It’s the mark of great cinema that a movie can mean one thing to a 20-something and another thing to a 40-something, but remain profound.
After completing the seven-book “Harry Potter” series, J.K. Rowling branched into adult novels with 2012’s “The Casual Vacancy,” and it could serve as a guide
In one of “The Catcher in the Rye’s” (1951) New York City walkabout vignettes, narrator Holden Caulfield attempts to strike up an intellectual conversation with
“Snack Shack” fits firmly into the coming-of-age genre, but it has a tremendous sense of place in 1991 Nebraska City, Neb., and its rhythms are
In my review of the 2019 TV miniseries adaptation of John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” (2005), I argued that the series breaks down the trope
Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” (2019) is one of the best novels I’ve read about how misplaced/abused trust between children and adults can lead to lifelong
“What a Girl Wants” (2003), rightly regarded as Amanda Bynes’ best starring role, adds sprinkles to the cake of the teen rom-com genre. It’s mostly
Amanda Bynes showed early talent for acting on skit shows “All That” and “The Amanda Show,” then did movies and a sitcom in the Aughts,
For her high school capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi decides to go over a closed murder investigation from five years in the past, believing the late
“Crazy/Beautiful” (2001) is one of the elite entries in the subgenre of cute and rich teen girls being provocative to see what they can get