"Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?"
It's been a while, so this week John decided to celebrate the recent 40th (!) anniversary of one of the all time classic 1980s films by making this a PERSONAL CANON discussion on John Hughes' THE BREAKFAST CLUB. This was a favourite growing up, so we ended up spending a lot of time this ep just talking about what it feels like to be a teenager; our own experiences coming of age; what cliques were we win in high school (fun fact: we went to the SAME high school in suburban Ottawa); before we got to talking about the film itself and considered which elements of it still resonate in 2025, and a larger discussion on Hughes' faded legacy in the decade following his death. Before that, we went over some shoutouts, news items, and what we watched this week.
Next week, we will return to the Coppola watch series to discuss SOMEWHERE.
TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:15 Shout outs:
00:12:07 New Releases (Last Breath; In The Lost Lands; Mickey 17)
What We Watched This Week
00:14:06 A Complete Unknown (Curtis)
00:16:08 Detroit: Become Human [video game] (Curtis)
00:18:14 You Were Never Really Here (John)
00:20:22 Visitor Q (John)
00:24:29 The Final Year (John)
00:26:48 It's Alive! (John)
00:31:04THE BREAKFAST CLUB discussion
01:11:40 Our Ratings for THE BREAKFAST CLUB
01:16:06 Coming Up Next!
CREDITS AND PLUGS
Intro: Don't You (Forget About Me) 12' ' Version - Simple Minds
Outro: We Are Not Alone - Karla DeVito
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