John Hughes

John Hughes‘ 1985 high school classic The Breakfast Club is getting a Criterion Collection edition, which is out January 2. It sports a new 4K digital restoration and, like with most Criterion DVD/Blu-rays, a ton of bonus features. The most exciting of those is 50 minutes of never-before-seen deleted and extended scenes…

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Eighties teen dramedy Pretty in Pink turns 30 next month and to celebrate the film is being rereleased in theaters on Valentine’s Day. A weird choice for V-Day if you ask me, as Andi (Molly Ringwald) ends up choosing Andrew McCarthy’s wet rag rich guy Blane (“That’s a major appliance, that’s not a name…

As you may have seen in today’s “What’s Going On?” post, Molly Ringwald is performing at 54 Below tonight (1/15, and Wednesday 1/16). She’ll be doing a cabaret set of standards, and perhaps a cover of Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” from The Breakfast Club which she does on her forthcoming album Except ……

DOWNLOAD: Wicked Awesomes – Ghost Beach (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Impediments – You Want a Square (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Buzzers – Disco Kidz (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Horrors – Sea Within a Sea (MP3) Earlier in the week I highlighted a few bands including Mitch Easter who is at Maxwell’s tonight (8/20) and Beach Fossils who are one of many bands playing the Underwater Peoples showcase at Market Hotel on Saturday (8/22)…

DOWNLOAD: Radio Happy Hour 8/8/09 Featuring Andrew W.K. (MP3) Andrew W.K. adds another page to his rapidly growing repertoire with an album of “spontaneous solo piano improvisations,” 55 Cadillac, due out on September 8th…

“John Hughes has died of a heart attack. Hughes suffered the heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to NYC to visit family. He directed such ’80s hit films as “The Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off…