At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, and other artists. This movie follows four students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. They are the brazen Coco Hernandez (Irene Cara), shy Doris Finsecker […]
The Amityville Horror
This movie uses a staple of effective scares: based on “true events.” Whether or not you believe the Lutz family’s account of what happened in the Long Island manse, it’s hard not to jump at the bumps in the night after seeing this movie. The lesson here: Never move into a house where a murder […]
Pay It Forward
Young Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment), troubled by his mother’s (Helen Hunt) alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father (Jon Bon Jovi), is caught up by an intriguing assignment from his new social studies teacher, Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey). The assignment: think of something to change the world and put it into action. […]
Friday Night Lights: The Series
Release date: 2011Friday Night Lights accomplishes something that few television dramas are able to do: It betters the 2004 film (starring Billy Bob Thornton) on which the series is based. Set in Dillon, Texas, where football–even on the high school level–is everything, Friday Night Lights is a compelling drama with a football subplot. Poignantly and […]
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