Young CriticThe Cloverfield movies’ marketing campaigns have been absolutely fascinating to watch. The first trailers or posters for the films have been announced mere weeks before the film is set to premiere (when some productions
Young CriticThere are few franchises as universally iconic as Star Wars . It’s incredibly hard to deal with such famed characters like Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, which is why J.J. Abrams chose to honor them in Star Wars: The
Young CriticBlade Runner wasn’t a hit when it came out. In fact, it was a box office flop; it was only in VHS sales that it gained a cult following to the point that it was claimed a classic in latter decades. The film explored what
Young CriticAt this point you can’t go into these movies expecting much. The Transformers franchise is the perfect embodiment of Michael Bay’s signature directing: pointless explosions. The fifth film in this franchise has been rel
Young CriticThe 2012 film Prometheus was director Ridley Scott’s unofficial prequel to his masterpiece Alien . In the film he also took certain liberties since he was not tied down by any specific franchise lore; this led to an exp
Young CriticIn order for a sequel to capture the originality of its predecessor, it has to diverge from simply copying and pasting, and branch out into an innovating and unexpected realm. Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 seemed to lea
Young CriticSpace thrillers are always a good time, essentially because the feeling of isolation always works in building suspense. Life is pitched as a thriller but it ends up being more of a horror gore-fest… unfortunately. Life
Young CriticThe Power Rangers concept has gone a long way. They were originally simply a martial arts show from Japan. The American networks took the fight scenes and pieced them together with their own written narrative. There hav
Young CriticSony’s going through a rough patch recently, they’ve had consecutive years of blockbuster and award failures, even before the infamous Sony hack. Their latest push to break this trend is Passengers a romance in space wi
Young CriticVideo games have been trying to make the jump into the film world for the past two decades. Most attempts have been dismal, and 2016 was a particularly ambitious year as three very notable wide releases based on video ga
Young CriticWhen will they make an end? How much more can you squeeze out of the original Star Wars stories? We already got three prequels, which mostly disappointed, and LucasFilm had thus intelligently decided to move forwards in
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 CriticMarvel is becoming a world power within Hollywood itself. It’s snagging up A-list talent left and right for the best and for the worst. Its Marvel Cinematic Universe idea has been snagged up by other studios (notably DC
Young CriticJeff Nichols is becoming increasingly respected in the film world. His films are usually set in the American mid-west, and he has such deep and unique characters that tell very compelling stories that attract A-list acto