Young CriticRed One
The Christmas actioner is irresistibly forgettable “Feels like it was written by AI” will become an increasingly derogatory phrase within the art world, detailing a project beset by lack of originality or daring. How AI
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Young CriticTerrifier 3
Damien Leone's latest entry continues a worrying escalation of violence The Terrifier movies have been a fairytale for independent filmmaking; a ragtag crew starts a franchise using creativity, grit, and scant budgets. T
Young CriticThe Holdovers
Alexander Payne's latest is a heartwarming and irresistible new holiday classic Nostalgia is easy to create in movies; you put up some musical queues and reference popular culture of the time and you instantly have viewe
Young CriticThe Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Chris Columbus returns to the directing chair with a rather overstuffed sequel Chris Columbus (the director not the Genovesean explorer) has had an ability to craft Christmas classics. His most famous Christmas movie is
Young CriticHappiest Season
A groundbreaking and hypocritically conventional Christmas movie Christmas films have largely retained the traditionally conservative values that the religious roots of the holiday suggest. From the championing of family
Young CriticLast Christmas
As November begins so does the Christmas selling campaign, which includes the annual slew of Christmas movies. For a couple of years there have been no real hits in this genre, with most flicks playing it safe. However,
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 CriticCollateral Beauty
Every 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 CriticOffice Christmas Party
While 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.