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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267. 'Hooper' (1978)
Choosing 'Hooper' out of a combination of desperation and momentary podcast apat
266. American Movie (1999)
Chris Smith and Sarah Price's Sundance-winning first documentary feature, 'Ameri
265. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
The sequel to Denis Villeneuve's 'Sicaro' is an impressive off-ramp from the fir
264. Sicario (2015)
Denis Villeneuve's film 'Sicario' remains a vital and prescient glimpse into ext
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