Tag: Anthony Michael Hall

4K UHD Review: National Lampoon’s Vacation

Directed by Harold Ramis and based on a script by John Hughes, 1983’s National Lampoon’s Vacation will be relatable for anyone whose parents ever dragged them on a long road trip during their childhood. Armed with a new pea green…

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Sixteen Candles

Blu-ray Review: Sixteen Candles (Arrow Video)

It’s Samantha Baker’s (Molly Ringwald) 16th birthday. Unfortunately for her, it’s also the day before her older sister’s wedding, causing her entire family to forget about her birthday. To make matters worse, she has a crush on a popular, good…

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Blu-ray Review: The Breakfast Club (Criterion Collection)

[amazon_link asins=’B076F3Y3H3′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’99e02af7-40c5-11e8-91a2-87b25fc2bdea’]In an era when sex and booze fueled antics were the focus of most films aimed at teens, Hughes was responsible for the of Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful, Ferris Bueller’s…

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Blu-ray Review: Live by Night

For his fourth film in the director’s chair, Ben Affleck again turns to the work of Boston crime author Dennis Lehane, this time for Live by Night. Back in 2007, Affleck made his directorial debut by adapting Lehane’s Gone Baby…

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Blu-ray Review: 61*

In the spring of 1961, major league baseball was changing. The American League had expanded its ranks by two teams (the Los Angeles Angels and the second incarnation of the Washington Senators), and the 154-game baseball season had been extended…

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