Checked out 20th Century Women, a new coming-of-age film set in 1979 starring Annette Benning as a single mother trying to raise her teenage son. She enlists the aid of the kid’s best friend, an older sexually active girl played … Continue reading
Checked out the new teen drama/comedy The Edge of Seventeen starring Hailee Steinfeld (from True Grit and Ender’s Game… and pop songs) and Woody Harrelson. This has been compared to a modern-day John Hughes move and that’s not too far … Continue reading
Watched the academy award nominated film Brooklyn. This is about a young Irish woman who moves from Ireland to Brooklyn to find a better life with more opportunity. Set in 1952, this is a sweet, gentle, earnest, adorable, lovely, and … Continue reading
Max is the new movie about military dogs… sorta. The premise is that a service dog in Afghanistan loses his handler in battle, gets PTSD, and has to be rotated back to the States. Unfortunately, he’s too traumatized to be … Continue reading
Caught the indie film Dope which I mainly knew about because it had a crazy innovative teaser trailer that suggested it was set in the 90s and had something to do with video games and hip hop. Turns out, it’s … Continue reading
The indie romance The Spectacular Now opened wide today and I checked it out. Wonderful movie. Fantastic, sweet, honest, and believable. I highly recommend everyone check it out. It’s basically a teen romance that’s been compared to Say Anything… it’s … Continue reading
Went to see the new indie comedy/drama The Way Way Back – it’s a wonderful, fun, and funny slice ‘o life, coming-of-age type movie about an awkward 14 year old boy on summer vacation with his mom and her dbag … Continue reading
Saw The Perks of Being a Wallflower which is based on an amazing book from about 10-12 years ago (young adult coming-of-age type novel). As a movie, it makes a fantastic book. As a book, it makes a pretty good … Continue reading
Yeah, this sequel is a pretty fun little family/kids movie. Quite funny, sweet film. The original movie was pretty good too but suffered from the kid being an unlikable little jerk… he’s better now… but still prone to mistakes. Maybe … Continue reading