Young CriticSupergirl
Kara Zor-El arrives. The film around her does not. Milly Alcock is magnetic as Supergirl, but a passionless script and studio interference squander DC's most promising new asset.
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A brazen act of revisionism dressed up as a biopic. The Jackson estate delivers a sanitized greatest-hits listening party that tells us nothing about who Michael Jackson really was. Colman Domingo is the only one doing i
Young CriticThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Too many power-ups, not enough story. Illumination's latest is more merchandise than movie: a forgettable corporate exercise that squanders its characters, its budget, and any semblance of creative vision.
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A campy survival comedy undone by its own third act While bursting onto the scene with the inventive comedy-horror The Evil Dead (1981), Sam Raimi also helped pioneer the superhero craze of the 2010s by directing the T
Young CriticA Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Kogonada’s romance fantasy has charm and color, but no heart beneath the sheen Love is the most covered subject in the arts—be it in songs, books, painting, or dance. This most intense of human emotions is one that artis
Young CriticHoney Don't
Ethan Coen's latest solo effort is another half-baked noir After taking Hollywood by storm for decades as a filmmaking duo, the Coen brothers have been striking out solo in recent years. Joel directed his Shakespearean a
Young CriticThe Conjuring: Last Rites
The fourth and supposed final entry is a stuporous disappointment James Wan sparked a horror renaissance in the early 2010s when he delivered the one-two punch of Insidious (2010) and The Conjuring (2013). Both films spa
Young CriticFinal Destination: Bloodlines
A Franchise That Once Cheated Death Finally Runs Out of Life The Final Destination films developed a rote, if effective, formula that—while stale by the fifth entry—allowed the franchise to maintain a surprisingly stro
Young CriticDeath of a Unicorn
A24’s Latest Misfire Tramples Its Own Potential A24 cultivated a distinct brand of quirky and bold fare from the mid-2010s to the early 2020s. This curation arguably peaked with the Best Picture Oscar win for Everything
Young CriticMickey 17
A Sci-Fi Spectacle Derailed by Chaos and Indecision Following up a cultural hit is always daunting—expectations are raised to the max and often prove unrealistic or impossible to meet. Parasite (2019) struck the perfec
Young CriticMegalopolis
Francis Ford Coppola's latest is big on ambition, but short on substance Francis Ford Coppola is arguably one of the best directors in history. He’s a filmmaker with an unbridled ambition, and whose uncompromising nature
Young CriticThe Front Room
Clashing tones and performances sink this duo's directing debut Siblings can frequently make great filmmaking partners, from the Wachowskis to the Duffer brothers, and of course the Coens. Max and Sam Eggers are a new du
Young CriticBack to Black
The Amy Winehouse problematically santizes the dark elements of her life The music biopic is a genre that has not running out of steam despite oversaturating the market decades ago. Consumers’ obsession with fame and wan
Young CriticGodzilla x Kong: A New Empire
The latest in the "Monsterverse" continues its creative decline One need only read the following title to realize the creative doldrums that Hollywood has beached at: Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire (2024). Godzilla x Ko
Young CriticArgylle
Matthew Vaughn's latest is a qualified mess Matthew Vaugh is one of the more bold and visually assured directors working within the studio system. Coming up as a filmmaker with Guy Ritchie in the early 2000s, he’s spun o
Young CriticFerrari
Michael Mann's return to directing is sadly attached to a hopeless script Michael Mann is a director whose thrillers defined the 1990s and 2000s, from the likes of The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Heat (1995) to Colla
Young CriticRebel Moon: Part 1 - Child of Fire
Zack Snyder's space epic is a barrage of exposition and slow-motion Zack Snyder’s jump from Warner Bros. to Netflix seems to have allowed him to deliver on the ambitious stories he’d been restrained from telling. We firs
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
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 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
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The Adam Driver vs. dinosaurs vehicle is dully banal The last two species that have ruled our planet have been humans and dinosaurs; it is only natural that the imagination of artists ponder which of the two would triump
Young CriticBlonde
The Marilyn Monroe biopic is cripplingly misguided Despite the Golden Age Hollywood that was sold to viewers in the 1940s and 1950s, an underlying darkness helped power the entertainment world at that time. This system o
Young CriticJurassic World: Dominion
The capstone to the new Jurassic trilogy is a convoluted disappointment Jurassic Park (1993) was a monumental hit not only because of its spectacular visual effects, but because of the way it translated the imagination a
Young CriticRed Notice
The star-studded Netflix film is disappointingly generic Netflix, for all its disruptive elements in the entertainment industry, has truly developed a reputation of supporting talent at all costs. This has permitted it t