Young CriticThe Aaron Sorkin follow-up is uninspired and unnecessary. Jeremy Strong nails the Zuckerberg impression and Mikey Madison stands out, but Sorkin's flat direction and uncharacteristically lifeless script make this compani
Young CriticAlejandro G. Iñárritu's ambitious film is a tangled mess. Cruise delivers his best performance in two decades and Lubezki's practical craft is a joy, but the film refuses to commit to a single idea, tone or style.
Young CriticDisney reheats another classic, and it shows. This live-action Moana is a nearly shot-for-shot recreation that dilutes everything that made the 2016 original special, with only Catherine Laga'aia's charisma keeping it af
Young CriticA film that plays like a very expensive TV episode. The Mandalorian and Grogu has technical craft to spare, but Favreau and Filoni deliver a timid, inconsequential story that mistakes motion for cinema.
Young CriticPaul Feig’s thriller goes wildly, watchably off the rails Despite having cut his teeth making some of the best comedy of the last few decades with The Office (2005-2013), Parks and Recreation (2009-2015), Bridesmaids (20
Young CriticA heist without sparkle, the Horsemen return for a trick no one asked to see It would be hard to imagine, of all the franchises that studios have sought to prop up, that the one about magicians who pull off heists would
Young CriticScott Cooper's take on the Boss is hopelessly shallow and dull The music biopic has such a staid and worn formula that it’s defining parody came out all the way back in the early 2000s with Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Young CriticLuca Guadagnino's latest complicates a rather simple topic Sexual assault on American college campuses is a true epidemic. According to RAINN, 1 in 4 women university students are sexually assaulted in the US. It is a st
Young CriticThe third entry in the franchise is more style than substance Despite amassing a devoted cult following, the Tron films have never been box office hits. The first one, Tron (1982) was admired more for its daring use of c
Young CriticThe decades-later sequel coasts on cheap nostalgia and celebrity cameos Comedy sequels are notorious for the fall in quality, this is magnified especially with decades-later sequels, which seem more intent on cashing in
Young CriticAlejandro Amenabar's latest is confused in its structure “Don Quijote de la Mancha” is considered the most-read novel in the history of mankind, surpassed only in readership and circulation by religious texts like “the B
Young CriticThis divorce remake is sadly hampered by misplaced slapstick Films about divorces aren’t as populous as their ubiquity in modern western society would demand. There have been scant good dramas that have delved into the f
Young CriticDC’s reboot buckles under bloated world-building and thin storytelling The DC comic book adaptations have been a mixed bag at best for Warner Bros. studios. They began with a significant advantage over Marvel, kickstarti
Young CriticA Cringe Comedy That Skims the Surface of Modern Masculinity Examining male loneliness is becoming an increasingly important objective for psychologists, sociologists, and artists alike. Feelings of isolation, emasculati
Young CriticOsgood Perkins Stumbles with King Adaptation Osgood Perkins comes from horror film royalty, being the son of Psycho (1960) star Anthony Perkins. He began directing in 2015, sticking to the genre that made his family na
Young CriticThe erotic film is too timid in its plotting and creativity to grasp attention The erotic romance had its moment in the 1980s and 90s, with 9 ½ Weeks (1986), Fatal Attraction (1987), and Basic Instinct (1992). It phased
Young CriticThe follow-up is uninspired and stiff Despite publicly claiming that no sequel would be made, it was hard for director Todd Phillips and performer Joaquin Phoenix to escape studio demands after Joker (2019) made over $1
Young CriticThe sequel brings back familiar faces, but struggles to justify their reunion Tim Burton was lost in the studio system in the last decade, delivering duds such as the Dumbo (2019) remake, Dark Shadows (2012) and his Alic
Young CriticThe horror prequel struggles to justify its narrative A Quiet Place (2018) was a true experience in cinemas, using a simple concept, of lack of sound in a horror environment. Viewers were unwittingly roped-in to particip
Young CriticThe latest in the franchise is a forced and bland sequel The problem with Hollywood’s current sequel system is that if a good film makes enough money, there is an immediate pressure to produce another entry, even if ther
Young CriticThe 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 CriticThe 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 CriticElizabeth 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
Young CriticMarvel’s latest is another confused and convoluted affair Four years on from the big Marvel finale that was Avengers: Endgame (2019) and the Disney studio has still not found its footing or direction. With each subsequen