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Demi Moore’s SAG Awards win for outstanding performance by a leading female actor on Sunday may be another stepping stone on her path to Oscar semi-inevitability, but what stands out has been her transparency and owning of her narrative, as exhibited in acceptance speeches that connect the dots from “that little girl who didn’t believe in herself” to her current stature as an icon of longevity.

It’s understandable to still be in awe of her Golden Globes speech for The Substance. Looking radiant on the stage, the actress eschewed a list of thank-yous to eloquently address the movie’s message about female insecurities. Let’s read the words: “I had a woman say to me, ‘Just know, you will never be enough. But you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.'”

With much respect to this anonymous sage,...

Anthony Michael Hall has spent his career pursuing roles that allowed him to empathize with all kinds of characters. He’s always looking for that depth, that drive — that hook that inspires him to dig his teeth into a script, and defy expectations — and to prove he’s much more than the nerd from ’80s Brat Pack movies like “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles.”

His newest role is playing an arms dealer on the third season of “Reacher,” the hit Amazon Prime Video show about an ex-military police drifter who travels the United States, busting up increasingly outsized criminal enterprises. For any actor, “Reacher” is a huge platform, but Hall was laser-focused on the complexity of his character, Zachary Beck, who poses as a humble rug importer.

“It’s a very rich character,” he says. “He has a cover for his life, and is operating within this framework of a criminal network.

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It’s been 40 years since The Breakfast Club hit theaters, becoming a box office hit and instant coming-of-age classic that’s still beloved by viewers today.

Released in 1995, the John Hughes film cemented the star power of leads Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall (who had both starred in Hughes’ Sixteen Candles the year before), along with rising “Brat Pack” actors, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson.

John Hughes was the patron saint of adolescents who found great success with a series of hit comedies, most of them centering around the plight of teenagers. Yet how many of those titles remain classics? Let’s take a look back at 12 of his greatest films as both a writer and director, ranked worst to best.

Born in 1950, Hughes first came to the attention of Hollywood as a writer after penning “National Lampoon’s Vacation” (1983) and “Mr. Mom” (1983). That financially successful one-two punch landed him his first directing gig: “Sixteen Candles” (1984). A tender coming-of-age story about a teenage girl (Molly Ringwald) suffering one indignity after another on her sweet sixteen firmly established him as the premiere helmer of adolescent comedies, leading to “The Breakfast Club” (1985), “Weird Science” (1985), and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986).

Yet Hughes also excelled at entertainments outside the classroom, including the road trip farce “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” (1987), starring...

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On Feb. 15, 1985, The Breakfast Club was released, setting the standard for teen films and cementing writer-director John Hughes as the master of the genre, while making its ensemble instantly famous. There are aspects to the beloved film that have not aged well; however, The Breakfast Club‘s impact on filmmaking and the zeitgeist — from its poster to its cast to its music to its universal message — cannot be understated four decades later.

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Hughes had made a name for himself the prior year with his directorial debut, Sixteen Candles. Up to this time, “teen movies” had largely evolved from cautionary rebellion films in the 1950s to beach party films of the 1960s to slasher films of the 1970s to sex comedies in the early 1980s. But Hughes had the uncanny ability to capture both the joys and the trials of the teenage years, both in written word...

Andrew McCarthy‘s recent documentary “Brats,” about his time as a teen idol in the 1980s alongside peers like Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy, charted the actor’s path from irritation and outright hostility toward the “brat pack” label to grudging affection, as he recognized that the movies he looked down on while he was doing them — films like “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Less Than Zero,” and “Mannequin” — meant more to an entire generation of filmgoers than more “serious” prestige fare like “The Falcon and the Snowman” ever could.

The danger for those of us who grew up on the movies is that the trajectory will be reversed — that films that seemed meaningful to our teenage eyes aren’t really all that great when viewed outside the lens of indulgent childhood nostalgia. Yet revisiting one of McCarthy’s most popular films via a new 4K Uhd release...

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True crime has been a very popular genre for a while now, so it's not surprising that a genuinely horrifying real-life case — which occurred in Austria and came to light in 2008 — served as inspiration for two (admittedly different) movies. So, if you've seen the 2021 Lifetime original film "Girl in the Basement," what is it about ... and how does it connect to real-life events?

