John Hughes

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5 Gems From Outfest History

Twin Shadow - Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery - 6/6/12

Twin Shadow The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery 6/6/12 Better than... a John Hughes marathon hosted by Morrissey. By the time Twin Shadow's George Lewis Jr. was ready to take the stage last night, the crowd was adequately sauced on Sam Adams and Amstel Light and red wine in clear plas ... More >>

7 Bizarro Life Lessons from Kevin Smith's New Book Tough Sh*t

Southwest Airlines may agree with the "fat" part of Kevin Smith's new book Tough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good from Gotham Books, but Silent Bob is far from lazy. He's an author, comic book store owner, professional stage farceur and podcaster who runs a network of podcasts fo ... More >>

Ernest Cline: The Ready Player One Author's 10 Favorite Songs From John Hughes Movies

While in town for SXSW last week, we checked in with Austin native Ernest Cline, the author of 2011 bestseller Ready Player One. It's sci-fi, but totally readable and compelling; the plot concerns a nerdy overweight teen living in a distopian future America where everyone spends all their time in a ... More >>

5 Best Songs From John Hughes Films

Breakfast Club scene from the musical revue For the Record: John Hughes (Holiday Road)​If you were alive in the 1980's, chances are that the films of John Hughes have worked their way into your memory and/or heart. Whether it was that kiss over cake in Sixteen Candles, that never ending detent ... More >>

Hosea Nova, Who's Your Daddy? and More New Theater Reviews

​High praise this week for "Robert Reimer's nutcase of a play," Hosea Nova: A Jealous and Violent Man (this week's Pick of the Week) at Zombie Joe's Underground in North Hollywood, and for writer-performer Johnny O'Callaghan's Who's Your Daddy, at the Victory Theatre Center, in Burbank. ​For all ... More >>

OverDoz - The Roxy - 11/22/11

See also: Meet OverDoz: L.A.'s Freakiest, Cheekiest Collective OverDoz The Roxy 11/22/11 A beat before the curtain dropped on their show last night, OverDoz's de facto leader, Kent, addressed the audience soberly, "We did this shit all by ourselves." He could have been referring to any number of ... More >>

Reitman Does Hughes

This Dude Rolls on Shabbas

Dinner a Show: Sing-a-long Coen Brothers

Photo Courtesy For the Record​ In L.A., dinner and a show doesn't have to mean parking at the Arclight and walking to one of the myriad bars and restaurants near the movie theater. There are some great spots around town where you can dine and be entertained at the same time, and we don't mean ... More >>

Crazy, Stupid, Love Review

Desert Flower

Devolved

Theater Reviews: The Cradle Will Rock, Alceste, 100 Days

Also Love Letters to Women, Dangerous Beauty, Camino Real and more

Genndy Tartakovsky Talks Sym-Bionic Titan

Have you been watching Sym-Bionic Titan? The Cartoon Network show, which ends its first season Friday night, follows the adventures Lance, Ilana and Octus-- a soldier, princess and robot, respectively-- who flee from their home planet of Galaluna and must now adjust to ordinary high school life whil ... More >>

Live Review: Pains of Being Pure at Heart at The Echoplex

Andrew HansonPains of Being Pure At Heart​ Friday night Pains of Being Pure at Heart played to a full house at the Echoplex. Riding the wave of hype generated from last year's self-titled debut, these guys have managed to shake off their nerves and put together a charming set. They are no lon ... More >>

Live Review: Surfer Blood and The Drums at The Music Box

Andrew HansonJonathan Pierce of The Drums​ Two of the most talked about bands of 2010 co- headlined Music Box last night. It was a one two punch of The Drums and Surfer Blood. Both bands have risen from obscurity to critical success with the release of their debut albums. It almost felt like ... More >>

Revenge of the Spazzes

Savage Steve Holland, on the phone from film jail

Forage: the Found and the Farro

Straight out of Silver Lake

HUGHES LOVES YA, BABY

Guest Blogger: '(500) Days' Co-Writer Scott Neustadter's Five Favorite Movie Montages

Editor's note: Screenwriter Scott Neustadter struck gold in 2009 with his script for (500) Days of Summer, which he co-wrote with Michael H. Weber. The film, shot in downtown Los Angeles, stars Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; viewers watch the rise and fall of the pair's relationship throu ... More >>

