As the film turns 40, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind John Hughes’ 80s classic The Breakfast Club… John Hughes is a name that is synonymous with coming-of-age teen dramas and the 1980s era but one film has always stood out as one of the filmmaker’s best efforts and that is The Breakfast Club. […]
John Hughes classics get Pop! Vinyl makeovers from Funko
Funko is paying tribute to the legendary John Hughes with a new wave of Pop! Movies vinyl figures from four of his 80’s classics, and featuring Ferris, Cameron, and Sloane from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Allison, Andrew, John, Brian, and Claire from The Breakfast Club, Andie and Duckie from Pretty in Pink, Jake and Samantha […]
Alternative Spider-Man: Homecoming posters pay homage to The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Taxi Driver
Nerdist have uneviled three new alternate posters for Sony and Marvel’s superhero blockbuster Spider-Man: Homecoming which pay homage to 80’s classics The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, along with Martin Scorsese’s 1976 crime drama Taxi Driver; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Spider-Man: Homecoming 4K Collector’s Edition set and Blu-ray revealed A young Peter […]
A Lasting Final Shot
Tom Jolliffe looks at the power a film’s final shot can have… There are many aspects that will make a piece of cinema stay long in your mind. You give yourself over to a film sometimes. It sweeps you away. Moments leave particularly strong and inedible impressions. One thing that many films will strive for […]
The Must Watch School-Set Movies
Summer is over and it’s back to class with our must-watch school-set movies… Hands up if you’re a parent of school-aged kids? Have you counted the minutes until your little cherubs return to school? Is that lazy and moody teenager making you go crazy? Have you spent an absolute fortune? Then don’t worry, as we […]
Ready Player One pays homage to classic movie posters
A batch of new posters have arrived online for Steven Spielberg’s hotly-anticipated adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One which pay homage to The Matrix, The Goonies, The Lost Boys, The Iron Giant, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Risky Business, Back to the Future, Blade Runner, Bullitt, The Breakfast Club, Labyrinth and Beetlejuice; check them […]
What is the modern teen movie?
Henry Bevan on the modern teen movie… Jerky jocks; nebbish nerds; the girl next door who is unfairly called a whore; the hot girl; the bitchy cheerleader; the ugly girl who’s actually a swan; the self-loathing teachers; teachers who sleep with students; teachers who are bad at their jobs; crowded school corridors; cool kids who […]
The One Thing Spider-Man: Homecoming Needs To Do To Be Great
Henry Bevan on Spider-Man: Homecoming and what it needs to do to be great… In Spider-Man 2 Peter Parker’s (Tobey Maguire) childhood home is facing foreclosure but Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) insists on giving him her last 20 bucks, only for his landlord to snatch it a way. Peter is broke and Spider-Man keeps him that […]
Is Reassessing Old Films a Good Thing?
Neil Calloway wonders if judging films by today’s standards is worthwhile… It’s started, and we’re only going to see more of it; the reassessing of old films according to today’s political climate. It’s inevitable, and if we’re honest, has been going on in other ways for years. Think of all those articles about films that […]
