TV Guide: John Hughes

Listing: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

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Video: Breakfast Club, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:38:26 +0000

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). These five strangers begin the day with nothing in common, each bound to his/her place in the high school caste system. Yet the students bond together when faced with the villainous principal (Paul Gleason), and they realize that they have more in common than they may think, including a contempt for adult society. When you grow up, your heart dies, Allison proclaims in one of the film's many scenes of soul-searching, and, judging from the adults depicted in the film, the teen audience may very well agree. Released in a decade overflowing with derivative teen films, The Breakfast Club has developed an almost cult-like statu

Video: Mr. Vincent

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:36:04 +0000

A man's new passion for an old love reveals his dark side in this independent drama. Johnny Vincent (Frank John Hughes) was born and raised in Yonkers, where he teaches English at a school he once attended. Johnny doesn't much care for his job, his marriage is on its last legs, and while Johnny thinks that he may have a future in music, his periodic local gigs attract the scant amount of attention they deserve. One night, after his wife finally leaves him, Johnny runs into Lisa (Lisa Lo Cicero), a woman he knew and loved in high school. They hit it off, but while for Lisa it's a casual fling, Johnny is convinced that this is the romance he's been waiting for all his life. Lisa tries to maintain a distance from Johnny, but with each day he becomes more possessive, eventually crossing the line into an obsession that proves dangerous for them both. Mr. Vincent won the Critics Award at the 1997 Verona Love Screens Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Video: Biography - The Brat Pack: Molly Ringwald

Biography — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:13:31 +0000

Writer-Director John Hughes had a special relationship with actress Molly Ringwald.

Video: Famous: John Cusack- Early Years

Biography — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:40:33 +0000

A string of successful teen comedies helped establish John Cusack as a leading man. He had a small role in a widely popular John Hughes movie and then starred a several quirky romantic comedies.

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