Tag: John Hughes movies
Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Still The Most Applicable Thanksgiving Movie When It Comes to Illuminating the Logistical Nightmare of U.S. Infrastructure During Hype Days of the Year
The reason Planes, Trains and Automobiles remains the premier Thanksgiving movie (sorry Eli Roth) is not without merit. In fact, apart from Home for the [Read More…]
Possessed by Aphrodite: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Jenny Han’s widely successful To All the Boys YA series was, of course, always destined to be adapted into an according film trilogy. The tale [Read More…]
Bill Paxton & Why We Should Thank Him For Perfecting the Art of the Douchebag As Chet in Weird Science
One of the least revered John Hughes movies from his renaissance period during the 80s is, apart from She’s Having A Baby, Weird Science. Released [Read More…]
The Resonance of The Breakfast Club Thirty Years Later
On February 15, 1985, thirty years ago today, The Breakfast Club, a modest teen movie that read more like a play than a film, was [Read More…]
A Few Things Women Can Learn From Steff in Pretty in Pink
James Spader’s fantastically misogynistic rendering of Steff in John Hughes’ Pretty in Pink may have some women wondering what they could possibly learn from him, [Read More…]
