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 ...

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 ...

Interviews Martin Short Gave Colin Hanks A Warning Before He Started Work On The John Candy Doc, But He Decided To 'Lean In' Anyway Movies Ryan Reynolds Weighs In On Which Of John Candy’s Famous Roles ...

John Candy’s son, Chris, said during a recent event promoting the new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me” (via People) that it was “heart-wrenching” to see resurfaced press interviews in the film ...

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, ...

Chris Candy revealed “heartbreaking” details about his father that he learned while making the new documentary ‘John Candy: I Like Me.’ Chris Candy revealed his late father's struggles with weight and ...

Chris Candy shared what he learned from the new documentary about his dad's life Getty(2) Chris Candy, son of John Candy, opened up about the new documentary John Candy: I Like Me and what it taught ...

My favorite John Candy moment is just a blink in a semiobscure skit. It’s from “SCTV,” the Canadian sketch comedy series, and Candy, wearing a suit and a fluffy blond wig, is playing drums for a gawky ...