housewife – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

She-Devil (1989) | Susan Seidelman

March 7, 2019April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

Roseanne Barr stars as Ruth Pratchett, a devoted wife to her accountant hubby Bob (Ed Begley Jr.), and mother to two precocious children. One day while attending a swank party, Bob meets and eventually has a fling with best-selling romance novelist Mary Fisher (Meryl Streep), and while they do their best to keep things under […]

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) | Francis Ford Coppola

January 27, 2018April 16, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Francis Ford Coppola directs this fluffy but endearing film that asks the age-old question, “what if we could do it all over again?” An Oscar-nominated performance from Kathleen Turner bolsters this whimsical romantic comedy-drama with a time-travel twist, with a quirky role for Nicolas Cage as her no-good husband.

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) | Joel Schumacher

December 3, 2017April 16, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Lily Tomlin stars in this wacky comedy from 1981, playing multiple roles, exploring the satirical themes of the diminishing role of the American housekeeper in the period, getting smaller, literally, by the day, as she eventually measures only two inches tall. Zany antics ensue in this first feature directed by Joel Schumacher.