Movies We Watch

One in a long line of films that are set in a boarding/prep school in the 60′s. This one is a girls school where every female actress between the ages of 12 – 20 that could sort of pass for being in high school in 1998 was in. Nice message of standing up for yourself, [...]

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Yo, why my crib smell like Funyuns, broccoli and ball sweat. Ok, I must confess, I love these movies. Underdog gets out of the hard life through a skill. Usually great dancing, drumming, singing, debating, or something ensues. Step Up 2 had all the elements needed for one of those uplifting underdog films. Down and [...]

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Ok, we have a certain weakness for both Amanda Bynes and goofy formulaic sweet films. So this film was a big hit here. A fun, predicatable little film where the good guy wins. The names were predictable, the geeks were fun and pretty much stereotypes and some what modeled on the Seven Dwarves. The ending [...]

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Orphans, nuns, religious awakenings, vacations at the sea shore. A great start. And then it moves to infertility, cancer, loss of first love, rejection of adoptive parents, fights, and finally death. Have some kleenex ready. Great film if you need a cry. But you will most likely tear up whether you want to or not. [...]

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The Brits do teen sex comedy much more subtely than Americans. Neil is in love with his best female friend, hangs out with 3 other sex obsessed boys and takes almost 2 weeks to put together a party when his parents go away on vacation. Not bad, not good, Neil was sort of sad. All [...]

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If I were still in film school I would probably be writing a 10 page paper on the political undertone of the use of a ‘beloved’ political figure as a murderer in a drug addled slasher film. As I am no longer in film school and don’t have to make ridiculous connections between a boring [...]

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One of those films that inspire people to become teachers without showing all the crying and impossibility of managing classes for most people. imdb.com A young teacher (Swank) inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

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Ron Weasley in a non-Potter film. Actually not a bad watch. Beautiful panoramas of the English and Scottish country sides. imdb.com A coming of age story about a shy teenage boy trying to escape from the influence of his domineering mother. His world changes when he begins to work for a retired actress.

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