Whenever I think of With Honors (1994), I think it’s Robin Williams who plays the homeless character, Simon Wilder, not Joe Pesci. Maybe it’s because Williams’s character in The Fisher…
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After shutting down her own blog, Looking at Them, in mid-2008, Kelly migrated over to Popdose, bringing with her Soundtrack Saturday, the most popular column from her old site. Kelly makes a living as a fashion and marketing copywriter, which takes up a lot of her time. However, when she is able to write about things that have nothing to do with her day job, she contributes reviews and musings on music, film and a variety of other topics. In addition to Soundtrack Saturday, columns she's written include Filminism and Pulling Rank.
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I’m a James Spader fan from way back. I would say as far back as Tuff Turf (1985), but I technically didn’t see that movie until a couple of years…
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The latest installment of Kelly Stitzel’s Soundtrack Saturday series revisits a kinder, gentler time of bangles and bustiers — yes, that’s right, it’s time for Desperately Seeking Susan.
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So, I know I normally write about films with soundtrack albums that are out of print or hard to find. I’ve avoided writing about Valley Girl (1983) because A) part…
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Pull up a carpet square, kids — it’s story time. Today I’d like to tell you a tale about one of the most frightening nightmares I’ve ever had. It’s a…
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If you regularly read this column, I guess you noticed that there was no Soundtrack Saturday last week. I had a technology meltdown a couple of weeks ago that resulted…
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“What is so dangerous about a character like Ferris Bueller is he gives good kids bad ideas.” So says Principal Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), who’s out to catch the most…
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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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“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) —…
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Well, here we are in 2009. I hope everyone had a great holiday season and didn’t kick anyone in the face or anything. I know I was tempted a few…
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There are a few things about this week’s post that will probably disturb most of my friends who end up reading it (though I’m not sure how many of my…
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I’ll be honest — I watched The Idolmaker (1980) because of Prince. I had read in a couple of biographies that the film partly inspired him to create some of…
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This week’s post comes to you by request from my friend Dan. I’ve actually been wanting to write about Summer School (1987) for a while, but just managed to find…
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You’re a female high school student and an aspiring journalist who enters into a contest sponsored by a local newspaper, hoping to win the prize of a summer internship at…
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So, we’ve already discussed one of my favorite John Cusack movies, Better Off Dead. This week I thought we’d talk about the other film he did with director “Savage” Steve…
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“Fair is fair!” I don’t think that’s the official tagline of The Legend of Billie Jean (1985), but it’s certainly the favorite quote of anyone I know who loves the…
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Inspired in a screwed-up way by the economic crisis and the chaos on Wall Street, this week’s pick is about a stockbroker pretending to be a high school student to…
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I had a hard time deciding what soundtrack to offer you this week, and went through about five different ideas before time ran out and I chose Pump Up the…
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Just so you don’t think I only watch films from the 1980s, this week I thought I’d step into the ’90s with Empire Records (1995). I love this movie about…
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Well, hello, Popdose! My name’s Kelly and I’m the new kid on the block. A few of you might know me as the writer of the almost-defunct blog Looking at…
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