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No one has ever written a jerk better than John Hughes.

Don't you forget about this '80s classics.

This two could have been gamechangers for the story.

And gave the director a heart attack.

One of Spider-Man: Homecoming's signature set pieces will take direct inspiration from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Here's what we know.

Movie characters don’t get much cooler than Ferris Bueller. A teenager seemingly driven by pure id, he pretty much does whatever he wants whenever he wants, and doesn’t really ever concern himself with the consequences. The guy even proves to have a keen sense of style and fashion, wearing multiple outfits that left a permanent park on popular culture.

Thanksgiving is drawing to a close, and Christmas is right around the corner. You will be dealing with an influx of family members coming and going through your doors, bringing presents and looking for food. And when the dust settles, everyone’s going to crash on your couch, snack on your food, and stream some of your entertainment. Well, you are in luck.

Back in 1983, director Harold Ramis and writer John Hughes teamed up to make National Lampoon's Vacation - what would end up being a rather legendary comedy about an ordinary family's road trip to a Los Angeles amusement park called Walley World.

By the time that you are reading this, it’s likely far too late for you to ditch work or school. And saving a sick day by licking your palms and doubling over isn’t nearly as fun on non-anniversary days. But try to maintain the spirit of Ferris Bueller today, and heading into the weekend.

As The Breakfast Club, John Hughes’ groundbreaking comedic teen drama celebrates its 30th anniversary with an upcoming digitally remastered re-release, it’s fun to reflect on certain aspects of the film that could have been, but never was. Most notably, was the fact that iconic comedy actor, Rick Moranis originally had a critical role in the film, only to see his performance end up on the cutting room floor. Now, it seems we know why.

Would The Breakfast Club be a different movie with that scene? Would it be better, or worse? It’s hard to tell.

Today is a rather special day for John Hughes fans. It was on this day exactly 30 years ago that The Breakfast Club first found its way to theaters, delivering teenagers around the world one of the most realistic depictions of high school ever seen on the big screen.

Do you love John Hughes? Of course you do, what a stupid question. Well, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of The Breakfast Club you should really watch this immense mash-up trailer of all of his films. It's perfect.

Jeremiah S. Chechik's Christmas Vacation has become a movie staple of the holiday season in the years since its release in 1989, and it's not hard to see why. As awesome and funny as it is, however, it could have been balanced by some nice dramatic sentimentality in the form of a heart-to-heart moment between Clark and his son, Rusty. And it's all Johnny Galecki's fault that they weren't.

If you recently felt something close to revulsion when learning about ABC moving forward in remaking John Hughes’ classic comedy Uncle Buck, you’re definitely not alone. The estates of both Hughes and star John Candy recently went public with their opinions.

NBC’s prospects for a Say Anything series have come to a quick and vicious end, but that doesn’t mean 1980s cinema will stop being mined for new TV ventures. ABC is going into development on a small screen adaptation of one of John Hughes’ comedy classics. Are we ready to see network TV's version of the "talking dirty to a washing machine" gag?

Crammed inside a Metallic Pete Truckster and hopped up on forced optimism, thirty years ago the Griswold Family trekked across the country in hopes of seeing Wally World. Along the way, they committed felonies, lost several members of their crew and almost strangled each other. In some ways, their journey feels a bit dated.

Best Buy has been doing the exclusive Blu-ray thing for a while now, having partnered for Blu-ray versions of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and The Firm, amongst others. Now, the home of the blueshirts is introducing three classic comedies onto the high-def format. On September 25th, Best Buy will debut Blu-ray versions of Airplane!, Plains, Trains and Automobiles, and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad.

I prefer to imagine that the McAllister's house from Home Alone is frozen in time exactly as I remember it, draped in heavy curtains and floral wallpaper, the lawn jockey out front to be knocked over by the pizza delivery truck, the snow building up under the windows