Released in 2021, "Girl in the Basement" stars Stefanie Scott as Sarah Cody, a rebellious teenager who's seeing a boy named Chris (Jake Etheridge) and sneaks out to meet up with him against the wishes of her extraordinarily strict father Don. After she returns home, having been out all night, Don does something horrific; he imprisons his own daughter in the soundproofed basement of the Cody family home, unbeknownst to her mother Irene (Joely Fisher) and sister Amy...

Save for a 1992 guest spot on the Og Quantum Leap and voicing herself in a 1993 episode of The Simpsons, Brooke Shields — best known at the time for the ’80s films The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love, plus Calvin Klein ads — had yet to break out on television through the mid-1990s.

And then she winningly stalked Joey Tribbiani (more accurately, Dr. Drake Ramoray) in Friends‘ January 1996 post-Super Bowl episode.

More from TVLineBrooke Shields Lands Role on Hulu's Ryan Murphy Legal Drama Starring Kim Kardashian (Exclusive)Fast Friends: Max Drops Trailer for Friends Game Show - Get Release DateJoey Turns...

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Most high school movies from the 1980s might’ve been the go-to for teen comedy back in the day, but a lot of them don’t hold up today. Even though some of these flicks are still tossed around as the best high school movies of all time and even the best movies of the '80s, they’ve got some serious issues when viewed through a modern lens. This includes casual sexism, misogyny, and even jokes about sexual harassment,

Unfortunately, the films in question tend to glorify the idea that boys can do whatever they want without consequences while objectifying and disrespecting women at every turn. The inappropriate pranks, reckless behavior, and creepy crushes might have been used as comic relief decades ago, but now they just come off as red flags.

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A few classic Eighties teen movies (mostly from John Hughes) are celebrating their 40th birthdays around now, and — unlike Samantha’s family in Sixteen Candles — Funko didn’t forget. The collectible toymaker is releasing a line of Pop! figurines of characters from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink. All of the new Eighties Funko Pop! figurines are available to preorder on Amazon.

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The Holdovers is a comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne from a screenplay by David Hemingson. The period film is set in the early 1970s, and it revolves around Paul Hunham, a grouchy, disliked teacher at Barton Academy, who has to supervise the students who were unable to return to their homes for the Christmas holidays. He soon forms a bond with a rebellious and troubled student who recently lost his father. The Holdovers stars Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Carrie Preston. So, if you loved the feel-good comedy, sombre drama, and compelling characters in The Holdovers, here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople is an adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi. Based...

Many movies aren't as wholesome and lighthearted as people assume they are, and watching them closely reveals they can be surprisingly dark. This is especially true when it comes to children's movies, as animation, comedy and music can gloss over some heavy themes. However, these elements can do the same in more mature movies in some circumstances, and people might forget about some darker moments.

Older movies like Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Breakfast Club can hide some darkness behind a glossy veneer of nostalgia. When people think of these classics, they often think about the fashion, the music or the actors. This ignores some distressing topics, like depression, trauma and isolation. Ultimately, it's best to dispell any assumptions about a movie before judging it fairly, but this isn't always easy.

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The Breakfast Club ending is a much more profound, ambiguous, and thought-provoking conclusion than the average teen comedy, with storylines left unresolved and questions left unanswered. Released in 1985 to critical acclaim and box office success, The Breakfast Club revolves around a group of high school misfits in Saturday detention under the watchful eye of their totalitarian vice principal. One of John Hughes’ most iconic high school movies marked the peak of the “Brat Pack” era, with such stars as Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, and Anthony Michael Hall giving some of the best performances of their career.

Decades after its release, The Breakfast Club remains a celebrated classic and a staple of popular culture. With some of the most memorable quotes, characters, and cinematic moments of its decade, it's a cornerstone of the ‘80s movie aesthetic. Its unforgettable final scene leaves a lot of crucial questions unanswered, though. Most coming-of-age movies...

Beginning in the late 1960s and spreading into the 1970s, American cinema was revolutionized by the New Hollywood movement. At the forefront of this movement was a crew of directors from different entertainment disciplines who spoke to the exploding youth counterculture with classics like "Bonnie and Clyde," "The Graduate," and "M*A*S*H." The world felt like it was going mad, but the movies were somehow helping us make sense of this descent. Before moviegoers could adjust to this newfangled mode of motion picture art, the film brats arrived. Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg rattled the industry's cage in wildly different ways. It was a glorious time. Then studios, with the perhaps unwitting assistance of Lucas and Spielberg, locked in on a formula: They could make hundreds of millions of dollars off a single movie if they hit the right commercial buttons.

