• Cool Stuff: "The Road To Shermer" John Hughes Tribute Art Show

    Our friends at Gallery 1988 in Venice, CA have a new art exhibition, "The Road To Shermer, a tribute to John Hughes". The show opening on February 11th and runs until March 4th, 2011. As you know, John Hughes is the writer/director responsible for some of our most beloved teen films of the 1980s: National…

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  • Cool Stuff: Shermer, IL - Dutch Southern's T-Shirt Tribute To John Hughes

    We've featured some of Dutch Southern's t-shirts in past editions of Cool Stuff. Their latest tee is called Shermer, IL and was designed by Evanimal. Film geeks will recognize the name of the town as the fictional suburban location of many of John Hughes' teen comedies. And you may have guessed it, the t-shirt design…

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  • Cool Stuff: Jay Ryan's John Hughes Posters

    If you follow the Alamo Drafthouse's Mondo Tees shop on Twitter (@MondoNews) you might have seen a mention recently that the shop would be selling some John Hughes posters. Now they're in and on sale to internet shoppers as of now. Jay Ryan has created two images, one for The Breakfast Club and one for…

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  • So, Wassup With John Hughes?

    "Did he make a comeback yet?" In a recent interview with the L.A. Times, Kevin Smith called '80s director/'00s recluse John Hughes his "generation's J.D. Salinger." I'm not going to get into that comparison, no way, but it's worth mentioning that Salinger hasn't written anything in 40 years, whereas Hughes hasn't done much movie-wise in…

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