Tag: Vacation
Travel Movie Watch: Yet Another ‘Vacation’ Sequel
by Eva Holland | 10.08.09 | 11:48 AM ET
Dust off the Family Truckster: The Griswolds are back. Well, one of them at least—apparently, in the soon-to-be fifth installment of the “Vacation” series, Clark’s now-grown son Rusty will take his own young brood on the road. Get the Big Picture’s Colin Boyd speculates:
My hunch would be that they’d look to a well-established comedic actor for the role, and the more money they have, the bigger name they could attract. I also have a hunch that it won’t matter to a lot of you, since you may have already imposed a ban on this film out of principle.
Anyone who followed along when the World Hum Travel Movie Club tackled the original last summer knows that “Vacation” is not one of my personal sacred cows. Still, it’s hard not to be suspicious of the motives for making a sequel nearly 30 years later—this wouldn’t have anything to do with the publicity generated by the recent death of John Hughes, would it?
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Yahoo! BuzzThe Cognitive Benefits of Vacation
by Eva Holland | 09.08.09 | 11:37 AM ET
Over at The Daily Dish, Jonah Lehrer checks out a couple of recent studies.
If it’s August, it Must Be ‘Les Vacances’
by Eva Holland | 08.28.09 | 3:17 PM ET
We’ve all been there: wandering in a medieval town emptied of locals, or reading the note in our guidebook about business closures for the month of August—those pesky paid vacation days again. Global Post’s Teri Schultz takes a look at government-mandated vacation time over in Europe, and the lack thereof back in the States.
Slate Explains Why Congress Gets so Much Vacation
by Michael Yessis | 07.30.09 | 11:35 AM ET
Members of congress get a lot of time off each year, and it’s not entirely unjustified. I live in the D.C. area, and I applaud anyone who can manage to escape the oppressive weather by disappearing for August.
12 Great Summer Vacation Movies
by Eva Holland, Eli Ellison | 07.10.09 | 10:31 AM ET
Eva Holland and Eli Ellison missed out on some prime tanning time to dig up the finest summer travel flicks
World Hum Travel Movie Club: National Lampoon’s ‘Vacation’
by Eli Ellison, Eva Holland | 07.23.08 | 11:31 AM ET
Twenty-five years ago this month, Clark W. Griswold first bumbled across theater screens on a quest for the ultimate family vacation. Starting line: Chicago, Illinois. Destination: Walley World, California. The results? Hilarious! Or were they? Eli Ellison revisits an old favorite; Eva Holland takes her first trip down “Holiday Road.” They exchanged emails and debated the virtues of this travel-comedy classic.
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