Young CriticHellboy (2019)
Another one. Yet another reboot for a franchise that didn’t need one. There are only two Hellboy films, which came out in the early 2000s. What made them such a hit was the unique flavor that actor Ron Perlman brought to
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Young CriticPet Sematary (2019)
Stephen King publishes a book on average every year, the amount of content and IP that the American author produces is enough for filmmakers to roll around in for decades to come. Many of his novels have already been ada
Young CriticShazam!
Warner Brothers has struggled to match Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. The attempt to piggyback on Christopher Nolan’s dark tone from his Dark Knight films, to contrast with Marvel’s cheerful feel, failed spectacula
Young CriticDumbo (2019)
Disney’s foray into live-action remakes of its previous animated material is just getting warmed up, after over $3 billion world-wide with the likes of Maleficent, The Jungle Book, and Beauty and the Beast being big hit
Young CriticAvengers: Endgame
The impact that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has had on modern culture is unlike anything in recent decades. The Marvel films are one of the few attractions that can lure viewers away from their couches and Netflix and
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Every couple of decades there’s a filmmaker that is able to see and transmit the social state of the country. There have been the likes of Fassbinder in Germany during the 70s and 80s, Oliver Stone in the US in the 80s a
Young CriticGloria Bell
Oftentimes the American remakes of foreign-language films will lose much of the magic of their source material, as American directors mime the motions of the important narrative aspects (for evidence just see this year’s
Young CriticCaptain Marvel
The wave of female representation in blockbusters is finally finding traction. After the success of Wonder Woman in 2017 for DC, the rival superhero studio Marvel has released their first stand-alone female superhero wit
Young CriticHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
It’s hard for any trilogy to deliver consequently with expectations set as well as bring originality. The How to Train Your Dragon franchise came out of nowhere in 2010 with a surprisingly heartfelt story, it’s 2014 sequ
Young CriticFighting with My Family
Modern day wrestling shows are as staged as Broadway plays. However, there seems to be a thrill in pretending that it is completely spontaneous; audiences of reality television no doubt feel a similar way, wanting to buy
Young CriticAlita: Battle Angel
When James Cameron gets involved in a project, it’s enough for film fans to perk their ears up. However, when James Cameron offers you a project because he can’t figure out how to “pull it off,” it should cause you some
Young CriticThe Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Phil Lord and Chris Miller seem unable to do any wrong. They are filmmakers capable of turning material that should be tepid and flat into something electrifying and original. It was the case when they jumpstarted the fr
Young CriticVelvet Buzzsaw
In a recent Twitter post documentarian Michael Moore thanked Netflix for funding and releasing films that would otherwise have remained in a vault somewhere. This leads to beautiful gems like Roma and Mudbound , but it
Young CriticThey Shall Not Grow Old
Peter Jackson has been pioneering new technologies in film since his Lord of the Rings movies introduced an incredibly credible motion-capture character with Gollum. The New Zealand native has built an empire around his
Young CriticSerenity (2019)
Whenever a movie has its release date pushed back, you can already begin to smell problems. Be it because the studio wants to cover its losses after seeing the finished product, moving it to less competitive date, or to
Young CriticThe Kid Who Would be King
Joe Cornish came out in 2011 as one of the creative minds to watch out for, with his fun directorial debut: Attack the Block . Since then the British director has only had an appearance as a writer for Marvel’s Ant-Man ,
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M. Night Shyamalan is a rollercoaster of a director. He seems to be making a comeback every two or three films only to deliver a dud or disappointment. The mastermind behind The Sixth Sense had gained some traction rece
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The world loves movie stars, and in the Golden Age of Hollywood movie stars were the name of the game. However, audiences can easily and cruelly let such stars fade away making Hollywood seem like a truly cut-throat plac
Young CriticOn the Basis of Sex
There is undoubtedly a wave of feminism that began with the revelations of producer Harvey Weinstein and the backlash of the elections of such sexist politicians like Donald Trump in the US, Jair Bolsonaro in Brasil, and
Young CriticThe Upside
I came into this movie on a holiday high of joy, coming after seeing quality award-contenders, and I came out in a storm of ire and frustration. Hollywood cannot help itself from remaking foreign-language films because o
Young CriticWildlife
It has been quite a year for actors making their directorial debuts. We’ve had the successful crop of Bradley Cooper and Jonah Hill with their respective A Star is Born and mid90s , and now we have prolific performer Pa
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A rumor has gone around Hollywood actresses, that in order to get awards attention you have to make yourself ugly. This seemed to be a pattern with the Oscars awarded to Charlize Theron for Monster and Halle Berry for M
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Adam McKay wowed us all with his shift from Will Ferrell comedies like Anchorman and The Other Guys to an analysis of the stock market crash of 2007, seen in his 2015 film The Big Short (for which he won an Academy Awa
Young CriticIf Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins might just be the best director for romances today. That might not be the conventional thing one might hear from the Moonlight Oscar-winner, but it’s been the most powerful thing in his last two films. His