Evan Hansen is crippled by social anxiety. He’s a high school student, so that’s not unusual, but Evan is a little bit more. It’s as if he wants to speak, but the words just won’t come. Not to his mother, … Continue reading DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) have been living under a false assumption. Wanting to get ahead, they decided to eschew social lives and spend high school with their noses in the books. And with the walls of their … Continue reading BOOKSMART
Detroit—the latest film from Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow—opens with as much promise and technical brilliance as any feature made this year. Starting with a brief animation depicting the White Flight of the 20th century, Detroit opens on the early morning of … Continue reading DETROIT
Men, Women & Children is the latest from Jason Reitman, who garnered his fame with well-made, well-plotted, well-paced movies like Thank You For Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), and Up in the Air (2009). Following that impressive run, Reitman’s value dropped considerably with Young Adult (2011) and Labor Day (2013)—which was dumped … Continue reading MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN
Short Term 12 derives its name from the place of business where the characters work. Short Term 12 is a halfway house of sorts for juvenile delinquents assigned there while the courts and families figure out what to do with them. … Continue reading SHORT TERM 12
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