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John Hughes
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Scott Malchus
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In a genre dominated by teenage girls, it’s refreshing to have some movies about the male experience, especially since so many YA films are influenced by John Hughes and Cameron Crowe
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Scott Malchus
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Two 80s movie gems receive 30th Anniversary Blu-ray love.
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Scott Malchus
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If you find yourself wishing they made movies like John Hughes did back in the day, I highly recommend The First Time.
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Blerd Staff
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It’s back to school time! The Popblerd staff (joined by the Popdose staff) counts down their favorite school-related films of all time.
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Dw. Dunphy
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None will ever forget. Some enjoy the anger more than others.
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Scott Malchus
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Scott Malchus kicks off a new series of unusual lists for Popdose.
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Scott Malchus
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Writer/director, Abe Sylvia, pays homage to the films of John Hughes and countless other teen films from the 1980s with his debut feature, Dirty Girl.
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Kelly Stitzel
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The Soundtrack Saturday reruns continue, this week with a Christmas movie everyone seems to love, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
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Kelly Stitzel
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Soundtrack Saturday fans rejoice! Kelly Stitzel is reposting some of the most popular, most requested Soundtrack Saturday columns as a gift to you this holiday season. First up, John Hughes’s classic Pretty in Pink.
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Scott Malchus
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Better produced than most of Disney’s made for TV movies, and slightly edgier, Prom is a harmless film that most parents will have fun watching with their kids.
Pete Chianca
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When I was a kid, every year around this time I would watch Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. I did this despite the fact that critics regularly put this 1964…
Kelly Stitzel
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As you get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, be thankful that you don’t have to spend the holiday with a bratty pre-teen with a bad haircut. Join Kelly Stitzel as she takes a look at the soundtrack for the John Hughes-penned 1991 film, Dutch.
Kelly Stitzel
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Before Zach Galifianakis was Between Two Ferns John Candy was “between two pillows.” Kelly Stitzel explores the soundtrack to the John Hughes classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Jon Cummings
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When the Lightning Seeds sprouted on modern rock radio in the spring of 1990, their songs felt (as much as anything on modern rock radio could feel) like a comfy…
Jon Cummings
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John C. Hughes might have flown off to the corporate great beyond, but thanks to Jon Cummings, Lost in the ’80s is back with a look at London’s Thrashing Doves.
Kelly Stitzel
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Kelly Stitzel reveals the original inspiration for Soundtrack Saturday in her tribute to filmmaker John Hughes.
Robert Cass
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For this special edition of Bootleg City, I’m spotlighting the top 17 songs of the ’90s, a decade we can all officially start nostalgicizing on January 1, 2010. Until then…
Scott Malchus
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It’s time for another edition of Basement Songs — and this week, Scott Malchus has John Hughes on his mind.
John C. Hughes
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Filmmaker John Hughes, who reinvented the teen film in the ’80s, has died, and our own John C. Hughes remembers what it was like to be a teen growing up with films like Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles.
Jon Cummings
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If you were a GenXer coming of age in the 1980s, moviegoing meant heavy doses of Harrison Ford, too much Tom Cruise, an occasional journey into the unhinged eraserhead of…
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