American Teen - Follow the Jock, the Geek and the rest of the lot in this documentary about Senior Year. Why does the high school setting remain magnetic no matter your age? Maybe it's that the train wreck potential is great. High school is the only place where you're likely to hear this awkward crash and burn line uttered on a date, "there's a lot of grease on the table now, cuz I put my face on it."
Brick Lane - The story revolves around a young Bangladeshi woman who moves to London after entering into an arranged marriage. Found the novel by Monica Ali a bit less impressive than I'd hoped it would be. The pace was slow and the book dragged at points but movie adaptations are usually good at trimming the fat. Some of the secondary characters were really well done and that leaves me hopeful that their film counterparts will make the whole more enjoyable.
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