“Heathers” (1989) is one of the most oft-referenced titles in teen-movie scholarship, and the film itself regularly gets referenced in other works. Namely, the term
After his four high school films as a director, John Hughes moved on to four family friendly films – the last of which is the
John Candy wraps up his trilogy of starring roles in John Hughes movies – following “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” and “The Great Outdoors” – with
John Hughes’ writing talent and knack for capturing teenagers’ voices were on display pretty early, but his direction is a little clunky at the start
“Special” (2006) has the simplest of stories – Les (Michael Rapaport) participates in a clinical trial and finds that the pills give him superpowers –
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986) – the fourth directorial effort from writer John Hughes – has two great messages that almost no one subscribes to
With many shows releasing entire seasons at once nowadays, I haven’t had time to watch full seasons yet, but I have checked out some first
Many moments in “Weird Science” (1985) – the third directorial effort from writer John Hughes – make me think “This movie couldn’t be made today.”
“A League of Their Own” (1992), based in spirit if not specifics on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League of the 1940s, is easy to
A popular Twitter and Facebook game is to describe a classic movie in the most boring way possible. It’s easy to do with “The Breakfast