Reviews tagged: coming of age

Power Rangers (2017)
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Power Rangers (2017)

The Power Rangers concept has gone a long way. They were originally simply a martial arts show from Japan. The American networks took the fight scenes and pieced them together with their own written narrative. There hav

Moonlight
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Moonlight

Boyhood was one of the best films of the past few years; it took such a simple look at the life of a kid through his maturing years. However, something that was overlooked in all the praise for the film, was that it onl

The Edge of Seventeen
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The Edge of Seventeen

Great high school movies have been hard to come by, and people have longed for the John Hughes films that so properly embodied the feeling of puberty. But the problem hasn’t been so much with the quality of today’s high

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have proven to be some of the most creative comedians of today. They certainly surprised everyone with their film This is The End , and have delivered a slew of original and hilarious comedie

Sing Street
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Sing Street

John Carney’s films are always about music. His two most successful films are Once and Begin Again , both great portrayals of the independent music world in Dublin and in New York. In Sing Street he returns to Dublin an

Everybody Wants Some!!
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Everybody Wants Some!!

Richard Linklater’s films are known for making ordinary characters seem so exceptional. His last film, Boyhood , was an incredible epic following the same actors for 12 years while they grew up, simultaneously telling a

Allegiant
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Allegiant

It’s a shame the route that YA movies are taking. They have completely lost the ambition and creativity that defined their great success. We’ve seen their decline with Maze Runner, Twilight, and the end of The Hunger Gam

Midnight Special
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Midnight Special

Jeff Nichols is becoming increasingly respected in the film world. His films are usually set in the American mid-west, and he has such deep and unique characters that tell very compelling stories that attract A-list acto