Young CriticGet Out
You can’t help but wonder if this film hadn’t been in the horror genre, if it would have been given as big of a release. First-time director Jordan Peele, famous for being a sketch comic, shows a deft hand and telling st
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Young CriticHidden Figures
Historical 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 CriticLion
Family 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 CriticFences
Actors 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 CriticLa La Land
I don’t like musicals. I find them frustrating in the sense that they break into interchangeable songs that slow down the story’s progress. There are a few exceptions, musical movies with great soundtracks: The Sound of
Young CriticManchester by the Sea
Casey 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 CriticNocturnal Animals
Tom 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 CriticJackie
Biopics 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 CriticMoana
Disney has had a quite a run with its animated division. Both Pixar and Disney Animation Studios have been delivering successful hits for more than half a decade, ushering maybe a third Golden Age of animation. With each
Young CriticFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
First of all I have to confess I could not be a bigger Harry Potter fan, but I will do my best and appear unbiased when reviewing the newest installment in the Wizarding World: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. F
Young CriticMoonlight
Boyhood 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 CriticArrival
Aliens 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 CriticHacksaw Ridge
Mel 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 CriticLoving
Jeff Nichols is quickly becoming one of the best directors to make movies about America. I’m not talking about New York or LA, but of the deep America that rarely gets shown onscreen. His films range from Take Shelter
Young CriticHell or High Water
It’s hard to capture deep America; it’s an area where small amounts of people live with a lot of space. It’s the America that hasn’t changed for the past twenty years, and the ones that are protesting through Republican
Young CriticZootopia
Disney is producing more and more films that are aimed at children but are really for adults. We saw this with last year’s Inside Out , and we see it this year with Zootopia . It really is revolutionary for a medium that
Young CriticThe Revenant
Leonardo DiCaprio is like Pixar; when you think he just can’t outdo his last performance, he finds a way to surprise you. In The Revenant , Iñarritu’s follow up to his Oscar winning Birdman , DiCaprio gives one of his mo
Young CriticThe Hateful Eight
Tarantino is one of the greatest American auteurs of all time. He has only produced eight films in his career, but all eight of them have been great with extremely complex plots, great dialogue, and, of course, a lot of