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Netflix has the biggest content library of any streaming service, and for that reason, many movies from the past are available on it. So, we thought about all the fans of old brilliant movies that are now characterized as classics and decided to compile a list of the best classic movies on Netflix that you should check out right now.

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Scarface is a crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay by Oliver Stone. Based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Armitage Trail and its 1932 film adaptation, the 1983 film follows Tony Montana and his close friend Manny, who build a ruthless and successful drug empire in Miami. However as Tony’s power grows so do his enemies, but the biggest threat to his empire is his own paranoia. Scarface stars Al Pacino,...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High, featuring Sean Penn in one of his earliest roles, is heading to Netflix. The acclaimed '80s comedy will arrive on the streaming service at the start of next month, just as students are heading back to school.

Beginning Sept. 1, Netflix subscribers will be able to stream Fast Times at Ridgemont High on the platform. Based on the book of the same name by Cameron Crowe (who also wrote the screenplay), Fast Times chronicles a school year in the lives of sophomores Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Lee) and Mark Ratner (Brian Backer) and their older friends Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates) and Mike Damone (Robert Romanus). The coming-of-age movie also stars Sean Penn as perpetually stoned surfer Jeff Spicoli and Judge Reinhold as Stacy's popular brother, Brad Hamilton.

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Anthea Sylbert, an Oscar-nominated costume designer who worked on some of the signature films of the late 1960s and 1970s, including “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Carnal Knowledge,” “Chinatown,” “Shampoo,” “Julia” and “King Kong,” and a producer later in her career on a number of films starring Goldie Hawn, has died. She was 84.

Her death was confirmed by Robert Romanus, her stepson.

Sylbert, subject of a forthcoming documentary by Sakis Lalas titled “Anthea Sylbert: My Life in 3 Acts,” also served as an executive at United Artists and Warner Bros., at a time when there were few women in the C-suites of Hollywood. She also worked repeatedly with director Mike Nichols, both onscreen and onstage, and was Oscar-nominated for her costuming on period films “Chinatown” (1974) and “Julia” (1977).

Assessing Sylbert’s work on “Chinatown,” GlamAmor, a website dedicated to the history of fashion in film, said in 2012: “Sylbert crafted clothes for Faye Dunaway that...

Richard Romanus, known for his tough guy roles, has passed away at the age of 80 in Volos, Greece. He had a successful career in both film and television, with notable roles in Mean Streets and The Sopranos. In his later years, Romanus focused on writing and published a memoir and two novels before his death.

Richard Romanus, the actor best known for his roles in Mean Streets, Heavy Metal, and The Sopranos, has died. Romanus, who was 80, passed away at a private hospital in Volos, Greece, on December 23. News of his death was confirmed by his son, Robert Romanus, to The Hollywood Reporter; the cause has not been revealed.

Romanus, of Lebanese descent, was born on February 8, 1943, in Barrem, Vermont. He received a bachelor's in philosophy from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, before attending law school. Romanus only spent one year in law school, deciding to become an actor instead.

Actor Richard Romanus, known for playing loan shark Michael Longo in Mean Streets among many other roles, has died.

Per THR, Romanus died on Dec. 23 at a private hospital in Greece with his son, Robert Romanus, confirming the news. No other specific details were shared about the actor's passing. He was 80 years old.

Romanus' role as Michael in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets was memorable, with the actor starring alongside Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel. He is also known for his voiceover work, as he voiced the cab driver Harry Canyon in the animated sci-fi fantasy film Heavy Metal. Romanus also did voices for Ralph Bakshi's animated movies Wizards and Hey Good Lookin'.

The actor would appear in a variety of features films and television shows throughout the decades. He's also appeared in movies like Sitting Ducks, Pandemonium, Murphy's Law, Oscar, Cops & Robbersons, Nailed, and The Young Black Stallion.

Actor Richard Romanus, who is known for his roles in ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Mean Streets’, no more. He was 80. He died on December 23 in a hospital in Volos, Greece, his son, Robert Romanus, reports People magazine.

No cause of death was given. Romanus was known for his tough-guy roles including Michael Longo in 1973’s ‘Mean Streets’. In the Martin Scorsese-directed crime drama, Romanus played a loan shark who gets into a memorable confrontation with Johnny Civello (Robert De Niro).

