Loser (DVD)

'I've got two tickets for Iron Maiden baby!...cos' I'm just a teenage dirtbag baby, like you, ooooh!' lots of my male friends took great objection to this film because of the Wheafus song 'Teenage Dirtbag' used in it and obviously the blasphemy of taking the mighty 'Maiden' in vain. Well, I don't really care. I knew that this film was not going to be a masterpeice when I rented it and I only decided to get it because it was free (perks of working in a video shop) and because I knew that it would be predictable. The basic story is that Jason Biggs' character Paul moves to college in New York and finds the people ...

I recently saw the new movie 'Loser' on video (for some reason it never came out in the cinema) and though it was really good. I have wanted to see this movie for ages, ever since Teenage Dirtbag came out and was a little surprises to find it was nothing like the video for the song. I expected the film to have the scenes in the video in it! I was wrong, although it makes very little difference as this film is excellent. It is directed by Amy Heckerling who did Clueless, and has some excellent actors in it - these include Mena Suvari (American Pie, American Beauty) and Jason Biggs (American Pie). They all show their acting ability in this film and ...

Director Amy Heckerling (Clueless) gives us another teen comedy romance along the lines of ’10 things I hate about you’ and ‘Down to you’ . Paul (Jason Biggs) is a small town boy in the big city having just graduated to Collage in New York City. His three room mates Chris (Tom Sadoski), Noah (Jimmi Simpson) and Adam (Zak Orth) hate him as he doesn’t fit into there 24/7 party life style and ultimately get him kicked out, Paul then finds residence in the Village Animal Hospital, however the real story to this film revolves around kind hearted Dora (Mena Suvari). When Paul is late for a class he finds a seat next to hers and its love at ...