South Of Hope Street

Director Jane Spencer's fourth feature, South Of Hope Street, imagines a near dystopian future with striking parallels to the present day. It's the year 2038 and World War 3 rages. The Black Boots faction has the upper hand. Nonconformity and mystery are outlawed, and the truth is whatever narrative the government choose to propagate. Reaching a crisis point, the government decides to build a giant wall in the sky to hide the truth. In the midst of the chaos, Denise (Tanna Frederick) and Tom (Judd Nelson) band together with their disaffected friends to fight back, and are joined by Benjamin Flowers (Michael Madsen) and his mountain-dwelling hippies.

Spencer made her directorial debut with the 1991 comedy drama Little Noises, starring Crispin Glover as a writer who takes advantage of his mute friend and plagiarises his poetry. This was followed by Faces On Mars (2003), a quirky LA set drama,...

One of the prolific young actor ensembles in Hollywood in the 1980s was the Brat Pack. A label coined by journalist David Blum in 1985, the Brat Pack was a play on the term, the Rat Pack, led by Frank Sinatra in the '60s. The core group consisted of Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, and Andrew McCarthy. By Blum's definition, the Brat Pack was composed of the main young actors in the two successful 1985 movies "The Breakfast Club" and "St. Elmo's Fire."

The actors in the Brat Pack would appear together in a number of films throughout the '80s and early '90s, including projects before 1985. For the purposes of this article, an official Brat Pack movie needs to feature at least two actors from the previously mentioned ensemble, rather than simply just one. With 12 movies from the...

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Pulp Fiction Losing Best Picture to Forrest Gump in 1995.

Despite missing out on Oscar’s top prize, Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction did win best original screenplay and became a cultural mainstay.

“Pulp Fiction I felt was one of the biggest snubs, only because I was about to go to college at that time and 90 percent of the people in film school [were there] because of Pulp Fiction. But I know the movies that really change things aren’t always rewarded or recognized at that moment because it’s just too soon. I think Quentin Tarantino changed the landscape and changed a whole generation of filmmakers.”

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Tom Courtenay in The Dresser losing best actor to Robert Duvall in 1984’s Tender Mercies

“This is one of my favorite parts ever. This guy is just a servant for Albert Finney, and he goes totally underappreciated. When I first started acting,...

“South of Hope Street” is a new live-action science fiction ‘dystopian’ feature, written and directed by Jane Spencer, starring Judd Nelson, William Baldwin, Tana Frederick, Michael Madsen, Asser Yassin, Craig Conway, Meredith Ostrom, Wendy Thomas, Niklaus Trenk, Pascal Ulli and Elana Krausz, streaming November 15, 2024 on Paramount+:

“…in 2038, Earth enters a mysterious universe. People hide behind a gigantic wall and engage in wars.

“Meanwhile, ‘Denise’ walks on thin ice spurred on by ‘Tom’, a caretaker, who promises that a renaissance is on its way…”

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Emilio Estevez made his big screen debut at the age of 11 in the film "Badlands," Terrence Malick's mood drama starring Emilio's father Ramón Estévez, who was better known by his screen name Martin Sheen. When Emilio was 14, he flew with his father to the Philippines for another film shoot. Sheen was playing the lead role in Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now," and the young Emilio was hired to appear as an extra. Sadly, his scenes were cut, but Estevez was inspired by his experience to write a play called "Echoes of an Era," and perform in the lead role. He was officially an actor like his father. 

After graduating high school, Estevez eschewed college and entered show business. What followed was a decades-long and prolific career that brought him into the center of the Hollywood mainstream. In the 1980s, Estevez was part of a generation of rising actors...

The best 1980s movies include a strong mix of teenage coming-of-age stories, buddy cop films, and a true renaissance for horror and science fiction. While often called the decade of excess, there were over-the-top blockbusters with loud soundtracks, bright colors, and skyrocketing budgets, but it was much more than that. A lot of heart, creativity, and inventive filmmaking took place in that decade, and there are so many films that remain iconic 40 years later.

