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John, Hallie, and Sarah discuss 1986’s Jumpin' Jack Flash, starring Whoopi Goldberg and everyone you loved from SNL in the 80s. Is it a spy thriller? Is it a workplace comedy? Will you fall in love with a computer chat screen? There's one thing we're sure of--it's a gas, gas, gas.
Sources for this episode:
AFI|Catalog - Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Devil and Sam Kinison by David Handelman for Rolling Stone, February 23, 1989.
Behind The Scenes of Jumpin' Jack Flash Movie (1986), Fast-Rewind.
Penny Marshall Chose The Dog’s Life of Directing with ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ by Brad Gullickson for Film School Rejects, December 19, 2018.
From the Archives: Penny Marshall on making the leap to directing with ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’: ‘I was scared stiff’ by Nancy Mills for Los Angeles Times, October, 28, 1986.
Our theme music is "Rue Severine" by Blue Dot Sessions.
Further listening/watching:
Set Me Free by The Pointer Sisters, RCA Records (1986)
Rescue Me by Fontella Bass, Chess Records (1965)
MOVIECLIPS courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes.
John settles Hallie and Sarah's long standing debate about which Frances Hodgson Burnett film adaptation is more traumatic: The Secret Garden (1993) or A Little Princess (1995).
Sources for this Episode:
The Secret Garden (1993) via AFI Catalog
A Little Princess (1995) via AFI Catalog
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Published 11/11/24
John, Sarah, and Hallie discuss The Skeleton Key.
Sources for this episode:
Key, Skeleton. “Skeleton Key 2005 Making of & behind the Scenes.” YouTube, 19 Feb. 2023, youtu.be/6YS7mDIByhk?si=hPEk0OuHyRnq-RKK. Accessed 20 Oct. 2024.
Weiss, Josh. “This Underrated, 2005 Kate Hudson Horror Film...
Published 10/24/24