Scorsese, 81, recalled the iconic bar scene in Andy Dougan’s Untouchable: Robert De Niro, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Something had happened between Bobby and Richard because the animosity between them in that scene is real, and I played on it. They had gotten on each other’s nerves to the point where I think they really wanted to kill each other,” the writer-director recalled in the 2011 biography.

“I kept...

It’s sad to say, but death seems to be working overtime as we close out 2023. Following the news that beloved character actor Tom Wilkinson has passed away, come the passing of two more well-loved supporting players in TV and film. Richard Romanus, who played the role of loan shark Michael Longo in Mean Streets, passed away at the age of 80 on December 23rd. Meanwhile, Maurice Hines, the brother of Gregory Hines, has also passed away, also at 80.

Although Richard Romanus had a lengthy career that went back to the early ‘70s, it was his turn in Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets that remained his most memorable performance. It was his character who, after a run-in with Robert De Niro’s Johnny Boy (who owed Michael money), manned the car that drove up alongside Johnny Boy and Harvey Keitel’s Charlie, leading to the shooting of the loose cannon.

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Richard Romanus, who built his character acting career with a tough guy persona in film and television, has died at 80 at a hospital in Volos, Greece. No cause was given by his son, Robert.

Romanus had a string of memorable roles during his long career. He was Harry Canyon, the cab driver from Heavy Metal, and Richard Lapenna, the husband of Dr. Melfi, in “The Sopranos.” He was loanshark Michael Longo in Mean Streets.

His TV résumé includes Mission: Impossible, Starsky and Hutch, Hawaii Five-0, The Rockford Files, Kojak, Strike Force, and more across the ’70s.

In films, Romanus appeared in Sitting Ducks (1980), Protocol (1984), The Couch Trip (1988), Oscar (1991), Point of No Return (1993), Cops and Robbersons (1994), Nailed (2001) and The Young Black Stallion (2003).

In his later years, Romanus and his wife moved to the Greek town of Skiathos, and he wrote about the experience in Act III: A Small Island in the Aegean,...

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There is not an actor in the history of moving pictures who has been more egregiously taken for granted by her industry than Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Critics have always had her back. The New York Times' Janet Maslin got it from the jump when she singled Leigh out as "the only thing worth seeing" in her film debut "Eyes of a Stranger." The better-than-average 1981 slasher film set the tone for Leigh's career in that she plays a victim. Her character is a blind-deaf mute whose condition was brought on by being kidnapped and raped at an early age. The 19-year-old Leigh projects sweetness and innocence, but this young woman is all serrated edges. Because she isn't just a victim. She's a survivor.

Roger Ebert was also an early admirer of Leigh,...

Three friends are forced to fight off sinister users of the dark web in Delaney Bishop's Terror Eyes, and ahead of the new horror film's June 8th release On Demand from Indican Pictures, we've been provided with the exclusive trailer (along with an exclusive clip) to share with Daily Dead readers!

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Synopsis: Lisa, Danny and Rebecca embark on a celebratory road trip to the middle of the desert to attend a music festival. As their journey progresses, they begin to grow uneasy when they realize they’re being followed. The trio soon discovers that they are the live subjects of a dark website called “Terror Eyes,” an online platform that broadcasts horrifying events including robberies, violent attacks and murders. In order to escape the growing nightmare,...

“Learn it. Know it. Live it!” The best-remembered teen comedy of the ’80s is also an insightful and unabashed look at real attitudes, behaviors and motivations of young people learning to deal with adult issues. Beyond the hilarious Sean Penn and the luscious Phoebe Cates lies a talent squad of notables and stars-to-be like Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold and Robert Romanus, with appearances by Amanda Wyss, Forest Whitaker, Eric Stoltz, Nicolas Coppola and Anthony Edwards. The stunning feature directing debut of Amy Heckerling, from Cameron Crowe’s undercover high school exposé, should be acknowledged as a modern classic.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston, Scott Thomson, Vincent Schiavelli, Amanda Wyss, Forest Whitaker, Kelli Maroney, Eric Stoltz, James Russo,...

Fans remember”Fast Times at Ridgemont High” for its raunchy humor, loaded soundtrack and clever storyline, but an underlying subplot involving underage sex and abortion often flies under the radar — and that might be a good thing.

