All posts tagged "coming of age"
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Jim Batts | September 27, 2024
MY OLD ASS – Review
As we enter into the Fall movie season, it’s time for an intimate lil’ “indie” that explores a...
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Cate Marquis | June 28, 2024
JANET PLANET – Review
In JANET PLANET, Julianne Nicholson plays Janet, the warming, single mother “sun” around which her daughter, 11-year-old Lacy...
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Jim Batts | June 13, 2024
INSIDE OUT 2- Review
Well, now we’re in “prime” Summer movie season mode as one of the big “crowd-pleasing” studios drops its...
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Jim Batts | February 8, 2024
SUNCOAST – Review
With 2024 only about six weeks old, filmgoers are getting a very interesting family comedy/drama that isn’t a...
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Cate Marquis | April 28, 2023
ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET – Review
Judy Blume’s beloved 1970 classic young adult novel finally makes it to the big screen in a sweet...
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Mark Glass | April 5, 2023
BALLOON ANIMAL – Review
This review of the movie, BALLOON ANIMAL is starting off slowly, which serves a couple of purposes. It...
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Jim Batts | March 15, 2023
WILDFLOWER (2023) – Review
This Friday sees the release of a “coming of age” story with a couple of very interesting twists....
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Cate Marquis | April 1, 2022
CODA – Review
CODA is writer/director Sian Heder’s charming coming of age comedy/drama about the daughter of a family of scrappy,...
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Cate Marquis | June 12, 2020
KING OF STATEN ISLAND- Review
At 24, Scott (Pete Davidson) is stuck in perpetual adolescence, living with his mother Margie (Marisa Tomei) in...
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Cate Marquis | July 27, 2018
EIGHTH GRADE – Review
Writer/director Bo Burnham’s EIGHTH GRADE is a remarkably true and honest portrait of a 13-year-old girl’s journey through...
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Cate Marquis | March 30, 2018
FLOWER – Review
Director Max Winkler takes the “troubled teen” concept of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and refreshes it by casting...
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Travis Keune | March 20, 2014
A BIRDER’S GUIDE TO EVERYTHING – The Review
Birds are fascinating creatures. This is true, but most people take birds for granted, so many of them...