Eighth Grade Review
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Eighth Grade Review

Whereas other filmmakers would diminish the realities of middle school by pandering to a younger demographic, Burnham grounds the entire story in reality. He isn’t hyperbolic with his characters, but he perfectly portrays character types that we’ve all known in middle school.

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How to Talk to Girls At Parties Review
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How to Talk to Girls At Parties Review

Mitchell stretches out something that was short and got to its point into a feature film that attempts to balance way too many themes but never committing to one.

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Blockers Review
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Blockers Review

In “American Pie”, they practically just treated sexuality as a joke, but here it is both the comedic and emotional theme that is rather bittersweet.

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Moonlight Review
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Moonlight Review

This is one of those films I've gone into blind without seeing a trailer similar to what I did with Sing Street earlier this year. It was a movie I just thought as a film for the LGBT community, but as watching it I realize it is much more than that.

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The Edge of Seventeen Review
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The Edge of Seventeen Review

With this film written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, this has a rebellious spirit that's very honest and endearing. If Sixteen Candles, Pretty In Pink, and an adult R-rated version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid had a baby, it would be this movie. 

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