Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie’s The Changeover, based on the award-winning 1984 novel of the same name by famed New Zealand children’s author Margaret Mahy, has a…… Read more “New from Brian Thompson on The Young Folks: The Changeover Movie Review: A modern day fairytale”
Category: The Young Folks
New from Brian Thompson on The Young Folks: Donnybrook Movie Review: A relentlessly punishing character drama
Much like the bombastic, free-for-all fight culture at its center, Donnybrook doesn’t let up. Director Tim Sutton’s (Memphis, Pavillion) monumental downer knocks its viewers onto the ground…… Read more “New from Brian Thompson on The Young Folks: Donnybrook Movie Review: A relentlessly punishing character drama”
New from Andrea Thompson on The Young Folks: Isn’t It Romantic Movie Review: Rebel Wilson is trapped in a rom-com wonderland
Oh, rom-coms. Is there a genre so many feel so guilty about loving? As Carrie Bradshaw put it, we want that “ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can’t-live-without-each-other-love.” Wanting love…… Read more “New from Andrea Thompson on The Young Folks: Isn’t It Romantic Movie Review: Rebel Wilson is trapped in a rom-com wonderland”
New from Brian Thompson on The Young Folks: Braid Movie Review: A delightfully strange and nauseating experience
Don’t let Braid’s glossy coating and vibrant color scheme fool you; it is most assuredly out for blood. From its off-kilter camera positioning to its rapid narrative…… Read more “New from Brian Thompson on The Young Folks: Braid Movie Review: A delightfully strange and nauseating experience”
New from Brian Thompson on The Young Folks: The Prodigy Movie Review: A doomed to be forgotten take on familiar horror trope
The world will never run out of movies about creepy kids. For some reason or another, we are obsessed with watching parents being tormented by their own…… Read more “New from Brian Thompson on The Young Folks: The Prodigy Movie Review: A doomed to be forgotten take on familiar horror trope”
New from Jon Espino on The Young Folks: Miss Bala Review: Of all the shots the film takes, only Gina Rodriguez hits the mark
Any time a foreign film is remade for Hollywood audiences, there is an inevitable degree of Americanization that takes place. Our country’s values are injected into this…… Read more “New from Jon Espino on The Young Folks: Miss Bala Review: Of all the shots the film takes, only Gina Rodriguez hits the mark”
New from Andrea Thompson on The Young Folks: Arctic Movie Review: Survival story as sadism
In its starting moments, and for most of the first half, Arctic comes across exactly as it’s obviously meant to, which is a lean, suspenseful tale of…… Read more “New from Andrea Thompson on The Young Folks: Arctic Movie Review: Survival story as sadism”
