In the final episode of Life Moves Pretty Fast, Hadley Freeman and Tarquin Gotch uncover the story of 1987's high school drama "Some Kind Of Wonderful". Like "Pretty In Pink", the film was written by John Hughes and directed by Howard Deutch, and in some ways acts as a correction to "Pretty In...

In episode 5 of 'Life Moves Pretty Fast', Hadley Freeman and Tarquin Gotch pick over the 1986 teen classic "Pretty In Pink", written by John Hughes and directed by Howard Deutch. This update to the Cinderella story made Molly Ringwald not only a star but an icon. Plus the soundtrack gave The...

In this episode of 'Life Moves Pretty Fast', Tarquin Gotch and Hadley Freeman study 'Sixteen Candles', John Hughes' directorial debut. Starring Molly Ringwald, who'd go on to feature in three consecutive Hughes movies - and become something of a muse to him and a celebrity in her own right - it...