A high school boy decides to cut school with his girlfriend and best friend, evading parents, the principal, and responsibility itself as they paint the town red.
Tag Archives: High School
The Breakfast Club (1985) [Back to School Month]
A group of misfits are brought together for detention in the school library, making discoveries about themselves and finding common ground in their shared event, the overzealous school principal.
Election (1999) [Back to School Month]
A high school teacher becomes obsessed with thwarting a teenage student’s campaign for school president after learning she uses unorthodox methods to excel, and will stop at nothing to try to sabotage her.
The Faculty (1998) [Back to School Month]
Several high school students discover that their teachers and faculty members have been infected by an alien parasite, and must fight to protect their friends, and themselves, from the spreading invasion.
The Craft (1996) [Back to School Month]
A new girl in school joins up with a group of outcasts, forming a coven of witches who use their powers for their own gains, only to begin to experience the repercussions for their wicked ways.
Why We Like "Mean Girls"
Now compared to the likes of “Heathers” and “Clueless,” 2004’s “Mean Girls” is a rare teen comedy that manages to come shockingly close to the charm and humanity of a John Hughes film thanks to the sharp writing of Tina Fey who explores the battle of the sexes, the female dynamic and the struggle for superiority among the opposite sex with a mild box office hit that went on to live its remaining days as a classic among teenage audiences. Starring a slew of up and comers including Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lizzy Caplan, and offering hilarious supporting performances from SNL stars, “Mean Girls” is a movie I didn’t love the first time out. But watching it a few years later I realized it’s a classic for a reason and is one of the few interesting teen comedies ever released. And we have Tina Fey to thank for that. She, of course, went on to write the underrated sitcom “30 Rock,” but here she taps in to the teenage persona and does it better than most writers today can ever hope to. Here’s why we like “Mean Girls” and why you should like it too…