Young CriticIf there’s any video game adaptation that has survived the purge of audience-goers, it’s Resident Evil . Ever since its debut in 2002 the franchise has spawned 6 films over the past 15 years, with its concluding chapter
Young CriticI tried to go into this film with a simplified mind; I wasn’t going to complain about the plot holes or physical improbabilities, I was going to try and enjoy myself. However, xXx: Return of Xander Cage , the third insta
Young CriticThe only thing that people love more than building up heroes is tearing them down. Director M. Night Shyamalan was destined by many in the late 90s to early 2000s to become the next Spielberg after successes with The Six
Young CriticAutobiographical material is usually the most effective when translated to art. It’s incredibly useful when a writer or artist has lived through the experience he or she is relating. Mike Mills has made his second semi-a
Young CriticEveryone knows McDonald’s, everyone’s probably eaten at a McDonald’s. Doesn’t matter where you are in the world, you are most likely to find the burger joint with the yellow M. The story of the gigantic corporation’s exp
Young CriticPassion projects are dangerous; because filmmakers can often lose the objective lens that they might have carried out successfully in other films. This seems to be the problem with Martin Scorcese and his decades in the
Young CriticPeter Berg has found his niche genre of recent biographical events. His two previous films: Lone Survivor and Deepwater Horizon proved that the director is slowly maturing into a very capable auteur; his most recent fil
Young CriticBen Affleck has been one of the most promising directors of this past decade; his last film, Argo won the Academy Award for Best Picture back in 2013. His return to the directorial chair comes with the gangster flick Li
Young CriticHow many bad films does it take to kill a franchise? Apparently, if they make even minimal profit, they will keep being produced. The Underworld franchise has always been an array of B-movies that have had big financial
Young CriticHistorical films are incredibly important to build awareness to the general public; especially when it’s about subjects that are vague even for historians. That is the case for the subject matter of Hidden Figures . Hidd
Young CriticFamily is a value that humans all over the world seem to share. As a theme it has featured in many stories, proving to be incredibly effective at welling up emotions from any consumer. This value is again utilized in the
Young CriticActors who become directors are very common in the film industry; however, actors that become good directors are a rarer breed. We have had some few recent examples such as Mel Gibson and Ben Affleck, and with Fences w
Young CriticI don’t like musicals. I find them frustrating in the sense that they break into interchangeable songs that slow down the story’s progress. There are a few exceptions, musical movies with great soundtracks: The Sound of
Young CriticComedies are becoming more and more generic these days; it’s hard to find some original content anymore. One Christmas comedy we got this year was Why Him? an incredibly generic film with an impressive cast. Why Him? i
Young CriticMusic is an action that separates human beings from any other animal on our planet. The act that a different set of sounds manages to bring delight to one of our senses is something apparently other species can’t experie
Young CriticSony’s going through a rough patch recently, they’ve had consecutive years of blockbuster and award failures, even before the infamous Sony hack. Their latest push to break this trend is Passengers a romance in space wi
Young CriticVideo games have been trying to make the jump into the film world for the past two decades. Most attempts have been dismal, and 2016 was a particularly ambitious year as three very notable wide releases based on video ga
Young CriticEvery year there’s a Christmas ensemble film, the best of which has probably been Love Actually . This year we got Collateral Beauty , another ensemble piece about the values of life in Christmas time. Collateral Beauty
Young CriticCasey Affleck is probably one of the most underrated actors of his generation. He is frequently overshadowed by his more commercially successful brother Ben, but when comparing the two as actors I have to side with Casey
Young CriticWhen will they make an end? How much more can you squeeze out of the original Star Wars stories? We already got three prequels, which mostly disappointed, and LucasFilm had thus intelligently decided to move forwards in
Young CriticI have a soft spot for political dramas. Not only because I have keen interest into the subject of politics itself, but also because political films tend to treat the audience as intelligent and they save themselves any
Young CriticWhile this film was marketed more or less as a Christmas movie (given the title) it is definitely much more of a party movie than anything else. And while party movies aren’t narrative geniuses, they are undeniably fun.
Young CriticTom Ford has dazzled us all with his career. From exiting a reformed Gucci to making his own successful clothing brand: Tom Ford, the fashion mogul has recently been shifting into film. His first directorial effort was t
Young CriticBiopics or historical dramas tend to focus on a highlight in the lives of their protagonists. Rarely do we see a film that decides to look at all the space between the famous events. Jackie is one of those brave films; i