Young CriticSilent Night
John Woo's return to American cinema is a worryingly shortsighted action flick John Woo has taken a 20 year break from Hollywood, having brought his cinematic action style to 1990s America from Hong Kong. This revolution
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Emma Stone delivers a career high in Yorgos Lanthimos' latest Yorgos Lanthimos is a director that has quickly instituted a style of absurdism in his films; donning a mocking and goofy attitude in his narrative, yet havin
Young CriticEileen
William Oldroyd's psychological thriller is misguided in its third act The psychological thriller is a difficult genre to inhabit. One must build a slow tension and foreboding using only emotion and intention instead of
Young CriticDream Scenario
Nicolas Cage's latest delivers an intriguing and refreshingly original film Nicolas Cage has recently used his star power to shine the light on daring up and coming filmmakers, bringing truly original ideas to the screen
Young CriticMay December
Todd Haynes' latest brings a complicated exploration of guilt and exploitation Romantic age gaps have been exploited in film until very recently. Woody Allen was famous for placing himself or surrogate older characters a
Young CriticSaltburn
Emerald Fennell's sophomore film is boldly captivating With Emerald Fennel bursting onto the directing scene with Promising Young Woman (2020), it was inevitable for an immense anticipation for her sophomore follow-up to
Young CriticNext Goal Wins
Taika Waititi's predictable sports film is weighed down by too many jokes Taika Waititi has deftly flitted between multiple mediums in a short amount of time, he’s quietly become a TV mogul, heralding three shows at the
Young CriticNapoleon
Ridley Scott's take on the historical character is technically astounding if narratively shallow Apple Studios seem to be one of the few still shelling out big money for the type of cinematic epics that have gone the way
Young CriticThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Hunger Games prequel is constrained by its format The Hunger Games films were a massive success for Lionsgate released concurrently with the Twilight and Divergent franchises. However, as the former ended and the la
Young CriticThe Holdovers
Alexander Payne's latest is a heartwarming and irresistible new holiday classic Nostalgia is easy to create in movies; you put up some musical queues and reference popular culture of the time and you instantly have viewe
Young CriticThe Marvels
The latest from Marvel is its most generic yet The Marvel Cinematic Universe is sorely lost. The pioneering “shared universe” idea that found individual films build upon a larger interconnected story (a structure stolen
Young CriticPriscilla
Sofia Coppola's latest brings a more complex take on the famous relationship Despite growing older, Sofia Coppola has retained the ability to capture the perspective of adolescent girls. From her breakout in The Virgin S
Young CriticThe Killer
David Fincher's latest revels in the procedural precision of an assassin David Fincher is one of the few storytellers who is able to make you root for unabashed villains, from Frank Underwood in House of Cards (2013-2018
Young CriticKillers of the Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese delivers a great take on the American tragedy Many films have tried to capture the “essence of America” and arguably a few have been able to, from The Godfather (1972), to The Will Be Blood (2007), or Do
Young CriticThe Exorcist: Believer
David Gordon Green brings his bland horror take to the Exorcist franchise next The Exorcist (1973) was the first horror film to break through as a blockbuster and critical success, becoming the highest grossing movie of
Young CriticDumb Money
Craig Gillespie's adaptation of the GameStop craze is hilariously comprehensive The GameStop stock craze of 2021 was a frenzy that was ripe for satire and comedy, yet few thought there would be a cinematic biopsy so soon
Young CriticA Haunting in Venice
Branagh's third iteration of Hercule Poirot continues to yield solid results Kenneth Branagh is quietly one of the most versatile and prolific directors of the last few decades. Starting in Shakespeare and moving into su
Young CriticBottoms
Emma Seligman's sophomore outing is another astonishingly bold comedy Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott are two of the most exciting rising talents in Hollywood. They wowed indie film fans with their debut Shiva Baby (202
Young CriticThe Equalizer 3
Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua's surprising action trilogy is solidly reliable Despite its enjoyable action and deadly Denzel Washington performance, I wouldn’t have pegged The Equalizer (2014) as the potential sta
Young CriticMeg 2: The Trench
The sequel to the 2018 giant shark film is a sluggish disappointment Monster films are becoming fewer and far between, as empathy to animals and unknown creatures rises with climate-forward movements. However, there are
Young CriticBlue Beetle
The latest from DC works better as a film about family than super-heroes Super-hero fatigue is real. Despite the genre trying to find new juice to squeeze out of its over-exploited characters, it’s finding it harder to n
Young CriticThe Last Voyage of the Demeter
The adaptation of a chapter in Bram Stoker's "Dracula" proves an effective horror film Milking every last ounce of an IP is becoming a tiresome trend. Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” has been done to death on the screen, most re
Young CriticTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's take of the beloved franchise is a charming win The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise IP is something that Hollywood has struggled to exploit. The beloved 80s children’s series had som
Young CriticOppenheimer
Christopher Nolan's latest is a true cinematic achievement Christopher Nolan has been a filmmaker fascinated with time, physics, and quantum mechanics. It is thus not surprising that he would fall into making a film abou