Young CriticWhy remake a perfect movie? That question didn’t seem to haunt Disney’s executives as they greenlit a slew of live-action remakes from their animated library. Some of these new films have brought new life and quality int
Young CriticEvery studio’s dream is to have a cinematic universe. Marvel was the first to have this success with its superhero behemoth, and Disney has moved on to making the Star Wars universe as well. The closest studio to rival
Young CriticRomances come in many colors and can be successful with any genre fusion, be it drama, comedy, or even horror. But one important thing that any romance must get is the emotional weight of its’ pair; if this core aspect f
Young CriticI’m a huge fan of Matthew McConaughey. He had a brilliant year in 2013 where three films put him on the map as a quality actor: Mud, Dallas Buyers Club, and The Wolf on Wall Street . He then had a subsequent great 2014 w
Young CriticEveryone knows McDonald’s, everyone’s probably eaten at a McDonald’s. Doesn’t matter where you are in the world, you are most likely to find the burger joint with the yellow M. The story of the gigantic corporation’s exp
Young CriticPassion projects are dangerous; because filmmakers can often lose the objective lens that they might have carried out successfully in other films. This seems to be the problem with Martin Scorcese and his decades in the
Young CriticBen Affleck has been one of the most promising directors of this past decade; his last film, Argo won the Academy Award for Best Picture back in 2013. His return to the directorial chair comes with the gangster flick Li
Young CriticHow many bad films does it take to kill a franchise? Apparently, if they make even minimal profit, they will keep being produced. The Underworld franchise has always been an array of B-movies that have had big financial
Young CriticHistorical films are incredibly important to build awareness to the general public; especially when it’s about subjects that are vague even for historians. That is the case for the subject matter of Hidden Figures . Hidd
Young CriticMusic is an action that separates human beings from any other animal on our planet. The act that a different set of sounds manages to bring delight to one of our senses is something apparently other species can’t experie
Young CriticSony’s going through a rough patch recently, they’ve had consecutive years of blockbuster and award failures, even before the infamous Sony hack. Their latest push to break this trend is Passengers a romance in space wi
Young CriticVideo games have been trying to make the jump into the film world for the past two decades. Most attempts have been dismal, and 2016 was a particularly ambitious year as three very notable wide releases based on video ga
Young CriticEvery year there’s a Christmas ensemble film, the best of which has probably been Love Actually . This year we got Collateral Beauty , another ensemble piece about the values of life in Christmas time. Collateral Beauty
Young CriticWhen will they make an end? How much more can you squeeze out of the original Star Wars stories? We already got three prequels, which mostly disappointed, and LucasFilm had thus intelligently decided to move forwards in
Young CriticWhile this film was marketed more or less as a Christmas movie (given the title) it is definitely much more of a party movie than anything else. And while party movies aren’t narrative geniuses, they are undeniably fun.
Young CriticBoxing movies have been basically burnt out. There was a golden period in time when Rocky and Raging Bull came out, but after their great success everyone instantly began to copy them. There’s been more than fair share o
Young CriticTom Hanks has showed countless times that he can helm a film entirely by himself. He’s also still a box office success, especially after the sleeper hit Sully which crossed $100 million domestically and is still countin
Young CriticThere’s such an obsession in Hollywood with creating franchises, it’s the ideal lifeblood for any studio, to have a movie out every one or two years that is a guarantee of revenue. Unfortunately, Hollywood, you can’t for
Young CriticOliver Stone always likes to put the American government in an uncomfortable position. It is therefore not a surprise that the subject of his newest film is Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower that leaked thousand
Young CriticAlcoholic women in film are usually portrayed as playful or clumsy; in general Hollywood has had a set image of how drunk men and drunk women should look and be distinguished from one another. I was therefore very surpri
Young CriticThere is a very important debate in the art world, where people question whether to separate the art from the artist. The Birth of the Nation is Nate Parker’s pet project that looks into Nat Turner’s slave rebellion in
Young CriticWar is a subject that films have taken a liking to portray as either patriotic or horrible. I haven’t seen a film that has taken a different lens and portrayed war as a business. This is precisely what War Dogs does, al
Young CriticThe two most bankable stars in the world right now are Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson. The first made his career in stand-up shows and in comedy films. The second one started off as a famous WWE wrestler, and then moved o
Young CriticAs I have said in previous reviews, film adaptations of video games have never quite proven successful, and I had almost given up hope, when suddenly Warcraft came to the rescue. Now I have to warn you that Warcraft isn