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Tess of the O'Hendersons
Tess (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is a cute, intellectual oddball who goes to work on a distant relative's farm one fateful summer. She falls in love with one cute guy (Seth Green) and then gets knocked up by another (Chad Michael Murray) - both of whom totally blow her off. After a brief girl power montage in which Tess cries repeatedly at her dead child's grave, the movie ends with everyone dying right before the prom.
No Exit
Saturday detention's a drag! And thanks to the school principal locking three students in the teacher's lounge, there's no way out! Garry (Martin Sheen), Izzy (Laguna Beach's Kristin Cavallari), and Stella (Hillary Duff) try to make the best of things while a view of the annual Battle of the Bands mocks them from the outside world and they squabble over who to take to prom. Watch as the unlikely love triangle of these young troublemakers unfolds.
Oedipus Rex
Oed (Lil' Flip) was a big fish in a small pond at Olympus High. A chance visit to the palmreader booth at the county fair reveals his awful secret: He's destined to kill his dad (Tim Curry) and marry his mom (Meryl Streep). Gross! To protect his parents, he takes off to the big city. In his haste, he runs over what he thinks is a squirrel, but continues his flight. Once in the city, he enrolls in a new high school just in time for the prom, but he realizes he needs a smokin' hot date in order to fit in. In desperation he calls up an escort service and is greeted at the door by Debbie, the classiest MILF he had ever seen. After some post-prom festivities, Debbie confides in him and explains her tragic past - the hit-and-run death of her husband and her lost son!
An EBUS Named Desire
In her most challenging role yet, Lindsay Lohan plays the oversexed and underfed teenage girl Sammy in An EBUS Named Desire. When Sammy gets caught in the middle of gang warfare at Huston-Tillotson College, she is forced to go stay with her knocked-up sister at UT (Britney Spears). Awkward social tensions arise when Sammy finds out her sister is dating a working-class student (Kevin Federline). Ewww! But what will happen when Sammy's sister goes into labor in Jester East? Will Sammy's substance abuse problem and promiscuity ruin her chances with the cute RA(Sean Wayans)? Will they have time to stop by the Orange and White Prom?
Death in Venice Beach
In this dark comedy, a workaholic named Gus (Simon Cowell) finds himself going through a mid-life crisis. He decides that the only way to get out of his funk is to move from chilly Connecticut to sunny Venice Beach. But when Gus meets Tad (Ryan Seacrest), a hot high-school senior, at the local surf-shop, his world is turned upside-down! Watch as Gus tries again and again to steal Tad's heart. After all, prom is approaching, and Tad doesn't have a date!
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