The 1980s saw the rise of slasher movies and the beloved and iconic high school films of John Hughes. It also saw names like John Carpenter, Terry Gilliam, Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, and Martin Scorsese really come into their own as some of the world's best directors. It also marked the rise of names like Tom Cruise, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kurt Russell, Sigourney Weaver, Bruce Willis, Glenn Close, and Harrison Ford, and many films from this...

Demi Moore and Rob Lowe are counted among the best stars that came out from the Brat Pack genre of films in the 1980s. Brat Pack referred to a group of young actors who co-starred in many coming-of-age films of that time. While Moore and Lowe were a hit on-screen pair after co-starring in St. Elmo’s Fire and About Last Night, they also “had a thing” off-screen.

Demi Moore and Rob Lowe in About Last Night | Credits: TriStar Pictures

Demi Moore has earlier claimed in her memoir Inside Out that her memories with Rob Lowe are clouded due to her past drug addiction. But she thanked the Perfect Strangers actor for beautifully talking about their brief relationship in his memoir Stories I Only Tell My Friends.

Rob Lowe’s confession of brief love with Demi Moore impressed the Ghost actress Demi Moore with Emilio Estevez in Wisdom | Credits: 20th Century Fox

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Nearly 40 years later, St. Elmo’s Fire is continuing to burn bright for its stars.

After first teasing a sequel in July, Rob Lowe recently gave an update that the followup to the 1985 coming-of-age film is “moving along” as he and co-star Demi Moore are in contact about the film.

“We’re very much in contact now because we are actively trying to do [the] St. Elmo’s Fire sequel,” said Lowe on Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast.

“It’s going a little more slowly than I would have liked,” he added. “But that’s a good thing because we’re trying to find the right writer and the right story. But all of the actors, everybody is on board. Everybody is excited.”

The original Joel Schumacher film starred Lowe, Moore, Andie MacDowell, Andrew McCarthy, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson and Emilio Estevez as a group of recent...

The planned sequel to 1985’s St Elmo’s Fire still lacks a director and doesn’t even have a writer yet, but the original cast have all agreed to return.

Back in August we learned that there was a plan in place to bring back the core cast of St Elmo’s Fire for a belated sequel. When Rob Lowe, one of the stars of St Elmo’s Fire, broke news of the sequel, he stated that negotiations were happening but that none of the cast were yet confirmed. A few months on, Lowe (who seems to be the film’s unofficial spokesperson) has popped up again to confirm that every member of the original film’s core cast will be returning. That means Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham are all set to reprise their roles in the film.

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Earlier this summer, it was reported Sony Pictures has been considering a sequel to St. Elmo’s Fire. The quintessential ‘80s Brat Pack movie stars Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham as a group of recent graduates who must adjust to post-university life and the responsibilities of adulthood.

While speaking with Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa (via IndieWire), Rob Lowe dropped an update on the St. Elmo’s Fire sequel. The actor confirmed that it’s “moving along” but that it’s “going a little more slowly than I would have liked, but that’s a good thing because we’re trying to find the right writer and the right story. But all of the actors, everybody is onboard. Everybody’s excited.” Assuming the sequel continues moving forward, it would catch up with the group and what they...

Rob Lowe is teasing that there is still plenty of fuel for the “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel.

The actor said during SiriusXM’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa” that the full cast of the original 1985 film are confirmed to reprise their respective roles, and that “The Substance” Oscar contender Demi Moore has especially been instrumental to the revival.

The feature, which was originally directed by late filmmaker Joel Schumacher and co-written by Carl Kurlander, also stars Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell, and Mare Winningham. MacDowell’s daughter Margaret Qualley co-led “The Substance” with Moore.

A possible sequel to “St. Elmo’s Fire” was announced in June 2024 after the release of McCarthy’s documentary “Brats” which revisited the era of the Brat Pack actors.

“We’re very much in contact now because we are actively trying to do ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ sequel,” Lowe said,...

This year’s Transformers One takes the lore and explores how both Optimus Prime and Megatron went from practically brothers to becoming bitter enemies. But back in 1987, an epic movie version of the popular animated television show would bring their battle to the big screen for the first time. It’s Transformers: The Movie on this episode of Revisited.

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The Transformers cartoon from 1984 was one of several children’s shows that was made explicitly to sell toys. It joined the likes of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe and Voltron. However, this is a good example of “if you can make a product that’s cool enough, we won’t dwell on the shallow corporate reason for its existence.” Kids everywhere in the 80s loved the varied vehicles and characters and the creativity of unfolding and switching parts to turn it into a fighting soldier robot.

