Young CriticThe Silencing
A Solidly Crafted B-Movie Showcasing Two Strong Lead Performances After a huge success in an actor’s career, it can be difficult to disengage oneself from such a property. It has occurred to the actors of Harry Potter ,
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Young CriticThe Tax Collector
Ayer continues a merciless cinematic descent with an uninteresting gang film David Ayer has been fascinated with urban crime and law enforcement ever since his screenplay Training Day (2001) became a critical and financi
Young CriticProject Power
Netflix's newest action flick disappoints with ubiquitous inconsistencies Netflix has proven in the last couple of years to be a heavy investor in original content, some of this has paid off with films that would otherwi
Young CriticTenet
Nolan's latest continues his complex exploration of time Director Christopher Nolan has been a staunch defender of the original cinematic experience; of sitting down in a dark theater surrounded by strangers to experienc
Young CriticThe New Mutants
The infamous film stuck in development hell finally is released Many times, films are stuck in development hell for a variety of reasons, be it reshoots or rewrites, a studio’s lack of confidence in a financial hit, or c
Young CriticThe Outpost
A cliché-riddle set-up is nulled by a gripping final battle War movies are a hard endeavor to pull off. One can easily fall into a certain one-sidedness in the telling of the narrative, or risk glorifying violence, or ev
Young CriticGreyhound
A thrilling war film that leans into authenticity, if at the cost of characterization Tom Hanks has become fascinated over his career on the historical periods of human excellence, and specifically American excellence in
Young CriticThe Old Guard
A unique and competently explored concept The concept of immortality is one that human beings have been exploring and pondering since our first consciousness. It has been infused in religion, science, and, of course, the
Young CriticExtraction
The action movie genre used to be the biggest draw in cinemas, however, with the rise of the superhero subgenre the more classic shoot-em-ups have been slowly fading in the background, finding a home in straight-to-video
Young CriticThe Hunt (2020)
It seems that every once in a while there is a debate about whether art can provoke violence. As with all these conversations, there are fears and predictions that mass violence and shootings will occur at theaters (this
Young CriticBirds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
The idea of blockbuster films being led by women both in front as well as behind the camera seems to slowly be settling as a non-pioneering norm. Wonder Woman (2017) was able to do an incredible amount of glass-ceiling s
Young CriticThe Rhythm Section
Reed Morano has been hailed in recent years as the up-and-coming director. She broke her teeth on television, winning a promising Emmy for directing an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-), but her forays into feature
Young CriticThe Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie’s first two films, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000) burst onto the screen announcing an electric and witty new director. However, with such newfound promise and success, Ritchie in
Young CriticBad Boys for Life
It’s surprising to think about, but Bad Boys (1995) proved to be a milestone in modern cinema, launching the careers of both director Michael Bay as well as Will Smith as an action star. The two men would go on to domina
Young Critic1917
Stories have a flexible nature to them, allowing them to be told in a variety of mediums, be they in books, paintings, episodically, or in film. However, when one particular story is able to fit exclusively into one medi
Young CriticStar Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars has been a critical franchise in film history. The first film Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) kickstarted a trend of sci-fi films, which would prove to enter the cultural zeitgeist. The result was franchises like
Young CriticJumanji: The Next Level
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) proved to be the surprise hit of the 2017 winter season; making a boatload at the box office while competing with a Star Wars flick. It thus seemed inevitable that this newly reboote
Young CriticCharlie's Angels (2019)
Charlie’s Angels (1976-1981) was one of the few properties from the past that empowered women, while at the same time taking advantage of a bit of objectification. The property was exploited with good awareness of its ca
Young CriticMidway (2019)
World War II has provided ample material for films, mostly due to the extraordinary circumstances that clashed the global powers together. The atrocities give way to great narrative material for stories of heroics, trage
Young CriticTerminator: Dark Fate
The Terminator franchise has been attempting to replicate the success both in fans’ eyes and in the studio’s bank accounts since James Cameron left the franchise in 1991. The Canadian director came up with the concepts f
Young CriticMaleficent: Mistress of Evil
Disney has found yet another formula at milking money from the movie box office. Aside from its cash cows in Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Pixar/Disney Animation, recent years have shown that live-action remakes of their previo
Young CriticZombieland: Double Tap
The zombie genre has had an explosive pop-culture run in the past decade and a half. Films, comics, and especially TV, with the blockbuster The Walking Dead (2010-), have capitalized on a surprising demand for the dead.
Young CriticGemini Man
Ang Lee has been pushing the boundaries of cinema with his bold films for decades now. The Taiwanese-born director broke the boundaries with the most successful foreign-language film of all time Crouching Tiger, Hidden D
Young CriticRambo: Last Blood
The Rambo film series is a curious case study of how a small and well-intentioned film, was corrupted because of its own success. The first Rambo film, First Blood (1982), took an allegorical look at the difficulties Vie