The 1986 film, which saw two teenage boys use the magic of computer science to bring their dream girl to life, celebrated its 40th anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 2 — four decades after first being ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Hughes adapted the screenplay for Weird Science from the EC Comics anthology series of the same ...

Hughes penned the script in just two days while also working on The Breakfast Club. In fact, both films are set at Shermer High, and John Kapelos plays Carl the janitor in both of them. He also used ...

Anthony Michael Hall has raised generations of kids and teens with movies like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science. As just a kid himself when he was cast in those iconic John ...

1985 was a milestone for filmmaker John Hughes, but not always for the reasons most people remember. While The Breakfast Club pleased tortured souls with its portrayal of teenage alienation, Hughes ...

Oh, 1985, what a year, such weirdness! 2025 is the Weird Science 40th anniversary. Let’s revisit the movie – with techie dreams, awkward teenage fantasies, and, uhh, creating the “perfect woman” (on a ...

Grab your dial-up modem and strap a bra to your head, Weird Science is turning 40. Though beloved by many, it's fair to say that its silliness keeps it a little separate from the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In Weird Science, two nerdy teens named Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Michael-Smith) ...

Forget testing your mental mettle against grade-school kids. For a real challenge, head to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s Science Lounge for tonight’s Are You Smarter Than a Scientist? Even ...

The iconic John Hughes film stared Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson and Robert Downey Jr. The 1986 film, which saw two teenage boys ...