Always read the small print and face your fears of mortality as we break down 1992’s Death Becomes Her. Can Meryl Streep be given more comedies please? And how is Goldie Hawn completely unrecognizable with red hair? And is this the most schlubby Bruce Willis character ever put on film? Also, could Isbella Rossellini basically sell rat poison and people would drink it down happily? Obviously, especially if she’s wearing jewelry as a top. Just come join the secret immortals club already. Elvis looks like he’s having a good time. 

Stir up that cauldron and bury your undead boyfriend as we cast ourselves into 1998’s Practical Magic. Did you know the origins of our double titles come from a distinctly cartoony place? Will an argument over the attractiveness of Aiden Quinn finally tear us apart? Did they really need to cram this movie into a romcom box? And can we all at least agree that the Owens women inherited fantastic hair along with their man-killing curse? (Worth it.) One thing we can tell you is that we’re feeling very into sisters right now. 

Come to school on a Saturday and take in what might be the nicest library ever disrespected by teenagers as we find the root of our early dating trauma in John Hughes’s The Breakfast Club. Is Judd Nelson the ultimate beautiful bad boy, or an assault charge waiting to happen? Did no one tell these brats not to climb on the rare Henry Moore sculpture? And can we all just generally agree that teenagers suck? What we found out is that some of us have to come to terms with our horrible taste in movie men. Does that answer your question?

Pick the perfect color-coordinated outfit and make sure you totally pause at that stop sign, as we cruise into Amy Heckerling’s 1995 teen romp Clueless. Has a movie ever spoken as directly to young women of a certain generation as this movie does to the ladies on this podcast? Where does Paud Rudd keep his enchanted portrait that allows him to stay as boyishly good looking as he does? And was there ever a time when it took 20 minutes to get anywhere in LA? You expect us to give you all the answers before you even listen to the episode? As if. 

Swish your flappy capes and check your weight as we swing into Tim Burton’s 1989 comic book classic Batman. Forget the best Batman debate, is Michael Keaton the best Bruce Wayne? Who decided it’s ok for a grown woman to pretend she weighs just 108 pounds? Is this Nicholson at his silliest? And what did we do to deserve Prince and his soundtrack genius? We’ll give you all the answers after we dance with the devil in the pale moonlight. 

YNFA 079: War Games, or Ferris Bueller’s Nuclear Standoff – You're No Fun Anymore

Try not to get on the FBI’s radar (easier said than done nowadays) as we jack into 1983’s Wargames. Was anyone else terrified of nuclear annihilation as a child? Is this movie the first instance of AI hallucination? Who else is craving a Tab? Let’s try some phone phreaking and phind out!  

1. YNFA 079: War Games, or Ferris Bueller’s Nuclear Standoff 01:23:50
2. YNFA 078: Say Anything, or Kickbox My Heart 01:17:45
3. YNFA 077: Mystic Pizza, or To All the Boys I’ve Loathed Before 01:09:44
4. YNFA 076: Stand By Me, or The Long Walk To See a Body 01:07:02
5. YNFA 075: Hook, or Peter Pandering 01:10:04