Sundance 2020: Dinner in America

Dinner in America may be a love letter to the 1990s punk rock scene in the American Midwest but it’s also a surprising love story. After an failing to make money during a medical study , Simon (Kyle Gallner) ends up making a run for it.  He ends up with Beth’s (Hannah Marks) family but relations sour with Betty (Lea Thompson) very quickly.  A fight ensues and he tries burning the house down.  Basically, anything…

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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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