According to screenwriter Cameron Crowe, the film’s abortion side-story wouldn’t hold up with a modern audience.

“It would be outrageously controversial, and it would be protested, and there would be a mess over it,” Crowe said during an interview with Yahoo.

The storyline in question follows 15-year-old sophomore Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who starts off the school year as a virgin, only to become impregnated by fellow classmate Mike Damone (Robert Romanus). Following the pregnancy news, Stacy undergoes an abortion, which the film treats with a surprising lack of fanfare — a detail that Crowe attributes to director Amy Heckerling.

“We asked her about the abortion scene, and she said ‘you know what,...

1971: The last appearance of Barnabas Collins on the original Dark

Shadows. 1984: Jack Wagner debuted as Frisco Jones on Gh.

1998: One Life to Live's Téa tried to figure out Todd.

2006: Passions aired a Bollywood episode."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

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1931: Clara, Lu & Em shifted from Wgn to the NBC Blue Network, one of the earliest radio soap operas. Listen to the episode here.

1953: On The Guiding Light, Meta Bauer White prepared for the worst.

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Bo Burnham’s debut feature film “Eighth Grade” is earning acclaim for its realistic and touching portrayal of growing up today. Of course, Burnham’s movie builds on a long legacy of movies that deal with the awkwardness of coming of age, from John Hughes classics like “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles” to more recent successes like “Lady Bird” and “Call Me By Your Name.” Take a look at some of the most cringeworthy moments from these movies below.

The Graduate (1967)

In this classic coming-of-age story from Mike Nichols, Benjamin Braddock (breakout star Dustin Huffman) has a lot of cringeworthy moments with Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft). In one scene, he confronts his soon-to-be lover about her strange behavior and then delivers the famous line: “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me… aren’t you?”

Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

This classic (and raunchy) teen comedy took on teenage...

In this edition of Canon Of Film, we take a look back at Amy Heckerling‘s high school coming-of-age-classic, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. For the story behind the genesis of the Canon, you can click here.

Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

Director: Amy Heckerling

Screenplay: Cameron Crowe based on his book

I think the best high school movies are not the ones that show the over-the-top journeys of a few drunk, stoned, and/or sex-crazed low-life students going to have the defining life-changing moments with their best friend’s slutty mom or whatever, insignifcant pitiful high school goal they aim for.… but instead the better films are the ones that are more slice of life films, the ones that show just how nieve and stupid we were when we younger and how that influenced but didn’t necessarily defined our life. If you ask Freud, we have already had...

1971: The last appearance of Barnabas Collins on the original Dark

Shadows. 1984: Jack Wagner debuted as Frisco Jones on Gh.

1998: One Life to Live's Téa tried to figure out Todd.

2006: Passions aired a Bollywood episode."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."

― Machiavelli

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1931: Clara, Lu & Em shifted from Wgn to the NBC Blue Network, one of the earliest radio soap operas.

Several years after unleashing clever zombies with an appetite for brains in The Return of the Living Dead, Dan O'Bannon turned his attention to H.P. Lovecraft with The Resurrected, coming to home media in high definition on September 12th, and we've been provided with three Blu-ray copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers.

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Several years after unleashing clever zombies in The Return of the Living Dead, Dan O'Bannon turned his attention to H.P. Lovecraft with The Resurrected, coming to Blu-ray on September 12th with a final list of bonus features that have just been revealed by Scream Factory:

Press Release: Loyal fans of visionary writer/director Dan O’Bannon (The Return of the Living Dead) know well the terrifying thriller from his 1991 cult classic The Resurrected, based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft. The film stars John Terry (Zodiac, Full Metal Jacket), Jane Sibbett (Arrival II), Chris Sarandon (Fright Night), Laurie Briscoe (Breaking Point) and Robert Romanus (Fast Times at Ridgemont High). On September 12, 2017,Scream Factory™ Home Entertainment is proud to presentTHE Resurrected on home entertainment shelves. Available for the first time on Blu-ray™, this definitive release features new 2K transfer, interviews and revealing extras. A must-have for movie collectors, horror enthusiasts and loyal fans,...

