Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "high school"

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Detroit Rock City *** (1999, Edward Furlong) – Classic Movie Review 1469

Director Adam Rifkin’s 1999 coming of age comedy drama stars the talented Edward Furlong in the period when his career was still shining. Everything goes wrong for four Cleveland teenage kids (Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James […]

Jul, 25

Elephant *** (2003, Elias McConnell, Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson) – Classic Movie Review 1373

Two neo-Nazi high-school boys (Alex Frost, Eric Deulen) watch some Hitler rally newsreels, listen to Beethoven, then get kitted up in military gear and run amuck with a vast arsenal of weapons at their fictional […]

Jun, 29

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997, Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow) – Classic Film Review 1094

Ideally paired Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow are hilarious as Romy White and Michele Weinberger who tell porkies and land in heaps of difficulty at their 10-year high school reunion in director David Mirkin’s zesty, […]

Apr, 15

Ghost World **** (2001, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Bob Balaban, Teri Garr) – Classic Movie Review 1047

Co-writer/director Terry Zwigoff’s 2001 movie stars Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson as two weird American teenagers Enid and Rebecca, who scoff at the world of losers, Satanists and freaks they see around them, providing them […]

Apr, 04

Mean Girls **** (2004, Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Lacey Chabert) – Classic Movie Review 967

Lindsay Lohan hits the jackpot this time in director Mark S Waters’s stingingly witty 2004 teen movie. Starting at a new school, 16-year-old Cady Heron (Lohan) soon joins The Plastics, the A-list clan clique of queen bitches. […]

Mar, 22

Dazed and Confused **** (1993, Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck) – Classic Film Review 856

Writer-director Richard Linklater’s 1993 follow-up to his 1991 no-budget comedy hit Slacker is one of the top 50 best ever high school movies. It confidently and compellingly focuses on a score or more characters in […]

Mar, 02

Pump up the Volume **** (1990, Christian Slater, Scott Paulin, Ellen Greene, Samantha Mathis) – Classic Movie Review 835

Allan Moyle’s 1990 comedy drama film Pump up the Volume stars Christian Slater as an Arizona suburban high school lad who moonlights as a pirate radio disc jockey. Writer-director Allan Moyle’s 1990 comedy drama film […]

Feb, 16

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