In Paul Bettany’s screenwriting and directorial debut, Shelter follows the lives of two homeless people who find love in each other despite all of the obstacles that stand in their way. Starring Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie, the film depicts the lives…
Comic-Con 2015: The Buffy Effect – Teen Heroines Then & Now
If you’re a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan and haven’t read some recent young adult lit, or if you’re a big YA fan but have yet to check out Joss Whedon’s brilliant teen series, you are missing out. Seriously. I…
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,…
Ally’s Movie Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are back for a thrilling, fun and–dare I say it?–darker film. While it doesn’t achieve the same feeling as its critically and commercially beloved predecessor, it’s a sequel befitting the model Marvel has created and a success…
TV Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2×18 “The Frenemy of my Enemy”
This week’s episode of Agents of SHIELD is the strongest in quite a while, and it’s not solely because of a light building to Avengers: Age of Ultron crossover in a search for Baron Von Strucker, but because it re-involves…
Avengers: Age of Ultron – Introducing Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver
Marvel’s first featurette for Avengers: Age of Ultron, now barely a month from release, brings the spotlight on new characters to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Played by Elizabeth Olson and Aaron Taylor Johnson, Wanda and Pietro Maximoff (AKA Scarlet Witch…
TV Review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2×12) “What Are You Really”
Well, my questions from last week were immediately answered. Secret no longer are Skye’s powers as of this week. In addition, we get the big return for Lady Sif of Asgard, and our first formal introduction to a Kree, not in…