While I was not expecting a baptism sequence as epic as something like the virtuoso scene from The Godfather, I have to admit the opening of this week’s episode of The Americans, “Born Again”, was a bit more subdued than…
TV Review: Better Call Saul (1×05) – “Alpine Shepherd Boy”
There’s a point in “Alpine Shepherd Boy” where Jimmy McGill goes to see a new client after his billboard hero story and I wondered whether or not Better Call Saul was about to head down into a procedural route blended…
Playlist: Winter Is DEAD To Me
We’re at the point in winter where everything is terrible. EVERYTHING. Temperatures have been so cold that anything hovering around 32 degrees actually feels deliciously warm, events are consistently canceled due to inclement weather, and snow has smothered sidewalks/cars/the desire…
TV Review : Girl Meets World (1×19) “Girl Meets Farkle’s Choice”
John Quincy Adams Middle School is like its Boy Meets World predecessor John Adams High School, a learning institution that has the means to televise its morning announcements. Big news: thanks to his paper on the orange dancing spider (ick),…
TV Review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2×11) “Aftershocks”
To Recap the Winter Finale of Season Two: Hydra’s plan to utilize the Kree temple has been thwarted, but at a price. Raina and Skye were trapped in the artifact’s mist, and because of their unique genetics, were transformed. Before all…
Cinderella Boston Screening & Giveaway
We are pleased to announce that the The Young Folks is inviting Boston readers to be among the first to see Kenneth Branagh’s CINDERELLA at a special preview screening on Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at a Boston-area theater. Plus,…
The Film Canon: Casablanca (1942)
Winner of three Academy Awards (Best Picture, Director and Screenplay) and responsible for some of the most quoted movie lines of all time, Casablanca is well deserving of its status as a silver screen classic. The movie is based on…