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Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Surprisingly good movie.
Before watching this I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was. Granted, it's not a work of art, but it's better than a lot of movies that are out there.
The basic story revolves around Leigh Ann Watson getting caught by Mrs. Tingle with answers to an exam only less than a week away from graduation (and she has to get an A in Tingle's class to be valedictorian and get a scholarship). What Tingle doesn't realize is that her other student Luke was the one who made the copy of the answers and stuck it in there. So Leigh Ann, Luke, and Leigh Ann's best friend Jo Lynn go to Tingle's house to try to talk her into believing that it was not Leigh Ann that was cheating.
Tingle thinks it will be "scandalous" and after a mishap involving an arrow almost killing Tingle, she is tied up and held hostage by the three teens for several days while they try to cover up their tracks and make sure that nobody finds out. Pretty much the next hour or so of the movie is in Tingle's house. She gets Jo Lynn and Leigh Ann to turn on each other by telling them fabricated stories from her past that revolve around both girls' attractions toward Luke.
The ending was kind of corny, but most movie endings are anyway so I guess the writer(s) has my forgiveness for that.
All in all, it was a pretty good watch. If you have a good hour and a half to kill, I would recommend this movie. It's not a bad movie, and even if you don't like the genre it does what a lot of movies can't do - entertain. It may not be the most believable movie ever, but overall I found it to be surprisingly good.
Fastlane (2002)
One of the best TV shows on the planet.
I started watching Fastlane this summer (almost 10 years after it was on air), when I found it on Netflix. I watched the entire series and fell in love with it - granted, one or two episodes don't tickle my fancy, but considering there's only one season, it's not like I wasn't expecting it.
There are only a few downsides to the show - the cliffhanger it ends on, the DVD has crappy music (the aired versions are much better, I watched a couple), the criminals are almost always druglords or gangsters, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.
The upsides - the guest stars and cameos are great 99% of the time, the cars/bikes in the Candy Store are nice (not to mention expensive, like Ferraris and Ducatis), the action is nice for a TV show, etc., etc. the list goes on.
Personally, I think Fastlane is one of the best TV shows on the planet - more specifically, one of the best cop shows.
I highly recommend it for anyone who loves cars, cop shows, the Fast and Furious films, Miami Vice or just someone looking to kill an hour.