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Or even, one that was played by frat boy deity Seth Rogen?

To add insult to injury, he finds himself having to fend off unwanted passes, and turns into something of a campus cause celebre after claiming to be the victim of a gay bashing by frat boys.

The problem somewhat lies in misplaced priorities: Phillips and co-writer Scot Armstrong waste too much time on a silly love - interest subplot for Wilson; that time is much better served by the frat - boy idiocies, like Frank beer - bonging himself into streaking.

To his friends at AEPi — one of Harvard's fraternities, reputationally Jewish — during freshman year, Mark (or «Zuck») was known by his frat name «Slayer.»

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That's only a fraction of Uber's $ 41 billion valuation, but Lyft generally doesn't behave like it's run by immature frat boys and it has those pink moustaches, so score another couple points for the underdog.

In America, when you hear the brand name Pabst Blue Ribbon, a very specific image comes to mind — the cheap beer beloved by hipsters and frat guys.

Facebook famously started at Harvard, Google started at Stanford, and Snapchat was founded by Stanford frat guys.

As I said last year, Uber has at times seemed like a company run by irresponsible frat boys.

The company's frat - like work environment was in evidence both during a 2014 outing in South Korea when Kalanick and other executives went to a karaoke bar that allowed male guests to select paid «hostesses» by number — leading to an HR complaint by one one female manager in the group — as well as at a Las Vegas retreat in 2015 where one male employee groped a fellow employee and another brought a prostitute to his room.

The three - year - old incident surfaces as Uber is struggling to address a frat - boy culture as described in detail by former engineer Susan Fowler.

In what must surely rank as one of the most squalid seduction scenes in literature, Charlotte's Spartan self - confidence is overcome by a combination of alcohol, a handsome frat boy's flattery, and her own ambivalent yearnings to be noticed and envied.

I would add that it has to be something that can socially compete (and to some extent by taking over from the inside) with a) the frat - based party scene, b) the college bar scene, c) the overwhelm - the - senses disco club scene, and d) the rock scene, both «indie» and more mainstream.

You'd still be shut out by a group of people who didn't like your frat.

I'm a student, and if there's something that unites students more than frat parties, it's the solidarity we share whenever we are scammed by various writing services.

They cause a frat party in my gut by poking holes in the lining, so I need to avoid them.

Avoid the overgrown frat boys by avoiding guys who photograph themselves with any kind of alcoholic beverage in their hands.

Described by one prominent critic as Revenge of the Nerds with an increased fart quotient and added projectile vomiting, this dumb - dumb frat comedy cast Heder, Spade and Schneider as a trio of losers who form a baseball team to thwart a bunch of elementary - school bullies; Heder played a booger - eating dork with an unhealthy degree of maternal attachment.

Todd Phillips, the director of «Old School,» «Road Trip» and an HBO documentary called «Frat House» as well as a writer of «Borat,» has shown himself to be an adept and tireless connoisseur of male boorishness and stupidity, though the crude humor he dispenses is frequently leavened by nuggets of inventiveness and wit.

Even with cameo appearances by Seann William Scott, Snoop Dogg and a genuinely funny bit by Andy Dick, it shouldn't be easy to mess up a standard frat versus the college template but Old School makes its best effort!

Momentarily, I thought Wedding Crashers may just break the run of rubbish produced by the «Frat Pack» — think Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Starsky & Hutch and Old School.

The «heart throb» fraternity tri-fecta of Teddy (Zac Efron (Charlie St. Cloud), Pete (Dave Franco (Now You See Me, 21 Jump Street), and Scoonie (Superbad, Kick - Ass) are next door with their own goals in mind, to party, and to become frat legends by throwing the «Ultimate» party.

But suffice it to say that this unlikely scenario leads to many hijinks: the friends humiliate an old enemy, now the dean (Jeremy Piven), arrange ragers and KY - jelly wrestling matches, and must climactically save the frat by passing a series of elaborate mental and physical tests.

That picked - over sub-genre known as the frat hazing drama (see 2016's «Goat») finds a new pledge in «Burning Sands,» but aside from being set at a black college, this achingly earnest first feature by Gerard McMurray really adds nothing new to the rites - of - passage syllabus.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story has become a sports cult film of sorts — one of the best of the Frat Pack movies — telling the story of the scrappy dodgeball team at Average Joe's gym, led by Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn), going against Ben Stiller's White Goodman and the formidable Purple Cobras from his Globo Gym.

Seth Rogen stars as a father who moves his family right next to a frat house run by an obnoxious student (played by Zac Efron) in this Universal Pictures comedy.

Seth Rogen and Zac Efron are starring in this comedy about a family man whose life is upended by a hard - partying frat boy.