“That was my skull! I’m so wasted!” For two days only — Sunday, July 30, and Wednesday, August 2 — Fathom Events and the TCM Big Screen Classics Series are hosting a cinematic class reunion like no other. Celebrating its 35th anniversary, Fast Times At Ridgemont High – director Amy Heckerling’s ode to teen life in the early Eighties – is hosting a cinematic class reunion, as the beloved film returns to movie theaters for two days only, July 30 and August 2. Presented by Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies as part of the yearlong TCM Big Screen Classics series, the event will also include specially produced commentary by TCM Primetime Host Ben Mankiewicz before and after the feature. Join stoner dude Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn), naïve sophomore Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Leigh), her managerial brother Brad (Judge Reinhold), the worldly Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates), the shy Mark “Rat” Ratner (Brian Backer) and sleazy Mike...

The future is indeed female in Genesis, a new sci-fi dramedy from Audrey Evans.

“Imagine an individual cloning herself — it’s sort of an immaculate conception, if you will,” explains Meredith Baxter in a clip of the dramedy, which explores the extinction of the male species and the promise of an all-female society.

Robert Romanus, Suzanne Westenhoefer and Dana Goldberg are also set to star in the film, which is described as “a B movie with style” and “Orange is the New Black meets Pulp Fiction meets Enter the Dragon.” It is currently raising funds on Indiegogo.

Evans — a seasoned editor who...

Details on American Murder Song‘s third Ep, The Reckoning, kicks off today’s Horror Highlights. Also: Jennifer Blanc-Biehn joins the cast of Voyeur and a Daily Dead Q&A with Z Nation composer Jason Gallagher.

American Murder Song’s The Reckoning Details: Press Release: “1816, The Year Without A Summer, was an infamous year. A natural disaster blew its vengeance over the American northeast until every damn thing was froze, and the ground became death. Trapped indoors, Mary Shelly penned her classic novel Frankenstein. Two hundred years later, cult film composers Terrance Zdunich (Repo! The Genetic Opera) and Saar Hendelman (The Devil’S Carnival franchise) are resurrecting that fateful year as the setting for a bitter new batch of murder ballads. Prepare thyself for American Murder Song’s third extended play album, III. The Reckoning.

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Focus Features has pushed J A Bayona’s imminent Toronto world premiere into December.

A Monster Calls will launch on a ten-city run on December 23 before expanding wide on January 6, 2017.

The film premieres in Toronto as a gala presentation on September 9 and recounts the story of the son of a dying woman who befriends a tree-shaped beast.

Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell and Lewis MacDougall are among the cast. The original release date was October 21. Lionsgate International handles sales outside the Us.

Top brass at The Film Society Of Lincoln Center have announced Explorations, a new section of the New York Film Festival from global film-makers “across the spectrum of experience and artistic sensibility.” The inaugural roster comprises: Albert Serra’s The Death Of Louis Xiv; Douglas Gordon’s I Had Nowhere to Go; João Pedro Rodrigues’ The Ornithologist; Natalia Almada’s Everything...

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Kino Lorber was right to bring out Foxes (1980) in Blu-ray under their Kl Studio Classics series. The elegant re-issue seems aimed at convincing film snobs that this little gem from the last days of disco finally deserves their attention after a distance of 35 years, during which time it was either dismissed as another insignificant teen comedy of the ‘80s, or as a guilty pleasure. But longtime champions of the film, myself included, need no convincing. We owned the clamshell VHS, we owned the first-generation DVD, and now, if anything, I’d venture to say we feel vindicated that it now carries the stamp as a bonafide classic by a home video label as respected as Kino Lorber. Indeed, a major fist-pump moment comes during director Adrian Lyne’s remark in the audio commentary that Roger Ebert selected it as his favorite film of 1980 and took it with...

Arriving on DVD this week from Anchor Bay Home Entertainment is the new thriller The Midnight Game, which shows why some games were never meant to be played. Renee Olstead, Guy Wilson, Shelby Young, Valentina de Angelis and Spencer Daniels star as a group of young friends who decided to perform an ancient Pagan ritual which unlocks a demonic presence among them.

