Jeanette Brox Movies

Jeffrey Blitz's seriocomedy Rocket Science proves that many a handicap can be overcome, no matter how daunting the obstacle at hand may initially seem. Newcomer Reece Thompson plays Hal Hefner, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route -- he joins the school debating team, which sends him on a headfirst plunge into breakneck speech competitions -- and offers a much-needed boost toward correcting the problem. Blitz, like his onscreen alter ego, struggled with a stammer as a young man -- a disability he eventually surmounted -- which imparted him with a lifelong interest in speech and storytelling. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

The thriller Wilderness Survival for Girls concerns a trio of high school girls who end up keeping a stranger captive in the woods. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Her nervousness heightened by the well-meaning counsel of friends and family, Rory (Alexis Bledel) anxiously awaits the arrival of her application forms from Harvard. Before filling out the forms, Rory seeks out the advice of two alumni, who simply tell her to "be original." Meanwhile, Taylor (Michael Winters) pressures Luke (Scott Patterson) to add an "old-fashioned" soda fountain to his establishment; though she's still trying to keep her musical aspirations a secret from her conservative mother, Lane (Keiko Agena) joins the rock band led by Dave Rygalsky (Adam Brody, in his series debut); and we meet a few stray members of the celebrated Springsteen family. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

One of the more difficult high school students in cinematic history moves on to college in this sexy thriller. Debbie Strand (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, in the role Rose McGowan played in the first film) was sentenced to a mental institution for the criminally insane after her previous murder spree, but she manages to escape, and while making her getaway by hitchhiking, she's picked up by Sydney Hollings (Christiana Frank), a student on her way to start classes at an upscale college nearby. Debbie murders Sydney and assumes her identity in hopes of avoiding the police, but Debbie's obsession with older men starts causing problems again when she becomes interested in Sam Decker (Jsu Garcia), one of her professors. Debbie soon learns that she has a rival for Sam's affections in Carla (Katherine Kendall), Sam's girlfriend, and this proves to be bad for the long-term health of all parties concerned. Debbie also finds she doesn't get along especially well with her new roommate, Laney (Jeanette Brox). Devil in the Flesh 2 was also screened under the title Teacher's Pet. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi