Young CriticThere’s such an obsession in Hollywood with creating franchises, it’s the ideal lifeblood for any studio, to have a movie out every one or two years that is a guarantee of revenue. Unfortunately, Hollywood, you can’t for
Young CriticOliver Stone always likes to put the American government in an uncomfortable position. It is therefore not a surprise that the subject of his newest film is Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower that leaked thousand
Young CriticGavin O’Connor has had a recent slump with his film slate. He was made famous for his great boxing film Warrior in 2011. This year he had two films come out, a western with Natalie Portman called Jane Got A Gun , which
Young CriticAlcoholic women in film are usually portrayed as playful or clumsy; in general Hollywood has had a set image of how drunk men and drunk women should look and be distinguished from one another. I was therefore very surpri
Young CriticThere is a very important debate in the art world, where people question whether to separate the art from the artist. The Birth of the Nation is Nate Parker’s pet project that looks into Nat Turner’s slave rebellion in
Young CriticPeter Berg and Mark Wahlberg have struck an incredibly productive partnership. The director and the movie star have collaborated on two previous projects, one was the war film Lone Survivor in 2013, and they also both p
Young CriticTim Burton has been criticized for hitting a bit of a roadblock in his directing choices recently. I really enjoyed his last film Big Eyes; it was a noble effort of restraining his abstract manner and returning to a simp
Young CriticWhen portraying the third world in films, it is usually common for there to be a lens of pity, so that us sitting comfortably in front of our screens can feel bad about our wealth. It is rare that we see an honest film t
Young CriticThe animation genre is being increasingly delved into, and it’s proving to be a monetary and creative goldmine. Many studios have created new branches solely focused on animation. Universal was successful with its Illumi
Young CriticRemakes are about half of the movies playing in cinemas today. It seems as though there’s been a sudden drought of original content as screenwriters have migrated to television. Fortunately a remake doesn’t always mean a
Young CriticClint Eastwood is known for taking on very heroic stories and managing to weave out of many possible cheesy outcomes and delivering a subtle and moving film. His paring with Tom Hanks – one of the greatest actors of all
Young CriticRomance films haven’t really been all that successful recently, at least not in the critical mind. The latest romance film with the potential of breaking this trend is The Light Between Oceans , which compiled a great cr
Young CriticGood “date movies” are really hard to come by nowadays. They all just end up being predictable rom-coms with overused story structures. The ‘walk and talk’ film that Richard Linklater brought about with his Before trilog
Young CriticIt’s hard to capture deep America; it’s an area where small amounts of people live with a lot of space. It’s the America that hasn’t changed for the past twenty years, and the ones that are protesting through Republican
Young CriticWow, I did not see that coming. Laika Animation Studios has garnered fame with their three first films: Coraline, Paranorman, and The Boxtrolls . Their projects were unique not only for their use of stop-motion, a dying
Young CriticWar is a subject that films have taken a liking to portray as either patriotic or horrible. I haven’t seen a film that has taken a different lens and portrayed war as a business. This is precisely what War Dogs does, al
Young CriticSeth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have proven to be a great comedic duo, their screenplays include Superbad, Pineapple Express, The Interview, and This Is The End. This last film especially had audience’s picking up on their
Young CriticWoody Allen is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time; over his career he has averaged more than one film per year. It’s normal to see a Woody Allen film come out every year, some are considered simply average works,
Young Critic“A year ago I had a fantastic version of this. And it would have received great reviews. You’ll probably never see it. That’s reality though.” These were director Josh Trank’s words referring to his Fantastic Four reboot
Young CriticHollywood doesn’t know when to stop. When studios find a franchise, they milk it until the product is absolutely spoiled, then they abandon the shriveled franchise and move on to another. We can see this process begin to
Young CriticThe two most bankable stars in the world right now are Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson. The first made his career in stand-up shows and in comedy films. The second one started off as a famous WWE wrestler, and then moved o
Young CriticPixar sequels haven’t generally worked out, bar the Toy Story trilogy, the sequels they’ve given us are Monster’s University and Cars 2 ; both have been step-downs from the originals. Finding Dory is the long-awaited se
Young CriticThis summer is turning out to be one of the most unoriginal in a long time. Every movie that comes out is either a sequel or another addition to a franchise. Some of the films have been duds and others have been quite en
Young CriticAs I have said in previous reviews, film adaptations of video games have never quite proven successful, and I had almost given up hope, when suddenly Warcraft came to the rescue. Now I have to warn you that Warcraft isn