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Director A.D. Calvo's (The Melancholy Fantastic) latest horror picture is titled The Midnight Game. In the story, several youths venture into an abandoned house to reenact an ancient Pagan ritual. This game, if successful, will resurrect the Midnight Man. Some of that ritual is show inside. In the clip, Kaitlin (Renee Olstead), Rose (Shelby Young), Shane (Guy Wilson), Jenna (Valentina de Angelis) and Jeff (Spencer Daniels) approach the house and knock on the door 22 times. Then, they snuff out their candles. What comes next? Fans will have to speculate whether the Midnight Man appears though as friends can sometimes play practical jokes. Horror fans can have a look at the clip below. Release Date: 2013. Director: A.D. Calvo. Writers: A.D. Calvo, Brett A. Calvo and Rick Dahl. Cast: Robert Romanus, Deborah Twiss, Renee Olstead, Shelby Young, Guy Wilson, Valentina de Angelis, Spencer Daniels, Luz Alexandra Ramos, and Sean Leser. The trailer for The Midnight Game.

One of the trickier genres to get right is the teen comedy. Walking the line between not condescending to a high-school-age audience and yet also not alienating them is a difficult balance, let alone making a film that doesn't age, feels truthful, and can be smart and funny as well. And one of the finest examples of the genre remains to this day, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." Released thirty years ago today on August 13th, the 1982 film, directed by first-timer Amy Heckerling and written by future filmmaker Cameron Crowe, follows a diverse range of characters, including hot-headed Brad (Judge Reinhold), his virginal sister Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh), her older friend Linda (Phoebe Cates), shy Rat (Brian Backer), ticket scalper Mike (Robert Romanus) and stoner/surfer Spicoli (Sean Penn). And of course, it's responsible for some indelible moments both for those who were of the right age when the film released,...

Renee Olstead is best known for playing nice Catholic girl Madison Cooperstein on the ABC Family drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager, but she’ll soon be taking on a very different kind of role for a new indie horror project. Olstead recently signed on to play Kaitlin in The Midnight Game, a movie about the dangers of mixing teenagers and witchcraft. Anyone who watched The Craft half as much as I did in high school knows what I’m talking about. [Variety]

Directed by A.D. Calvo and written by Rick Dahl, the film also stars Deborah Twiss (Kick-Ass), Shelby Young (The Social Network), Valentina de Angelis (It’s Kind Of A Funny Story), Spencer Daniels (Start Trek), Guy Wilson (Little Black Book), Nedra McClyde and Robert Romanus, who you may remember as the ticket scalper Mike Damone in Fast Times At Ridgement High.

The Midnight Game is currently shooting in Connecticut.

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(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)

Flickchart Ranking: #764

Win Percentage: 55%

Times Ranked: 7626

Top-20 Rankings: 22

Directed By: Greg Mottola

Starring: Simon Pegg • Nick Frost • Seth Rogen • Jane Lynch • Sigourney Weaver

Genres: Adventure • Comedy • Road Movie • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Comedy • Adventure Comedy

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(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)

Flickchart Ranking: #2200

Win Percentage: 54%

Times Ranked: 2471

Top-20 Rankings: 11

Directed By: James Gunn

Starring: Rainn Wilson • Ellen Page • Liv Tyler • Kevin Bacon • Michael Rooker

Genres: Action • Action Comedy • Black Comedy • Comedy • Comedy Drama • Comic-Book Superhero Film • Drama • Satire • Based-on-Comics

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Jumping The Broom

(DVD & Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)

Flickchart Ranking: #16475

Win Percentage: 32%

Times Ranked: 46

Top-20 Rankings: 2

Directed By: Salim Akil

Starring: Angela Bassett • Paula Patton • Meagan Good • Laz Alonso • Julie Bowen

Genres: Comedy • Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy • Drama

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Sean Penn might have a couple of Oscars under his belt, but he's still Spicoli after all these years. The "Milk" actor was on hand for Spike TV's "Guys Choice" awards on Saturday with several of his castmates from the 1982 classic "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," which was inducted into the Guy Movie Hall of Fame. Surrounded by Forest Whitaker, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus and "Fast Times" director Amy Heckerling (as well as Robert De Niro, who bestowed the antlered trophy), Penn revisited his surfer/stoner character Jeff Spicoli, delivering the...

In honor of the film's 30th anniversary this year, the cast of Fast Times at Ridgemont High reunited at Spike TV's Guy Choice Awards back on June 4th. The actual awards ceremony airs on TV tomorrow night, but Spike was cool enough to put most of the highlights on their website, including this one. Unfortunately none of the main actresses were available, but it's still cool to see some of the main players back together again, as well as Sean Penn try on the voice of Spicoli one last time. Featured in this image, we have: From left: Taylor Negron (the pizza delivery guy); Forest Whitaker (Charles Jefferson); Amy Heckerling (director); Brian Backer (Mark "Rat" Ratner); Judge Reinhold (Brad Hamilton); Robert Romanus (Mike Damone); and Sean Penn (Jeff...