Camp Freddy's Donovan Leitch Lists His Top Ten Cultural Moments of the 1980s

Donovan Leitch​In honor of the second week of Camp Freddy's December residency, which happens tonight at the Roxy, West Coast Sound asked members of the band to chime in on their favorite music of the decades. Last week Billy Morrison highlighted his favorite things about the 1970s. Tonight's ... More >>

Movie Reviews: The Invention of Lying, Whip It, Zombieland, Paranormal Activity

Plus, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, In Search of Beethoven and more

A Tale of Two Movies

When things go miraculously right — or horribly wrong

Theater Reviews: All in the Timing, Hair, Life Could Be a Dream

Also, 7DS, Cannibal! The Musical, Fernando and more

The Whiskey Sour: Pretty In Pink

IMDBPretty in Pink​Andie: So what do you want to drink? Duckie: Oh you know, beer, scotch, juice box... whatever. More than anyone, John Hughes mined the psyches of the high school teen. In honor of his passing, the following is a recipe for the whiskey sour, a drink that, unfortunately, shar ... More >>

John Hughes Remembered at Little Cave Tonight

​ It wasn't just the quirky teens and funny, sincere one-liners that made us love John Hughes' teen movies, it was the music. Whether we were introduced to The Smiths through Pretty in Pink or The March Violets through Some Kind of Wonderful, the soundtracks for Hughes' movies were, in many w ... More >>

Stage Raw: Cannibal! The Musical

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS plus the LATEST NEW REVIEWSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on two plays set beyond the end of the word: Henry Murray's Treefall and Eugene Ionesco's The ChairsNEW REVIEW GO CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL ​Photo by Jami JohnsonHumankind can be said to be divided into two, mutu ... More >>

Iconic Filmmaker John Hughes Dies

L.A. Weekly just got word via MTV News, and now confirmed by TMZ, that iconic filmmaker John Hughes has died. Hughes, 59, reportedly died of a heart attack. He won over audiences with comedy hits like The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and more. Story de ... More >>

Remembering John Hughes, one Brat Pack Movie Quote at a Time

Today's news of iconic filmmaker John Hughes' death has left many in shock. With a resume that included The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and more, Hughes' films were the embodiment of '80s teen comedy and his sudden passing from a reported heart attack a ... More >>

Film Reviews: Blood: The Last Vampire, Herb & Dorothy, I Love You Beth Cooper

Also, An Unlikely Weapon and Weather Girl

17 Again: Zac Efron Shoots Wad, Scores!

High School Musical — er — Basketball

Summer of 1987: Joy, Sadness and Yearning in Greg Mottola’s Adventureland

Director cuts through the cliches to the euphoria and pain of youthful rites of passage

Why We're Thankful For 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'

The holiday season is plentiful - if not bursting - with Christmas films, most of which are heaped upon us in early succession just like everything else tinsel and mistletoe. And you can't say there isn't variety to account for differing tastes: It's A Wonderful Life for your traditionalists; A Ch ... More >>

AFI Fest: High School Confidential

Cutting class with Afterschool director Antonio Campos

Young-Adult Fiction: American Teen

High school heroes and zeros roam the halls of alleged documentary

We Are Scientists, Morning Benders, The Blood Arm, El Rey, 7/1/08

We Are Scientists with Morning Benders and The Blood Arm, El Rey, July 1, 2008 Photos by Timothy Norris Last night The Blood Arm performed the first truly excellent theme song for the economic recession of 2008. Dedicated to Jay-Z, referencing Wesley Snipes' three-year jail sentence for tax evasi ... More >>

Coachella Day Two: The Accidental Tourist, or Can We Please All Agree To Stop Using the Phrase “Coachella-Ella-Ella-Ella”

I ran into a guy I knew from high school standing in line for the restrooms in the VIP area. I hadn't seen him in a decade but was about four glasses of $7 wine deep and feeling good. No reason not to be friendly, after all, I no longer harbored a grudge from that time in the 11th grade when he tr ... More >>

Up in Smoke: Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay

Best friends get shipped to Gitmo in this forced Act 2

Christian Bale and the Art of Extreme Acting

What won�t the best actor of his generation do for a role? Not much.

Bildungsromanesque

David Mitchell�s novel of an �80s adolescence

O.C. Confidential

Rian Johnson�s suburban noir

It�s High Time

The Punch Line, Please

Too few laughs in The Hollywood Retorter

Museum Piece

The enduring virtues of Jennifer Connelly

Snowflake-Special

A year in the life of Fairfax High

Tyro Mania

The teen dreams of Popular, Freaks and Geeks and Roswell

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