See, the problem here is that my little brother, this morning, got his arm caught in the microwave, and, and uh, my grandmother dropped acid, and she freaked out and hijacked a school bus full of penguins, so it’s kind of a family crisis, so, come back later? Great. As an uber-fan of Better Off […]
Category: Movies
A couple of departures – R.I.P.
I’ve seen several different perspectives on the passing of Don LaFontaine, but I liked my buddy Terry’s thoughts: Don LaFontaine, the King of Voiceovers, passed away in Los Angeles on Monday at the age of 68. Don died of complications relating to a collapsed lung. Don’s magical voice appeared on over 5,000 movie trailers and […]
The Gospel According To Molly Ringwald…er, John Hughes?
via Stuck in the ’80s: A small American Baptist congregation outside Chicago is getting weekly lessons in “The Gospel of John Hughes,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times. For example, with “The Breakfast Club,” Hudgins’ message is this, according to the Sun-Times: ” ”Don’t You Forget About Me’ says we are not forgotten. … But everyone’s […]
It don’t take money…..
So I was catching up yesterday on about a month’s worth of Pop Candy, and came across the following link of greatness, brought to us by the fine folks at Stereogum. It seems that Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen felt that Huey Lewis would have the goods to deliver a new soundtrack smash ala “Power […]