'Mean Girls'Sun., May 3, 5PM on ABC Family
What It's About: Attending high school for the first time, a teenager (Lindsay Lohan) becomes friends with three popular but manipulative students.
Fun Fact: Co-star -- and now Emmy winner -- Tina Fey ('30 Rock') also wrote the film's screenplay.
We Say: This high school comedy earns high marks for its dead-on performances (yes, even from Lohan) and Fey's biting screenplay, which is raunchy enough for the teens to enjoy but smart enough for parents and adults to remember their best -- and worst -- teenage years. In other words: It's so fetch.
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'My Fair Lady'
Mon., May 4, 5PM on TCM
What It's About: Oscar-winning adaptation of the Broadway hit about an English professor who teaches a cockney merchant (Audrey Hepburn) to be a lady.
Number of Oscars: Eight, including Best Picture. Still, the flick encountered a major snub when 'My Fair Lady' herself Audrey Hepburn was overlooked for a Best Actress nomination (ironically, the prize eventually went to Julie Andrews for 'Mary Poppins,' who originated Hepburn's role on Broadway).
We Say: 'My Fair Lady' is a lovely movie indeed, filled with songs and performances so memorable we're still not sure how the rumored Keira Knightley remake will ever be as good. But as Eliza Doolittle would say ... just you wait.
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'Erin Brockovich'Tue., May 5, 9PM on Starz
What It's About: A law clerk (Julia Roberts) researching a client's health case stumbles on a cover-up of a contaminated water supply in a desert town.
Fun Fact: Roberts proved the third time really is the charm when she (finally!) took home the 2000 Oscar for Best Actress.
We Say: 'Erin Brockovich' rests on the supremely charismatic Julia Roberts, who delivers a knock-out that remains her best work to date.
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More flick picks of the week:
'Sleepless in Seattle'
Wed., May 6, 7 and 9:30PM on Oxygen
'Star Trek: First Contact'
Thu., May 7, 9PM on Sci Fi
'Ray'
Fri., May 8, 8PM on FX
'Fred Claus'
Sat., May 9, 8PM on HBO (HBO premiere)
'Hoop Dreams'
Watch anytime on AOL TV
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