Flick of the Day

Film: MERMAIDS

Director: Richard Benjamin

Actors: Cher, Winona Ryder, Bob Hoskins, Christina Ricci, Michael Schoeffling

Year: 1990

Synopsis: A young girl comes of age in a new town.

Cher leads a fantastic cast in this wonderful flick. Ryder stars as Charlotte, a strange teen who wants desperately to become a nun. Things change when she meets Joe (Schoeffling). Cher is perfect as Charlotte's somewhat trampy mother. It's a great film.

You Say It's Your Birthday!

Happy 43rd Birthday, Molly Ringwald!!!!

one of the most famous red-heads

with Michael Schoeffling on the set of "Sixteen Candles", 1984

in a publicity shot with Judd Nelson for "The Breakfast Club", 1985

with Jon Cryer in the prom scene of "Pretty in Pink", 1986

achieving mega-star status when she became one of the

few actresses to grace the cover of Time Magazine, 1986

with Madeline Kahn and Alan Alda on

the set of "Betsey's Wedding", 1990

winning the Silver Bucket of Excellence award at the MTV

Movie Awards, with fellow "The Breakfast Club" cast members,

Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, and Paul Gleeson, 2005

with Shailene Woodley on the set of

"The Secret Life of an American Teenager", 2009

looking stellar in a purple frock at the Academy Awards to

honor late director John Hughes (with Matthew Broderick,

Macaulay Culkin, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Jon Cryer, and

Anthony Michael Hall), 2010

13 Best Wedding-Themed Films

10) SIXTEEN CANDLES

Director: John Hughes

Actors: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling,

Blanche Baker, Justin Henry, Havilland Morris, Gedde Watanabe,

Paul Dooley, John Cusack

Year: 1984

Perhaps the funniest wedding scene in cinematic history, Blanche Baker does a marvelous job as an intoxicated bride trying desperately to make her way down the aisle. I nearly died when she yanked off her veil because she couldn't "see with this thing on". This is certainly a warning to all future brides; be careful not to take too many muscle relaxers on the big day.

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20 Best Teen/High School Movies

2.) SIXTEEN CANDLES

Director: John Hughes

Actors: Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling,

Anthony Michael Hall, Gedde Watanabe, Justin Henry,

Haviland Morris, Blanche Baker, John Cusack, Joan Cusack

Year: 1984

John Hughes hit movie gold with the first of a string of teen masterpieces. The movie follows Samantha (Ringwald in her first starring role), who spends the day trying to subtly remind her family it's her sixteenth birthday. The whole cast is hilarious, but Anthony Michael Hall, Gedde Watanabe, and Blanche Baker stand out.

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