There comes a time when a movie—nay, an event—so monumental, so historical comes to change the course of cinematic history. A film so outside the norm, so distinct, so incredibly fresh and groundbreaking, that it shakes the very foundation of…
Sonic The Hedgehog Review: Is the video game movie curse broken?
After more than a few misfires, Hollywood hasn’t really been in a rush to figure out how to make a good video game movie. Translating games to film has been an issue for years, but there’s no denying that at…
Shock and Awe Movie Review: An Easily Digestible Bore
Shock and Awe exists exclusively to exploit a market for journalism movies whittled down into easily digestible, unchallenging chunks, à la James Vanderbilt’s 2015 clunker Truth. This heavy-handed pat on the back for the only reporters who “got it right”…
52FilmsbyWomen 2018: 27 Dresses [Column]
Film writer AJ Caulfield has taken the #52FilmsbyWomen pledge, where she will watch one movie directed by a women per week throughout 2018. Here on The Young Folks, AJ reflects on the films she’s viewed — including female-directed classics and…
Adam Shankman To Direct Enchanted Sequel
Way back in the olden days of 2007, when the first iPhone roamed, and Spider Man 3 made the skies cloudy all day, a charming little movie called Enchanted made everybody’s thanksgiving a little happier. It was a wonderful deconstruction…
TV Review: Westworld 1×01 “The Original”
(SPOILERS BELOW) Westworld is without question HBO’s biggest make-or-break series since Game of Thrones first premiered. Sure, their miniseries and TV movie departments have continued to perform well, but the network has struggled to conjure the next big hit series. After several…
Interview: Shira Piven, Director of Welcome to Me
Welcome to Me is the story of new millionaire, Alice. With her newfound money, she decides to create her own talk television show where she talks all about her life: past, present and even future. What makes her journey unique…