I recently finished watching the documentary I Like Me (which I, at least, found streaming on Amazon), a loving remembrance of the great comic actor John Candy. It's a touching delight. It is also, ...

JOHN CANDY: I LIKE ME (2025) Colin Hanks / Cinematographer: Justin Kane (1.85 : 1) / Composer: Tyler Strickland / Editors: Shane Reid & Darrin Roberts / Eulogists: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Rose Candy ...

Everyone has their favorite John Candy moment. Whether it be “Spaceballs,” “Stripes” or “Uncle Buck,” Candy stole the screen with his charisma, humor and heart. As a kid, I remember watching “Home ...

In the 1984 Ron Howard comedy “Splash,” Tom Hanks and John Candy play lovelorn Manhattan brothers—one tidy, one rascally—whose lives are upended when Hanks falls in love with a mermaid. On a recent ...

Jonah Hill is "dying inside" after realizing Hollywood thinks he was "funnier when he was fat" – just like the late comedy legend John Candy, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The actor, 41, who has ...

For many fans, the death of John Candy represented childhood’s end. The actor was not especially childish or childlike, but he projected an indefatigable, unthreatening jolliness in movies such as ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT In the best scene of John Candy's best movie, "Planes, Trains & Automobiles," Steve Martin's Neal Page berates Candy's Del Griffith, exasperated by their pre-Thanksgiving travel ordeal ...

I truly enjoyed hearing this. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. John Candy: I Like Me is putting the late comedy actor back in the ...

The love for John Candy’s legacy has been in full force as of late due in great part to the release of the new documentary I Like Me (which is streamable with a Prime Video subscription). Ryan ...

This is FRESH AIR. John Candy, the comic actor who rose to fame in the sketch comedy series "SCTV" and such films as "Stripes," "Splash" and "Spaceballs," died at age 43 in 1994. Now, 31 years later, ...