The Young Folks Oscar Panel Series: Best Director

I am mourned on tonight’s panel episode as we’re joined by Gaby to talk about our picks for Best Director in this years Academy Awards. Only two days away and the categories become instantly more stacked and, more interestingly, more…

The Young Folks Oscar Panel Series: Best Actor

So I think it’s pretty clear that the Best Actor race was a difficult one this year which makes the final list of nominees bittersweet, no matter how you look it. Think of a lineup with Jake Gyllenhaal, David Oyelowo,…

The Young Folks Oscar Panel Series: Best Adapted/Original Screenplay

We’re back! A new week, a new video just for all of you! Check out the video below where we talk about our favorites to win for the Best Adapted and Best Original Screenplay. I use my power of persuasion…

Oscar Nominations 2015: ‘Birdman’ & ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ Lead the Race

The 2015 Oscar nominations were announced this morning. The Academy changed things up this year, but announcing all of the awards via their live stream, instead of just the popular categories. J.J. Abrams, Alfonso Cuarón, Chris Pine, and AMPAS president Cheryl…

If I Had a Ballot: My Picks for the Oscars

I am not in any way shape or form an Oscar pundit who meticulously follows the statistics of who will and won’t be nominated for an Oscar. I take guesses and much of the time my guesses align themselves with…

The Young Folks’ Best Movies of 2014

The Young Folks team has come together to list the very best in entertainment and pop culture for the year 2014! 2014 was a wonderfully eclectic year in movies with few common threads aside from independent cinema making a tremendous…

Performances in 2014 That Were Overlooked or Underrated

Okay, so obviously the Oscars aren’t the end-all-be-all of cinema. A movie can be great without being an Oscar movie; a movie can be nominated for Best Picture and can subjectively be considered shit. Sometimes the Academy gets it right,…