Clueless

Do you ever get food cravings? When I was pregnant, I craved foods all the time, and even when I'm not I get the occasional hankering.  What's weird, though, is that I often get weird cravings to watch certain movies.  (NOT compulsions.  Because... just... not compulsions.)  There's a short list of movies that I often feel the need to watch right away, (like The Goonies every time it rains, or Harry Potter every weekend, since ABC Family plays marathons so often) and one of them is Clueless.  If you have kids or, I guess, if you are a kid, and you need a quick example of what the 90s were all about just pop in Clueless.  You got your sweater vests, you got your baby doll tees, you got your plaid miniskirts with knee socks... you can even find skaters in JINCOs.  And if you need proof that the movie is completely magical, consider this: for the entire first half of the movie, you didn't even notice that Paul Rudd was a total Baldwin. 

In French class, the teacher let us pick one or two movies to buy with French dubbed over and the one that won the vote by a landslide was Clueless. I voted for The Lion King, by the way, which we eventually also got, so it all worked out.   Almost everyone who picked Clueless wanted it because they wanted to learn to say 'virgin' in another language, but the joke was on them because it's just 'virgin' with a French accent.

Now, if you're my age and female you might be able to commiserate with me.  I am the same age as Cher.  So, when she was trying to pass her driver's test ("Oops! Should I leave a note?") I was also 16.  I legitimately got into that movie for the 12 and under price, because when we walked up to the counter, they automatically assumed we wanted one child and one adult (the last time that happened to me was six days after my 17th birthday).  When I watched that movie and saw what Cher looked like at 16 years old... well, I was not instilled with a great deal of confidence.  If this also happened to you, please let me help you feel a little bit better.  Cher may have been 16, but Alicia Silverstone was NOT! She was 19.  So that made me feel better.  By 19 I looked at least 13 or 14.  So.  Whew. Good. 

I actually grabbed this from propelle.com

Anyway, if you haven't seen it lately, give it a go and let me know how it holds up for you.  I still love it, and I hope you do too!  Comment down below.

Marie Antoinette

I just wanted to drop a few pictures and say that I think Marie Antoinette is the most beautiful movie ever made.  Not the story or the characters, but every single visual element of that movie is gorgeous.  They even made the mud look fancy! They also won a well-deserved Oscar for the costumes.  Cheers!

**Edit** I don't own any of these pictures.  Clearly, they're stills from the film.

The Heavenly Kid

Looking back on my childhood, I know I played outside a lot, but I'm wondering how much my mind has exaggerated those memories, because I know for sure that I came home EVERY DAY and watched TV and movies after school at least from age six until about age ten.  I believe I mentioned I went through these phases where I picked the same movie over and over for a while, with the Goonies lasting probably a year or more.  This was back when it was totally okay to let the TV babysit your kids, not that my own boys haven't seen every single episode of Teen Titans Go! so I can just type for a minute... anyway, one of the first movies I remember was The Heavenly Kid.  A sixties-era greaser named Bobby (Lewis Smith) died while racing his car to win the prize of- now, this is the 60s- his girlfriend.  Ah, the good old days. 

After 15 or so years on some sort of afterlife public transport, Bobby finds that he's got to do some kind of good deed to redeem himself if he wants to catch the train for "Uptown" and not have to go "Downtown" if you catch my drift.  When he comes back to Earth, he finds that his assignment is to help this total nerdy loser named Lenny (Sorry Jason Gedrick.  That's just how they cast you.) with the love of his life.  Cool-guy Bobby turns loser Lenny into a total cool-guy so that he can win over the prettiest girl in school.  It's the 80s now, so expect a lot of side ponytails and V-neck sweaters.  But then he discovers that he doesn't even like her, or even being a cool-guy.  I know that's a pretty big spoiler, but there's another surprise involving Jane Kaczmarek, the mom from Malcolm in the Middle, who is just so great and gorgeous and lovable in this movie.  If you like 80s movies and haven't seen this one, give it a go.  It's so good!

Time Lapse

I didn't really have a place to discuss new favorites, since Mondays seem to be turning into day for mostly vintage topics and Saturdays are for my discoveries.  So, I've picked Thursdays for quick micro-posts and to rave about my current obsessions like the movie Time Lapse.  Now, in general, I tend not to mind spoilers, but honestly, don't let anyone tell you anything about this movie except that it deals with time travel... kind of.  *At this point I had planned to link to the trailer, but I feel like it gives a lot away, so... just go watch the movie.*

obviously not my photo

 

After I watched it the first time (the second time was the very next day), I immediately looked up the writers on IMDB.  I'm sort of obsessive about actors, but in general I never think at all about the people on the other side of the camera. 
The only exceptions:
-The writers of Time Lapse -Bradley King & BP Cooper
-The costumers for The Wiz Live
-The hair stylists for The Vikings on the History Channel

Such amazing talent! So, yes.  Go to Netflix NOW and search for Time Lapse.  If you don't have time to watch it today, add it to your list.  Seriously, make it the next thing you watch.  It's trippy, there are twists... you'll stay on the edge of your seat the entire time.  I was on my feet in the last scene like, "WHAAAAAAAT?! What is she doing?"

I've told you too much.