“The costumes! The powers! The mythic struggles!” These words come from Winston Deavor (voiced by Bob Odenkirk), and a lot of this new character’s attitude holds true to Pixar’s aspirations for Incredibles 2, a franchise being “brought back to the…
52FilmsbyWomen 2018: Please Give [Column]
Film writer AJ Caulfield has taken the #52FilmsbyWomen pledge, where she will watch one movie directed by a women per week throughout 2018. Here on The Young Folks, AJ reflects on the films she’s viewed — including female-directed classics and…
Movie Review: Get Out
Jordan Peele’s Get Out is essentially Dear White People for sadists; it’s a therapeutic horror comedy with a shotgun barrel aimed at the racial tension that’s echoing through America. Where Keegan-Michael Key mostly seems comfortable remaining in the goofy comedy/light drama…
TV Review: Show Me a Hero Finale
Show Me a Hero has been a powerful and incredibly timely piece of television. Running at only six episodes long there was a fear that it wouldn’t have the impact it could with a longer running time, but six hours…
TV Review: Show Me a Hero Premiere
To I’m sure what must be the horror of television fans everywhere, this is the first David Simon series I’ve ever seen. Generation Kill, about the fruitless nature of war, was never on my radar when it aired, Treme was little…
Women in Film Wednesday: Enough Said (2013)
I watched Enough Said in January of last year and fell pretty head over heels for it and its directer, Nicole Holofcener, most of whose filmography I would then go on to see. In a similar vein to this year’s Obvious Child, Enough Said takes…