Armie Hammer is getting ready for his first solo film. Is he up for the challenge? Will he raise the bar James Franco or Tom Hardy set in 127 Hours and Locke? Just a few days ago, the trailer for…
TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 7×10, “New Best Friends”
In previous reviews for season 7 of The Walking Dead, I’ve made it clear that Ezekiel and The Kingdom were missed. Given how grim and depressing the first half of the season was, I really wanted to have that fresh…
Melody on Music: Leaving America
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. Beginning in 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past…
TV Review: Supernatural 12×12 “Stuck in the Middle (With You)”
I’m a sucker for non-linear storytelling. Add in snarky chapter titles, and I’ll sing praises about something until the day I die. “Stuck in the Middle (With You)” does both, and it does both fantastically. First off, I really dig…
TV Review: Taboo “Episode 6”
After an explosive episode last week, this week’s episode of Taboo seems much less volatile. Nonetheless, James’s Delaney’s engrossing tale continues to peak our interest and curiosity, with episode six revealing riveting details that leaves us with a fiery end.…
Emerald City 1×08 – “Lions in Winter”
Glinda’s not a good witch, Tip’s a princess, Eamonn’s the lion, and Dorothy is somewhat irrelevant. Though it has been a week of revelations on Emerald City, with only two episodes left, the show has dragged us down a deep…
Album Review: Knox Hamilton – “The Heights”
Knox Hamilton is a name that’s been floating around for a couple of years now. In 2015, the band—an indie pop group from Little Rock, Arkansas—released an EP titled How’s Your Mind, which garnered interest from Alt Nation as well…