Tag Archives: education

Planet of the Apes

IMDB Rating: 8.00
42101 votes

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After having their ship crash on a mysterious planet, two US astronauts wander across the desert plain. Thinking they are alone, the surprise comes when life forms appear, not just as mute human but as apes. Walking, talking apes. The apes see themselves as the original beings on the planet and do anything to keep all humans locked up.
Actors
George TaylorCharlton Heston
CorneliusRoddy McDowall
ZiraKim Hunter
Also posted in 1968, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Hans Christian Andersen

IMDB Rating: 6.70
900 votes

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A completely fabricated biography of the famous Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen featuring several of his stories and a ballet performance of "The Little Mermaid".
Actors
Hans Christian AndersenDanny Kaye
NielsFarley Granger
DoroZizi Jeanmaire
Also posted in 1952, Biography, Family, High IMDB rating, Musical, Romance | Comments (0)

Coach Carter

IMDB Rating: 7.10
17462 votes

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In 1999, Ken Carter, a successful sporting goods store owner, accepts the job of basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond, CA, where he was a champion athlete. As much dismayed by the poor attitudes of his players as well as their dismal play performance, Carter sets about to change both. He immediately imposes a strict regime typified in written contracts that include stipulations for respectful behavior, a dress code and good grades as requisites to being allowed to participate. The initial resistance from the boys is soon dispelled as the team under Carter's tutelage becomes a undefeated competitor in the games. However, when the overconfident team's behavior begins to stray and Carter learns that too many players are doing poorly in class, he takes immediate action. To the outrage of the team, the school and the community, Carter cancels all team activities and locks the court until the team shows acceptable academic improvement. In the ensuing debate, Carter fights to keep his methods, determined to show the boys that they need to rely on more than sports for their futures and eventually finds he has affected them more profoundly than he ever expected.
Actors
Coach Ken CarterSamuel L. Jackson
Kenyon StoneRob Brown
Damien CarterRobert Ri'chard
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

IMDB Rating: 3.70
5298 votes

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Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom ... What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel! That rebel, Ben Stein (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) travels the world on his quest, and learns an awe-inspiring truth ... that educators and scientists are being ridiculed, denied tenure and even fired – for the crime of merely believing that there might be evidence of design in nature, and that perhaps life is not just the result of accidental, random chance. To which Ben Says: Enough! And then gets busy. NOBODY messes with Ben.
Actors
Himself - HostBen Stein
HimselfDavid Berlinski
HimselfAnderson Cooper
Also posted in 2008, Documentary | Comments (0)

Accepted

IMDB Rating: 6.20
6989 votes

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Bartleby (B.) Gaines is a fun loving slacker who, unfortunately, gets turned down for every college he applied for, much to the charign of his overly expectant parents. So, with a little cutting and pasting, he creates the South Harmon Institute of Technology, and lo and behold, he is accepted (along with his friends Rory, Hands, and Glen, whose college plans were also all but dashed). However, his parents want to see the website, the campus, and the dean. So now he has his other friend Sherman (who has been accepted to the prestigious Harmon College) build a web page, they lease out an abandoned psychiatric hospital, and they hire Sherman's uncle Ben (played to perfection by comedian Lewis Black) to be the dean. Problem solved? Not quite. The web page was done so well, that hundreds of students show up at the front door, all of which were turned down by other colleges. Faced with no choice, Bartleby decides to proceed with turning South Harmon into a real college, and sets about figuring out what to teach and how to teach it. Meanwhile at Harmon, dean Van Horne meets with Hoyt Ambrose, a rich law student and head of the KBE fraternity (which Sherman is trying to become a member of), to discuss building a gateway for Harmon using land presently being used by South Harmon. He tries finding the leaseholder of the land, to no avail. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Monica, catches him cheating on her, and a big party at South Harmon lures a chunk of Harmon's students away, including Monica into the arms of Bartleby. Now Hoyt uses Sherman, knowing he has been bouncing between the two schools, in an attempt to bring South Harmon down for good. However, Bartleby has an accreditation appointment with the state Board of Education to prove South Harmon's worthiness. Can he legally bring the South Harmon Institute of Technology to life and win the love of Monica?
Actors
Bartleby GainesJustin Long
Sherman SchraderJonah Hill
GlenAdam Herschman
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Riding in Cars with Boys

IMDB Rating: 6.10
8847 votes

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Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter's problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she's pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly's marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin.
Actors
Drew Barrymore
Steve Zahn
Adam Garcia
Also posted in 2001, Biography, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Dead Poets Society

IMDB Rating: 7.80
69947 votes

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Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each, in their own way, does this, and are changed for life.
Actors
John KeatingRobin Williams
Neil PerryRobert Sean Leonard
Todd AndersonEthan Hawke
Also posted in 1989, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Billy Madison

IMDB Rating: 6.10
22902 votes

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Billy Madison is a non-working, non-educated slacker who lives entirely off his dad. He spends his day drinking beer, reading girly magazines, and hanging out by the pool. When his father realizes that Billy is unfit to run the family business, Billy decides that he must go back to school and earn a real education. He figures it will be no problem going back to high school and learning over again, until he learns that his father bought Billy's passing grades all the way back in elementary school. Thus, Billy must return to elementary school and pass each grade one at a time in a short time, or else he loses his place as heir to the company. In addition, Billy tries to win the hand of Veronica, a sexy school teacher who thinks her students are more mature than Billy.
Actors
Billy MadisonAdam Sandler
Brian MadisonDarren McGavin
Veronica VaughnBridgette Wilson
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Geronimo

IMDB Rating: 5.60
135 votes

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An Apache warrior who defies U.S. attempts to bring the Indians under control grapples with an array of U.S. soldiers sent to subdue his revolt. Sympathetic scouts seek to bring Geronimo back to the reservation before he is hunted down.
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Capt. William MaynardPat Conway
TeelaKamala Devi
GeronimoChuck Connors
Also posted in 1962, Action, Biography, Western | Comments (0)

The School of Rock

IMDB Rating: 7.30
31402 votes

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Down and out rock star Dewey Finn (Black) gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar prodigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight.
Actors
Dewey FinnJack Black
TheoAdam Pascal
NeilLucas Papaelias
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (2)
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