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In honor of the film's 30th anniversary this year, the cast of Fast Times at Ridgemont High reunited at Spike TV's Guy Choice Awards back on June 4th. The actual awards ceremony airs on TV tomorrow night, but Spike was cool enough to put most of the highlights on their website, including this one. Unfortunately none of the main actresses were available, but it's still cool to see some of the main players back together again, as well as Sean Penn try on the voice of Spicoli one last time. Featured in this image, we have: From left: Taylor Negron (the pizza delivery guy); Forest Whitaker (Charles Jefferson); Amy Heckerling (director); Brian Backer (Mark "Rat" Ratner); Judge Reinhold (Brad Hamilton); Robert Romanus (Mike Damone); and Sean Penn (Jeff...

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Sean Penn will reunite with the director and cast of his breakout film Fast Times at Ridgemont High at tonight's Spike TV's Guys' Choice Awards. The coming-of-age drama is to be inducted into the network's Guy Movie Hall of Fame, and Robert De Niro will present the cast with the award. The event will see Penn reunited on stage with the likes of Judge Reinhold, Brian Backer, Forest Whitaker and Robert Romanus, as well as the film's director Amy Heckerling. Jennifer Jason Leigh is said (more)...

Sean Penn will reunite with his Fast Times At Ridgemont High castmates and director on Saturday when the high school comedy is inducted into the Guy Movie Hall of Fame at Spike TV’s Guys Choice Awards.

Penn, who played stoner icon Jeff Spicoli in the 1982 film, will reportedly join co-stars Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer and Forest Whitaker, and director Amy Heckerling at the event in Los Angeles, according to EW.com.

Robert De Niro will present the cast with trophies.

The cast of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" will reunite to party at the Guys Choice Awards. Jeff Spicoli would most definitely approve.

Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Forest Whitaker and director Amy Heckerling will be present at Spike TV's Guy Choice Awards to witness "Fast Times" being inducted into the Guy Movie Hall of Fame, according to Inside TV.

Hopefully, they'll play Sammy Hagar's title song as they approach the stage. Or at least Billy Squier's "Fast Times (The Best Years of Our Lives)."

Bummer, though, that Stacy and Linda won't be able to make it, as Jennifer Jason Leigh is in New York starring in a Broadway production of "The House of Blue Leaves" and Phoebe Cates is unavailable.

We wonder if Phoebe still has that red bathing suit? We wonder that quite often, actually...

The Guys Choice Awards will air on Spike TV on Friday,...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High will be inducted into the Guy Movie Hall of Fame at Spike TV’s 2011 Guys Choice spectacle, which means– whoa, Mr. Hand! — we’re getting a mini-reunion of the cast from the seminal ’80s flick.

Sean Penn — yes, Academy Award winner Sean Penn — Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Forest Whitaker (another Oscar winner!), and director Amy Heckerling will all take the stage to accept the honor from film vet Robert De Niro, EW.com reveals. Among the Mia, Jennifer Jason Leigh is busy on Broadway, while Phoebe Cates is “unavailable.”

Spike’s Guys Choice bash airs Friday,...

In the mood for some tasty waves, a cool buzz, or at least a mini-reunion of the cast of Fast Times at Ridgemont High? EW has learned that the legendary high school comedy will be inducted into the Guy Movie Hall of Fame at Saturday’s taping of Spike TV’s Guys Choice event, with Fast Times cast members Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Forest Whitaker, and director Amy Heckerling appearing together onstage in Los Angeles to accept the honor. (Alas, Jennifer Jason Leigh is busy starring in the Broadway production of The House of Blue Leaves and Phoebe Cates is unavailable.

I know he's a good-looking guy Now, but man this makes me chuckle. Only people who grew up in the '80s as ravenous movie freaks will see where I'm going with this, but ... Patrick Dempsey is now a sex symbol, thanks entirely to his work (and his look) on a very popular medical series that I've never seen. (I think it's called Boston Elsewhere E/R Mercy Anatomy Clinic.)

