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When a film can successfully trigger several dozen eye rolls and winces, it officially plunges into uncomfortable movie territory. Several teen flicks usually fall into this category, as perfecting a plot centered around youngsters is no easy feat. While many embarrassing teen movies have gone on to become cult classics, some of them are just so bad, they're great.

Sometimes it's due to a bad plot, or writing that features shudder-worthy one-liners. Other times, it's due to exaggerated characters. Regardless, the most seat-squirming teen movies often warrant a rewatch — not for critical analysis, but for a hearty laugh or two.

Updated on January 18th, 2025, by Fawzia Khan: Teen movies are essential watches for that demographic, and nostalgic treats for older viewers. First love, new friends, coming of age, and high school shenanigans can be fun to watch, but not all movies get it right. Some teen movies veer into flinch-inducing territory with dialogues,...

Individuals so well-recognized for their talents and charisma have often privately suffered at the merciless hands of Parkinson’s. A progressive neurodegenerative disorder, it has affected millions worldwide. The disease is characterized by tremors, stiffness, and difficulty with movement, which worsens over time.

Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future (1985) | Credits: Universal

Although more than 10 million people worldwide currently live with Pd, the optics and the understanding of the disease remain largely misunderstood. Many people, however, only associate Parkinson’s with famous figures like Muhammad Ali or the recent diagnosis of Back to the Future’s Michael J. Fox.

Hollywood has its fair share of celebrities who are not immune to the devastating effects of this condition, and in a long list of sad passings, here are five.

Michael Newman

Michael Newman first gained fame from the success of Baywatch, where he played himself, a lifeguard. Unlike many of his co-stars in the show,...

Brats focuses on the impact of the "Brat Pack" nickname on young actors of the 1980s, honing in on three central films. McCarthy's documentary features conversations with former co-stars and social experts, exploring the collective experience of the actors. Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, and The Breakfast Club are highlighted in Brats for their significance in Brat Pack culture.

A new documentary on Hulu by director Andrew McCarthy called Brats explores the impact of the nickname the "Brat Pack" on a group of young actors whose careers took off in the 1980s McCarthy himself was a member, referencing several movies in the process. Other actors in the Brat Pack included Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Alley Sheedy, Demi Moore, and Molly Ringwald. The actors would be grouped with the Brat Pack label for the rest of their careers. Rather than explore every film that members of the Brat Pack created,...

The Breakfast Club, a classic film, is rated R due to strong language, drug use, and serious themes. The movie includes depictions of bullying, sex, suicide, depression, and abuse, leading to its R-rating. Apart from The Breakfast Club, most of John Hughes' movies were PG-13, with Planes, Trains, and Automobiles also being R-rated.

John Hughes The Breakfast Club is now regarded as a classic, and to new viewers, it might come as a surprise that its rated R, but it earned this rating. John Hughes was responsible for some of the most popular and beloved movies of the 1980s, with his legacy being coming-of-age teen comedies that launched the careers of many successful actors and actresses. Hughes wrote and directed now-classics like Sixteen Candles, Ferris Buellers Day Off, and The Breakfast Club, the latter considered one of his best works and the one that started the Brat Pack.

The Breakfast Club...

A dark theory suggests that The Breakfast Club is set in purgatory, with the characters in detention as a metaphor for their journey to find peace. The theory adds a deeper meaning to the characters' struggles and the bond they form, as they navigate through hell and purgatory towards heaven. The theory leaves a plot hole regarding how the characters died, but their reasons for detention could provide clues related to incomplete memories or traumatic events leading to their deaths.

John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club has one of the most iconic endings in the history of teen comedies, but a theory gives a twist to it and a darker meaning. In 1985, John Hughes continued his reign in the world of teen comedies with The Breakfast Club, a coming-of-age comedy-drama movie that went on to become one of the most influential movies of the decade. The Breakfast Club took the audience...

