Podcast: PURPLE RAIN taught love is colorful — purple…black…and blue.
By Tara McNamara |
Prince and The Revolution created a musical and music business revolution with the semi-autobiographical Purple Rain that may very well be the best music video of all time. In the ...
Read More ’80s Movies You Can Watch with Your Kids
By Tara McNamara |
Forced locked down does have its advantages: your kids have no choice but to hang out with you! Every night is movie night and it’s tempting for parents to want ...
Read More FOR THE RECORD: FOXES’ Kandice Stroh on why Dierdre is so misunderstood and the deleted scenes that explain everything.
By Tara McNamara |
This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the Jodie Foster cult classic Foxes, about the wild lives of four teen girls growing up in LA's San Fernando Valley in 1979. ...
Read More Lucy Hale takes us back to the ’80s on FANTASY ISLAND
By Tara McNamara |
Fantasy Island is a zombie property, the edgy yet broadly appealing TV series that ran from 1977-84 has been brought back to life and is now in theaters. The film's ...
Read More Cherry Slushies with HEATHERS writer Daniel Waters: how he hoped his 1989 classic would put an end to teen suicide, but is still waiting for his “school shooting residuals.”
By Tara McNamara |
What's the perfect film to take a closer look at between Oscars & Valentine's Day? Heathers! Tara McNamara and Riley Roberts interview the hilariously acerbic Daniel Waters, screenwriter of the ...
Read More Gastronomic Glam: Oscar Party Menu Ideas That’ll Amuse Your Guests
By Tara McNamara |
This year, don't make watching the Academy Awards about what you're wearing but what you're eating. There's a few ways to go: fancy food that's on par with Wolfgang Puck, ...
Read More THE COLOR PURPLE Back in Theaters for Black History Month
By Tara McNamara |
To recognize the 35th Anniversary of Steven Spielberg's cultural touchstone The Color Purple, Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies are putting it back in theaters for one day, Feb. 23. ...
Read More Podcast: LITTLE DARLINGS gave us Lecherous Devils
By Tara McNamara |
Oh summer camp, where you learn campfire songs, stay up all night talking to your new lifelong friends, and go home covered in mosquito bites. Except at Camp Little Wolf, ...
Read More Podcast: ANIMAL HOUSE Was So Good, It Ruined a Generation
By Tara McNamara |
National Lampoon's Animal House is hilarious - it's not even an opinion, it's a fact. Following a house full of screw-ups, we see Otter, Boon, Bluto and Hoover guiding their ...
Read More Podcast: THE TERMINATOR teaches that Masculinity is Guns and Muscles
By Tara McNamara |
The Terminator reinvigorated the action genre and gave audiences a fresh story that addressed (and destroyed) the worries of the day. However, the T-800 truly did deliver a message from ...
Read More Podcast: THE LOST BOYS – So Much Subtext in the Shadows
By Tara McNamara |
When Joel Schumacher took over The Lost Boys (1987) from Richard Donner, he changed nearly everything in the script, creating a metaphorical fairy tale encapsulating several issues facing teens and families ...
Read More Podcast: GHOSTBUSTERS – Con Your Way to Success!
By Tara McNamara |
Ghostbusters is one of the most beloved films of the '80s. It's a horror-comedy classic that had all audiences running to see it in theaters -- especially kids. In fact, ...
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