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April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Growing Pains
Emily Hagins became a household Austin name for her work as a teen director, but what happens when that novelty wears off?
"...it certainly falls into the "not bad for a teenager" category. The occasional recognizable name pops up in the..."
Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Teenager suffers the horrors of moving from New York to New Jersey.
"...an awful lot like Lindsay Lohan, another hugely popular teen hyphenate. (She acts! She sings! She swivels her hips..."
Feb. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Crossroads
Britney's screen debut.
"...be the highlight of this utterly formulaic and forgettable teen trifle. It features Britney doing what Britney does best:..."
Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Down to You
"...Lucie Arnaz. This, then, is the death of the teen comedy. While advance trailers have made Down to You..."
Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Everything, Everything
Another YA adaption of star-crossed lovers
"...with a tentative wave, and the race to true teen love is off and running. Maddy’s mother (Rose) is..."
May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Get Over It
"...Hey, get this! It's another broken hearts & bubblegum teen flick! Based on Shakespeare! Featuring a TRL mainstay! Still..."
March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Road Trip
"...Costanzo, D.j. Qualls, Seann William Scott and Breckin Meyer. Teen sex farce meets teen gross-out comedy, which I suppose..."
May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Drive Me Crazy
"...can I possibly tell you about this agonizingly familiar teen fantasia that you don't already know? That it's an..."
Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola
The Craft
Teen witches made high school a dark and brooding place long before vampires took over as the kings of teen cool.
"...Clueless by way of Aleister Crowley, this tale of teenage Los Angeles witches takes an abrupt turn away from..."
May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Booksmart
The kids are better than alright in Olivia Wilde's raucous, resonant comedy
"...Girls go topless in teen comedies all the time, but none that I can..."
May 24, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
American Pie 2
"...everyone knows, it just wouldn't be summer without a teen sex farce, and this randy sequel to Paul Weitz's..."
Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
American Pie
"...Porky's wrought? This new, faster version of the semi-classic teen sex farce is a howler, bawdy yet constrained within..."
July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Can't Hardly Wait
This better-than-average teen sex comedy looks at a bunch of seniors on the night of high school graduation.
"...had forgotten about the good old days of the teen sex comedy (Porky's, Zapped, Joysticks), here comes this nice..."
June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Maze Runner
Of all the dystopian teen fables, this one based on James Dashner’s popular novel is one of the best.
"...hope as they chase after the next potentially lucrative teen magnet. For every Harry Potter, there’s a forgettable knock-off..."
Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss
Skateland
Skateland is a sweet, knowing, visually spot-on evocation of early-Eighties teen life in a small East Texas town.
"...won't do/I'll stop the world and melt with you." Teenage kicks for high school hicks, sure, but nothing thrums..."
May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
A frighteningly dull updating of The Omen and Rosemary's Baby for the Gossip Girl set.
"...turns out to be. (Check out Brick, Rian Johnson's teen-angst updating of the classic film noir genre, if you..."
Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Jumper
Jumper is pretty slick, entertaining stuff about what young male teens might do if given the ability to teleport.
"...asks the double loaded questions, "What would a young teen male do if he suddenly discovered the ability to..."
Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Stick It
Bring It On's scribe Jessica Bendinger writes and directs this teen movie set in the world of competitive gymnastics, and features leotard-clad girls who learn to stick together to fight injustice.
"...Holliday. Jessica Bendinger, the writer of the hugely successful teen comedy Bring It On (and a regular visitor to..."
April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
She's the Man
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night gets a teen-movie rehash in this manic panic of a mess that never rises to even the lowest levels of the Bard’s cross-dressing comedy of errors.
"...Breckenridge and James Kirk. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night gets a teen-movie rehash in this manic panic of a mess that..."
March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
First Descent
This vertiginous documentary about snowboarding talks with the sport's greats and shows them in action, rocketing down crag-encrusted, virgin slopes like buckshot fired from God’s own 20-gauge.
"...snowboarding legend Shawn Farmer, 39-year-old Nick Peralta, plaid-clad Vermont teen Hannah Teter, Norwegian superstar Terje Haakonsen, and red-haired, teen..."
Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
John Hughes Film Series at Moviehouse This March
Round Rock theatre screens the maestro of teen movies' greatest hits
"...Pretty much every conceivable teenage experience has an analog in Eighties teen movies...."
Feb. 27, 2017 Screens Post by Dougie Gerrard
The Space Between Us
There is life on Mars
"...The science is murky in this science-fiction teen romance, and the direction by Peter Chelsom (Hear My..."
Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
I'm Not Ashamed
The story of the first casualty in the Columbine school shooting
"...Being a teen in modern-day America is no piece of cake. At..."
Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Breaking the Cycle
Schools move to end teen dating violence
"...A conversation about teen dating violence is long overdue, according to the numbers...."
Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff
Through the Past Brightly
San Antonio's Teen Canteen scene, revisited
"...the last few months, I’ve been part of the Teen Canteen reunion committee, organizing a reunion show in San..."
Aug. 17, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser
Sex Drive
Sex Drive is part endearing emo love story, part gross-out semen gag-fest, and, very occasionally, a smart, inspired, non-sequitur-laden hoot.
"...Bowden, Charlie McDermott and Mark L. Young. It's not Sixteen Candles, but it's not Road Trip, either. Instead, this..."
Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Hey Willpower! Can I Get a 'Hell Yeah!'?
Imperial Teen’s Will Schwartz goes solo, Top 40, and asks, “Why the Hell Not?” with his new thing, hey willpower!
"...was it a sleeper?) about a band called Imperial Teen. They were a'buzz because they included members of Faith..."
March 10, 2006 Features Feature by Kate X Messer
Cry Wolf
A tech-centric but bloodless teen horror thriller that works best as a stinging critique of post-adolescent whininess.
"...denuded aspects of pop culture and the evaporation of teen spirit is arguably right on the money, it doesn’t..."
Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Chumscrubber
Teens, suburbia, five sets of dysfunctional parents, and the suicide that looms over it all.
"...Culkin, Thomas Curtis and Lou Taylor Pucci. Angry, maybe-crazy teen rebellion. Overmedication. Clueless parents. Otherworldly visitations. Intimations of the..."