One could be forgiven for not suspecting that Hammer Films, known for their comparatively lurid and bloody, sometimes pointedly lusty, and otherwise vividly imagined (and reimagined) catalogue of horror classics, would be the first place to look if one were in the market for a low-key yet spirited take on a holiday classic to turn to once the perennial screenings of It’s a Wonderful Life, White Christmas, Die Hard and countless other popular titles have begun to wear out their welcome. Yet the studio delivered just that in Cash on Demand (1962), a dandy and delicious suspense thriller directed by Quentin Lawrence, from a script by David T. Chantler and Lewis Griefer, itself based on a play by Jacques Gillies, which echoes of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the book and the countless movie and TV iterations which came before, to fresh and potent purpose.

Lawrence, a British TV veteran...

Hammer’s Dracula goes out with a whimper in this final Chris Lee-Peter Cushing vampire opus, which posits the Prince of Darkness as a super-mogul super-villain (with insufficient infrastructure). He’s battling Scotland Yard, MI5 and his old nemesis Van Helsing, while still arranging ritual sacrifices. And don’t forget the quartet of vampire babes he keeps in the cellar.

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

Blu-ray

Warner Archive Collection

1973 / Color / 1:75 widescreen / 88 min. / Street Date November 13, 2018 / available through the WBshop / 21.99

Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley.

Cinematography: Brian Probyn

Film Editor: Chris Barnes

Original Music: John Cacavas

Written by Don Houghton

Produced by Roy Skeggs

Directed by Alan Gibson

The final Hammer horror Dracula opus with Christopher Lee is The Satanic Rites of Dracula, a direct sequel to Dracula A.D. 1972, which is frequently named as the worst film of the series. A.

Ridley Scott could certainly be dubbed the man that never sleeps, the prolific filmmaker is currently reported to be in talks to the helm on Fox’s adaptation of Queen and Country.

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Based on the Eisner award-winning spy thriller graphic novel by Greg Rucka the story is set in the fictional British Secret Intelligence Service, “Queen and Country” centres on an operative named Tara Chace, a top British intelligence agent who is used as bait to draw out an international terrorist after an attack in London.

The graphic novel was inspired by the British ITV television series The Sandbaggers (1978–1980) which examines the effect of the espionage game on the personal and professional lives of British and American intelligence specialists. The series starred Roy Marsden, Richard Vernon and Elizabeth Bennett.

Jared Woods Feb 5, 2018

From Bart Simpson's "Eat my shorts" to Rick And Morty's "Wubba lubba dub-dub", we look at the origins of a bunch of cartoon catchphrases...

Ah yes, the cartoon catchphrase. That quote uttered by your favourite character so many times that it has pried open your skull and set up home in your everyday vocabulary. A trademark when executed at precisely the right time, it functions as the laziest punchline in existence, triggering the warm chemicals of familiarity right down into your lungs, knocking out a laugh even though you’ve heard it an immeasurable amount of times already. And before you know it, you find your voice reciting the slogan itself, dropping the phrasing into casual conversation like a winking in-joke that only those who watch the same animations as you will understand, while you scoff at those who raise their eyebrows at your inappropriate response.

EstroGenius 2014 4th Street Theatre 83 E. 4th St., NYC October 2-November 2, 2014

The EstroGenius Festival, currently in its 15th year, spotlights women artists in theater. It is organized into three separate shows -- Andi’s Night, Deb’s Night, and Sarah’s Night -- that each consist of five short plays totaling about an hour and a half per "Night." At the end of a program, audience members can vote for their favorite performer, writer, and director on a ballot included in the program, and votes can also be cast for favorite play for a one-dollar donation per vote. The winning play receives a special encore performance at the end of the festival.

Andi’s Night opens with Snow White Zombie (by Brent Lengel; dir. Sara Stevens), a light, almost fan-fiction-esque imagining of a zombie plague in the land of classic fairy-tale characters. It includes some fun fight choreography and the nice...

