Young CriticBarbie
Greta Gerwig's feminist and magical realist take on the toy is fun and insightful Greta Gerwig is living the director’s dream of flitting from vastly different projects and preventing viewers or studios from pinning her
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Young CriticTheater Camp
The loving tribute to theater is a solid directing debut from Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman Theater holds a special place in many actors’ hearts; it is usually the medium through which many performing artists first exp
Young CriticMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1
The first part of the supposed big finale struggles to find its balance It’s hard to believe, but the Mission: Impossible movies have already clocked seven entries—with an eighth on the way. It’s been fascinating to wa
Young CriticJoy Ride
The breakout comedy of the year mixes talent behind and in front of the camera Films exploring what it means to be an immigrant in the US have become increasingly visible as non-white voices have been amplified in recent
Young CriticInsidious: The Red Door
The latest in this horror franchise struggles to justify itself Insidious (2010) helped kickstart a revived horror genre that spurted great original terror in the first half of the 2010s. We got the likes of The Conjurin
Young CriticIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The latest Indiana Jones film is a surprising good imitation Endless sequels can feel daunting, especially after the original filmmakers and storytellers have let go of the material. It is hard for a new set of hands to
Young CriticAsteroid City
Wes Anderson's latest is a return to strong form It has been some time since Wes Anderson became a genre unto himself, with his quirky dialogue, meticulous editing, and symmetrical cinematography. However, the American d
Young CriticNo Hard Feelings
Jennifer Lawrence's romantic comedy is creepy and bland Romantic comedies are having an irregular time at the box office. 2022 had surprising box office hits like The Lost City (2022) and Ticket to Paradise (2022), but a
Young CriticThe Flash
The much-troubled film delivers a safe and enjoyable take on the multiverse The sad demise of the DC Extended Universe has so far delivered duds in its wake, from the incredibly generic Black Adam (2022) to the extremely
Young CriticSpider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
An expanded ambition and scope doesn't dilute this winning film It seems that we are slowly coming to accept previous genre outcasts into mainstream cinema. Foreign language films seemed to be niche and intellectual corn
Young CriticThe Little Mermaid (2023)
The newest Disney live-action remake is a safe, but charming adaptation The recent Disney live-action remakes have been coy ways to sell the same product to viewers twice. The trend started with the winningly improved Th
Young CriticBlackberry
The most recent film about over-ambitious entrepreneurs is winning and comprehensive There seems to be a new thematic fascination in film and television within the last two years: over-ambitious entrepreneurs. Many proje
Young CriticAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
The groundbreaking novel gets a straightforward and endearing adaptation Judy Blume has been leading a bold yet unassuming revolution in the literary world with her books regarding women’s menstruation, sexuality, and pu
Young CriticFast X
The latest in the Fast saga plays it safe, but introduces and electric villain No movie captured the current state of American society better than Vice (), which in its final scene had Democrats and Trump supporters at e
Young CriticGuardians of the Galaxy vol. 3
James Gunn's last Marvel film caps a solid trilogy While the Marvel Cinematic Universe seems to be unraveling before our eyes, with each interconnected film flopping around for a reason to exist, the jump into a comforta
Young CriticGuy Ritchie's The Covenant
The British director's latest is a rare winning modern war film After the disastrous US Army withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, stories about the unpaid debts that the Americans had with tens of thousands of int
Young CriticRenfield
This original new take on Dracula devolves into a generic action-comedy Dracula has been done to death (pardon the pun) on screen, with so many iterations and variations on the concept that it’s hard to keep up. Neverthe
Young CriticBeau is Afraid
Ari Aster's latest is an overly-ambitious surrealist film Ari Aster was part of an exciting crop of new horror filmmakers alongside Robert Eggers and Mike Flannagan, who seemed to be redefining the genre with bold new br
Young CriticAir
The story of how Nike signed Michael Jordan is surprisingly gripping Ben Affleck is a polarizing figure within Hollywood, the Boston-native has had a rollercoaster acting trajectory, and his directing career has sadly su
Young CriticThe Super Mario Bros. Movie
This video game adaptation is blandly generic Given how readily film studios have exploited IP, it’s a surprise that Nintendo’s video game universe has remained relatively untouched. There was the maligned live-action Su
Young CriticDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
The board game adaptation is surprisingly entertaining The “Dungeons & Dragons” boardgame had a bit of a revival in the mid-2010s as 80s nostalgia was running high. It was featured heavily in the first season of Stranger
Young CriticJohn Wick: Chapter 4
The latest in this action franchise has more action at the cost of plot and character The stunt profession has been underappreciated for much of cinema history. Thanks to stunt-performers-turned-directors, however, actio
Young CriticShazam! Fury of the Gods
The sequel to the charming original surrenders into generic superhero territory Through the chaos of the Warner Media merger with Discovery, the superhero extended universe of DC has been scrapped, to be restarted from s
Young CriticCocaine Bear
Elizabeth Banks' take on the bonkers concept is a muddled and uninvolving affair Elizabeth Banks is, quietly, one of the most versatile and consistent actresses working in the last two decades. From comedies like Wet Hot