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For our last Buzzworthy challenge, I asked you guys to bookmark the bad '80s movies that are your favorite guilty pleasures. I kicked things off with Mannequin and Teen Witch then let you guys do the rest. Your Buzzworthy picks reminded me of so many forgotten favorites that I'm all too happy to watch in their entirety if I happen to catch them on TV. Here are my favorite picks from BuzzSugar Read more
Everyone worships at least one woefully bad '80s movie, and I want to know what yours is. So let's all go bookmark our Buzzworthy picks for the best guilty pleasure '80s movies. My favorite has got to be Mannequin, starring Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, and, of course, Estelle Getty. I rented it so often as a kid that my parents often felt the need to remind me that most people prefer to rent Read more
The Sitter may be inspired by Adventures in Babysitting, but it's certainly not an improvement on the 1987 classic. The plot is very similar: a babysitter and three kids set out on a simple mission to get something, and along the way, they get mixed up with a bad guy and have to have it all resolved in time to get the children in bed. But a recycled plot is not the only thing that's unoriginal Read more
It probably won't shock you to hear that Footloose is not a cinematic masterpiece, but you might be pleasantly surprised to hear that it's pretty enjoyable. The movie, a remake of the 1984 film starring Kevin Bacon, tells the story of high schooler Ren (Kenny Wormald), who moves from Boston to the sleepy country town of Bomont, Georgia. Even though he finds that the town has outlawed dancing, Ren Read more
With the Teen Choice Awards a few days behind us, I got to thinking about John Hughes's classic '80s teen movies. Hughes helped distinguish the genre, so I thought it only fitting to choose one of his films for this week's moving quoting challenge. The Breakfast Club offers a motley group of detention servers, from the bad boy to the jock, and all of them — even the reticent Allison — offer Read more
Ready to howl with laughter? Before Jason Bateman was starring in movies like this week's Horrible Bosses, he was a teenage werewolf. In 1987, Bateman starred in Teen Wolf Too, the sequel to Michael J. Fox's original comedy, and the trailer is so goofy, so low budget, so '80s that it almost looks like a fake preview. From the silly voiceover to Bateman's hilariously bad werewolf costume, you'll Read more
