Vanessa Hudgens

High School Musical

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  • Title: High School Musical
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Premiering on the Disney Channel 20 years ago, and quicky becoming the most successful original TV-movie for the channel, High School Musical took the Romeo & Juliet-esque themes of mismatched lovers to high school to the delight of audiences with its choreographed dance numbers, pop hits, and the kind of warm fuzzy tone where despite all obstacles you know everything will turn out all right in the end.

The film’s soundtrack (including “Start of Something New,” “What I’ve Been Looking For,” “Stick to the Status Quo,” “When There Was Me and You,” and “Bop to the Top“) became the best-selling album of the year, and the TV-movie launched the careers of Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, and Ashley Tisdale.

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Bad Boys: Ride or Die

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  • Title: Bad Boys: Ride or Die
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is exactly what you would expect from the franchise known for its inconsistent consistency. We get plenty of action and explosions, overly convoluted plot leading into some humorous (and some groanworthy) situations, and a hefty dose of nostalgia and nods to fans for a franchise that is now nearly 30 years old. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return once more, this to to clear the name of their former captain (Joe Pantoliano who appears in flashbacks and shitty artsy-fartsy dream sequences). Thrown in are the obvious bad guy hiding in plain sight along with the returning Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, and Paola Núñez.

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Dead Hot: Season of the Witch

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  • Title: Dead Hot: Season of the Witch
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The unscripted drama Dead Hot: Season of the Witch follows Vanessa Hudgens and Georgia Magree on their journey into the mystical involving learning more about ghosts and witchcraft. While you can tell the subject is important to both Hudgens and her real-life friend, the results are mixed. In the end you can’t help but wonder if a bit more scripting or a more traditional documentary style would have served the pair better in the personal interests they want to explore.

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