The Movie Matchmaker

“Searching”: a haunting story told completely through the lens of modern technology. Directed by: Aneesh Chaganty Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 1:42 Review by: Livi Edmonson Actor John Cho stars in this modern technological thriller as David Kim, who is the widowed man and father of 16-year-old Margot Kim. David thinks everything in Margot’s life is normal: she has friends, she goes to study groups, and also attends piano lessons, as far as he knows. One night, Margot doesn’t return from study group and David soon finds that she is missing.  A determined detective is assigned to the case, but it has now been 37 hours, and no one has found any clues. David continues to investigate Margot’s personal life anymore and decides to dig through her laptop. David finds a few more hints as to where his daughter could have disappeared to that night, but what he ultimately learns in doing this is that he maybe didn’t know his teenage daughter as well as he thought he did....

“Set It Up” single-handedly reinvents the Rom-Com era. Directed by: Claire Scanlon Rated: TV-14 Runtime: 1:45 Review by: Livi Edmonson In the age of Netflix and other media streaming services, it comes as no surprise that many of this year’s hottest movies are coming straight to Netflix from Netflix, instead of to the box office and from the box office. One of the latest, trendiest Netflix original movies is “Set It Up”, currently holding a magnificent score of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.  The film follows two hardworking assistants: Charlie (Glenn Powell) and Harper (Zoey Deutch), who come up with the absolutely genius plan to basically “Parent Trap” their horrible bosses. They do this by feeding information to each other about their bosses’ likes and dislikes. Though the ultimate goal is to make their dictating bosses fall for each other, Harper and Charlie find that they might be falling for each other instead.  I think what really will r...

“Eighth Grade”: a brilliantly realistic view of middle school adolescence. Directed by: Bo Burnham Rated: R Runtime: 1:34 Review by: Livi Edmonson Every now and then, there’s an incredibly special film released that is capable of making a person feel every emotion possible. “Eighth Grade” is one of these rare and spectacular films.  The film follows Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher), who is an apprehensive and shy thirteen-year-old, trying to finish her last week of middle school. She learns a lot about herself within this final week and comes to the realization that being unpopular isn’t always the end of the world, especially if she is comfortable in her own skin.  I think what will ultimately resonate with audiences about this film is its overall element of realism. The majority of the movie’s scenes are painfully awkward and cringe-worthy, but hey, eighth grade in general is cringe-worthy and at least this movie doesn’t try to sugarcoat this part...

“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”: a believable and lovable teenage romantic comedy.   Directed by: Susan Johnson Rated: TV-14 Runtime: 1:39 Review by: Livi Edmonson    Based on the 2014 novel of the same name by author Jenny Han, “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” is your new Netflix Original romance flick to become obsessed with. If you haven’t heard of this film before, it’s time to jump on the bandwagon. Not only is everyone, including hot-shot film critics (hence its 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes), talking about this movie, but also people are completely infatuated with it, watching it over and over again, if not more than once in the same day, as I have previously learned from many of my peers. Ask anyone who has seen this movie and I can promise you that they are as utterly in love with this story and its wonderful characters as the rest of us.  The film follows shy, yet super cool teenager Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor), as she...