It's a bummer every single month, but a handful of fan-favorite movies leave Netflix at the end of the month before a new collection of movies arrives the following month. In September, a number of popular movies are leaving Netflix, including two throwbacks and two beloved trilogies.

This month already saw a large number of unfortunate removals from Netflix, including a handful of complete series fans love to watch. The CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, iZombie, and Jane the Virgin have already departed and soon Great News, Good Witch, and How to Get Away with Murder will join them in the final week of the month.

Looking to quickly watch your favorite movie before it leaves Netflix? We shared four good movies watch to add to your watch list before time runs out!

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Leaving Netflix: Sept. 30

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If John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club remains the quintessential ‘80s Brat Pack movie, what ranks as a close second? If we’re talking headcount, Joel Shcumacher’s critically panned commercial hit St. Elmo’s Fire (which might be getting a sequel) tops them all. The movie follows a tight-knit group of seven Georgetown post-graduates navigating young adulthood and helped define the “Brat Pack” as a play on the fraternal friendship forged by Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the ‘50s and ‘60s. In addition to advancing Schumacher’s directorial career, St. Elmo’s Fire partially launched the careers of stars Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, and Mare Winningham, most of whom would be associated with the Brat Pack for the next 40 years. The subject is documented in the new Hulu documentary, Brats, written and directed by McCarthy in a tender and touching snapshot of...

The St. Elmos Fire reboot gets a promising update from an original cast member. Co-written and directed by Joel Schumacher, the original movie, which was released in 1985, follows a group of recent graduates from Georgetown University as they navigate the challenges of transitioning to adulthood. Upon release, it found success at the box office, mostly thanks to the St. Elmo's Fire cast, which included names like Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Andie MacDowell.

Now, in a recent conversation with The New York Times, Moore confirms she has had discussions about the St. Elmos Fire reboot, but it's in its early stages. She further revealed that to her knowledge, pretty much everyone from the original cast is interested in the reboot or at least open to the idea. Read her full quote below:

There are some discussions, yes. Its kind of early, early stages,...

The Brat Pack may be getting back together.

Demi Moore, currently generating Oscar buzz for her daring turn in “The Substance,” revealed that discussions are underway with Sony, the studio behind “St. Elmo’s Fire,” to make a sequel to the seminal 1985 film.

“The update is definitely, conversations are happening,” Moore said in an interview at the Toronto Film Festival. “[The] studio has been really behind [and] driving this. As far as I know, everyone seems to be up for it, which I think would be amazing.”

The original movie explored the lives of a group of recent college grads as the navigated that difficult early period of adulthood, one filled with relationship troubles and career anxiety. It also helped elevate the profiles of Moore and fellow cast-mates like Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy. Moore said there’s no script yet for the sequel and...

Gen X are a funny lot. Generally acknowledged to be made up of folks born between 1965 and 1980. This means Gen Xers were teenagers between the ’80s and the late ’90s. Crucially this also means it’s a generation that grew up without any meaningful internet and no mobile phones, who were used to relying on cinema trips to watch trailers, Blockbuster Video for our weekend viewing and highlighting the TV guide at Christmas.

Streaming services, of course, did not exist so movies we watched at the cinema, recorded off the telly and even potentially owned on VHS (if you were the Queen) became very precious in a way that something you caught on Netflix while you were looking at your phone are not. Every generation has movies that are iconic to them – here’s to the ones that shaped today’s 40-somethings+.

Before Sunrise (1995)

Richard Linklater’s naturalistic romance about...

Movies like Girl in the Basement offer a chilling look at the mindset of abusive parents and abductors, with empathy for the trapped victim. Similar films, like Split and Run, delve into captivity and abuse themes, showcasing the disturbing depths individuals can sink into. The harrowing stories depicted in movies like Girl in the Basement, while fictional, are often based on true crime events that shock viewers.

This article discusses films with themes of abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence.

Movies like Girl in the Basement are often shocking and disturbing, as they are fictional retellings of harrowing true-crime stories. In the case of Girl in the Basement, it tells the disturbing tale of a young woman kidnapped and held captive by her father for over two decades. While there, he sexually abuses her and forces her to have seven children, the last of whom dies after childbirth. Part of...

