TYF Picks: Best Films of the Decade (So Far…)

I have an epic scaled argument in me (that plenty have heard bits and pieces of already) ready to be lobbed at any and all whom deem modern cinema to be any lesser than the classics. Halfway through the 2010’s…

What To Watch This Weekend: Spike Lee’s Oldboy or Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy

The remake of Park Chan Wook’s cult classic Oldboy, directed by Spike Lee, did not get a warm reception from critics and was a box office disaster. Even Spike Lee and the film’s main star, Josh Brolin, criticized the version…

The Young Folks Predict the 86th Academy Awards

We are just a couple days from Hollywood’s biggest and most prestigious night for film. Some may argue about the relevance of the Academy Awards in this day and age. Valid points are made, but at the same time, we…

2014 Producers Guild Award Winners

Last night at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, California history was made as the Producers Guild awarded its top prize in film, the Darryl F. Zanuck award for outstanding producer of a motion picture, to two films. A…

Oscar Predictions 2014

With Thor himself (Chris Hemsworth) announcing this years nominees for 86th annual Academy Awards, it’s time The Young Folks put out some of their own predictions before the nominees are set in stone. In a fashion, this year’s Awards Race…

Directors Guild of America 2013 Award Nominations

    Just like that, another major guild has unveiled their nominations. This time we are dealing with the Directors Guild of America, who have selected their choices for the 5 best film directors of 2013. If you have been…

Producers Guild Award Nominations for 2013

  Earlier this morning the Producers Guild announced their nominations for the “Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of a Motion Picture.”  This guild should be taken seriously in terms of eventual Oscar prospects, but not entirely. These nominations…