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The 411 Movies Top 5 11.27.09: Week 193 - The Top 5 Road Trip Movies Posted by Trevor Snyder on 11.27.2009 This week, the 411 crew packs up the RV and embarks on a quest to find the greatest road trip movies ever made.

When it comes to holiday movies, the ones about Christmas get all the press. But what of the Thanksgiving film, those cinematic stories that are set on the day of festive feasting, or contain at least one crucial scene that takes place around the time of Turkey Day? Turns out there are more movies in this category than you might think.

Stunned by the untimely death of writer-director John Hughes this past August, movie fans the world over showered the filmmaker's beloved '80s teen comedies - "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," "Weird Science" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" - with nostalgic praise and spoke of the impact those films had on their lives.

When it comes to must-see holiday TV, Halloween has the Great Pumpkin and a half-billion horror movies from which to choose.

Well get to Mel Winters and Dorothy Pooles Thanksgiving miracles in a moment.First you need to know why we were giving away frozen turkeys at a Shawnee supermarket.Because were big-hearted, thats why.

Reading an announcement made today from the U.S. Department of Transportation on expanding the role of the Federal Transit Administration in ensuring public rail and bus safety, I chuckled at a veiled reference, likely unintended, to the 1987 cult movie classic starring Steve Martin and John Candy.

Looking to relax at home over the holidays? Need a good movie recommendation? Here are our five favorite Thanksgiving movies, out now on DVD, that are worth considering.

I'm not sure what I have more contempt for. Sarah Palin's pathological lying or the people who can say with a straight face that Sarah Palin is qualified for anything other than a reality show contestant or the the Edie McClurg role in a remake of Planes, Trains & Automobiles .

It seems like when the holiday season rolls around everyone wants to get into the spirit of things and some of the best movies are those that are centered on the holidays.

Article by Brian Holcomb : 2009-11-09 10:56:16 Chicago ad executive Neal Page just wants to get home to his family for Thanksgiving, and it suddenly seems as though the entire universe is standing in the way of his one simple goal.

The Eastman House this month celebrates the late filmmaker John Hughes, the cinematic pied piper of adolescent America in the late '80s. Hughes virtually invented the teen film of the modern era, creating a formula of clever, cynical teens who overcame angst-ridden lives by being wittier and way ahead of their parents, teachers and other adults.

Steve Martin has admitted that his own personal movie highlights happened much earlier in his career.

Our review of Planes, Trains And Automobiles , published December 4th, 2000, is also available.

Ch. 2 political editor Mike Flannery has listed his longtime 17-room mansion in Beverly for $1.25 million.

Steve Martin has announced details of his first UK music gig as a musician. The actor, who has starred in films including 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles' , 'Father Of the Bride' and 'The Pink Panther' , will play London 's Royal Festival Hall next Monday .

Check out Bob's weekly column in the Chicago Tribune this coming Sunday about Mike Flannery, a Chicago broadcast journalist who has covered politics for decades, placing his house in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood on the market for $1,250,000. Also featured: actor Steve Martin's house in the movie "Planes, Trains & Automobiles," which just sold for ...

With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us, it's time to order those DVDs for family films guaranteed to delight young and old.

Last night I was at the benefit concert for Central Dallas Ministries at the Meyerson Symphony Center, featuring Steve Martin and bluegrass band the Steep Canyon Rangers .

In 1987 John Hughes took a huge risk. The man who had spent three years profiling the lives of teenagers did the unthinkable: He wrote and directed two movies featuring adults: She's Having a Baby and Planes, Trains & Automobiles .

Johnny Carson once whimsically stated that "I am thankful that I eat only one thing that falls out of a turkey." Be that as it may, once you have finished your fowl food feast, give thanks for what you are about to receive ... hopefully a perfect score on this Thanksgiving Day trivia quiz.