Talking, as I was in the previous posting, about charismatic teachers and their charming pupils in the movies, this looks like it could be fun. Yes folks, it's School of Rock of , starring Jack Black, who I thought was great in High Fidelity.

Here's a synopsis:

Synopsis: Dewey Finn is a hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur. Kicked out of his band and desperate for work, Dewey impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers. The private school's uptight and skeptical head, Principal Mullins, watches on as the 'new sub' preps the kids for Battle of the Bands.

It's nice that he's called Dewey – a little educational philosophy in-joke there.

Reviews seem to be mostly good and I will definitely see this at some point, although probably only when it comes out on DVD in Britain. Most of the reviews say that it is good old-fashioned frothy Hollywood comedy with its heart in the right place and saved from schmaltz by being well and winningly performed.

And when I do see School of Rock I will seek out the serious educational ideas that are sure to be contained in it, and report back to you all.