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Soundtrack Saturday: “Big Night”
I love a good movie about food and chefs, and I fell in love with Big Night (1996) within the first five minutes. At the time of the film’s release, I had just started
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Breakin’”
I would like to begin this week’s post by asking you a few very important questions. First, how could anyone not love a movie that stars people who call themselves Shabba-Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp?
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “A Walk on the Moon”
Have I featured a film in this column that was made after 1995? I don’t think I have. I know you kids like it when I post the older stuff, but I don’t want
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Sixteen Candles”
When I started the Soundtrack Saturday feature in 2006 on my old blog, I did so because I’d discovered that most of the movies that were pivotal to my coming of age have amazing
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Making Mr. Right”
Happy Valentine’s Day! I kind of don’t really mean that since I think this is a stupid commercial holiday. Am I a bitter, single girl? No, not at all. I thought about not even
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Four Rooms”
In my experience Four Rooms (1995) is one of those movies people either love or hate. Or, more precisely, they love some of it and hate some of it. It was director Quentin Tarantino’s
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Party Girl”
I first saw Parker Posey on As the World Turns somewhere around 1991. I remember that her character, Tess Shelby, was annoying as hell, and at the time I also found Posey to be
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Weird Science”
Robert Downey Jr. received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor this week for his role in Tropic Thunder. I haven’t seen it yet (though it is next in my Netflix queue), but I’m
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Modern Girls”
When I wrote about Just One of the Guys (1985) last year, I mentioned my love for actor Clayton Rohner. A lovely commenter named Jill agreed with me, recommending that I view another of
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Adventures in Babysitting”
“Don’t fuck with the babysitter.” There were many occasions during my short stint as a teenage babysitter when I wanted to say this line from Adventures in Babysitting (1987) — usually to one of
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