At its surface, Bring It On is a fun teen rom-com about cheerleading that perfectly sets up its tongue-in-cheek tone with its opening dream sequence. Featuring the “I’m sexy, I’m cute, I’m popular to boot” cheer, it pokes fun at how people typically view cheerleading as nothing more than a bitchy popularity contest, but the film also shines…
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10 Female Coming-of-Age Films from the Early 2000s
Also featured in Ramona Magazine. Coming-of-age films are a genuine treasure to cinema. And so is John Hughes, who brought us the 80s classics, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Sixteen Candles. Unrelated to Hughes, there’s also the incredible Heathers, Clueless, and Mean Girls—my favourite unofficial trilogy of films from the 80s, 90s and 2000s. But what about the…