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Weird Science *** (1985, Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr) – Classic Movie Review 5,072

Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith are the engaging stars of John Hughes’s wacky 1985 teen comedy about high school nerds who use their computer to conjure up their dream girl (Kelly LeBrock). ‘It’s all […]

Feb, 27

Pretty in Pink *** (1986, Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy, Harry Dean Stanton) – Classic Movie Review 3,086

The 1986 American teen romantic comedy film Pretty in Pink is one of the fondly regarded Brat Pack movies of the Eighties. It stars Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy and Harry Dean Stanton. Writer-producer […]

Nov, 24

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York *** (1992, Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O’Hara, John Heard) – Classic Movie Review 2,858

The 1992 sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York re-assembles the whole hit original 1990 team for Macaulay Culkin’s re-match with bumbling baddies Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. Director Chris Columbus’s hastily concocted 1992 […]

Aug, 29

National Lampoon’s Vacation **** (1983, Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Imogene Coca, Eddie Bracken) – Classic Movie Review 2763

Director Harold Ramis’s 1983 comedy stars Chevy Chase as inventor Clark Griswold, who takes a vacation across America from the family home in Chicago to California’s famous ‘Walley World’ theme park, named after Eddie Bracken’s thin m0ustached […]

Aug, 01

101 Dalmatians **** (1996, Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Hugh Laurie) – Classic Movie Review 2224

Director Stephen Herek’s sprightly 1996 live-action version of the 1961 Walt Disney animation classic spot-lights comedy, fantasy and fun-filled adventure, in an adorable, irresistible story based on the 1956 novel by Dodie Smith. It sits up […]

Feb, 28

New Port South ** (2001, Kevin Christy, Blake Shields, Will Estes, Melissa George) – Classic Movie Review 2009

Director Kyle Cooper’s intriguingly themed teen drama stars Blake Shields as Maddox, a cranky American teenager who grows tired of the repressive attitudes in his suburban Chicago high school called New Port South. So he resolves to […]

Dec, 28

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ***** (1986, Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara) – Classic Movie Review 1969

  A delightful Matthew Broderick stars as Ferris Bueller, an American high school wise guy who is determined to have a day off from school, in writer-director John Hughes’s quintessential eighties teen comedy. Funny, charming and […]

Dec, 17

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