It has been over two years since I added The Kings of Summer to my “to watch” list of Summer Movies. I was fairly confident …
“I’m a Man Now”
Movies
Solitude and Adult Allies
Catching up on last summer’s (surprising plethora of) teen movies has offered an incredible variety of teen experiences. Coming of age can mean so many …
Potential Plot Does Not a Story Make
What kind of teenager walks into Paris Hilton’s house, lounges on her couch, dances on her stripper pole, and finally steals some purses, clothes, jewelry …
Deconstructing the Universal Experience: 21 Jump Street
It is impossible to try to describe what 21 Jump Street is about without making it sound much worse than it is. This is a movie …
The Reunion
Nine years after the cancellation of the super teen sleuth, Veronica Mars series, the much-anticipated follow-up film hit theatres. The movie picks up Veronica’s story after …
Dick-Alma Rules!
Netflix is great for letting you indulge in old favourites, suggesting terrible movies, and also providing access to sweet, foreign coming of age films you’d …
Whip It: Review
It’s such a pleasure to catch up on a movie you’d wanted to see ages ago and discover that it was well worth it. Whip …
The Spectacular Now
This summer, a string of coming of age/teen experience movies with an indie feel have filtered through my local independent cinema. Finally, I actually made …
Hungering for Heroines
This week, I caught up with the rest of the world and picked up the young adult phenomenon, The Hunger Games. I read the first …
The Importance of Parents
I generally write and reflect on teen television, sort of ignoring that sister genre, the teen movie. I tend not to review films, partly just …