Zoey Deutch
Like in social media, everything in Not Okay is a hollow passing glance as the movie keeps scrolling and clicking along.
Graham Moore’s “The Outfit” relies heavily on a charming performance by Mark Rylance but can’t tie together its many loose threads.
The performances, writing, direction, and overall energy remain superb, further showing a series that is as confident as it is bold.
The story isn’t particularly revelatory, but the idiosyncratic humor and Zoey Deutch make Buffaloed a fun film.
The Year of Spectacular Men might spin its wheels and veer off course, but there’s still some fun to be had by these spectacular women.
During its best moments, Set It Up slaps a goofy smile on your face while delivering simple comedic pleasures and worth the watch for Deutch and Powell alone.
While tiptoeing on the line of empowering and exploitative, Flower is an unconventional teen film for a new generation that finds its true strength in in its leading lady Zoey Deutch.
Rebel in the Rye is interesting when looked at from a writer’s perspective, but unfortunately doesn’t work as a cohesive biopic.
Before I Fall is a young adult adaptation that manages to stand apart from the rest, presenting a lavishly told thriller about high schoolers.
Richard Linklater may be the definitive coming-of-age filmmaker of our time, effortlessly blending John Hughes indebted stories of young people coming to grips with their own identities, with an Altman-esque ear for naturalistic dialogue. His films feel timeless, yet completely of their time – snapshots of a generation that will remain beloved when the next generation of cinephiles lay their eyes on them. A “Spiritual Sequel” His latest film, the punctuation-friendly Everybody Wants Some!!
