Tony Bill's directorial debut 'My Bodyguard' holds a special and heartwarming place for the 99% of us not fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to have been the most popular kids in school. 'My Bodyguard' is filled with respect for the difficulties of everyday teenage life in a realistic manner, and features wonderful performances from 1980's teen actors like Matt Dillon, Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin and Paul Quandt. The film, I posit in this episode, offers a more honest portrayal of teen life than any of the more-successful and better-known John Hughes films of the era, and goes to surprising depths in exploring male friendships, latchkey kids figuring out their place in the world, forgiveness and the setting of boundaries even when it seems most difficult.
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283. 'Dog Day Afternoon' (1975) Part 2: The Real Story
In the second of my two-parter on Dog Day Afternoon, we get out of the fictional
282. 'Dog Day Afternoon' (1975) Part 1: The Film
Sidney Lumet's 1975 masterpiece of naturalistic filmmaking is many things: a ban
281. [Indistinct Chatter] 5/8
[the week's collected thoughts] Climbing Docs I recommend: The Dark Wizard (HBO)
280. Sacred Cows: The Star Wars Films
In the second of my infrequently recurring series, Sacred Cows, I'm taking a loo
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