Mark down Cruella as a villain origin story you didn’t know you needed. The latest trend of giving backstories to otherwise pretty transparent characters does get a bit tedious, but Craig Gillespie’s dive into a villain known for killing puppies…
Last Christmas Movie Review: Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding Charm
’Tis the season for a barrage of holiday movies. Some are good, some are bad, and some are easily forgotten. It’s been a while since a holiday romcom was released in theatersm though, and so Last Christmas works to fill…
Men in Black International Review: Not quite out of this world
If Men in Black: International gets by on anything, it’s the likability of its two main cast members: Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth. But even their chemistry is hindered by lackluster dialogue and a plot that loses traction pretty quickly.…
Enjoy the little things: Stranger Than Fiction 10 years later
It’s been a rough week, and that’s the easiest way of saying that it was emotionally tumultuous for many of us, readers of TYF and the staff as well. When I find myself in moments of stress or heartbreak, I…
Movie Review: Bridget Jones’s Baby
Let me preface anything that I am about to say with a simple, unfiltered fact: I love Bridget Jones. Not just the film “franchise” for its cheeky charm, but Jones as a character — a woman who stumbles a fair…
The Film Canon: Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Sense and Sensibility is a film I discovered years later during an obsessive teenage phase of romantic period dramas. I went through them all and only had two films that I enjoyed re-watching over and over again. One of them…
Bradley Cooper is getting ‘Burnt’
Who’s up for some cooking? Bradley Cooper is! The trailer for his upcoming film, Burnt, was released a few hours ago and it looks promising. Directed by John Wells, this dramedy tells the story of Adam Jones (Cooper), a two-star…