Movie Review: ‘Captain America: Civil War’

Before I have this incredibly difficult conversation with Marvel, let me get something straight. I am, and always will be, a defender of superhero movies. You’ll never see me writing a thinkpiece about how the genre is decaying, or how…

Avengers Age of Ultron: TYF Staff Assemble for Discussion on the Marvel Event Film

With Avengers: Age of Ultron finally in theaters in the United States with a solid $188 Million opening weekend, it’s to be anticipated that the film is talked about at length among us here on The Young Folks staff. So,…

TV Review: Agent Carter (1×08) – “Valediction”

Look, I love Captain America, and I love Captain America: The First Avenger; it’s one of the few Marvel movies that I actually like more each time I watch it. One of the reasons why it was such a success…

TV Review: Agent Carter (1×07) – “Snafu”

Remember when just last week I said that Agent Carter had its “shit’s going down” episode? Well, the ball just keeps on rolling in the latest installment: “Snafu.” With Peggy captured and the S.S.R. too busy prying her for information…

TV Review: Agent Carter (1×06) – “A Sin to Err”

Every season of television has that one episode known as the “shit goes down” episode where all the plot threads converge, conflicts flare up, and/or everything falls apart, and “A Sin to Err” is that such episode for Agent Carter.…

TV Review: Agent Carter 1×05 – “The Iron Ceiling”

Now this is more like it. After weeks of only scattered fight scenes here and there, Agent Carter delivered its most action-centric installment yet, and arguably its best so far, with “The Iron Ceiling.” Not only that, but the show finally…

TV Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2×8 – “The Things We Bury”

Earth_199999//Recap 0208//November_18_2014 The last couple of week on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. delivered in so many ways: Coulson was cured, Ward escaped and is on the hunt for his brother, the mysterious alien carvings were solved, revealed to be the blueprints…