high school – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) | Alan Metter

November 17, 2018April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

Sarah Jessica Parker stars as a Chicago teenager who works her tail off for a spot as a dance on her favorite dance show on television, but spats with her dance partner and a potentially rigged contest makes for a great challenge to success, not to mention her father will not approve if he finds […]

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) | Jack Sholder

October 4, 2018April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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A very speedy follow-up to A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET replaces Wes Craven as the creative force, taking the series in a new and unexpected direction under the guiding influence of Jack Sholder. Screenwriter David Chaskin supplies the subversive screenplay that caused it to become a cult hit in the gay horror-loving community for its […]

My Science Project (1985) | Jonathan R. Betuel

February 1, 2018April 16, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens and Dennis Hopper appear in this low-budget sci-fi/comedy from 1985, MY SCIENCE PROJECT, where teens find an alien contraption of seemingly unlimited power that opens a portal from which people and things from Earth’s past and future pour into their high school. Now the teens need to pull the plug on […]

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) | Stephen Herek

January 20, 2018April 16, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The breakthrough performance for Keanu Reeves, along with co-star Alex Winter, in this fun time-traveling romp through history, as two California teens pick up verious historical figures in their phone booth through time to pass an oral presentation that will secure Earth’s future — a future in which Bill & Ted are revered as saviors! […]