Top 12 John Hughes Films

We thought it would be fun to rank our favorite flicks that the late John Hughes wrote or directed. What do you think tops our list? Here are our twelve favorites:

12. She's Having A Baby
11. The Great Outdoors
10. Home Alone
9. Uncle Buck
8. Weird Science
7. Planes, Trains, & Automobiles

How Pretty In Pink Should Have Ended?

Cinematical has an interesting article about the end of the John Hughes film, Pretty In Pink. If you've been following this site you know that we're pretty big fans of the Hughes films around here, so I thought I'd see what you all think.

Script Collector has gotten their hands on the supposedly original draft of Pretty In Pink and the ending was actually a bit different. Cinematical says that the original test screenings came back negative for this original ending and that the screening triggered a re-write. Here's how the original script supposedly went (with stage directions included):

Don't You Forget About Meeee

I am pretty sure that The Culture Brats are the reason behind this whole eighties resurgence. Right? Because before I begged to be a part of the brilliance going on right here these things didn't just pop up for me and now it seems the eighties are everywhere I look.

I just came across the book You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes and Their Impact on a Generation By Susannah Gora that was published by Crown Publishing Group in February.

The website for the book, BratPackBook.com, has some fun things like music from the movies and a place where you can find out which John Hughes character you are.

My name is Farmer Ted and I think I have to have it.

Better Film: Pretty in Pink vs. Sixteen Candles

Today we bring you an epic Criss Cross Counter Punch as Tania and Mr. Big Dubya debate which was the better film: Pretty in Pink or Sixteen Candles.

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Tania: Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles. Both defining movies of my childhood. Both helped lead me through that bitch called puberty. Both watched eleventy billion times, each, by me. And that's just in the past year.

But though Sixteen Candles may seem to have the obvious edge - humor! Jake Ryan! - I believe Pretty In Pink is, in fact, the superior movie of the two for two reasons - Andie and Duckie. And Steph. Shoot, that's three. Anyway...

Since both movies were Molly Ringwald vehicles, the first is easy to break down. Andie Walsh vs Samantha Baker: