Necessary Roughness

Rating: PG-13

Movie Release Date: September 27, 1991

DVD Release Date: January 30, 2001

Plot 411: A college is forced to rebuild its entire football team, including its coaches, after a scandal.

Review: This is a fun football movie starring Scott Bakula as Paul, an older-than-average college quarterback. He and his patchwork of teammates and coaches are replacements at their university and must try to uphold the school's winning tradition. However, the dean (Larry Miller) is doing his best to see that they fail so he can stop the sport. Paul convinces a grad student named Andre (Sinbad) to join the team as well and together they try to shape up the crew. This is another movie about underdogs, which most people will probably like. The football is okay. The acting is okay. The comedy is okay. All in all it's an average film with nothing exciting to mention. Also in this film are Kathy Ireland, Hector Elizondo, Robert Loggia, Jason Bateman and Rob Schneider.

Watch It: Because who doesn't like Sinbad?

Skip It: And you won't really miss much.

10 Things I Hate About You

Rating: PG-13

Movie Release Date: March 31, 1999

DVD Release Date: October 1, 1999

Plot 411: One sister's social life depends on another's. Money exchnages hands. People fall in and out of love.

Review: Kat (Julia Stiles) and Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) are as different as can be despite being related by blood. Kat, the older sister, is more withdrawn from the high school's typical social structure. Bianca is all too willing to become queen B. When their father (Larry Miller), forbids Bianca from dating unless Kat dates, he thinks this is a good way to deter his young, naive daughter because he doesn't believe Kat will ever date anyone. At school, new kid Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) falls for Bianca from afar and tries everything he can to win her over, including bribing the school jock Joey (Andrew Keegan) and aligning himself with the school outcast Patrick (Heath Ledger). This is one of those movies that started it all for young actors. Looking back on it, it's not one of those ground-breaking performances that'll win you an Oscar. But, it is a teen flick that'll get you noticed . . . and that's just what it did for many of these actors. Based on Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew, this movie was probably one of the better teen rom coms to come out of the late '90s. In a very memorable scene, Ledger sings and dances.

Watch It: For a quick look at where some of the best young actors began their careers.

Skip It: Because you're probably better off watching The Taming Of The Shrew in an original remake instead of an adaptation like this.