PHOTO Lauren Koscielniak

“It started with the movie ‘Grease’ and 80s music, I loved it. I liked the idea of old-school romances and ‘Grease’ was a great start. Soon after getting into the era, I asked my parents for recommendations of other awesome 80s movies, they grew up in that time so they had plenty of sweet suggestions. Most of the movies I watched at the beginning (of when I got into the older-generation movies) that interested me included actress Molly Ringwald, like ‘Sixteen Candles’, ‘The Breakfast Club’ and ‘Pretty in Pink’. Other hit movies such as ‘Footloose’ and ‘Dirty Dancing’ are also high up on my favorites list. As for movies by decade, it started with only 80s, which progressed into the 70s, and eventually the 60s and 50s. Movies like ‘Love in the Afternoon’, ‘Roman Holiday’, ‘Loving You’, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ and ‘Charade’ are all fantastic movies in a time before the iconic 80s. Some of my favorite movie stars are Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and Patrick Swayze from the 80s, and Audrey Hepburn from the 50s and 60s. My goal is to find more unnoticed movies from the decades, the ones that didn’t get as much attention after having seen all of these hit classics.”