Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Idyllic Boarding SchoolDead Poets is set almost entirely at Welton Academy, a (thankfully fictional) boy's boarding school in Vermont. We spend fall and some of winter with the students at Welton....

One of the GuysThe film is told from a pretty straightforward perspective. There are no flashbacks or dream sequences, and it moves ahead in time chronologically…just like the linear march of the...

Coming-of-Age Movie, Drama-ComedyTime to Grow UpAh, ye olde coming-of-age. It's basically—after falling in love—pretty much the #1 subject in literature and film.Just take a gander at the typic...

The Dead Poets Society was an old, secret society at Welton—one which Mr. Keating was involved with back in his days as a student. What do we know about their super-secret activities? Well, we kn...

Looking for a happy ending? Might want to try a different movie. Maybe—pro-tip—one that doesn't have the word dead in the title. The final scene of the film features the reinstatement of the st...

PG: Pretty Un-GraphicThere's little-to-no graphic content in this one, but that isn't to say there isn't a startling moment or two. A surprising and tragic death is the only shock factor viewers wi...