Just when you thought the '80s nostalgia industrial complex had gone beyond saturation point, along comes a movie that injects fresh fizz into the retro groove. It's fitting that Martha Coolidge's 1983 teen rom-com, Valley Girl, which was inspired by Frank and Moon Unit Zappa's novelty pop hit of the same name, should now come full circle in a musical remake driven by a whole karaoke party menu of period tunes. And it speaks to director Rachel Lee Goldenberg's love of the original that she repurposes Modern English's "I Melt With You" as the border-crossing ...
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