Best neo-noirs of the 1980s paid tribute to film noir while adding new elements, deserving more attention today. Underrated releases like Blue City and Manhunter had creative, quality storylines often overlooked. Iconic performances in films like Gloria and Mona Lisa subverted neo-noir stereotypes, adding new depth.

The neo-noir genre surged in popularity during the 1980s as countless acclaimed directors paid homage to movie aesthetics of the past while imbuing their films with something new. As a revival of film noir, noe-noirs took on the characteristics and style of gritty 1940s detective stories to depict modern crime dramas, psychological thrillers, and, in some cases, comedies. While some neo-noirs, such as David Lynchs Blue Velvet, have received widespread acclaim and interest from modern viewers, there were plenty of other fantastic neo-noirs from the 1980s that were doomed to obscurity.

The best neo-noirs ever made paid tribute to film noir while also carving out something new,...

God’s Country Song on Great American Pure Flix [Image Great American Family]

Fans of Great American Family’s drama movies can look forward to these five new, original movies coming in August 2024. Airing on the company’s streaming network, Pure Flix, the following is a brief plot description and casting news for the new upcoming movies according to the press release.

1. God’s Country Song God’s Country Song on Great American Pure Flix [Image Great American Family]

Starring: Justin Gaston, Mariel Hemingway, John Laughlin, Christopher Michael and Justene Alpert

Premiere date: Saturday, August 10, at 8 pm Et/Pt

Plot:

This powerful story is about Noah (Gaston), who is on the verge of becoming the next great star in country music and doesn’t want anything to get in the way of his newfound glory, not even his kids. God’s Country Song is about second chances and leading a purpose-driven life.

2. Nothing is Impossible Nothing is Impossible on Great American Pure Flix [Image Great American Family]

Starring: David A.R. White,...

Rob Lowe has confirmed that talks are happening for a sequel to Joel Schumacher’s iconic 1985 Brat Pack film, St Elmo’s Fire.

Joel Schumacher made many films over the course of his career, but 1985’s St Elmo’s Fire, which Schumacher also wrote with Carl Kurlander, holds a special place for many. Made at the height of the teen movie boom spearheaded by John Hughes, the film starred an ensemble that came to be known as The Brat Pack – Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham.

The film focuses on a group of graduates from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C, following their journey as they begin to adjust to post-university life and the responsibilities of adulthood. The theme song, St Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion) by John Parr became a 1980s classic, inextricably intertwined with the film in the same...

A feature film sequel to the seminal 1985 Brat Pack movie “St. Elmo’s Fire” is in early development, Rob Lowe confirmed in a recent interview. Lowe and his son, John Owen Lowe, talked to “Entertainment Tonight” about their Netflix comedy series “Unstable,” and the actor spoke about the possibility of rebooting “St. Elmo’s Fire” as a Sony film.

“We’ve met with the studio and I have been talking about doing it for about four months,” Lowe said about a potential sequel. He said the release of the “Brats” documentary earlier this summer from fellow Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy has “only added to the excitement around it.”

“But it’s very, very, very, very, very early stages,” he said. “So we will see.”

The original “St. Elmo’s Fire” followed seven recent college graduates navigating their new adult lives, and co-starred Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, McCarthy, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy. The late Joel Schumacher was director,...

Gonna be your man in motion, all I need’s this pair of wheels…Despite their notoriety and fame in the ‘80s, there hasn’t yet been a proper sequel to a single Brat Pack movie. But that may all change, as Rob Lowe – one of the key members of the gang of actors – says a follow-up to 1985’s St. Elmo’s Fire could be on the way.

Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Rob Lowe confirmed that some discussion has taken place but it might be too soon for fans to get their hopes up. “We’ve met with the studio and I have been talking about doing it for about four months…But it’s very, very, very, very, very early stages. So we will see.” Lowe also noted that Andrew McCarthy’s recent Brats documentary – chronicling the history of the Brat Pack – “only added to the excitement around it,” which...

Rob Lowe says that talks about a potential St. Elmo’s Fire sequel are very real.

The actor shared in a recent interview that a follow-up to the 1985 film co-written and directed by Joel Schumacher is happening, but don’t get your hopes up just yet.

“We’ve met with the studio and I have been talking about doing it for about four months,” Lowe said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “But it’s very, very, very, very, very early stages. So we will see.”

