Andrew McCarthy’s Brats is an intriguing look at the history of the Brat Pack, with a good chunk of bitterness baked in. PLOT: In the mid-nineties, a group of young actors known for starring in movies like St Elmo’s Fire and The Breakfast Club became popularly known as The Brat Pack, but many members of … Read more
While Anthony Michael Hall looks back fondly on his Brat Pack days, he didn’t feel the need to revisit the past for Andrew McCarthy’s new Hulu doc. For those who took a look at Andrew McCarthy’s revisit with his Brat Pack brethren with the new Hulu documentary Brats, some may have noticed that a few … Read more
“Brats” makes a convincing case that the Brat Pack itself emerged from a shift in the cinematic landscape from movies made about adults for adults to a direct targeting of a younger audience through younger stars like Tom Cruise in “Risky Business” and Kevin Bacon in “Footloose.” Riding that wave were the members of what … Read more