yed in the new coming-of-age drama “Mixtape.” Gemma Brooke Allen is Beverly, a young orphan girl living with her grandmother Gail (Julie Bowen). Her parents died in a car accident and the only connection Beverly has with them is a mixtape that belonged to her mother.

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If you’re a child of the 80s or 90s, you might have made a mixtape or two. I did! Every week! The very joy of compiling songs to give your listeners the feels. That is displayed in the new coming-of-age drama “Mixtape.” Gemma Brooke Allen is Beverly, a young orphan girl living with her grandmother Gail (Julie Bowen).

Manny the Movie Guy and the Magic of “Mixtape”