Lowe noted that the Brats documentary “only added to the excitement around” a sequel to the coming-of-age film, which also starred Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell, and Mare Winningham.

Deadline reported in June that Sony was exploring the possibility of making a new version of St. Elmo’s Fire after McCarthy’s documentary Brats relived the memories of the “Brat Pack.

Great American Pure Flix has announced the World Premiere of the Original Movie, The Engagement Plan. The movie features an impressive cast including Jack Schumacher, Ted McGinley, Mia Pollini, Judd Nelson, Eva Larue, Emily Topper, Eric Lutz, and Faith Ford. It was made be available for exclusive streaming on Great American Pure […]

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Keep the hope alive, St. Elmo’s fans! Rob Lowe revealed the current status of the St. Elmo’s Fire sequel following the release of the highly-anticipated Brat Pack documentary Brats. “We’ve met with the studio, and I have been talking about doing it for about four months,” Lowe told Entertainment Tonight. He noted that the Brats documentary “only added to the excitement around it.” He continued, “But it’s very, very, very, very, very early stages. So we will see.” Back in June 2024, Deadline revealed that Sony, the production company behind the original film, was “exploring the possibility of making a new version” of St. Elmo’s Fire. The sequel would “hinge on reuniting original cast members.” Lowe is among the St. Elmo’s Fire pack, along with Andrew McCarthy, Ally Sheedy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, and Mare Winningham. The film, directed by Joel Schumacher, was released in 1985 and...

Rob Lowe has revealed that a sequel to 'St. Elmo's Fire' is in development.The 50-year-old actor starred as saxophonist Billy Hicks in the 1985 Brat Pack film that followed group of graduates as they adjust to post-university life in the real world and admitted that a follow-up is on the way, even if it is only in the "early stages" of development at present.He told 'Entertainment Tonight': "We've met with the studio and I have been talking about doing it for about four months. The 'Brats' documentary only added to the excitement around it. "But it's very, very, very, very, very early stages. So we will see."In the classic film, Rob starred alongside Emilio Estevez , Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham.Just two years ago, Andrew - who played journalist Kevin Dolenz - admitted that...

A new version of St. Elmo's Fire with the original cast is in the very early stages of development. Reuniting the Brat Pack remains a challenging aspect for the new movie. Interest in the 1980s Brat Pack has increased but getting the original cast back together may be difficult.

St. Elmo's Fire star Rob Lowe confirms reports that a new version is in development. Directed by Joel Schumacher, with a script he co-wrote with Carl Kurlander, the 1985 coming-of-age film follows a group of recent graduates from Georgetown University as they navigate the challenges of transitioning to adulthood and taking on new responsibilities. Other than Lowe, the St. Elmo's Fire cast includes Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell, and Mare Winningham.

During an exclusive interview with Screen Rant promoting Unstable season 2, Lowe confirmed the reports that a new version of St. Elmo's Fire with the original cast is in development,...

In an interview with Andy Cohen, Andrew McCarthy revealed he never dated any Brat Pack members – although he admitted to having a crush on his “St. Elmo’s Fire” co-star Ally Sheedy. The actor, who just directed the Hulu documentary “Brats,” sat down with Andy during a new episode of Andy Cohen Live on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy (Ch. 102).

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“Did you ever date anyone in the Brat Pack? I know that you had a crush on Ally Sheedy,” Andy asked Andrew.

“I did have a little crush on Ally Sheedy,” Andrew said. “She was having nothing to do with me. No, I didn’t actually.”

McCarthy also shared that he lost his virginity at 17 to a girl he didn’t know during a Halloween party in his NYC apartment and mentioned that Judd Nelson was the most excited about his movie.

Plot: In the mid-eighties, a group of young actors known for starring in movies like St Elmo’s Fire and The Breakfast Club became popularly known as The Brat Pack, but many members of that group felt the term torpedoed their careers.

Review: If you grew up in the eighties, you for sure knew what the name “The Brat Pack” meant. I was born in ’81 and only watched the movies this gang was known for in the nineties, but if you had asked me as a kid who was in The Brat Pack, I probably still would have been able to list them off by name. There was Emilio Estevez (a recent Wtf Happened to this Celebrity pick), Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, and Andrew McCarthy. Some of them became enduring stars, and some didn’t. For those whose fame perhaps didn’t endure beyond the eighties,...

