Bearing homage to the 90s teen comedies of John Hughes and his colleagues, Love Simon is a bubbly, hilarious, and genuine take on the coming of age genre. Although it’s firmly rooted in the language of dramedies set in this familiar turning point in young people’s lives, it’s the consistently sharp character writing and the … Continue reading Love, Simon Review
Month: April 2018
I Kill Giants Review
Clearly bearing inspiration from Where the Wild Things Are and other fiction that stars kids using fantasy to escape their tragic reality, this comic book adaptation is able to conjure enough empathy for its protagonist to deliver it through some rocky pacing in the first half. I Kill Giants stars Madison Wolfe as Barbara, a … Continue reading I Kill Giants Review