The erstwhile brigadier of bachelor rudery has grown up to become the chief petty officer of children’s slapstick. In a wry profile of a male Hollywood heartthrob for the Guardian Guide, always include a picture from an early John Hughes comedy showing him staring goggle- eyed at a large-breasted woman. Mark Kermode writes: ‘You either ‘got’ The Breakfast Club or you didn’t.’ Wise words indeed.
