Posts Tagged ‘Tara McNamara’
PODCAST: 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: 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 MorePODCAST: Why DIRTY DANCING is Most Relevant Now
Riley Roberts offers the Gen Z take on DIRTY DANCING on our “’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents” podcast. (Special thanks for the lift from South Bay dance icon “Mr. Jack” Varga Hall of Pacific Dance Center.)
(photo: Victoria Igloi)
PET SEMATARY Podcast: How Stephen King’s 1989 Film Shows Gen X Parenting & the Birth of Millennials
Stephen King had been on a decade long tear of financially successful horror films and 1989’s Pet Sematary would be one of his biggest moneymakers. But was it good? Hmmm. Yeah. So, on its 30th Anniversary, there’s a new Pet Sematary! Is it any good? We get into that…but what is already evident is that…
Read MoreTHE BREAKFAST CLUB: How the Most Iconic ’80s Movie Affected a Generation
The Breakfast Club is the face of the ’80s Movies – the classic gave teens a voice, showed their box office power, and cemented John Hughes as the decade’s most influential director. This weekend marks the 35th Anniversary of Claire, Allison, John Bender, Andrew, and Brian’s Saturday detention (“March 24, 1984, Shermer High School, Shermer,…
Read MoreSPLASH Podcast: A Lovable Family Film if You Overlook the Bestiality, Child Nudity & Voyeurism
Photo Above: Podcaster Riley Roberts gives her take on Splash. Photographer: Victoria Igloi. Splash is a family film that began our modern-day fascination with mermaids, a film that made Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah bonafide movie stars, and began Hanks journey as American treasure. But, does the film live up to its legacy? In many ways,…
Read MorePLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES: Is Neal Page’s Experience Now the American Thanksgiving Experience?
’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents PODCAST: When you think of Thanksgiving movies, your brain might rush by Addams Family Values, Free Birds or Jack and Jill. Frankly, Thanksgiving movies of substance are few and far between. But hopefully, you’ll think of the greatest, most relatable Thanksgiving movie ever: Planes, Trains…
Read MoreIs YOUNG GUNS Responsible for Gen X’s Gun Obsession?
It’s the 30th Anniversary of Young Guns (currently steaming on Hulu and Netflix) and we’re celebrating. Young Guns is considered the most historically accurate version of Billy the Kid on film, but let’s be honest – the real Billy and the Regulators weren’t quite as attractive. By putting hot, cool actors like Emilio Estevez and Kiefer Sutherland…
Read MoreDo Two OVERBOARD Make a Right? ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast
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 why no one called out all the white slavery and stuff. The duo also review the new Anna Faris-Eugenio Derbez gender reversal remake and evaluate…
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