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 CriticGood “date movies” are really hard to come by nowadays. They all just end up being predictable rom-coms with overused story structures. The ‘walk and talk’ film that Richard Linklater brought about with his Before trilog
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 CriticThe great feat of making a quirky film is making it look like it just comes naturally. Many indies suffer from having extremely forced dialogue and storytelling, it is really hard to find a movie that can make its story
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