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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most people have an "Uncle Buck" in their life — someone funny, who makes questionable life choices but has the purest heart. Mine was my late Uncle Bruce, whom we affectionately called "Buck," ...

An interview with Bill Murray opens “John Candy: I Like Me,” director Colin Hanks’ formulaic but richly enjoyable documentary about the late, great Canadian comedic actor. Murray apologizes for having ...

Whether you're a chocolate lover or a gummy aficionado, every state has a candy that captures its heart, or sweet tooth. Based on a survey from Reader's Digest, it mapped out the most popular ...

The TIFF opener features reminiscences by colleagues including Steve Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Aykroyd, Martin Short, Conan O'Brien, Mel Brooks and Tom Hanks. By Michael Rechtshaffen John Candy is ...

The Prime documentary remembers the 'SCTV' star through the eyes of his friends and co-stars, whose kind words add up to a uniquely shallow portrait of the beloved actor. “John Candy: I Like Me” is ...

With the Toronto International Film Festival celebrating its 50th edition this year, it makes sense that one Canadian institution would honor another with its opening-night film. And with TIFF known ...

There are some entertainers who never really leave us, even long after they’re gone. John Candy has always been one of those rare few, at least for me. Having grown up in the greater Toronto area, ...

Colin Hanks’s new documentary, John Candy: I Like Me, is pleasant enough, but it doesn’t actually reveal much about the three-dimensional human at its center. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios Carney was ...