Breakfast with Candles

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From Sixteen Candles to Beethoven. We will review every movie from John Hughes

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    • Dec 19, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 54m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Breakfast with Candles

    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 62:22


    It's the series finale of Breakfast with Candles and we're here to wrap up the podcast and the year with National Lampoons Christmas Vacation!

    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 77:18


    Kevin is at it again! We're getting lost in New York and the wet.. I mean sticky bandits and here too... for some reason, Is this movie a quick copy cash in or does this movie have it's own identity?

    Home Alone

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 65:40


    We're back for our Christmas reviews! Let's kick things off with one of the most well known and beloved Christmas movies of all time. Home Alone.

    The Breakfast Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 60:04


    Here we go! 1985's The Breakfast Club. Five high schoolers are stuck in Saturday detention with nothing but deep conversation and teen drama to keep them occupied. Let's dive into it to see if it's worthy of all the praise.

    Sixteen Candles

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 63:05


    This week we talk about Sixteen Candles; Molly Ringwald's breakout role. Let's see how this 80's time capsule holds up.

    Flubber

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 63:58


    John Hughes teams up with Disney and Robin Williams?? Sounds like a formula for success.... right? Flubber!!

    Career Opportunities

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 50:38


    This week we dive into a movie that both of us were surprised by for different reasons as we discuss this romantic comedy staring Frank Whaley, Jennifer Connelly, and Target?

    Baby's Day Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 48:56


    Wish us baby luck, cause this week we're discussing John Hughes' entry into the "smart baby" genre... Baby's Day Out

    Curly Sue

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 63:56


    This week we discuss the last movie John Hughes ever directed, Curly Sue. Luke and I try to figure out if Curly Sue is cute or creepy, and if cartoon sound fx has its place.

    National Lampoon's Vacation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 50:21


    Luke and Jordan breakdown the Griswald's first family vacation film. Let's go down Holiday Road and see how this first vacation film stacks up.

    National Lampoon's Class Reunion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 43:41


    We're going back to John Hughes first film he ever wrote... and it's a spoof comedy. Did he start off on the right foot? Is this movie any good? well.....

    Mr. Mom

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 47:20


    Before Beetlejuice, Batman, Birdman, and The Vulture.. Michael Keaton was Mr. Mom. He can fight Joker, but can he fight... BEING A STAY AT HOME FATHER?!? More importantly, can he entertain us while doing so? Listen to here the answer.

    Dennis the Menace

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 60:30


    This week we dive into Dennis the Menace (1993). Young Dennis does battle with Walter Matthau and Christopher Lloyd.

    Some Kind Of Wonderful

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 57:14


    Ok... So this movie is pretty much a gender flopped fan fic version of Pretty and Pink.. By the guy who wrote Pretty in Pink. But can he improve on his previous work?

    She's Having a Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019 50:41


    This week dive into some Bacon and we review our first drama on the show with She's Having a Baby. This movie dives into marriage in a some what serious and some what quirky way. It handles some (deep?) issues, but is our boy Hughes up to the task?

    Beethoven

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 59:10


    On this episode we try to figure out why on earth this evil vet would be trying to (shoot/poison/burn?) Beethoven, and what part of this movie made young Jordan cry.

    Dutch

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2019 43:22


    Dutch is a road trip movie with a scary middle aged man taking a bratty kid to see his mom. Thats the plot. Cause we thought it was gonna be a hockey movie. We had to dig into the internets under belly to even find this movie. Here's what we found. Spoiler alert. No Hockey

    Planes, Trains & Automobiles

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2019 52:44


    On our final stop on our Candy-a-thon we check out a Thanksgiving classic... in August. Here's a comedy of errors with Steve Martin and John Candy trying to get back to where else.. Chicago.

    Uncle Buck

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 52:29


    The Candy-a-thon continues as we discuss Uncle Buck. Candy, Culkin, and angsty teens!.. There are literally breakfast with candles in this movie!

    The Great Outdoors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 43:05


    Let's take a break from Chicago and go camping with Candy! We'll talk bear actors, giant steaks, and getting struck by lightning as we discuss The Great Outdoors.

    3. Weird Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 40:56


    This movie is a mind trip.. but it is a trip you wanna take. Luke and I are gonna see if we can keep up with this disjointed descent into insanity.

    2. Pretty in Pink

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2019 46:04


    This week we discuss the our first Ringwald movie in our Hughes line up. We ask the white hot questions like is the pink dress really pretty? Is Duckie even funny? Are computers in the 80's magic?? Let's talk about it.

    1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 45:20


    For our first episode of Breakfast with Candles we check out Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Is it a classic or is it just ick? Listen and hear what we thought.

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