Before we continue, please know that this is not any sort of attack on Mr. Dempsey. Matter of fact, he's one of those actors I feel I kinda "grew up with," not unlike John Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., and Johnny Depp. (Yes, my generation produced talented actors. Deal with it.) On top of the fact that I enjoy Dempsey's on-screen antics, the guy now represents the ultimate geeky guy dream: to struggle and suffer through our awkward teen years, completely awash in nerdliness,...

Baked goods have a shelf life for good reason. I don't care how good the original pie was, after ten fucking years, it's going to be shitty and nauseating. Now on its Seventh incarnation, I'm praying to the god Flickus, god of direct-to-dvd, and Frattus, god of collegiate antics, that the lame American Pie series be taken out back and given the ol' double-barrel buh-bye. Bury the remains in hallowed earth, and then salt it so nothing may grow from it again. American Pie is now prepackaged like dollar store cake-mix boxes molded from a warehouse flood. The jokes stopped being funny four movies ago, they've run out of things to stick it in or have stuck in themselves, and they're recycling hit-on/burn lines that were old when the Pie was still fresh. The first film might have been my generation's Breakfast Club, igniting a few careers with a...

American Pie Presents: The Book of Love will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 22 and you know we have to celebrate the latest in this popular straight-to-dvd line of comedies. We have a new contest running and we're giving away copies of this new DVD to our readers. You know these discs will go fast so be sure to enter this new giveaway today.Winners Receive:American Pie Presents: The Book of Love DVD to win this new comedy DVD today. Rob, Nathan and Lube are three friends at Great Falls High determined to succeed in their mission of manhood and score with the ladies of their dreams. After some uproarious attempts with less than successful results, they accidentally discover a legendary guide to seduction hidden in the school library. It turns out to be a rarely-seen, often-sought manual about the secrets to sexual success, penned by some of the school's previous generations.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has just announced the next chapter in their hugely popular direct-to-dvd American Pie Presents series entitled The Book of Love, which will hit DVD and Blu-ray on December 22nd, 2009. Here is the official Press Release:

The latest hilarious new escapade from the ever popular, long-running American Pie Presents comedy franchise, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, comes to Blu-ray Hi-Def and DVD on December 22, 2009 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The newest release from the studio's highly-successful DVD Originals&#8482 film line is packed with the high-spirited humor, raucous antics, and outrageously-inspired sex-capades that have become a hallmark of the American Pie Presents films.

In this newest adventure, a legendary guide to achieving guaranteed sexual success leads to unexpectedly hilarious predicaments in the funniest chapter yet.

American Pie Presents veteran Eugene Levy (For Your Consideration) returns as the befuddled but ever-wise Noah Levenstein. In addition, an array...

When you've got it flaunt it, right? Mwg Entertainment the multi-platform digital studio behind web series My Two Fans and now wedding comedy Road to the Altar, has done an impressive job lining up some household-name sponsors for its projects. Altar is boasting wedding-friendly consumer brands Pier 1, iRobot, Panda Express and Blackberry signed on for the series. The 10-episode series, directed and co-written by Annie Lukowski, stars Jaleel White (Urkel on Family Matters) and Leyna Weber (who also co-wrote) from As the World Turns as a young couple, Simon and Rochelle, pulling together their wedding with a faux-reality TV crew in tow. The couple makes all the expected stops around town to find the perfect vendors for the wedding - florists, valets, wedding dresses, etc. And that's where the veteran TV guest stars come in to shine—Kym Whitley (The Parkers), Rodney Perry (Who’s Got Jokes?), Susan Floyd (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles...

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Unlike the high school hellcats twenty years before them, tossing globes out of classroom windows and firing on police officers (see High School Confidential), Foxes (1980), is a portrait of teenage torpor at the dawn of the Eighties. These jaded teens, led by Jodie Foster, would rather pop a ‘lude and put on a Boston LP.

Examining the loosely woven friendship between four high school girls in the San Fernando Valley, each with typical problems of her age – and therefore seemingly insurmountable – Foxes looks at how each personality type copes with life, sex and parents, all of whom are divorced and too busy trying to find themselves rather than guide their children through the rockiest period of their lives.

Released between two movies that became classics of the L.A. High School genre, Rock ‘n Roll High School (1979) and Fast Times at Ridgemont...