Forget Jake Ryan, the real player in Sixteen Candles was certainly Long Duk Dong. Let’s look at the facts here. This guy immediately makes a play on Samantha with his now famous, “What’s happening, hot stuff.” line.
Next, he flirts with Samantha’s mom when he compliments her cooking abilities, “Appetizing food fit neatly into [...]
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If you have never seen Animal House, you need to leave this site right now and never come back. Ever.
Okay, now that we have completed that necessary housekeeping, I want to about one of the best characters from Animal House, Daniel Simpson Day. Talk about a great first impression, check out the video [...]
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Rarely in cinema history can a character make such an impressinon being in only one single scene in a movie. However, Mr. Eckert from Red Dawn accomplishes this feat with relative ease. Mr. Eckert has been captured by the Russians for not cooperating with them. In other words, he acted like a real man and [...]
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Okay, you are probably wondering who the hell Lisa Houseman is, right? Well, she probably is better known as Baby’s older sister in Dirty Dancing. I can hear the collective Ohhhhhhh’s now.
While her younger sister is “going to change the world,” Lisa is “going to decorate it.” Okay, so she is not exactly a rocket [...]
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Carl Racki. The man, the myth, the legend. What a great performance as a hockey goon. It still amazes me to this day that George Finn really did not take advantage of this great performance and make more movies.
We first meet the immortal Racki at the Hamilton Mustangs tryout. Basically, it comes down to Youngblood [...]
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Who could forget Wallbrook’s “main man” Vern? V-E R-N!!!! When Charlie Babbit first meets Raymond, it is good ole Vern the orderly who explains Raymond’s personality to Charlie. Without Vern, Charlie would not have known that Raymond continuously recites Who’s on First when he is nervous and would not know that [...]
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