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Big Time Adolescence – Film Review

A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Monroe “Mo” Harris (Griffin Gluck) attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke (Pete Davidson), an unmotivated-yet-charismatic college dropout. Although Zeke genuinely cares about Mo, things start to go awry as he teaches nontraditional life lessons in drug dealing, partying, and dating,…

  • 2026

All the Bright Places – Film Review

After meeting each other, two young teenagers named Theodore Finch (Justice Smith) and Violet Markey (Elle Fanning) struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past. They discover that even the smallest moments can mean something. If anybody knows me, they know that I genuinely love coming-of-age films. It’s without a doubt one of…

  • 2026

Run This Town – Film Review

An emerging political scandal in Toronto in 2013 seen through the eyes of young staffers at city hall and a local newspaper. Ricky Tollman’s independent feature Run This Town is one that has great ambitions. A large portion of it plays out similarly Adam McKay’s The Big Short in that it is full of quick-cut editing styles and feels…

  • 2026

The Invisible Man – Film Review

After staging his own suicide, a crazed scientist named Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) uses his power to become invisible to stalk and terrorize his ex-girlfriend Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss). When the police refuse to believe her story, she decides to take matters into her own hands and fight back. Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man serves as a…

  • 2026

Disappearance at Clifton Hill – Film Review

A troubled young woman named Abby (Tuppence Middleton) returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls, where the memory of a long-ago kidnapping quickly ensnares her. Albert Shin’s Disappearance at Clifton Hill starts off with a bang. A creepy opening draws us in on an unnerving scene. A young child is with her family in the…

  • 2026

Brahms: The Boy II – Film Review

When a young family moves to the Heelshire’s residence, terror strikes when a boy from the family named Jude (Christopher Convery) discovers a doll called Brahms that appears to be eerily human. So far, in the year 2020, we have been cursed with quite a number of horrible horror films. In the first week of…

  • 2026