Is Mean Girls The Greatest Teen Comedy Of All Time? Cathy Brennan May 12, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion Since its release in 2004 Mean Girls has quickly cemented itself as a classic teen comedy. In the years since, the popularity of the genre has petered out into minor successes like Easy A and embarrassing...
Everything The Movies Taught Me About Being A Teenage Girl Sian Brett December 8, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion Being a teenager is a terrifying and confusing time. But, as with most things in life, movies can help. Movies about being a teenager can often lend a helping hand in trying to understand what can be a mighty...
The DUFF – Review Olivia Luder March 6, 2015 Reviews Based on Kody Keplinger's teen novel, The DUFF aims to be this generation's Mean Girls. Labelled a 'Designated Ugly Fat Friend’, Bianca Piper (Mae Whitman) enlists popular jock Wesley 'Wes' Rush (Robbie...
Beyond Clueless – Review Rachel Brook January 28, 2015 Reviews Countless words of exegesis on the teen movie have been published, but Lyne has winningly executed a fresh method that abandons the attempt to describe audiovisual media with only words, often instead letting...
Welcome to the ’80s: We Don’t Need No Education Rachel Brook November 29, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, Welcome to the 80s 1980s high school movies are a mixed bag, with the plethora of cult teen films ranging tonally from dick jokes to contemplations on mortality (sometimes even within the same film). Of course the high-school...