Baby, It's You, directed by Anne Makespeace Beautopia, directed by Katharina Otto The Decline of Western Civilization, Part III, directed by Penelope Spheeris Divine Trash, directed by Steve Yeager The Farm, directed by Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus Frank Lloyd Wright, directed by Ken Burns Frat House, directed by Todd Phillips A Letter Without Words, directed by Lisa Lewenz Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart, directed by Timothy Greenfield - Sanders Modulations, directed by Iara Lee Moment of Impact, directed by Julia Loktev Out of the Past, directed by Jeffrey Dupre Paulina, directed by Vicky Funari Slavegirls, directed by Ellen Bruno Some Nudity Required, directed by Odette Springer Wild Man Blues, directed by Barbara Kopple

Tricked by his grandfather Dick (Robert De Niro), Jason finds himself driving the foulmouthed old man to Daytona Beach, Florida, for a wild spring break that includes frat parties, bar fights and an epic night of karaoke.

Perhaps because this is a film written and directed by men, cutting loose for these moms does not mean acting like they did when they were young and single, but rather a frat boy fantasy involving speeding in muscle cars, downing bottles of vodka and Jell - O shots, shrugging off any responsibilities, flipping their condescending boss the bird, throw wild and hedonistic parties, and trying to get laid with easy hookups at the local bar.

Office jockey Nick (Jason Bateman, in his best performance in ages) has been passed up for a promotion by the sadistic Harken (Kevin Spacey); dental assistant Dale (Charlie Day) works under constant sexual harassment from Julia Harris, DDS (Jennifer Aniston, hilarious for a change); and chemical - plant employee Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) is suddenly thrust into the dominion of middle - aged frat boy Bobby Pellit (Colin Farrell, perfection).

«The oddness of the hire — middlebrow frat - boy hero emcees Hollywood's glitziest night — was only heightened by MacFarlane's unpleasant demeanor,» The Atlantic writer Richard Lawson wrote of MacFarlane's performance.

There, though, these Grown Ups run into a pack of douchey frat boys (led by an uncredited Taylor Lautner).

Not for the faint of heart, Frat House is a powerful and disturbing film that should be seen by parents everywhere.

Meanwhile, Teller engages us by exuding flamboyant comic energy that overcomes the immobile juvenility of his character's frat boy exterior.

The producers should also be commended for hiring inexperienced young actors in the lead and supporting roles rather than the typical seasoned stars of the high school / frat pack genre, who you would normally associate with films of this nature, and they by and large acquit themselves rather well.

Un Chien Andalou by a drunken aspiring frat boy.

But just as the sale is agreed, a sorority moves in next door, founded by Shelby (Chloe Grace Moretz) in defiance of the usual frat - house rules.

This Week: It's another busy week in the Magical Studio in the Sky, and Kevin prepares for his frat party of movie reviewing by ripping off his shirt and rippling his muscles.

Phillips is more interested in the rags - to - riches story than how the U.S. government managed to get conned by a pair of inexperienced frat bros who had no business bidding on a $ 300 million military contract.

A film that seems to have been conceived by a bunch of frat boys on a bad acid trip, «Horns» is not only overlong and ridiculous, but an almost incomprehensible mashup of mystery, romance, raunchy comedy and horror.

Writers Steve Faber and Bob Fisher devise a number of clever ways to extend the joke of Wedding Crashers beyond the mere hit - and - run pleasures their characters derive, from having John and Jeremy bet on quoted scripture and ceremonial music (Johan Pachelbel's Canon in D, Richard Wagner's Wedding March Processional, etc.) to having them bound together by a leave - no - crasher - behind credo with all sorts of other rider attachments that eventually leads to a cameo by fellow Frat Pack member Ferrell as Chazz, the sort of mystical patriarch of this culture of uninvited party - hopping.

Goat seems content enough to draw the line between frat house meatheads and pledges without giving either side real heart, emotions or drive, which is uniquely surprising since its written by indie auteur writer / director David Gordon Green (All the Pretty Girls, Pineapple Express) who normally imbues his projects with a sense of Southern trash poetry and striking teen angst.

We immediately discover that Judd's wife, Quinn (Abigail Spencer) is sleeping with Judd's boss (a wealthy, frat - boy-esque radio DJ who never grew up — played quite convincingly by Dax Shepard).

Documentary (Tie) The Farm Directed by Jonathan Stack & Liz Garbus and Frat House Directed by Todd Phillips

Neel shows the glamorous side of partying with frat brothers — an endless supply of booze, girls willing to take off their clothes, and a random appearance by James Franco (who helped produce the film and owns the tiny role).

Walking back to his car after leaving a frat party early, Brad (Ben Schnetzer) gets approached by a peculiar person asking for a ride.

The former category features a «slut» who wants to have sex with Dick (played by Aubrey Plaza), a harpy of a fiancée for Jason (played by Julianne Hough), and a pair of dimwitted frat boys (played by Jake Picking and Michael Hudson).

That's how you feel, more or less, by the climax of Final Exam, a low - budget Halloween knock - off crossed with a dopey frat - boy comedy.

Thanks to the success of the Expendables franchise, which Sylvester Stallone fashioned into a frat party of over-the-hill meatheads, yesterday's action stars are back in vogue in a big way, as proven by all the over-50 fare that's followed Stallone's guns - and - grunts series.