For those who took a look at Andrew McCarthy’s revisit with his Brat Pack brethren with the new Hulu documentary Brats, some may have noticed that a few key names did not make an appearance. Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald were revealed to have declined involvement with the film. However, one name that was even neglected to get mentioned was Sixteen Candle‘s Anthony Michael Hall. Hall (who has recently given his endorsements to remakes of his 80s classics Weird Science and The Breakfast Club) spoke with The Wrap, where he shed some light on his absence from the doc.

When asked if McCarthy had called him up for an appearance, Hall explained, “He did. And I can go on record saying, I politely declined because I’m always making new stuff and always moving forward and looking ahead. So that was my own impetus for why I chose...

Emilio Estevez’s storied Hollywood career was nearly cut short before it even began, but thanks to the impulsive bravery of a lifelong friend, he was saved from a perilous situation. As an extra on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now, starring his father Martin Sheen, Estevez befriended a young Lawrence Fishburne. During a break in the Philippines, the two took a leisurely boat ride down a nearby river. As the boat drifted too close to the bank, Estevez offered to get out and push it back to the center. But as soon as he stepped out, he began sinking into the river muck like quicksand. Without hesitation, Fishburne extended his hand and pulled Estevez back into the boat, saving his life. All that dancing with death for his extra work to be cut from the final film.

So what kind of life did that turn out to be?...

My guest on 20 Questions this week is Anthony Michael Hall.

In his latest film, Trigger Warning, which is streaming on Netflix, Hall stars as a gang-boss villain opposite Jessica Alba’s Special Forces commander character as she sets out to investigate her father’s untimely death.

Hall shot to fame in the 1980s as a part of the fabled “Brat Pack,” starring in such films as National Lampoon’s Vacation, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Weird Science when he was only a teenager. When the term “Brat Pack” appeared in a 1985 New York magazine story by journalist David Blum, with Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe and Judd Nelson on the issue’s cover, Hall fell under that label’s umbrella with a group that included Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore and Ally Sheedy.

Related: ‘Brats’ Review: Andrew McCarthy Reexamines The Brat Pack Legacy – Tribeca Festival

But when McCarthy approached Hall...

The Hulu documentary Brats reunites the iconic Brat Pack stars to discuss their careers in the '80s and beyond. The Brat Pack, coined by David Blum, faced challenges and success as they transitioned to adult acting roles. Members like Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, and Demi Moore continue to impact pop culture today.

The 2024 Hulu documentary Brats brings the story of the iconic Brat Pack to a new generation, but who was the most successful Brat Pack member? The Brat Pack characterizes a group of young actors from the '80s who appeared in several coming-of-age teen movies throughout that decade. There are core members, including Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy, as well as others that many believe belong in the "club" as well.

David Blum coined the name in New York Magazine as a take on the Rat Pack.

St. Elmo's Fire, a 1985 Brat Pack movie, gains streaming success after the hit documentary Brats. The iconic film showcases the Brat Pack era with its cast, fashion, and music, despite negative reviews. Interest in a sequel to St. Elmo's Fire has been sparked after the recent surge in popularity from Brats.

St. Elmo's Fire becomes a streaming success after the hit documentary, Brats. Directed by Joel Schumacher, with a script he co-wrote with Carl Kurlander, the 1985 coming-of-age film follows a group of recent graduates from Georgetown University as they adjust to life after college and the challenges of becoming adults. Starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, and Ally Sheedy, the St. Elmo's Fire cast includes several members of the Brat Pack, a nickname given to the young group of actors who often starred together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films from the 1980s.

Now, with the documentary Brats becoming a hit,...

The iconic library confession scene in The Breakfast Club was ad-libbed by the actors, adding authenticity to the emotional moment. Each character's unique reason for detention reveals deeper struggles, showcasing common ground beyond stereotypes. Director John Hughes allowed for improvisation, creating a powerful scene that still resonates with audiences today.

One of The Breakfast Club's most memorable scenes was reportedly ad-libbed by the actors on set. The scene where the teens sit together in the library and confess why they are each in detention is one of the film's most emotional moments. It also makes The Breakfast Club more than just an 80s teen comedy; it is a commentary on teenage life that still resonates today. The movie sees five teens with nothing in common finding unexpected common ground during the Saturday detention they are forced to share.

The Breakfast Club stars Brat Pack members Emilio Estevez (Andy), Judd Nelson...