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I Love You, Beth Cooper

• 17 Aug 2009

You want to see how influential John Hughes was? See I Love You, Beth Cooper. It’s an idea he might have come up with himself. The school valedictorian – a class A geek – gets up to address his peers and their parents at graduation, and he recklessly declares his love for the prettiest girl in school. She, of course, barely even recognises him. Even so, she turns up that evening on his doorstep, just for a lark, and next thing you know they’re out for a night of... Read more

John Hughes: “Don’t you… Forget about me.”

• 11 Aug 2009

First Michael Jackson and now John Hughes. For those of us who were still growing up in the 1980s this summer is a rude reminder that we’re all getting older, and faster than we thought. Hughes – who died from a heart-attack last week at the age of 59 – can’t really be compared to Jackson in terms of fame or artistry. Most people probably never saw a picture of him before this week. But don’t underestimate Hughes’ impact on those teenagers who would turn... Read more

• 07 Jul 2009

Top Comedy for 2009 It may be a scary thought but we're already half way through the year... So to stop you thinking about the fact that you have less than 6 months to Christmas(!), we have compiled a list of cracking comedies to keep you laughing for the rest of 2009. We can't wait. THE PROPOSAL When: 22nd July Who: Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds Why: To stave off deportation back to Canada, managing editor Bullock orders her assistant (Reynolds) to marry her. This cookie cutter rom-com was Read more

Macaulay Culkin on drugs charges

• 18 Sep 2004

Former child star, Macaulay Culkin has been arrested in the US on drugs charges. The 24 year old actor was arrested having been found in possession of around 17g of marijuana. Mr Culkin was also found in possession of 16 milligrams of drugs that are used to control anxiety and seizures and admitted to police that he did not have a prescription to use them. Culkin was arrested, along with a friend on Friday, after the car the two men were travelling was stopped by police in Oklahoma City. The... Read more

Sci-Fi flick Back To The Future is family favourite

• 29 Apr 2005

A new poll has revealed that Britain's favourite family film is the first part of the time-travelling trilogy Back To The Future. Undergraduate researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London, interviewed 3,000 people, and the Michael J. Fox film came out on top. The sci-fi movie was followed in second place by the Harry Potter films, the next instalment of which is due out later this year with an all-star cast including Ralph Fiennes, Robbie Coltrane, Gary Oldman and Alan Rickman. The... Read more