BULL DURHAM: Tim Robbins Nearly Fired After First Day
By Tara McNamara |
It’s been 30 years since Bull Durham hit theaters, which is widely considered the best sports film ever and one of the best comedies of all time. Bull Durham is about ...
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How BULL DURHAM Messed with the Minds of Men and Women – ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents Podcast
By Tara McNamara |
Podcaster Riley Roberts gives the Gen Z take on BULL DURHAM. (photo by Victoria Igloi) Bull Durham is the ultimate rom-com for men. The tagline says it all: "It's about ...
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FOOTLOOSE Explains Everything Going on in America Right Now: ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents Podcast
By Tara McNamara |
Footloose isn't just a story about a group of kids fighting to have a prom. It's about: a suicidal girl suffering from depression and no one is noticing all the ...
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Do Two OVERBOARD Make a Right? ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast
By Tara McNamara |
With the reboot of Overboard, mother-daughter movie critics Tara McNamara and 17-year-old Riley Roberts explore the original 1987 Goldie Hawn-Kurt Russell rom-com treasure, evaluate if it holds up today, and wonder ...
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All Was Right for the Women of THE RIGHT STUFF
By Tara McNamara |
“Do not eat the meat!†Veronica Cartwright says that while filming the huge Houston barbeque scene in The Right Stuff, a booming voice shouted over and over again with a ...
Read More Bill & Ted’s Make Most Triumphant Return to “Face the Music”
By Tara McNamara |
Time-traveling dudes are righteous again! Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have signed on to star in Bill & Ted Face the Music, the third film in the Bill & Ted's ...
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I FEEL PRETTY is the unofficial reboot of BIG
By Tara McNamara |
Amy Schumer’s I Feel Pretty is a lot of things: an extremely relatable physical comedy, a statement on what society has done to women’s body image, and a demonstration of ...
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Molly Ringwald Says John Hughes Films Were Empowering But Damaging to Teens
By Tara McNamara |
80s Movie Guide is a site that celebrates what is wonderful about '80s movies, while also pointing out how very, very messed up the messaging was to its target teen ...
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