Directed by Stephen Chbosky The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a coming of age young adult drama. Stories like these often unfold like this: --Boy is a sad, isolated and possibly self-loathing -- Boy admires a charismatic character from afar who embraces who they are rather than hiding it -- Boy identifies romantic interest … Continue reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
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Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Directed by Robert Rodriguez Alita: Battle Angel takes place on what looks to be the flimsy sets of the original Total Recall (1990). These are crowded, tiny streets bustling with improbable activity. There are street markets, street urchins, bounty hunters and youth with reckless abandon. Another factor making the diverse community all the more diverse is … Continue reading Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Five Feet Apart (2019)
Directed by Justin Baldoni Alright so I watched the sick kids falling in love movie. I don't mean to be reductive or to take away from the story here, but Five Feet Apart is a young adult romance that very much just follows the template of 2014's The Fault in Our Stars. Going back even further it's … Continue reading Five Feet Apart (2019)
Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town (2017)
Directed by Christian Papierniak Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town is a punk rock little movie made in the style of something from the early 90s, deeply colored with qualities of other Gen X movies. Mackenzie Davis plays Izzy, down on her luck and stewing in her own misery. When she learns that her ex-boyfriend Roger (Alex … Continue reading Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town (2017)
The Chocolate War (1988)
Directed by Keith Gordon The Chocolate War has a lot in common with what I must assume is a much more accessible movie, 1989's Dead Poets Society. Both films take place at all-male boarding schools in which there is a strong divide between the adolescents and their teachers. In Dead Poets Society Robin Williams plays the teacher … Continue reading The Chocolate War (1988)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Only recently did Me and Earl and the Dying Girl become one of my comfort movies. That doesn't mean it's good, in fact I'm not sure how I feel about this movie anymore, but I can't deny that I get something out of it whenever I watch it, which has only been … Continue reading Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl [Script Only]
Written by Jesse Andrews / 103 pages *NOTE: I've broken down the script in my best estimation of plot/sequence breaks. I may be wrong, but this is how I mentally structured this story. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a coming of age story. Our hero, Greg, is a high school senior who has … Continue reading Me & Earl & the Dying Girl [Script Only]
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