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Quick Film Review – Weird Science (dir. by John Hughes)
Today, the Shattered Lens is kicking off a special birthday celebration for our fellow contributor, Lisa Marie Bowman, with a set of “Lisa” themed reviews. My contribution to the Everything Lisa...
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Back to School #35: Sixteen Candles (dir by John Hughes)
The 80s are often considered to be the golden age of teen films and that’s largely due to the work of one man, John Hughes. A former advertising copywriter and a contributor to National Lampoon,...
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Back to School #39: The Breakfast Club (dir by John Hughes)
Dear Mr Vernon, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you’re crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think...
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Back to School #41: Pretty In Pink (dir by Howard Deutch)
“Blane! That’s not a name, that’s a major appliance!” — Duckie (Jon Cryer) in Pretty In Pink (1986) (SPOILERS!) Blane or Duckie? Duckie or Blane? Which one should Andi have gone to the prom with?...
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Back to School #42: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (dir by John Hughes)
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) While I was rewatching the 1986...
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Back to School #44: Some Kind of Wonderful (dir by Howard Deutch)
For the past two and a half weeks, I’ve been reviewing, in chronological order, some of the best, worst, most memorable, and most forgettable teen films ever made. We started with two films from 1946...
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No Safe Space: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story Of The National Lampoon...
The documentary Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead pays tribute to National Lampoon. Founded in 1970, National Lampoon was published for 28 years and, at the height of its popularity, its sensibility...
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Never Nominated: 16 Directors Who Have Never Received An Oscar Nomination
It’s a sad fact of life that not everyone who deserves an Oscar gets one. For instance, Alfred Hitchcock received five nominations for best director but never won once. That said, at least Hitchcock...
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Continuing our look at good films that were not nominated for best picture, here are 6 films from the 1980s. Out of the Blue (1980, dir by Dennis Hopper) After spending several years in the cultural...
View ArticleThe Great Outdoors (1988, directed by Howard Deutch)
Chet Ripley (John Candy) wants to have a nice vacation up at the lake with his wife (Stephanie Faracy) and their two sons, Buck (Chris Young) and Ben (Ian Giatti). Unfortunately, no sooner has he...
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