MacBook Screen Twitches(or Flickers) then Freezes on Movement

I have a brand new MacBook Pro that I got about 3 months ago. Just over this weekend when I started moving it the screen would stark flickering or twitching then when it came back it would just freeze. I've had to do a hard shut down a restart everytime. Is there a way to fix it or do I have to take it to an apple store?

Thats great, then the movement wasnt causing the fault then.
Anytime a fault is dirrectly caused from a physical movement there is a hardware issue.
better than needing a repair.

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