Donald Strohman
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​Donald Strohman is a Pennsylvania State University film graduate currently residing in Metro Atlanta, Georgia. Before being a part of The Young Folks team, he contributed to GameDeck, GameSkinny, and the satire website The Black Sheep. When he's not trying to fulfill his life long dream of becoming the "Hash Slinging Slasher", Donald enjoys watching movies, playing video games, and writing; sometimes all at once. He's also currently doing background extra work all across the Georgia state. He's appeared in several shows and films such as 'Sleepy Hollow', 'MacGyver' and '24: Legacy'.

Movie Review: John Wick Chapter 2

I think it’s safe to say that John Wick has been quite the surprise. What many believed to just be a little brainless flick popping up out of nowhere, would go on to be one of 2014’s best actions films period.…

Movie Review: The Founder

Oh look, there’s a critic on The Young Folks named Donald, and he’s reviewing a movie about the fast food chain McDonald’s! Yeah, I’m not buying that as coincidental either. We all think we know the story of McDonald’s, all the…

A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) Why the Books Deserved a Better Film Adaptation

Almost everyone I knew from my elementary or middle school years grew up on Harry Potter, but while everyone else was busy dabbling in the world of Wizardry, I had my own special series of books that would become a pinnacle…

Movie Review: Collateral Beauty

When looking at the trailers for Collateral Beauty, the first obvious comparisons are to that of  A Christmas Carol. Some may see that as a negative, but going in, at least perhaps we could expect a modern-day retelling of the timeless themes…

Film Theory: How Dark Is Disney’s Moana

I think the reason Disney loves throwing their villains off a cliff, hurdling them over a waterfall, or even have them fall off a zeppelin while chasing down a rare breed of bird, is because these deaths are automatically implied…

TV Review: The Crown

The Crown is a Netflix exclusive drama series surrounding the early events of Queen Elizabeth II’s (Claire Foy) reign. After marrying Prince Philip (Matt Smith), Elizabeth learns that King George VI (Jared Harris) has only months left to live, due…

Movie Review: Trolls

Some months ago, I wrote an article about the teaser for DreamWorks’ latest animated feature Trolls. As I stated in the piece, I thought the teaser made the upcoming feature look terrible, because it featured colorful trolls twerking and doing the…