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College

After Kevin (Drake Bell), a high school senior, gets dumped by his girlfriend for being too boring, he doesn’t want to go to the freshman orientation weekend at Fairmont University, where they had planned to go together. But his best friends Cater (Andrew Caldwell) and Morris (Kevin Covais) convince him that the weekend away will help get his mind off her. Once there, one of the rowdiest fraternities on campus decides to recruit them as “pledges” in return for granting them access to the college party scene. Though forced to put up with the disgusting antics of fraternity brothers Teague (Nick Zano), Bearcat (Gary Owen), and Cooper (Zach Cregger), the guys meet sorority girls Kendall (Haley Bennett), Heather (Camille Mana), and Amy (Nathalie Walker), and sparks fly all around. But once Teague feels threatened by Kevin’s new relationship with Kendall, he takes the pre-frosh humiliation to a greater level, and the guys decides to fight back, pulling a huge prank that lands them on top. ...

Paranoid Park

This adaptation of Blake Nelson's novel follows 16-year-old skateboarder Alex, who accidentally kills a security guard outside Paranoid Park, Portland's most infamous skateboarding park. When he decides to say nothing, he takes on a crushing burden of guilt with huge ramifications. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: March 7, 2008 Genre: Drama, Thriller, Adaptation and Teen Running Time: 84 min. Distributor(s): First Take (IFC) Tagline: MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing images, language and sexual content. Director(s): Gus Van Sant Writer(s): Gus Van Sant - Screenplay (adaptation) Blake Nelson - Source Material (from novel: "Paranoid Park") Producer(s): Neil Kopp - Producer David Allan Cress - Producer Movie Casts: Gabe Nevins - Alex Daniel Liu - Detective Richard Lu Taylor Momsen - Jennifer Jake Miller - Jared Lauren McKinney - Macy Winfield Jackson - Christian Joe Schweitzer - Paul Grace Carter - Alex's Mom Scott Patrick ...

Never Back Down

JAKE TYLER never goes looking for trouble, but it always seems to find him. Since the break-up of his parents' marriage, it's everywhere he turns. Freshly transplanted from a sleepy Iowa town to the heat and flash of new-money Orlando, Florida, Jake seems headed for even more rocky terrain as he is pulled into an underground fighting league — a kind of fight club for teens. With the help of his new group of friends — a fight and life-savvy coach, a free-thinking and adventurous girlfriend, and a scrawny but charming best friend — Jake manages to rise above the chaos around him. But just as he's beginning to feel like he's in control, his world is turned upside down once again by an unrelenting campaign to get him back in the ring. From Jeff Wadlow, director of the stylish teen thriller CRY WOLF and winner of the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival for his short film THE TOWER OF BABBLE, comes this ripped-from-the-headlines story, in the tradition of such inspirational...

Charlie Bartlett

Among the classic high-school rebels of American movies, there have been truants, delinquents, pranksters and con artists – but there has never been anyone quite like Charlie Bartlett. An optimist, a truth-teller and a fearless schemer, when Charlie slyly positions himself as his new school’s resident “psychiatrist,” dishing out both honest advice and powerful prescriptions, he has no idea the ways in which he will transform his classmates, the school principal and the potential of his own life. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: February 22, 2008 Genre: Comedy and Teen Running Time: 97 min. Distributor(s): MGM Distribution Company Tagline: When he listens, everyone talks. MPAA Rating: R for language, drug content and brief nudity. Director: Jon Poll Writer(s): Gustin Nash - Screenplay Producer(s): Jennifer Perini - Executive Producer William Horberg - Executive Producer Trish Hoffman - Executive Producer Bruce Toll - Executive Producer Jay Roac...

Step Up 2 the Streets

The follow-up to the smash hit “Step Up,” which ignited theaters in August 2006. When rebellious street dancer Andie (BRIANA EVIGAN) lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school’s hottest dancer Chase (ROBERT HOFFMAN) to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore’s underground dance battle The Streets, she ultimately finds a way to live her dream while building a bridge between her two separate worlds. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: February 14, 2008 Genre: Drama, Musical, Performing Arts, Sequel and Teen Running Time: Distributor(s): Touchstone Pictures Tagline: It's not where you're from. It's where you're at. MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, some suggestive material, and brief violence. Director: Jon Chu Writer(s): Toni Ann Johnson - Screenplay Karen Barna - Screenplay Producer(s): Patri...

Teeth

High school student Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity group's most active participant. Her task is made even more difficult by her bad boy stepbrother Brad's increasingly provocative behavior at home. A stranger to her own body, innocent Dawn discovers she has a toothed vagina when she becomes the object of violence. As she struggles to comprehend her anatomical uniqueness, Dawn experiences both the pitfalls and the power of being a living example of the vagina dentata myth. [-/+] Watch the Movie Trailer Visit the Official Website Release Date: January 18, 2008 Genre: Suspense, Horror and Teen Running Time: 94 min. Distributor(s): Roadside Attractions Tagline: Every rose has its thorns. MPAA Rating: R for disturbing sequences involving sexuality and violence, language and some drug use. Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein Writer(s): Mitchell Lichtenstein - Screenplay Producer(s): Joyce Pierpoline - Producer Mitchell Lichtenstein - Prod...