Tag: Clueless
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‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ Undercuts Teenage Innocence
For viewers old enough to live through it, the opening credits of Fast Times at Ridgemont High represent a blissful trip down memory lane. For viewers too young to have experienced this drive of nostalgia, life as a teenager in the 1980s is even intoxicating from the outside. The blaring sound of The Go-Go’s hit…
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Perpetrator Review: A Trippy Coming-Of-Self Flick Bathed In Blood [Fantasia Fest 2023]
Jennifer Reeder’s “Perpetrator” is a spiritual successor to 2019’s John Waters-y, super-sensory-heightened debut “Knives and Skin,” serving vibes as a main course. That’s not entirely a damning accusation. Reeder’s style provokes delirium and allows her characters to float through hallucinogenic universes, which the filmmaker somehow controls. “Perpetrator” feels indebted to everything from high school humor…
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Alicia Silverstone Is Open to Reprising Batgirl Role in ‘The Flash’ Multiverse
Alicia Silverstone isn’t shutting the door on the Dcu.Twenty-six years after she played Batgirl in 1997’s “Batman and Robin,” the “Clueless” icon told IndieWire that she is open to reprising the role.“If somebody wants me to play Batgirl, and they’re incredible, I’m in,” Silverstone told IndieWire during the Tribeca Film Festival while promoting horror film…
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Paramount+ Unveils ‘Women Who Move Mountains’ Collection
Paramount+ is back with its Women’s History Month collection, Women Who Move Mountains. The curated collection of content highlights some incredible women creators and talent in movies and shows. The streamer refreshed its collection with some latest features which in turn has doubled the volume of content compared to last year, covering an array of…
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‘Clueless’ Is Amy Heckerling’s Pop Culture Masterpiece
To me, Amy Heckerling is the real reason Clueless remains a piece of pop culture iconography. That might not be too terribly original, especially when said decades later. Since Clueless’ release on July 19, 1995, the movie has maintained a top spot in the zeitgeist, a consistent and reliable wellspring for quotes, music, fashion, and…
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What’s Leaving Netflix in November 2022
Netflix is looking to have a huge month with a new season of The Crown, the highly anticipated series Wednesday, and new films like Enola Holmes 2 and Slumberland, but like all months, there will also be a handful of titles that will be leaving the service, at least for now. Fan-favorite movies like Clueless…
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There Was a Time Edgar Wright Was Mistaken for Paul Rudd
Who knew that Edgar Wright and Paul Rudd were doppelgängers?Wright hilariously shared an Instagram post highlighting the uncanny comparison between him and the “Clueless” actor. “Was asked to sign two publicity photos of me. Happy to oblige,” Wright captioned, before sharing side-by-side photos with Rudd. “To avoid any further confusion on this matter, me and…
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Maya Hawke Channeled Paul Newman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Marlon Brando for Twisted ‘Do Revenge’ Role
[Warning: The below contains spoilers for “Do Revenge,” now streaming on Netflix.]A modern update on “Clueless” and “Cruel Intentions” with a “Strangers on a Train” twist? Well, we might not immediately think of Marlon Brando or Paul Newman as inspirations for a Hitchcockian ode to classic ’90s teen dramedies, but we are not Hollywood royalty,…
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‘Last Survivors’ world premiere among UK’s FrightFest Halloween lineup
UK premieres include Cannes 2021 title ‘The Innocents’.The world premiere of Drew Mylrea’s US feature Last Survivors is among the programme for FrightFest Halloween (October 29-30), the October spin-off of the UK genre film festival held in August.Last Survivors stars True Blood’s Stephen Moyer and Clueless actor Alicia Silverstone, in the story of a father…
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‘The Netherfield Girls’: ‘Never Have I Ever’ Star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to Lead Netflix’s Contemporary ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Movie
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that modern-day adaptations of Jane Austen novels are generally pretty decent. There are all-time classics like Clueless, based on Austen’s Emma, and Bridget Jones’ Diary, inspired by Pride and Prejudice, and…a million other contemporary twists on Pride and Prejudice. Now Netflix is giving its own spin on Austen’s most famous…