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Hairspray (1988) | John Waters

November 12, 2018April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

John Waters writes and directs this most accessible of his films, his only one to be rated PG, with HAIRSPRAY, the film that made Ricki Lake a prominent star to be. Set in 1962, HAIRSPRAY explores race and class in a mostly divided Baltimore, where teens of different races weren’t allowed to dance on the […]

Scrooged (1988) | Richard Donner

December 24, 2017April 16, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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I look back at a film that some people herald as a great Christmas film. I’ve always had issues, but wanted to give it another shot. Do I come around? Bill Murray stars as Frank Cross in this modern take on the Charles Dickens’ class, “A Christmas Carol”. Richard Donner directs.