons and baseball fans, a special piece of cinema that transcends the screen, and contains one of filmdom’s most touching, rewarding scenes. On June…
Read MoreOn Field of Dreams 30th Anniversary, Director Phil Alden Robinson Reveals How a 1960s Attitude Tweak Created a Magical Film
This weekend, Field of Dreams celebrates its 30th Anniversary by returning to theaters for a special Father’s Day screening June 16 and 18 as part of the TCM Big Screen Classic with Fathom Events. Truly, it’s hard to name a movie that’s more appropriate for that holiday – in fact, it’s a movie that will…
Read MoreCHILD’S PLAY 2019 First Clip: Mark Hamill Knows How to Be Creepy
From the look of the first clip to come from the remake of Child’s Play, the film is more creepy and less campy. Mark Hamill leaves everything Luke behind to voices serial killer doll Chucky at his most disconcerting. Take a look: do you think it’ll improve upon or destroy the legacy of Chucky?
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