John Hughes's third directorial effort, Weird Science, follows in the tradition of his previous teen-centered films, Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith play the wannabe hipster Gary and his nebbish weak-willed best friend, Wyatt, a pair of high-school geeks who are hapless with members of the opposite sex.
Plot: What's it about? I think all of us at some point in time have either forgotten someone else’s birthday or had ours forgotten. That is the problem Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) faces in Sixteen [...]
John Hughes wrote and directed this quintessential 1980s high school drama featuring the hottest young stars of the decade. Trapped in a day-long Saturday detention in a prison-like school library are Claire, the princess (Molly Ringwald); Andrew, the jock (Emilio Estevez); John, the criminal (Judd Nelson); Brian, the brain (Anthony Michael Hall); and Allison, the basket case (Ally Sheedy).
Plot: What's it about? I think all of us at some point in time have either forgotten someone else’s birthday or had ours forgotten. That is the problem Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) faces in Sixteen Candles. She [...]
"…And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through…" -David Bowie Plot: What's it about? Three decades. [...]
Plot: What's it about? For better or worse, they just don't make movies like Weird Science any more. The late John Hughes really knew how to write (and sometimes direct) for teenage characters. Released in the 1985, Science is very [...]
Plot: What's it about? It might be said that the films of John Hughes were some of the most memorable of that decade known as the 80's. If you were alive back then, let's face [...]
Plot: What's it about? It might be said that the films of John Hughes were some of the most memorable of that decade known as the 80's. If you were alive back then, let's face [...]
