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The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
1985 | Comedy, Drama
Simple minds (1 more)
Brat pack
Dont you forget about me
What can i say about this classic john hughes film with that simple minds track classic excelent casting even paul gleason as principal veron pure movie magic
  
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Ree Drummond recommended Inside Out: A Memoir in Books (curated)

 
Inside Out: A Memoir
Inside Out: A Memoir
Demi Moore | 2020 | Art, Photography & Fashion, Biography
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Book Favorite

"Any child of the eighties will love this insight into Demi, who rose above her Brat Pack designation to exhibit real acting chops. It's a real, honest glimpse into her journey—the ups, the downs, the tears and the triumphs."

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Martin Bauman: Or, A Sure Thing
Martin Bauman: Or, A Sure Thing
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Book Favorite

"I love this book almost as much as I hate it. Martin, a thinly disguised version of Leavitt himself, describes the “brat pack” of young writers he was a part of in the New York literary scene of the mid-1980s. It’s sort of like watching a train wreck, fascinating and horrifying at once."

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Young Guns II (1990)
Young Guns II (1990)
1990 | Action, Western
"You rode a 15 year old boy straight to his death ... and the rest of us straight to hell"
1990 'Brat pack' western movie, purporting to tell a fictionalised retelling of the last days of William H Boney aka Billy the Kid, shot down by the sheriff Pat Garrett.

I have no idea how much of this is fictionalised n and how much is fact: I do know that sheriff Pat Garrett is supposed to have shot Billy the Kid in the back, but as for the backstory that he used to ride with him ...?

Anyway, this now shows its age, although the soundtrack is as great as ever!
  
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
1985 | Comedy, Drama

"Breakfast Club. I was actually having trouble because I would say Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles and Breakfast Club, but that would be three. Of all three, Breakfast Club is my favorite. But those John Hughes films, with Molly Ringwald and the Brat Pack, those are my favorite grouped films. They’re just so… they’re timeless. I feel like, even when you’re watching them now, they’re so modern, and the characters are so real. They’re just so appealing to me. I watched them with my mom when I was really young. I always would watch things with my mom that maybe other moms wouldn’t allow their kids to watch. I associated with them right away. I just really, really love John Hughes."

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The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
1985 | Comedy, Drama
80s brat pack stars (0 more)
A little boring and slow in parts (0 more)
Dramatic vintage teen flick
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They did a good job at portraying all of the types and attitudes of highschoolers during the 80s. As an 80s teen myself, I enjoyed this movie back then as I could identify with the kids portrayed - the rich girl who thought she was above everyone, the smoker, the geek, the jock, and the introvert (I was a geeky introvrrt). Too bad kids in real life from different backgrounds can't figure out how much alike they really are behind their facades the way they do by the end of the movie. My teen daughter in 2009 enjoyed this movie too so I guess today's teens aren't much different. Would be a good movie to show teens in school to show how they can be friends and get along if they put their differences and prejudices aside.
  
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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) rated 9-1-1: Lone star in TV

Apr 4, 2021 (Updated Apr 4, 2021)  
9-1-1: Lone star
9-1-1: Lone star
2020 | Drama
3
5.8 (4 Ratings)
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I tried to watch this one. I used to be an EMT and I miss the rush and the life so I want to find a good medical drama to satisfy my blood lust for intelligently written, exciting, tv. This is not it. It's painfully fake. I was unable to get through more than a few minutes. Now, I like Rob Lowe. I grew up watching him and the Brat Pack and he's a pretty man so all the girls my age had a crush on him. I really liked him in Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing and Parks and Rec. Rob Lowe does his best acting in a suit. I could not take him seriously as a first responder. I can't even remember if his character is a firefighter, police officer, or EMT in this show. All I know is that I had to tap out after the first few lines.

Perhaps my rating is unfair because I'm basing my judgment with 911 Lonestar being an extension of 911 with the same writing style and situations, and that show has stiff acting, and outrageously fake scenarios. I recently tried to watch 911 due to a draught of medical dramas and I ended up yelling at the tv about all the technical mistakes the EMTs and firefighters were making. I mean, they took an elevator up to an upper floor when the building was unstable and at risk of collapse or having a power outage. It was ridiculous. Who does that? If you are good at suspending belief, maybe you can tolerate this show. But I just can't. Sorry, Rob. See you in my dreams.