Sundance 2019: Big Time Adolescence

Big Time Adolescence falls into the coming-of-age genre as the film is about a high school teen under the unfortunate bad influence of his best friend. Monroe “Mo” Harris (Griffin Gluck) is a high school teenager.  In a perfect world, his best friend would be someone in his age range.  Instead, his best friend is his sister’s ex-boyfriend, Zeke Presanti (Pete Davidson).  Despite his sister, Kate (Emily Arlook), and Zeke breaking up, Mo maintained contact…

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The Beguiled: Strong Performances in Civil War Drama

The Beguiled may be a remake of the 1971 movie of the same name but the acting performances are so strong in this psychological thriller that it almost doesn’t even matter. Written for the screen and directed by Sofia Coppola from the book written by Thomas Cullinan, the period drama stars Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning.  Oona Laurence, Angourie Rice, Emma Howard, and Addison Riecke all play boarding school students. Three…

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