Tag: Molly Ringwald
One Night Only Is a Wet Dream (for Those Who Dream of Marriage-Fueled Capitalism Enduring)
As far as debuts go, screenwriter Travis Braun theoretically had everything “on his side” when it came to One Night Only, what with being the [Read More…]
Regina George Fucked The World, Or: Popular Girls Should Be Deemed Losers For Promoting Fossil Fuels
It is the high school trope that any girl who is popular has a car, and, obviously, the most au courant model, to boot, depending [Read More…]
Et tu, Molly Ringwald?
The title “Ain’t She Sweet” in the May 26, 1986 issue of TIME (still endlessly relevant in the 80s) describing the state of Molly Ringwald [Read More…]
Repo Man As Prequel to Pretty in Pink
Alex Cox and John Hughes have little in common directorially–except for Harry Dean Stanton. A testament to the character actor’s ability to flit in and [Read More…]
Kylie Jenner Puts Prom Back on the Map In, Of All Places, Sacramento
While Kylie’s sister, Kendall, might be fucking up left and right (but mainly right in police sympathizing), Kylie herself is showing herself to be a [Read More…]
The Edge of Seventeen Often Feels Like The Edge of Thirty, Forty & Beyond
Billed essentially as the teen movie that’s been missing in our lives since Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman brought us 2007’s Juno, Kelly Fremon Craig’s The [Read More…]
The Intertwined Hearts of Molly Ringwald & John Hughes
On February 18th, what would have marked John Hughes’ sixty-sixth birthday, it is significant to appreciate not just the shaper of 80s culture’s date of [Read More…]
The 30th Anniversary of Pretty in Pink Comes at An Approriately Romantic Time
When it comes to movies about forbidden love, Shakespeare adaptations have nothing on John Hughes’ 1986 classic, Pretty in Pink. Centered around the intelligent, “offbeat” [Read More…]
Movie Reunions: A Sad Homage to the Films Themselves
The popularity of movie reunions is telling of the surge of nostalgia people feel for an era in cinema they (rightly) deem to be better [Read More…]
Why Do Modern Rom-Coms Make Us Cringe?
There was a time when rom-coms couldn’t be churned out fast enough. Now, one has to suck a studio exec’s dick (though, when doesn’t one [Read More…]
