Girls State review – compelling follow-up to hit documentary | Sundance 2024
IIn 2018, filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBain won a gold medal after participating in a week-long Texas program in which 1,000 teenagers elected and ran a mock state government. Or rather, I paid attention to it. The subsequent film Boys State explores the possibilities and perils of the future – the idealism and ambition […]
Teen girls, 13 and 14, — including Olympic-hopeful — rescue UK couple from riptide in Barbados
Earlier this month, two teenage girls, including one who had dreamed of swimming in the Olympics, jumped into dangerous rapids to rescue a British couple who had nearly drowned on a beach in Barbados. Emma Basserman, 14, and Zoe Ireland-Meklensek, 13, are credited with saving the lives of Belinda and Robert Stone, the latter of […]
Before you go see the new ‘Mean Girls’ movie, WATCH THIS
Twenty years ago, the world first met Cady Heron, Regina George, and Plastics on “Mean Girls.” The film has since become a cult classic. But the new version of Mean Girls, which was released just last Friday, has already disappointed many, including “fan of the original” Lauren Chen. “Guys, this is a terrible movie,” she […]
50-year-old driving instructor allegedly filmed himself molesting teenage girls during lessons
A California driving instructor is currently in jail and out of a job after allegedly installing a hidden camera in his car to record himself fondling his students during lessons. A little more than a year ago, Richard Joseph Banks, 50, started working as a driving instructor at the American Driving School in El Cajon, […]