Grimm Episode 210

“The Hour of Death”

Written By: Sean Calder

Directed By: Peter Werner

Original Airdate: 2 November 2012

In This Episode...

Nick and Hank are investigating the disappearance of a teenager, Donna. They question Adrian Zane, who worked in the same office as Donna. He claims that the photos Nick saw him burning were not of Donna, but of his ex, Jennifer. They bring him down to the station but find no evidence on which to hold him. Adrian is a Wesen, and he recognizes Nick as a Grimm, which throws him into a fit, screaming that Nick is going to kill him. Nick believes Adrian is guilty, so he has Monroe whip up a truth serum in hopes that will get him to spill. He breaks into Adrian’s house armed with a crossbow, but finds someone has beat him there - Adrian is dead, tortured to death. Hank shows...

“My name is Bond - James Bond". That classic introduction to the cinema’s greatest secret agent is as famous as “I am Dracula, I bid you welcome.” When the box office success of Dr No (1962) turned the unknown Sean Connery into a movie legend, Hammer was never far away from the franchise. With their own films running parallel to the Bond series, Hammer and Eon Productions often made use of the same talent.

Dr No also marked the debuts of Bernard Lee (the first of 11 films as M) and Lois Maxwell (the first of 14 as Miss Moneypenny). Lee had a brief turn as Tarmut in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973) and despite never starring in a Hammer horror, Maxwell turned up in their early fifties thrillers Lady in the Fog (1953) and Mantrap (1954).

As doomed double-agent Professor Dent, Anthony Dawson is best known as the vile Marquis in Curse...

A beautiful and telling portrait of teenage rebellion that announced the rejection of yuppy culture in favour of one of spirited malcontent or a puff-ball fantasy of idealised youth? The Breakfast Club inspires myriad “readings”- it’s also an allegory for the diverse sub-cultures of the school environment- and yet also remains a pop culture mainstay cited and treasured as a coming of age film for all ages.

But, fuck all that – the reason it’s still incredibly popular and an iconic event in cinema for those who grew up at the right time to enjoy it is that it is a great example of perfect character-based story-telling, with conflict, resolution and awkward teenage romance. And that enduring popularity has seen the John Hughes classic finally released to Blu-ray this week.The genius of The Breakfast Club is that if someone asks what it’s about, it is almost...

With Diablo Cody’s new high school horror film Jennifer’S Body tearing it’s way onto screens this Friday and school itself getting back into session, it’s the perfect opportunity to honor that age old character staple of high school movies, the one that everyone loves to hate, the bane of teenage existence… the high school principle! (Make believe, of course, no offense to any high school principles who may be reading this… or, not!) We’ve decided to take a look back on all the great movies about high school and compile a list of our most favorite of the less-than-favorable members of the cinematic school staff.

10. Mr. Strickland (James Tolkan in Back To The Future)

Mr. Stricktland hates the McFly’s. He has made it known that the one thing that he hates most in the world are slackers. Principal of Hill Valley High School, he...

Whether you're an avid John Hughes fan or a just a casual appreciator, there's no denying that the tragically deceased writer-director-producer penned some of the most unforgettably hilarious rants and one-liners ever utted on the big screen. Don't believe me? The following ten quotes provide better proof than I ever could. Just beware of the profanity, kids.

"Nothin' burps better than bacon."

- Ed O'Neill as Dutch, "Dutch"

"Pucker up, buttercup!"

- Jeffrey Jones as Principal Ed Rooney, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"

"I tell you what I'm gonna give you, Snakes. I'm gonna give you to the count of 10 to get your ugly, yellow, no-good keister off my property before I pump your guts full of lead! One, two, ten!"

- Ralph Foody as Gangster Johnny, "Home Alone"

"I'm gonna knock your d-ck in the dirt."

- Paul Gleason as Principal Richard Vernon, "The Breakfast Club"

"The thing is, I'm kinda like the leader.