10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

GENRE:  Romance/ Comedy
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
DIRECTOR:  Gil Junger
WRITER:  Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith,

PLOT:  Inspired by William Shakespeares "The Taming of the Shrew" set in modern day suburbia in a high-school.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Clueless, Never Been Kissed, Brick

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THE OMEN

GENRE:  Horror/ Thriller
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
DIRECTOR:  John Moore
WRITER:  David Seltzer

PLOT:  a remake of The Omen (1976), a young mother and father go through a series of events that make them realize that their young son may actually be the devil reborn.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Shining, The Exorcist, The Reaping, Rosemary's Baby

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MONA LISA SMILE

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stile, Maggie Gyllenhaal
DIRECTOR:  Mike Newell
WRITER:  Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal

PLOT:  Set in the 50's, a liberal and independent female professor at Wellesley's all girl school teaches her students to think differently.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Dead Poet's Society, Good Will Hunting, An Education

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