John Hughes Film Series at Moviehouse This March

Round Rock theatre screens the maestro of teen movies' greatest hits

"...The list goes on, but consider the genius of John Hughes, who ran the gamut of teen archetypes to..."

Feb. 27, 2017 Screens Post by Dougie Gerrard

Remembering John Hughes

The Eighties' keenest chronicler of teenage embarrassments and suburban ennui, dead at 59

"...Apatow gave us Freaks and Geeks, there was writer/director John Hughes (The Breakfast Club), who passed away from a..."

Aug. 6, 2009 Screens Post by Lei-Leen Choo

Hammett Meets Hughes

Writer-director Rian Johnson on high school noir and Austin Film Festival highlight 'Brick'

"...a matter of life and death, and worse. Rian Johnson's debut feature, Brick, is set in that universe, where..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

John Doe Moves to Austin

X’s “man of the world” contemplates life in Big Boys country

"...“Oh, come on! It ain’t that cold is it?” John Doe pokes fun at me for cranking up a..."

Feb. 9, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Allez Cuisine and John Candy

Planes, Trains and Iron Chef Austin

"...Alamo Drafthouse South. Curren and and Alamo executive chef John Bullington will cross knives while John Hughes' Planes, Trains..."

Nov. 9, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc Recommends: Jeff Hughes & Chaparral

Broken Spoke, Wednesday, December 21, 2011

"...levels are diverse too, so if you're not a John Travolta (Bud not Tony), you won't feel out of..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Rep. John Bucy III, HD 136

“Any progress to get back to where we treat all humans as equal ... I’ll of course support”

"...a member of the Texas House's Elections Committee, Representative John Bucy III had a front-row seat...."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Dutch

"...(Randall) Embrey and Jobeth Williams. If the words “A John Hughes Film” fill you with tingly anticipation, if you..."

July 19, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Breakfast Club

"...Directed by: John Hughes. Starring: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Anthony..."

July 5, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Home Alone 3

"...Haviland Morris, Kevin Kilner, Rya Kihlstedt and Marian Seldes. John Hughes seems to have copped to a profound truth...."

Dec. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Beethoven's 2nd

"...of humorous familial high jinks and dog's-eye-view shots. Unlike John Hughes's (Home Alone) cinematic families -- which are all..."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Home Alone

Home Alone is the apex, the pinnacle, the culmination of every bad bit Hughes has ever written or directed. It overflows with primitive, disastrously unfunny sight gags and neo-hateful familial humor.

"...Directed by: Chris Columbus. Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, John Candy and Daniel Stern. A long time ago, back..."

Jan. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Miracle on Thirty-Fourth Street

"...Next to It's a Wonderful Life (and nearly every John Wayne vehicle), it's one of the most frequently aired..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Easy A

The Scarlet Letter is refitted for the app age in this winning high school comedy.

"...yes, gently overplayed) references to the halcyon days of John Hughes-era hookups, with their now quaint-seeming conundrums of clashing..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hot Tub Time Machine

Consider this comedy yet another nail in the Eighties coffin.

"...Directed by: Steve Pink. Starring: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Chevy Chase,..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pitch Perfect

Despite the cookie-cutter dysfunction seen in this college girls' a cappella group, this film film can be a lot of fun.

"...Ben Platt, Anna Camp, Adam DeVine, Elizabeth Banks and John Michael Higgins...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

"...Chris Columbus. Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker and Rob..."

Nov. 20, 1992 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Night School

Kevin Hart goes back to school. Sadly, not comedy school.

"...latest, which is something of a Hindenburgian riff on John Hughes' The Breakfast Club – "Oh, the humanity!” –..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

Animation and reality collide in this paean to pubescence

"...is reminiscent of some of the best aspects of John Hughes’ teen movies: playful albeit with strong emotional centers..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Skateland

Skateland is a sweet, knowing, visually spot-on evocation of early-Eighties teen life in a small East Texas town.

"...Skateland is dedicated to the late teen film icon John Hughes. I think he'd pretty proud...."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marmaduke

Owen Wilson gives voice to the Great Dane of the old single-panel comic about a big, dumb dog.

"...which sounds like the makings of a totally rad John Hughes movie. Instead, it's an intermittently amusing parable about..."

June 11, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Unaccompanied Minors

Calling John Hughes: Former Freaks and Geekster Paul Feig has got your number.

"...Terminal? Home Alone meets Planes, Trains & Automobiles? Calling John Hughes: Former Freaks and Geekster Paul Feig has got..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Over the Guy

"...their courtship wheezes and sputters. In the tradition of John Hughes, the film engages in simplistic armchair psychoanalysis to..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Pretty in Pink

"...Gina Gershon, Dweezil Zappa and Kristy Swanson. In this John Hughes-written and -produced teen tale, Ringwald plays a girl..."

Aug. 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trippin'

"...June and Fish. Welcome to the black version of John Hughes High -- just as predictable, just as improbable,..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Mouse Hunt

"...Mouse Hunt is head and tiny ears above anything John Hughes has ever churned out. Lane and Evans play..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Baby's Day Out

"...Directed by: Patrick Read Johnson. Starring: Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Pantoliano, Brian..."

July 1, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Getting Even With Dad

"...motherless son. Director Deutch is a graduate of the John Hughes School of Filmmaking (Pretty in Pink, Some Kind..."

June 24, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Archangel

"...what you think. In a marketplace literally flooded with John Hughes films and buddy-cop pictures, that's such a glaringly..."

Nov. 29, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Curly Sue

"...Directed by: John Hughes. Starring: Alison Porter, James Belushi and Kelly Lynch...."

Oct. 25, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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