Movies of the Week: Back to School

From the boardroom to the bedroom and the playground, life’s little battlefields can be the biggest. The social scene in school can be tougher than any textbook. So to help usher in the new school year, this week’s movies are about the social challenges that students face, whether involving bullies, body image, raging hormones—or all three at once!

Career Day!
Grownups are pretty boring, all wrapped up in their work and stressed out. Wouldn’t it be better to stay young? Shy little Ella gives her third-grade peers and their parents a lesson on what really matters in life.

Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Donny’s a scrawny teen who wants to beat the bully and get the hot chick. He wants to be a man, but his body isn’t there yet. Nothing works, until he fakes it.

Even More Confused
An awkward teen with frizzy hair and braces, Suzy is also hot for her math teacher. She fantasizes about him and finally acts on it—cluelessly—only to learn a few lessons, like when not to chew gum.

My Father's an Actor
Leanne’s dad thinks he knows all about WWII because he once played a soldier in a war movie. Here’s a funny look at a shallow dad trying to help with a school research project, and at how silly actors can be, and how movies shape our sense of reality.

Archer House
Fraternities have the reputation, but sororities can be just as gross, even the fancy ones. See a journalism student go undercover and pledge a sorority where quaint tea parties quickly lead to nasty hazing rituals.