Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Bieber Fever strikes the cineplex.
"...never saying never. Capitalizing on the meteoric success of teen phenomenon Justin Bieber, this movie has been rushed into..."
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Feb. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Youth in Revolt
Teen angst is on the docket in this Michael Cera vehicle that's pleasant but never delivers on the revolt promised in the title.
"...chronicles the tortured life of Nick Twisp (Cera), a teen living mostly friendlessly in Oakland, Calif. Mom (Smart) runs..."
Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Jennifer's Body
There are few laughs and even fewer scares in Diablo Cody's followup to her smash hit Juno.
"...power into their mash-up of cheeky horror films and teen-angst movies. The result is more mash than smash as..."
Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
The tween music sensations take to the big screen.
"...are a rock band from the Disney stable of teenage stars. From what I’ve read, they’ve sold millions of..."
March 6, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Twilight
One is human and the other's vampire: What's a pair of young soulmates to do?
"...who just say, "No, I don't drink … you." Teens of a certain mindset (not to mention Dark Shadows..."
Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Charlie Bartlett
If Ferris Bueller and Max Fischer of Rushmore joined together and had a child, their spawn would most certainly turn out something like Charlie Bartlett.
"...movie’s titular character, Charlie Bartlett (Yelchin). This new, R-rated teen comedy would very much like to become the emblematic..."
Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Teeth
Austin-shot horror pic about a girl who discovers that her naughty bits are bitey.
"...and freedom from sex while making castration anxiety and teen-female empowerment fun – or at least weird – again...."
Jan. 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Nancy Drew
Historically, Nancy Drew may be the best teen detective around, but in this new screen incarnation, she is definitely no spy kid.
"...Pat Carroll. Historically, Nancy Drew may be the best teen detective around, but in this new screen incarnation she..."
June 15, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Based on the allegedly autobiographical short stories of alleged teen author J.T. Leroy, Asia Argento's film describes a Gothic maelstrom of psychic and physical abuse.
"...is based on the allegedly autobiographical short stories of teen author J.T. Leroy, a real-life nonentity recently unmasked as..."
April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Mean Girls
Clique comedy about teen groupthink lacks real bite.
"...enough to elevate Mean Girls above the pack of teen fare. (For a truly searing indictment of teenage groupthink..."
April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
The story is similar to the popular original – but its Borscht Belt setting has been relocated to pre-revolutionary Cuba in 1958.
"...Nights retains from the original Dirty Dancing the classic teen formula of the Romeo and Juliet love affair that..."
Feb. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The New Guy
"...Qualls. Among the touted highlights of this filmed-at-Austin Studios teen movie are cameos by Vanilla Ice, Tommy Lee, David..."
May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
New Best Friend
"...its oversexed awfulness, New Best Friend is the trashy teen-sleaze equivalent of Showgirls. It's easy to imagine this developing..."
April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Clockstoppers
"...with this cunning blend of Nickelodeon-like visual pizzazz, wholesome teen sex appeal, and lowbrow comedy that falls just shy..."
April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
"...that they're thinking of. This one's drenched in Eighties-style teen spirit. Matthew Broderick plays a kid who ditches high..."
Aug. 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Josie and the Pussycats
It's far more subversive than the Seventies Hanna-Barbera cartoon on which it's based.
"...deluge of craptacular boy bands to corporate branding and teen-demographic marketing trends. Who'd have thought that the residents of..."
April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Whatever it Takes
"...a half. Another in a seemingly endless line of teen comedies riffing on the classics (this one tackles, none..."
March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Never Been Kissed
A newspaper editor re-enrolls in high school for a story on what the younger generation is up to.
"...Heathers clones Kirsten, Kristen, and Gibby, a gaggle of teen fleshpots the likes of which we haven't seen since..."
April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
I'll Be Home for Christmas
"...the contents. The kids who know the stars (the teen heartthrob and middle son on the sitcom Home Improvement..."
Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
Dee Snider's Strangeland
"...Captain Howdy (Snider), a deranged online predator who uses teen chat rooms to lure unsuspecting (and inanely naive) high-schoolers..."
Oct. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Love and Death on Long Island
"...love, the unlikely object of De'Ath's exultation is a teen movie idol whom he's never met: Ronnie Bostock (Priestley),..."
March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
All Over Me
"...and Pat Briggs. Claude (Folland) is the sort of teenage girl who goes by Claude instead of Claudia: a..."
July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Kissed
"...attraction toward dead things. We watch as the gawky pre-teen (Morley) engages in ritualistic burials of dead birds and..."
May 30, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
"...plot of Incredibly True Adventure couldn't be more prosaic; teen love traumas are a film industry staple and our..."
July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Clueless
Heckerling updates Jane Austen's Emma to Beverly Hills
"...Cher (über-babe/Aerosmith shill Silverstone), a dangerously fashion-conscious Beverly Hills teen whose one great joy in life is making-over her..."
July 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Everyone's favorite web-slinger returns for a new era of Marvel
"...Far From Home never forgets that it's a teen comedy-drama-romance, just wrapped up in a superhero story. But..."
July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Other Worlds Austin Review: The Axe Murders of Villisca
Austin's Owen Egerton embraces the horror
"...Which is scarier? Being a teen evading ghosts, or being a teen evading other teens?..."
Dec. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
In Real Life in Real Life
Cory Doctorow brings his newest work to the Texas Teen Book Festival
"...the UK to be at this Saturday's jam-packed Texas Teen Book Festival at St. Edward's University. The man's got..."
Oct. 17, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Bookworms Blossoming
The fourth annual Austin Teen Book Festival
"...massive sales in the Young Adult section, the Austin Teen Book Festival (www.austinteenbookfestival.com) has grown rapidly, parallel to its..."
Sept. 28, 2012 Books Feature by Jessi Cape
Yeah, We're Back
Ferreting out music for the Under-18 set in Austin
"...about the hundreds of bands that you the Austin teen needs to check out, because there are even more..."
Aug. 20, 2012 Music Post by William Graham
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