Richard Horvitz

Summer School -- Charlie is a teenage horror buff and even runs his own movie review website.

From the director of 'Spirited Away' and 'Ponyo,' the lushly animated tale of a young woman cursed by a witch, who discovers that her best chance to break the spell lies with a young wizard and his four-legged walking home.

Schools out, and Ocean Front High gym teacher Freddy Shoop (Mark Harmon) has big plans: summer in Hawaii. But the schools vice-principal has plans for Freddy, too: teaching remedial English. Aloha paradise - hello, Summer School. Director Carl Reiner (All Of Me, The Jerk) delighted fans and critics alike with this warm, perceptive comedy about a laid-back teacher (Harmon) relegated to teaching a class of likeable misfits, including a slasher-flick addict (Dean Cameron), his wacky sidekick (Gary Riley), and a sexy female surfer (Courtney Thorne-Smith) of TVs Ally McBeal and Melrose Place). Kirstie Alley (TVs Cheers and Veronicas Closet) is the no-nonsense history professor down the hall whos keeping an eye on all the shenanigans - and on the handsome, irresistible Freddy. The road to academic success has never been bumpier, but to earn straight As in laughtertake Summer School.

High School coach Freddy Shoop has plans: summer in Hawaii. But the vice-principal has plans for Freddy, too. Teaching remedial English. Aloha, paradise. Hello, Summer School. Comedy about a laid-back teacher who has as much to learn as his class of likable misfits. Together, they survive, goof-ups and good times on the road to academic success... and the self-respect that goes with it. Earn straight "A's" in laughter... take Summer School.