Young CriticDestroyer
A rumor has gone around Hollywood actresses, that in order to get awards attention you have to make yourself ugly. This seemed to be a pattern with the Oscars awarded to Charlize Theron for Monster and Halle Berry for M
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Young CriticAquaman
In a world full of superhero movies, going to see the monthly flick has become a kind of routine. We’ve been drilled with the “superhero formula” so many times that we’ve become numb to it, and yet our sense of tradition
Young CriticMary Queen of Scots
There is no clear-cut history; all we in the present can do is try to compile the most convincing of people’s perspectives of the period we want to study. However, it is easy to simply stand by one side’s version of even
Young CriticBird Box
The horror genre has frequently brought about the boldest ideas and concepts in cinema today; largely thanks to small budgets filmmakers able to risk more with their projects. We had a groundbreaking horror film earlier
Young CriticMortal Engines
Every year there is a huge financial flop for movie studios. Given that a new blockbuster debuts every other weekend, there’s bound to be some misses. The biggest flop of 2018 came late in the year with Mortal Engines f
Young CriticThe Mule
Clint Eastwood is a machine. The man as a director has made 40 films in the last 47 years, with two alone coming out this year. In the first half of the year we got the bland 15:17 to Paris which recreated the foiling o
Young CriticBen is Back
Julia Robert’s is the best. The American actress can rarely be seen in an unlikeable role; perhaps it’s her contagious smile, the one that lights up the entire cinema or living room where her film is being played. The ac
Young CriticMowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Andy Serkis is more commonly known for his work in motion-capture. The Brit has brought to life such memorable characters as Gollum in Lord of the Rings , King Kong in the 2005 film of the same name, and Caesar from the
Young CriticRalph Breaks the Internet
Disney Animation Studios has taken a road more commonly attributed to Pixar: that of extreme originality. This was due to the take-over of the studio’s reins by John Lasseter. However, after the disgraced mogul was boote
Young CriticWidows
The marketing of a film is a crucial aspect of filmmaking that is usually glossed over. The expectations for any upcoming release are all thanks to the way posters and trailers are created. Widows is director/writer Ste
Young CriticAt Eternity's Gate
A figure such as Vincent Van Gogh is hard to capture in film. The pioneering painter had such a complicated life and artistic process that a simple chronological biopic would not do him justice. An animated picture last
Young CriticThe Grinch
The Christmas story has been formulated so many times that many seem indistinguishable from each other. However, Dr. Seuss, being the poetic genius that he was, provided us with a new spin to the popular holiday with his
Young CriticThe Girl in the Spider's Web
Lisbeth Salander is one of the few modern-day realist superheroes. The literary character, created by the late Stieg Larsson, has become a beacon for both female empowerment, as well as a voice and rage for introverts. A
Young CriticOutlaw King
Historical epics are hard to get right, if you’re chronicling the life of a rebel, like Mel Gibson did in Braveheart , it’s hard to strike the right balance between injustice by the oppressors, and downright caricature.
Young CriticOverlord
B-horror movies were the entry point for many filmmakers throughout Hollywood history. A low budget doesn’t impede a skilled director to garner any scares, and thus it is the perfect filter for studios looking for the ne
Young CriticBohemian Rhapsody
Sometimes the drama that goes into making a movie can eclipse the actual story being told. However, when the film you’re trying to make is about the rock band Queen and its lead singer Freddie Mercury, it’s hard to overs
Young CriticBoy Erased
Dramas about homosexuality can be hard to conceive, as it is easy to fall into pitying the protagonist(s), this especially can happen when the filmmaker is straight. However, Joel Edgerton has proved that he has a gentle
Young CriticThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms
It is risky to adapt classic tales in the modern age, after decades of fans flocking and making their own ideas of what such a story should look like, there’s bound to be many who are left disappointed. Such was the case
Young CriticBeautiful Boy
Two of the biggest dramatic acting revelations of this decade have been Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet. The two actors have been paired up in the addiction drama Beautiful Boy , bringing us two of the greatest perfor
Young CriticHalloween (2018)
The horror character of Michael Meyers has been drilled into our pop culture since his inception in John Carpenter’s classic 1978 Halloween . Since then we’ve had 10 sequels/remakes, the most recent coming in 2009. Direc
Young CriticThe Sisters Brothers
There’s a lot of freedom in film, granted you have the money; however, when you set your film in a specific genre, there’s a set of expectation that comes with it. The Western, is a genre that is so specific in its audie
Young CriticVenom
You would think after ten years of superhero films dominating the box-office, there would be some genre fatigue by now. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case, Venom opened to over $70 million in its opening wee
Young CriticWhite Boy Rick
There are many incredulous stories in the world that are turned into movies, just take last year’s American Made . The Tom Cruise film had so much content, you were nearly overwhelmed that so much could happen to one per
Young CriticMamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Sometimes a film does beg for a sequel, I know that’s not something the film world needs to hear right now, but there are rare cases where more story can be spun out of memorable characters. Such was the case, in my opi