Carrie is a high school girl that was raised by a very religious mother and has no friends. In fact, it seems as though her entire community is out to get her. Her classmates bully her, her teachers don’t seem to care too much about her, and even her mom abuses her and locks her in a closet as penance for her “sins.” Suddenly, Carrie starts to realize that she has abilities beyond those of other people around her …

Join in as we talk about how this movie made us reminisce about our own high school days and Chuy’s background working in education in our Critique Segment!

For our multi award winning Academic Segment, we talk about Uri Geller, a man who reportedly had psychic abilities and performed several demonstrations on TV during the 1970s and 1980s …

Last, but not least, we examine the villains in this movie, which happen to be the entire population of the town where Carrie lives, as well as their motives. We also try to answer the question, can people in a society ever change for the better?

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