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Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

  This week on “Shat the Movies,” we’re revisiting Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), a teen romance that’s all about love, friendship, and the search for identity. Join us as we dive into the love triangle between Keith, Watts, and Amanda, and explore how this John Hughes classic flips the...

Zoolander (2001)

Zoolander (2001) is a comedy satirizing the fashion industry, starring Ben Stiller as Derek Zoolander, a dim-witted but wildly popular male supermodel facing career decline. Manipulated by evil fashion designer Mugatu (Will Ferrell), Derek is brainwashed into becoming an unwitting assassin in a plot to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. With the help of rival model Hansel (Owen Wilson) and journalist Matilda (Christine Taylor), Derek must break free from the brainwashing, save the day, and prove there’s more to life than being “really, really, ridiculously good-looking.”

Just One of The Guys (1985)

When Terry Griffith (Joyce Hyser) loses her high school’s writing competition, she’s convinced that it’s because she’s a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy (Billy Jacoby), helps her pass as a guy so well that she is soon making friends with the boys at school, including the attractive Rick (Clayton Rohner), who becomes her new best friend. But her gender-swapping makes things difficult when she falls in love with him.

Run Lola Run (1998)

Run Lola Run (1998) is a high-octane German thriller directed by Tom Tykwer that follows Lola (Franka Potente) as she races against time to save her boyfriend, Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who has lost a gangster’s money and faces deadly consequences if he can’t replace it within 20 minutes. The film unfolds in three alternate scenarios, each showing how small decisions and chance events impact the outcome of her desperate run. With its intense pacing, energetic soundtrack, and innovative storytelling, Run Lola Run explores themes of fate, love, and the power of choice.

Cloak & Dagger (1984)

With his mother dead and his father, Hal Osborne (Dabney Coleman), busy working, 11-year-old Davey (Henry Thomas) spends his time immersed in video games, often dreaming up espionage stories featuring imaginary spy Jack Flack (also Coleman). When Davey sees the murder of an FBI agent, the dying man hands him an Atari video game cartridge with military secrets. No one believes his story, and Davey is forced to go on the run, escaping from attempts on his life with Flack’s guidance.

Suburban Commando (1991)

Problems with his rocket compel space-traveling vigilante Shep Ramsey (Hulk Hogan) to spend some time on Earth. Plunking himself down in the middle of suburbia, he rents a room from Charlie (Christopher Lloyd) and Jenny Wilcox (Shelley Duvall). Shep attempts to acclimate himself — he skateboards, he accosts a mail carrier — but he’s destined to be a fish out of water. But when his outer space enemies arrive and pick a fight with his new friends, Shep is ready to prove his mettle.

Invictus (2009)

In the aftermath of apartheid, newly elected South African President Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) seeks to unite a divided nation through an unlikely source: rugby. Teaming up with the national team’s captain, François Pienaar (Matt Damon), Mandela inspires the Springboks to aim for victory at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, hoping their success will foster national unity. Invictus is an uplifting, true story of leadership, resilience, and the power of sport to heal and inspire change.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

A comedic send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen.