Young CriticThe problem with many movies today is that there is an aspiration to mirror television series since that is what consumers are hooked to these days. This leads to a certain corruption of the pact between moviegoer and fi
Young CriticThe concept of an orphan being taken in by a completely different world is a trope in stories as old as time; copied in the likes of Oliver Twist, Batman, Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and even Star Wars
Young CriticWith the accessibility to cameras and editing equipment today, it’s easy for young filmmakers to make shorts and shop those projects around in order to break into Hollywood. Such was the origin story of Damien Chazelle,
Young CriticIt appears you only need one good movie in order to continue spewing bland sequels. Such is the case with Jurassic Park and it’s successive trilogies. We now have been given the second Jurassic World film, which is part
Young CriticYou can’t get more of a clichéd blockbuster than a story about giant robots beating the hell out of giant alien-monsters. Back in 2013, with Pacific Rim , this bombastic concept was flavored with color and faint life by
Young CriticChild-actors are becoming rare in modern times, mostly due to stricter union rules, but also because of the awareness of how fame ruins childhoods. However, we’ve had a recent batch of great young actors, the two most pr
Young CriticAt this point you can’t go into these movies expecting much. The Transformers franchise is the perfect embodiment of Michael Bay’s signature directing: pointless explosions. The fifth film in this franchise has been rel
Young CriticThe Fast and Furious franchise has lasted longer than anyone might have expected, including its’ filmmakers. The possible extents of the story have been stretched to its limit, finally running out in their most recent it
Young CriticChina is soon to become the number one market for films in the world. Naturally Hollywood is keen to shift some of its blockbusters to cater to the Chinese, but unfortunately movie executives seem to think that making th
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 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 CriticWhat a dud. This film had a lot going for it: two great A-list actors in the lead roles, an incredible visionary director, and a premise that, although overused in Hollywood, is nevertheless always intriguing. So how the
Young CriticWarren Beatty is one of the few Hollywood artists that are able to multitask so many jobs in a single film. He’s know to write, direct, produce, and act in many of his own passion projects, but he’s been absent from the
Young CriticGavin O’Connor has had a recent slump with his film slate. He was made famous for his great boxing film Warrior in 2011. This year he had two films come out, a western with Natalie Portman called Jane Got A Gun , which
Young Critic“A year ago I had a fantastic version of this. And it would have received great reviews. You’ll probably never see it. That’s reality though.” These were director Josh Trank’s words referring to his Fantastic Four reboot
Young CriticThis summer is turning out to be one of the most unoriginal in a long time. Every movie that comes out is either a sequel or another addition to a franchise. Some of the films have been duds and others have been quite en