The Breakfast Club

RATINGS

IMDB: 7.9

MY RATING: 9

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info:  15 Feb 1985
   Netflix 20 Nov 2018

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Writer and Director: John Hughes
Running Time: 1 Hour and 37 minutes

Staring: Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy and John Kapelos.

Rating? R

SPOILERS? YES

STORYLINE

Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

MY REVIEW

This movie never gets old. John Hughes had one of the single greatest grasps of the human condition and this in particular, the teenager. His films will resonate with anyone no matter where you grew up and to which clique you belonged.  I won't even use the system of "Like" and "Didn't Like" because there's not really much that I don't love.

John Hughes as the writer and director is brilliant. I love how he used the five teens as a cross section of youth of the time. The Jock, the Princess, the Nerd, the Criminal and the Basket Case. You see yourself in one or more and this film reminds you that it's okay to color outside of the lines. The other fact, more subtle though, is that you are in your groups and these groups are all too often inescapable.

The lesson that we learn in the span of the movie is that each was sent to detention for a reason that they eventually share and even though they are so different, they are the same. They struggle with their own demons and eventually find ties that bind them together. I cannot watch this movie without the story in my head is Claire (Molly Ringwald) and Bender (Judd Nelson) getting married.

I like the music but the Simple Minds song at the ned, Don't You (Forget About Me) stays with you!! LOVE!!!

And then there is the EPIC last scene with Bender (Judd Nelson) walking away with his fist raised while we are listening to the essay that Brian (Anthony Michael Hall) has written for the group.

On a more personal note..... 

Came home today to a pretty sweet surprise from my husband, a Star Wars themed necklace! Super adorable. Also, speaking of adorable, This is Jinx andLord Oliver Cromwell napping on the couch!

Private Number

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 1 May 2015
     Netflix 9 July 2016

Writer and Director: LazRael Lison
Running Time: 95 Minutes

Staring:  Judd Nelson, Tom Sizemore, Nicholle Tom, Hal Oxsan and a few others.

Rating? R

SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS

IMDB: 4.7 of 10

MY RATING: 7

STORYLINE
A series of cryptic phone messages and visions haunt a writer while he struggles to finish a novel. As they increase in intensity, he loses his grip on reality, eventually obsessing over an old mystery that will lead to horrific revelations about both him and his loyal wife.

MY REVIEW

I struggled with the first act of this movie. Not meaning that I struggled in a bad way but in the way that I connected on a very emotional level with the character of the wife, played by Nicholle Tom. I felt the distress in their marriage and it felt real. Really real! Almost too real to me at some times. I actually felt my heart sleep up at times feeling the feelings that she was having on screen. Tom was brilliant in this role as Katherine Lane. I could really sympathize with her struggle to deal with her husbands temperamental and detached feelings.  Michael Lane, her distant husband is played by Cypriot actor Hal Ozsan. I think he was pretty good. Not great, but good.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• Great pace. Didn't have to wait around for the action to get started. I felt like the story was well on it's way within just a few minutes.
• PLOT TWIST!! I loved it! I has suspected its but quickly moved to another option and I was delighted with the choice
• Judd Nelson as the sheriff! I love him in this dark role. It was reminiscent of his role in the Made for TV movie Cabin by the Lake.

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• Although it was a good movie, it was not great. There was just something lacking. 

On a more personal note..... I had soon much fun today. My girlfriend's birthday barbecue was today. I went to her house and hung out with a bunch of Suffolk Firefighters, well and her! It was insanely hot out today, so it was nice to hang out in the backyard in the shade! Came home and I was accosted by a little ginger guy, Rocket, who was really intent on being held! I did get a moment of respite when he wanted to play with his big brother Jinx. Then, I washed my hair and DID NOT straighten it!! Let it curly and did a little Snapchat sesh!