Category Archives: Movies

Movie Madness and/or Mania: The Wave (1981)

Posted on May 20, 2024 by mondomolly

A number of ABC’s Afterschool Specials (and CBS’s School Break Specials and NBC’s Special Treat) have been made available on YouTube; while usually associated with heavy-handed renderings of TEEN ISSUES (DRUGS! DRINKING! SHOPLIFTING! CULTS! ALL THE GREATEST HITS!) a number of these specials adapted contemporary … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness And/Or Mania: Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)

Posted on October 31, 2022 by mondomolly

Welcome back, constant readers! Never fear, there are still Imaginary Summer Autumnal Book Club and Whitman series reviews to come this month, and I am catching up on comments, Name That Book requests and e-mails! Watch this space! But just … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Forever Amber By Kathleen Winsor

Posted on August 1, 2022 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2022 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the first selection, Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor) Well, Constant Readers, I vowed to get to our first massive … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness And/Or Mania: Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971)

Posted on April 28, 2022 by mondomolly

Back in 2014 I wrote about the 1967 teens-in-trouble classic Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones, in which author Ann Head (the penname for non-YA writer Anne Wales Christensen), tells the story of how two high school seniors cope with … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness And/Or Mania: The Late Great Me! Story Of A Teenage Alcoholic (1979)

Posted on March 2, 2022 by mondomolly

A number of ABC’s Afterschool Specials (and CBS’s School Break Specials and NBC’s Special Treat) have been made available on YouTube; while usually associated with heavy-handed renderings of TEEN ISSUES (DRUGS! DRINKING! SHOPLIFTING! CULTS! ALL THE GREATEST HITS!) a number of these specials adapted contemporary … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: She Let Him Continue By Stephen Geller

Posted on December 15, 2021 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2021 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This week, the 0final selection She Let Him Continue By Stephen Geller) Well, as usual, what was intended to be a … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Beyond The Forest By Stuart Engstrand

Posted on December 1, 2021 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2021 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This week, the third selection Beyond the Forest by Stuart Engstrand) Truly we are having an endless summer here at the … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness And/Or Mania: My Mother Was Never A Kid [Hangin’ Out With Cici] (1980)

Posted on November 18, 2021 by mondomolly

As this site concludes its tenth (!!!) year, we’re going to do a true Throwback Thursday, revisiting the very first title we reviewed, Francine Pascal’s time-traveling mother-daughter epic (and start of the Victoria Martin trilogy) Hangin’ Out With Cici. A … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness And/Or Mania: Summer of Fear [AKA Stranger In Our House] (1978)

Posted on July 1, 2021 by mondomolly

Theatrically-released versions of vintage YA works are few and far between- it has taken until this year to finally get a high-profile Judy Blume adaptation (The first pass, Tiger Eyes, an indie release directed by Blume’s son, basically sank without … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness and/or Mania: The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980)

Posted on May 2, 2021 by mondomolly

Shep Greene’s 40+ year old social-problem novel The Boy Who Drank Too Much remains one of the most searched-for titles on this site; judging by the search engine results I see on my end (“boy who drank too much main … Continue reading →

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