The Perfect Score (2004)
For a film that revolves around a test that measures academic aptitude, it sure is dumb. For a movie made by MTV, I guess I shouldn’t expect any less, but this one’s so absurd...
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Private Lessons (1981)
Titillating stuff for its time, Private Lessons was but one of many films to come out in the early 80s about teenage boys that manage to score with older women willing to show them the act...
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future is pure entertainment, and very successful at that. Wholly inspired and brilliantly executed, this brainchild of co-screenwriter Bob Gale and director Robert Zemeckis is chock-full of in-jokes and sight gags...
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
I find myself questioning my worth as a critic sometimes when a movie that isn’t meant for me, and for which I don’t even consider very good, can still hold my attention throughout, and...
Agent Cody Banks (2003)
While it’s not going to score any points for originality, Agent Cody Banks almost has enough energy and charm to make you overlook its considerable flaws. You can pretty much guess how it’s all going to...
Tadpole (2002)
Oscar Grubman (Stanford) is a smart, bookish 15-year-old boy that has a knack for drawing in the ladies with his passion for French and Voltaire. He comes home to his father’s (Ritter) New York apartment from...
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Hey, I guess anybody can make a movie nowadays. It’s quite a simple formula. First, take a time-honored story from a great writer — Shakespeare, for instance. Update it to modern times so people...
But I’m a Cheerleader (1999)
BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER is of the type of comedy that annoys me the most, the type of comedy that tries to achieve laughs merely from tossing together eccentric characters and putting them in...