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I saw this movie with my girlfriend and I don’t recommend anyone see this film unless you have a date because you will appear creepy since the majority of the theater is going to be filled with high school girls.

Mean Girls
The film starring teen magazine queen Lindsey Lohan about the inside of a group of bitchy high school girls sticks out among a sea of teen vehicles trying to showcase their stars. The films black sheep status is likely as a result of director Mark Waters who helmed the quirky art-house flick The House of Yes a few years back and turned out a better than expected film when he previously teamed up with Lohan for the breezy and frequently funny Freaky Friday. The film grossed much more than people had figured it would and got fairly good reviews which is tough to deal when the premise has been done numerous times.

I group Lohan with the likes of Amanda Bynes (who doesn’t sing), and Hillary Duff (after seeing Cheaper By the Dozen recently in which she was embarrassingly awful in she should stick to singing.) as the a crop young actresses who have a build in fan-base who many producers are looking to cash in on. They all have that Oleson twin appeal of looking more and more like they are supposed to be in playboy than seventeen magazines. I imagine people already have plans for some of these actresses for when they can start playing love interests opposite leading men old enough to be their father.

Anyway revolves around Lohan’s character who had spent time in Africa with her animals loving parents while being home schooled attending a public high school for the first time in her life. She soon realizes that the viciousness of the jungle isn’t anything compared to a nasty teaming of the 3 most popular girls in her highschool. They have a leader (or queen bee) and two butt kissers which are known by outsiders as the plastics for their trend setting power and reputation for being the star of the party.

When Lohan first arrives she is quite over whelmed and befriends a skater girl who has a gay side kick (the new comer who plays him is really funny) who warn her about the plastics. Lohan is invited one day to sit with the plastics who are generally nasty to most people. She sees this opportunity to be a social double agent for her skater friend and let her know what really goes on when the plastics have their exclusive gatherings. The most revealing is their burn book which dishes up all the dirt on the people of their high school.

In order to understand plastics you have to become a plastic, so Lohan slowly takes in their way of life. Their annoying catch phrases, their lying to justify their own personal gain and turning their high school into a chess board of pawns in order to please the queen. This doesn’t sit with the skater girl too well who believes her new friend has been corrupted by the way of the plastics. Lohan learns to manipulate even when it comes to the handsome guy that she wants to date, when she pretends to be dumb in math to be tutored by him. Her change doesn’t go unnoticed to her teacher (played by Tina Fay who wrote the screenplay based on a book) who is mocked and blasted by Lohan behind her back.

The film’s smarter tone may go unnoticed by the build in fan base but there is enough silly stuff like Lohan falling into a trash can, and her and the guy making goggly eyes at each other. Its an honest look at how powerful and down right nasty social politics are in high school, and how other students allow it by feeding their power. The film is social commentary more than a vehicle for Lohan, and with the clever tone along with an amusing supporting part played by Tim Meadows it’s certainly a film someone in their 20s can relate too.

For the record its okay to check out the queen bee because she is actually 26 yearsold, but not okay to check out Lohan who was 17 at the time of shooting. Go to Lohan’s IMBD page ( on the message board) if you want to join the debate whether or not her boobs are real. There are plenty pictures cut and pasted there of her in low cut or tight tops so you can make your own mind.

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Hi-Nella Gone Wild

There is a rumor going around out there that PJ WhelihansÂ’s Pub is scouting out the after hours pubballoonss on Warwick road as a possible location for a new bar. I would imagine they would buy out Balloons, and have to redo the entire place.

Who knows if its even true, but I am sure the wick and Sharkeys wouldn't be too pleased. Or even Shady's for that matter. Kind of strikes me as an odd place for one. Regardless you heard it hear first.

"Tucker Bans Spidey"

I generally didn't care for the Spiderman movie that was out a few years ago. Maybe it was since it took me so long to see it, or maybe I just wanted Rich to have a good time. Whatever I didn't really care for the film at all. I thought it was way to campy for a first film in the series, however the trailer for Spiderman 2 made me want to see it. It was easily one of the best trailers I have ever seen and it almost worked on me.

However Spiderman 2 is going to be on my growing list of bans. Mainly because the film (that everyone already knows about anyway) has completed a marketing deal with Major League Baseball. All the bases and pitchers mounds will be decorated with Spiderwebs and from what I understand the films logo. Now that is just too far. Its sick. Maybe I should boycott baseball to since they are the whores getting all the money for this shameless deal. However at this point I am just putting Spiderman 2 on the ban list.

From the Drudge Report: (sorry Drew)
The deal is baseball's latest attempt to develop a splashier national marketing image. "In an ultracompetitive sports-entertainment environment, you have to take risks," says Tim Brosnan, MLB's executive vice president for business.


Splashier national marketing image??!?!? Oh Spiderman 2 is really going to make people watch baseball. How sick. Horrible Horrible Horrible.

Spiderman 2...............BANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNED!

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