• The Water Cooler: Watching '@midnight' Live, An Apocalyptic '80s Musical, And Meeting The Creator Of 'Bone'

    Welcome to The Water Cooler, a weekly feature where the /Film staff is free to go off-topic and talk about everything except the movies and TV shows they normally write about. In this edition: Jacob meets the creator of his favorite comic, Ethan attends one of the final tapings of @midnight, Ben checks out a wild musical comedy based on '80s…

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  • Our 25 Favorite Gifts In Movie History

    Giving gifts is such a big part of the holidays. To celebrate, we found our favorite gifts in movie history. Here are some of the best gifts movie history.

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  • 'Say Anything,' 'Dazed And Confused,' 'Almost Famous' And 'The Breakfast Club' Screen To Promote 'The Spectacular Now'

    James Ponsoldt's wonderful film The Spectacular Now hits theaters August 2. It's one of those serious, emotional, yet magical coming of age stories in the mold of films from the Eighties and Nineties. Films like Say Anything, Dazed and Confused, Almost Famous and The Breakfast Club. All four of those certainly influenced The Spectacular Now and…

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  • 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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  • Page 2

    What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 (!?!) different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.…

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  • VOTD: The 100 Greatest Movie Insults

    Pajiba has edited another wonderful montage of movie clips, this time compiling the 100 greatest movie insults of all time in under 10 minutes. Watch the video now embedded after the jump. Films included in the montage: Roxanne, Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Gleaming the Cube, The Princess Bride, A Fish Called Wanda,…

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  • Cool Stuff: Michele Rosenthal's The Breakfast Club Art Print

    "They only met once, but it changed their lives forever." Michele Rosenthal's "The Breakfast Club" art print is a tribute to one of the greatest teen movies of all time. Available as a digital print on heavy paper, 11.5" x 7.5", signed by the artist on the reverse, for only $10. Check out the full…

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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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  • American Teen Poster Inspired By The Breakfast Club

    Since it's premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, movie critics have been comparing this year's best film (so far) American Teen to John Hughes' 80's teen classic The Breakfast Club. Paramount Vantage has decided to run with this idea, and curb the marketing for the film (or at least the poster) around the idea…

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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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  • Remaking The Breakfast Club In An Airport?

    McG protege and music video helmer Anna Mastro has signed on to direct Bumped, a modern-day version of The Breakfast Club, from a script by Lizzy Weiss. The plot is described as: "A comedy-drama revolving around five twentysomethings -- including a corporate go-getter, a musician and a flirt -- who normally wouldn't be friends but…

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