Young CriticAutobiographical material is usually the most effective when translated to art. It’s incredibly useful when a writer or artist has lived through the experience he or she is relating. Mike Mills has made his second semi-a
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 CriticPeter Berg has found his niche genre of recent biographical events. His two previous films: Lone Survivor and Deepwater Horizon proved that the director is slowly maturing into a very capable auteur; his most recent fil
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 CriticFamily is a value that humans all over the world seem to share. As a theme it has featured in many stories, proving to be incredibly effective at welling up emotions from any consumer. This value is again utilized in the
Young CriticActors who become directors are very common in the film industry; however, actors that become good directors are a rarer breed. We have had some few recent examples such as Mel Gibson and Ben Affleck, and with Fences w
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 CriticCasey Affleck is probably one of the most underrated actors of his generation. He is frequently overshadowed by his more commercially successful brother Ben, but when comparing the two as actors I have to side with Casey
Young CriticI have a soft spot for political dramas. Not only because I have keen interest into the subject of politics itself, but also because political films tend to treat the audience as intelligent and they save themselves any
Young CriticTom Ford has dazzled us all with his career. From exiting a reformed Gucci to making his own successful clothing brand: Tom Ford, the fashion mogul has recently been shifting into film. His first directorial effort was t
Young CriticBiopics or historical dramas tend to focus on a highlight in the lives of their protagonists. Rarely do we see a film that decides to look at all the space between the famous events. Jackie is one of those brave films; 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 CriticBoyhood was one of the best films of the past few years; it took such a simple look at the life of a kid through his maturing years. However, something that was overlooked in all the praise for the film, was that it onl
Young CriticGreat high school movies have been hard to come by, and people have longed for the John Hughes films that so properly embodied the feeling of puberty. But the problem hasn’t been so much with the quality of today’s high
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 CriticAliens are really hard to render onscreen because they carry such high expectations from the audience. Canadian director Dennis Villeneuve decided to tackle this hard subject with his latest film: Arrival . Arrival cent
Young CriticMel Gibson is undoubtedly a better director than he is an actor. His two most respected films, in my opinion, while on the director’s chair are Braveheart and The Passion of the Christ ; two films heavily infused with g
Young CriticClint Eastwood is known for taking on very heroic stories and managing to weave out of many possible cheesy outcomes and delivering a subtle and moving film. His paring with Tom Hanks – one of the greatest actors of all
Young CriticRomance films haven’t really been all that successful recently, at least not in the critical mind. The latest romance film with the potential of breaking this trend is The Light Between Oceans , which compiled a great cr
Young CriticI’m becoming more and more reluctant to go to romantic movies, not necessarily because they’re cheesy and predictable, but because they are starting to look indistinguishable from one another. Me Before You has some gre
Young CriticAdapting a Jane Austen novel is extremely hard, and the directors and screenwriters who pull off a decent film should be applauded. Austen’s novels are known for being extremely dense with a barrage of characters all wit
Young CriticAbsurdity in film is very hard to pull off. If the filmmakers take their subject too seriously, the film will come off as unwatchable and too weird. However, if the director and actors take a tongue-in-cheek approach to
Young CriticJean-Marc Vallée is one of my personal favorite directors. He has created such great films like Dallas Buyers Club, Wild , and the fabulous C.R.A.Z.Y. His most recent film, Demolition , teams him up with the superb Jake