“Well, that was cute.” Those were my thoughts walking out of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel where I had just been charmed by Dev Patel’s enthusiastic dancing and, in all honesty, that’s essentially where my thoughts stopped. It’s a nice film…
Cinderella Boston Screening & Giveaway
We are pleased to announce that the The Young Folks is inviting Boston readers to be among the first to see Kenneth Branagh’s CINDERELLA at a special preview screening on Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at a Boston-area theater. Plus,…
Ally’s Movie Review: Song of the Sea
Song of the Sea directed by Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells) is unlike most of its contemporieis. With the closest comparison being his own prior work as well as Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, his film brim full of wonder and…
Ally’s Movie Review: ’71
There is an image of this film that has burned itself into my memory. It’s one I cannot mention without spoiling an integral piece of the film, but it’s vital to the movements taken and to the encompassing themes which…
TV Review: Broad City (2×07) “Citizen Ship”
It was another odd one this week with first and last scenes that are so exaggerated that it makes the normalcy of the characters all the more obvious. Abbi, Illana, Jamie, Bevers and, to a lesser extent (as he makes…
Women In Film Wednesday: Love & Basketball (2000)
I love romantic comedies/romantic movies period and have taken a much more forgiving stance on them over the past few years after seeing how much oppressive hate the genre receives. Considering the majority of the targeted audience is women this…
Goodbye Parks and Recreation: I’ll Miss You Leslie Knope
Here’s my brief goodbye for a show that deserves a thousand more words: There isn’t a lot of optimism on television, particularly “prestige” television. There are a lot of muted emotions and angry outbursts. We have our antiheroes, our villains…
