10. going to the mat
summary: Jason "Jase" Newfield (Andrew Lawrence) is the new student at his school, and he is also blind. Thinking that his talent on the drums is his ticket to fit in, he shows off in music class, only to find out that his teacher is also blind. His peers begin to treat him differently, and he soon finds out that it is because people think that he is a snob, and not because he is blind. Desperate to fit in, he finds out that if he wants to be accepted, he must join a sport. He decides to try his luck with wrestling.
you might remember it because: a very attractive andy lawrence, his recorder, basketball, wayne brady, the drums, fixing the dislocated shoulder. ow.
9. wish upon a star
summary: It focuses on two teenage sisters that magically swap bodies because of a wish made on a shooting star. They spend several days living each other's life, sometimes with the intent to sabotage the other's reputation and achievements, but they learn to appreciate and help each other before they finally return to their own bodies.
you might remember it because: katherine heigl of grey's anatomy, "cute" outfits, stars, magic.
8. tru confessions
summary: Trudy "Tru" Walker is a teenager who wants to have her own TV-show. Tru dislikes her life, and is embarrassed because her twin brother, Eddie, has a mental disability which causes him to act like a young child. Tru feels sorry for him, but she is tired of people assuming she is also disabled. Tru, with the encouragement of her friends, decides to enter a contest, the winner of which will get their own TV show. With the documentary contest submission deadline coming close, Tru has her friends, Eddie, and her mom watch it first. To Tru's dismay, they all found it dreadfully boring. So Tru makes a video of her brother's life, and all of his complications.
you might remember it because: shia labeouf, he plays a mentally challenged teen, he freaks out/takes photos/screams paparazzi in one scene.
7. full-court miracle
summary: Alex Schlotsky is a freshman at Philadelphia Hebrew Academy, where he and his friends are on the school's struggling basketball team, the Lions. Without a coach and with a dream of winning the Liberty Tournament and defeating their school's rivals, the Warriors, Alex and his friends are determined to find their own Judah Macabee to coach their team. During one day of practice at a local park, Alex finds what he believes is their coach--Lamont Carr, an African-American college basketball star whose knee injury forced him to quit. After interrupting his game, Alex and Lamont don't get off to a good start. The next day, however, Alex offers to pay Lamont to coach their team--and Lamont reluctantly agrees.
you might remember it because: jewish tween boys playing basketball, hannukah scenes, homeless coach, they wore yarmulkes when they played basketball, bar mitzvah, vanessa hudgens was in it.
6. brink
summary: Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating friends, who call themselves "Soul-Skaters" (meaning they skate for the fun of it, and not the money), clash with a group of sponsored skaters - Team X-Bladz. When Brink discovers his family is in financial trouble, he decides to go over to the dark side of skating and joins Team X-Bladz for 200 dollars a week. His friends, who don't know about Brink's situation, begin thinking of him as a sell-out.
you might remember it because: erik von detten, cute skaters, the milkshake scene, "nun ya biz'ness."
5. pixel perfect
summary: Samantha's band, the Zetta Bytes, is meeting with little success, so her friend Roscoe uses his knowledge of technology designed by his father to create a holographic lead singer, Loretta Modern. The band instantly becomes successful, but Samantha begins to feel alienated, Roscoe discovers feelings for Loretta and Samantha, and Loretta struggles with individuality. Ultimately Loretta is sold to a record company, but one of the executives, Darryl, gives her a choice and helps her escape into the Internet when she decides on freedom.
you might remember it because: phil of the future's ricky ullman, bad singing, holograms.
4. high school musical
summary: ya ya ya
you might remember it because: oh shut up.
3. cadet kelly
summary: The plot of the movie concerns Kelly, a hyperactive and free-spirited middle school girl whose mother gets married to Brigadier General Joe "Sir" Maxwell (played by Gary Cole). When her new stepfather becomes the Commandant of a military school, Kelly enrolls there because it is the only school in the area. Kelly at first has trouble fitting in and obeying the orders of the officers above her, especially Cadet Capt. Jennifer Stone, played by Christy Carlson Romano, who likes a fellow student named Cadet Major Brad Rigby who is played by Shawn Ashmore. They reach the point of being taken to court and seeing Kelly sentenced to shine the uniforms of the drill team, a team she looked down upon, seeing the drill team members as robots. However, she gradually takes a liking to them and tries out. She makes the drill team and even helps the school win second place at the regional drill competition.
you might remember it because: of my awesome childhood role model hilary duff, painting the hair, boot camp, the dance, the "cool" ribbon dancing thing at the end during the competition.
2. camp rock
summary: The story follows Mitchie Torres (Demi Lovato), an aspiring young musician who is hoping to become a professional singer. Mitchie wants to go to a music camp for young musicians named "Camp Rock". Since the family can't afford the tuition, Mitchie's mother (Maria Canals Barrera) arranges to cater food for the camp, thus allowing Mitchie to attend. Mitchie wants to be friends with the camp's 'mean girl' Tess Tyler (Meaghan Jette Martin). When Mitchie introduces herself, the girls seem uninterested in her, so she lies about her mom, by saying she is the president of Hot Tunes TV China. They immediately take an interest in her and let her be their friend, making her very popular. Meanwhile, spoiled rock star Shane Gray (Joe Jonas) has been forced to also attend the camp, after walking off the set of Connect 3's latest music video by his other band members Jason (Kevin Jonas) and Nate (Nick Jonas). Shane hears Mitchie singing, and falls in love with the voice, but does not know the identity of the singer. Shane spends much of the movie searching for the girl with the voice. He and Mitchie have various interactions, and, when Shane learns of the person she pretends to be, a romance between the two blossoms until he finds out that she was lying about who she was. But when he realizes that Mitchie is the girl that he had heard singing, he re-instates their relationship.
you might remember it because: it's a mostly terrible movie but the jonai are in it so i had to put it on the list.
1. the color of friendship
summary: Mahree Bok lives on in a mansion in the apartheid-era in South Africa with her parents and little brother, Ronald. They also have a maid who cleans their house. Her father, Pieter Booker, cannot hide his joy when Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums lives in Washington, D.C. is the daughter of Ron Dellums, an outspoken opponent of the South Africa apartheid system and the oppression of black South Africans. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums's house as part of a foreign exchange program, she is surprised to find that the Dellums are black, and the Dellums are equally surprised to find that Mahree is a white South African. After an initial period of tension and distrust, during which Mahree locks herself into Piper's room, the two get to know each other. During her stay, Mahree sees people in America, black and white, getting along with each other and realizes that Piper, despite racial differences, is really no different than her. When Steve Biko is killed by South African police, there are mass protests around the world at South African embassies. Employees from the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. comes to the Dellums' house while Mr. Dellums is away and take Mahree with the intention of sending her back to South Africa, presumably to prevent her seeing the mass protests and rallying against the South African government. Mr. Dellums, upon hearing of Mahree being taken away, immediately goes to the South African embassy to get her back, by threatening to announce to the press that the embassy kidnapped Mahree from her host family. During this time, Mahree becomes sympathetic to the anti-apartheid cause and liberation of blacks in South Africa, even bringing back a freedom flag stitched to the inside of her coat when she returns, despite the fact that these flags are banned by the South African government.
you might remember it because: shadia simmons, the '60s, south africa, racist issues, the shopping trip, birds, public school, accents, washington d.c.
I can't wait for black history month so the color of friendship is on tv! :]
