‘Black Widow’ fails its women by simplifying agency to antidotes

There’s a lot to celebrate about Black Widow, Marvel’s first new movie release since Spider-Man Far From Home. Although this movie arguably should have come out before Captain Marvel, Black Widow works well as a reintroduction to feature-length Marvel flicks…

The Film Canon: Lucía (1968)

Alongside Mikhail Kalatozov’s I Am Cuba (1964), Humberto Solás’ Lucía (1968) was one of the formative texts of the new Cuban cinema established in the wake of Fidel Castro’s 1959 Cuban Revolution. Where Kalatozov’s film was a Mosfilm Soviet co-production,…

Movie Review: Underworld Blood Wars

Despite the second film in the franchise bearing the subtitle of “Evolution”, the Underworld franchise has been stuck in a creative rut since its inception. The fifth movie (surprisingly) is once again centered on a centuries old conflict between vampires…

TYF’s Best Films of 2016

Yesterday you got to see the outcome of our polled best films of 2016. Today, check out below our staffs individual lists for the best films of 2016. We’re all across the spectrum here, from Deadpool to Toni Erdmann and each individual list is…

Hugh Jackman is back as Wolverine in the first teaser for Logan

If there’s any one superhero that has begun to possibly wear out their welcome over the years it’s been Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. While Jackman has always delivered committed performances as the character he has grown into an easy cameo or…

TYF’s Best YA adaptations of the last ten years

With Allegiant arriving to theaters this weekend, us at the TheYoungFolks have decided to look back at the last ten years and single out the very best of the YA genre. Deciding to not keep to stricter limitations of what YA means,…

Ally’s Movie Review: Mojave

Reuniting after Inside Llewyn Davis in William Monahan’s second feature film is Garrett Hedlund and Oscar Isaac. Hedlund plays Thomas, a suicidal artist in the dregs of Hollywood who goes out into the desert. While there he comes across a lone homicidal…