James Spader
“How much is enough?” “It’s not a question of enough, pal. It’s a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses.“ It’s been 25 years since Oliver Stone’s Wall Street opened in theaters, but Gordon Gekko’s words still ring true for “yuppies” and viewers alike. The game is greed, the stakes are high and Buddy Fox risks a lot more than his name to beat a Wall Street vet like Gordon Gekko. Buddy learns that in order to skyrocket to the top, someone has to take the hit. Snakkle looks back on the amazing cast of Wall Street, including Michael Douglas who won an Oscar for playing Gordon Gekko, and finds out where they are now!
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By Brittany Carson on November 15, 2012
Less Than Zero, the ‘80s film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel by the same name, starred “Brat Pack” hit makers: Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jr. and Jami Gertz. Andrew McCarthy’s character, Clay, comes home for Christmas break during his first year of college to find both his best friend (Downey Jr.) and high school girlfriend (Gertz) addicted to drugs and in a confusing love triangle. Set against the cocaine-ridden, party hard backdrop of LA’s wealthy offspring, the film was a grim depiction of LA’s desperate youth. Snakkle looks back on their noteworthy roles and finds out where they are now!
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By Brett Singer on February 13, 2012
Mannequin is the kind of movie you could get away with in 1987. It was a romantic comedy in which the romance was between a straight male department store window designer and, well, a mannequin. It is not ironic. It is sweet, silly, and not meant to be taken too seriously. Like we said, très ’80s. Let’s look back on this goofy and glorious gift from that deliciously daffy decade and see what the cast of Mannequin has been up to.
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By Brett Singer on July 12, 2011
The films of John Hughes are iconic for all the right reasons. His writing captured young people with honesty and compassion, whether they were rich, poor, cool, goofy, or some crazy ’80s combination. Set in the pre-iPod/cellphone era, these films depict a more innocent time, albeit one in which leg warmers were stylish. “Pretty in Pink” (1986) is Hughes and (first time!) director Howard Deutch at their best.
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