Chase shines as ‘Vacation’ (1983) puts Hughes on map
Hughes Day Tuesday (Movie review): Chevy Chase shines as John Hughes’ breakthrough film chronicles a hilarious “two weeks of living hell.”
30 observations about ‘Christmas Vacation’ (1989)
Movie commentary: John Hughes’ “Christmas Vacation” came out 30 years ago this month, and it has only grown in status as a holiday classic since.
New ‘Vacation’ is no classic, but it has enough laughs to be worth a rental (Movie review)
The fifth theatrical release in National Lampoon’s “Vacation” series – which confusingly has the exact same title as the first entry — has enough laughs to be worth a rental (it’s now available from Redbox). But it’s not destined to be a classic in the vein of “Christmas Vacation” (1989), which many people will screen
Don’t you forget about John Hughes, whose influence is still being felt (Movie and TV commentary)
Here’s how influential John Hughes was: I’m writing a blog post about the late writer-director (he died on Thursday of a heart attack at age 59) and I wasn’t even a huge fan. But he played an indirect — though easily traced — role in shaping my movie and TV tastes. If I had been born 10