Chasing Amy Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/chasing-amy/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:00:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14214807/cropped-cropped-media-47-1-32x32.png Chasing Amy Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/chasing-amy/ 32 32 Essentials Ranked: The Films Of Ben Affleck https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranked-films-ben-affleck-20160321/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranked-films-ben-affleck-20160321/#respond Mon, 21 Mar 2016 19:26:57 +0000 http://theplaylist.net/?p=30346 Essentials Ranked: The Films Of Ben Affleck

Judging by the outcry when the decision was announced, this may be an unpopular opinion, but we were on board with the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman/Bruce Wayne in the upcoming “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Less perhaps out of all-out fandom than out of a recognition that Batfleck, as he quickly came to be dubbed, seemed to suggest a nuance in the approach to the film that precious little else had given us hope for.

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]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranked-films-ben-affleck-20160321/feed/ 0 Five Teen Films Heavily Inspired by The Legacy & Influence Of John Hughes https://staging2.theplaylist.net/five-teen-films-heavily-inspired-by-20090809/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/five-teen-films-heavily-inspired-by-20090809/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:30:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=6615 All of the great John Hughes tribute stories that have come out after his death got those of us at The Playlist talking about his legacy and its impact on the way teen movies were made since the 1980s. There are innumerable movies that owe a debt to the Hughes legacy, from “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” to “Mean Girls” to “Rushmore,” to the early works of Cameron Crowe, but here’s an in-depth look at five teen movies that absolutely could not have existed as we know them without the Hughes teen Shermer-verse movie legacy to draw from.

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