By Angela Cooper
Leg warmers, acid-washed jeans, Madonna and Transformers. We all remember these things vividly because the time was, of course, the 1980s.
The ’80s was a decade that saw revolutionary fashion, an incredible time in music and an unbelievable array of cinema. Who wouldn’t want to watch these movies again? We’ve all seen “The Breakfast Club” at least one Saturday morning on TBS, but why stop there? Why not go see your favorite ’80s flicks on the big screen?
Every Tuesday in November, “children of the ’80s” can head over to the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge to revisit these movies one more time. The Brattle Theatre has taken time out to commemorate stars from Molly Ringwald to Matthew Broderick.
There will be a showing of “Pretty in Pink,” the classic story of a love-struck teenage girl (Molly Ringwald) who struggles with her desire to be loved by a man from the other side of the tracks, while still remaining loyal to her best friend. Ringwald’s character comes from a modest background and struggles with longing to be one of the rich girls basking in the spotlight.
And if that’s not enough Molly Ringwald for you, “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles” will grace the full-screen as well. Showing off her stuff as the prissy, rich chick in “The Breakfast Club,” Ringwald teams up with fellow “Brat-packer” Emilio Estevez in a movie that makes the viewer think about the trite and superficial realities of high school. Besides, who can forget Emilio Estevez in those stunningly tight jeans?
And, you can’t think of Molly Ringwald without thinking of “Sixteen Candles.” A movie with humor centers around Ringwald’s family forgetting her 16th birthday