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Pretty in Pink
Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy, James Spader
Andie's (Molly Ringwald) a poor girl from the wrong side of
the tracks who meets Blane, a rich boy who is exactly the kind of guy her and her friends have spent their
life avoiding. Despite the opinion of her best friend Duckie (Jon Cryer), who's always been in love with her, she starts a
relationship with him, but its harder than they thought to resist their friends opinions. When Blane listens to his best friend
Steff (played by The Practice's James Spader) it suffers its final blow. The movie is another Molly Ringwald classic that's
worth the time. The music and fashion of the 80s may be different, but the attitudes and situations the characters experience
fit today's times too. This is definately one to rent for a girls night.
- REVIEWED BY PAIGE
Better Off Dead*****(5 out of 5)
John Cusack, Aaron Dozier, Diane Franklin, Laura Waterbury,
Daniel Scheneider
"Teenage life has never been darker.....
or funnier"
Even 14 years after it was made, it's still one of the great
cult classics of the 80's. Starring a young John Cusack, he plays the role of the very confused Lane. When his girlfriend
Beth(Amanda Wyss), ditches him for Stalin(Aaron Dozier), the ski jock who boasts he's the only one who can ski the K12. After
this he begins his first attempt in a series of funny suicides. He meets the french exchange student Monique(Diane Franklin),
who helps him show how stupid he's been.
Some of my favorite scenes are where Lane is trying to blow
himself up with flammable liquid from the garage, and Mrs.Smith(Laura Waterbury), drinks it accidentally, then lights a cigarette.
I also like where Ricky(Daniel Scheneider), Monique, and Lane are driving and they crash into the lake and Ricky flips out.
I think that this movie was seriously underestimated, and
it has comical value as well as drama. Anyone that hasn't seen it should definetly consider.
- REVIEWED BY CAITLIN
The Breakfast Club * * * * 1/2
(out of five)
Emilio Esteves, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall,
Ally Sheedy
Rating: R (though they were stricter back then, nowdays it be PG-13)
Original Relase: Feb 15, 1985
They only met once, but it changed their lives forever....
When five distinct sterotypes are forced to serve time together
in the form of Saturday detention you could say none are pleased... to say the least. The cast is suprisingly familiar to
some, Emilo (the jock) played the coach from the Mighty Duck franchise, Molly Ringwald (the princess) from such classics
as Sixteen Candles, Anthony Hall (the dork) now stars in the USA show, "The Dead Zone." The other two, now lesser known,
Ally Sheedy does a wonderful job as the misfit, who the first half hour refuses to speak, and then only mumbles and pathalogically
lies. The cast is rounded off by Judd Nelson, who plays the criminal of the bunch, who, unlike the others, says
what he means and dosen't filter anything, no matter how graphic. At first the five are resistant of each other, but as the
day goes on they learn more about each other than they ever knew, and found more in common then they ever would have guessed.
The movies is filled with funny bits that show the characters quirks.
The misfit, Allison (the one who refuses to talk) spends the first few minutes drawing a winter landscape and then uses her
dandruff on it to appear as snow, in the landmark moment of the film. In fact whenever I brought up the movie with adults who
remembered it, that's the first thing they all thought off. My other personal favorite was when John (the criminal) was
under the table Claire (the princess) was sitting at and looked up her skirt, to which she responded by slamming her legs
together on his head. When the bump of him hitting the wood table distrubs the principal, who happens to be in the room, they
all start banging on the table, to act as if they did it.
The movie might have been made almost 20 years ago, but it's still
a classic. In fact, with all the remakes being made don't be suprised if it's on the Movie page in the coming months.
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