Andrew McCarthy has been well and truly back in the public eye in recent weeks. One of the original Brat Packers, McCarthy has written a memoir about his time in the Brat Pack which provides a fascinating insight into the iconic 80s era. Pre sales for the novel have been through the roof around the world, and even australian online casino sites would struggle to compete with … [Read more...] about Andrew McCarthy – brat an ’80s story
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Things you Didn’t Know about the Breakfast Club
If you are an 80’s film buff, chances are you can name every character in the Breakfast Club, where the actors are now and the name of their children. Some people can even quote whole scenes from the iconic film that brought the Brat Pack together in a high school library that changed the course of their lives. However, very few people know the details of what went on … [Read more...] about Things you Didn’t Know about the Breakfast Club
All You Need To Know About The Breakfast Club (1985)
Not many movies take fifty times their production budget at the box office, but that statistic alone certainly helps to demonstrate the endearing popularity of this mid-1980's teen comedy classic. Even though is an oddball comedy that harks back to perhaps more innocent times, in 2016 the U.S National Film Registry selected it for long term historical preservation. One can only … [Read more...] about All You Need To Know About The Breakfast Club (1985)
Ally Sheedy
Best known to some as the girl with the robot from Short Circuit, Ally Sheedy starred in the two key Brat pack Movies, The Breakfast Club and St Elmo’s Fire. Her role as the loveable freak Allison in The Breakfast Club showed her ability to tackle even the most difficult of roles and that she wasn’t only the ‘girlfriend’ for the leading man. Ally’s body of work in the … [Read more...] about Ally Sheedy
Rob Lowe
The pretty boy but also the bad boy of the Brat Pack, Rob Lowe was the 80's pin up. Although he became best known for his sex tape, Rob had a string of big hits in the 80's including The Outsiders, Class, St Elmo's Fire and Youngblood. He relaunched his career playing Sam in The West Wing and has gone one to make a couple of major movies as well as treading the boards on the … [Read more...] about Rob Lowe