![]() ![]() He could've had a giant pool of gold coins to dive into (like Scrooge McDuck) if he wanted. The dude knew how to churn out screenplays and make money while doing it. He could turn his F-word switch on and off, writing PG movies like Home Alone and R-rated movies like (yup) The Breakfast Club. John Hughes, the writer of Home Alone, was no stranger to making bank by crafting entertainment suitable for families. None of us, obviously: people shelled out the cash, making it (adjusted for inflation) the most successful holiday movie… of all time. (Alone, obviously.)Īnd who among us didn't have that fantasy as a kiddo? It's got a neat, instantly recognizable childhood fantasy/fear as its underlying concept-a kid is accidentally left at home. When it came out in 1990, Home Alone proved to be Christmas movie gold. ![]() People lurve seeing hilarious injuries…especially when they're being doled out by a fundamentally likeable little kid. So: did America's filmgoers run in fear after watching a movie about an angelic blonde kid unleashing his inner sadist? In the movie's most famous sequence, Kevin sets booby traps, and gleefully provokes tons of slapstick injuries, from a nail driven into the sole of a burglar's foot (eek) to a blowtorch igniting the crown of another burglar's head (double eek). (Dental hygiene is important, y'all.)īut when two burglars get involved, Kevin has to use physical threats to defend his home. This struggle isn't exactly Bear Grylls territory at first…since it involves bingeing on ice cream and stealing a toothbrush. Laughing at someone being mashed in the groin is funny everywhere around the world, and Home Aloneis the Great Pyramid of Giza of slapstick humor-its final half hour is pure, unadulterated, family-friendly violence.Īfter eight-year-old Kevin McCallister is accidentally left home alone during the Christmas season, he has to struggle to survive. If you've ever spent hours on YouTube watching people fail epically-getting hit in the crotch with a football or crashing a dirt bike into a brick wall-this is the movie for you. Philadelphia travels to Atlanta Saturday with three matches remaining before the playoffs, looking to lock up that first seed in the Eastern Conference.Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Catherine O'Hara, John Candy “First goal comes because Julian back pressures, 60 yards, pokes a ball away leads to a chance, you know, the other one, we had Daniel Gazdag working back to track back and make up the defensive play that leads to our offense.” The Union are working cohesively as an 11-man unit, to turn great defensive into goals in the back of the net. We score a lot of goals, but I still think we score those goals because of the team defending,” I think defense is still our foundation as a group. “To not concede goals is obviously the name of the game and it’s something that makes me proud. Currently the Union lead the league in goals allowed with 22, on pace for the second least allowed in an MLS season. They attack as a team, and more importantly, it is an 11 man effort on the defensive side of the ball as well. Now, as he says, it’s the whole team, Mikael Uhre, captain Alejandro Bedoya, and Jack Elliott all adding to the goal total. At one point of the season, the bland stretch where it seemed like the Union could only draw games, it seemed as though it was just Gazdag alone. Gazdag has been the leader of that mentality all season, adding his team leading 19th goal in the 55th minute. ![]() We try to score as many as we can, and I think that is a good mentality. ![]() “Especially at home we play really good games,” commented midfielder and MVP candidate Daniel Gazdag. This isn’t just a team content to win at home, they want to leave no doubts until the final whistle. 7-0 over D.C, 2-1 over New England, 6-0 over Houston, 4-1 over Chicago, 6-0 over Colorado, 4-1 over Atlanta, and now last night’s 5-1 victory against Orlando. They have won their last eight at home, dismantling teams in the process. The side are still yet to be beaten at Subaru Park, and the contests haven’t even been close in recent months. The Philadelphia Union clinched a home playoff game for the upcoming MLS Cup Playoffs last night, guaranteeing a battle in a place no opposing team wants to play.įor as good as the Union have been all season, currently sitting atop the Eastern Conference with a 10 point lead over Montreal, they have been on a different level in front of their home fans. ![]()
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