Gabrielle Bondi

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Gabrielle founded The Young Folks in 2010 with Luciana Villalba. Since then, she has served as editor-in-chief and oversees the staff and editorial content on The Young Folks. She recently graduated from Northwestern University and is now working on her master's degree at the Medill School of Journalism.

Film Review: We Say Why You Should and Shouldn’t See ‘Battle: LA’

Battle: Los Angeles is about a group of Marines who try to save a group of civilians during a massive alien attack. It stars Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, and Ne-Yo. Gaby’s thoughts: These kind of movies aren’t for me. So…

Film Review: ‘Red Riding Hood’ – Two Reviews of Catherine Hardwicke’s new film.

Red Riding Hood is about a village that has been tormented by a wolf for two generations. The story revolves around Valerie, played by Amanda Seyfried. When her sister gets killed by the wolf, the village decides to take matters…

Film Review: ‘Beastly’ is adorably corny!

★★1/2 – Based off the young adult novel by Alex Flinn, Beastly is a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast. The movie is a rather faithful retelling, which is what stops it from being a good movie. Beastly is…

Film Review: Matt Damon’s Latest Flick ‘The Adjustment Bureau’

★★★ Matt Damon’s latest flick, The Adjustment Bureau, brings up an interesting topic, free will. Mix that with a love story and a little action and it’s easy to be engaged with the film. The Adjustment Bureau is a good…

Jennifer Lawrence Frontrunner for Katniss in ‘The Hunger Games’

We TOTALLY didn’t see this coming! Lainey Gossip reports that Jennifer Lawrence auditioned for the role, they loved her, and are trying to hammer out a deal with her. I’d been hearing whispers about it all week in LA. Jennifer…

Tim Burton and Josh Brolin teaming up for ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’

Remakes are HUGE in Hollywood right now. After Alice in Wonderland doing phenomenally at the box office and winning two Oscars, every producer in Hollywood is trying to get their hands on some sort of classic remake material. It was…

Oscars 2011 Recap!

Last night was the 83rd Academy Awards, our favorite night of the year! We eagerly watched to see if our favorite films walked away winners. We only got 15 of our TYF predictions right, which isn’t too bad. You can…