The Marvel Cinematic Universe at least was smart enough to not even pretend that billionaire playboy Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) wasn’t Iron Man, so it’s really…… Read more “New from Andrea Thompson on The Young Folks: Spider-Man: Far From Home Movie Review: Jake Gyllenhaal takes a bland role and runs fff with a movie”

Even if you haven’t read the Shakespeare play Hamlet, you still know the story. There was the prince who might be mad, the queen who married her…… Read more “New from Andrea Thompson on The Young Folks: Ophelia Movie Review: Daisy Ridley and Naomi Watts are the real victims in a sumptuous but shallow Hamlet retelling”

The Last Black Man in San Francisco speaks to a level of devastation that’s been discussed before, that of how racism, gentrification, and class converge over generations…… Read more “New from Andrea Thompson on The Young Folks: The Last Black Man in San Francisco Movie Review: Home is the impossible dream in a gentrified nightmare”

Late Night is one of those films that seems tailor made for everyone in it, and not just because Mindy Kaling writes, produces, and stars. Emma Thompson…… Read more “New from Andrea Thompson on The Young Folks: Late Night Movie Review: Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson are a platonic workplace love story for our times”

The Third Wife may tell another story about a repressed, frustrated wife, but at least it’s told with more style and less hysteria than usual. True, writer-director…… Read more “New from Andrea Thompson on The Young Folks: The Third Wife movie review: Love and marriage are awkward bedfellows in 19th century Vietnam”