Spencer was the real MVP of this week’s episode of PLL for many reasons that we’ll go over. She also has the best line of the episode. The runner-up was: Anyway, let’s get on with this week’s review. Everyone is…
‘The Unbeatables’ Trailer
A little over a year ago, here at The Young Folks I posted a review about a little animated film from Argentina called Metegol, directed by Academy Award winner Juan José Campanella. At the very end of that post, I wrote…
Book Review: Appaloosa Summer by Tudor Robins
I went through a horse phase when I was six or seven. Of course, as much as I begged my parents, they didn’t want to drive the distance, pay the money, or endure the annoyance of fulfilling my short-lived dreams.…
TV Review: Under the Dome 2X05 “Reconciliation” & 2X06 “In the Dark”
In the latest episodes of Under the Dome, suspense overflows in waves as the residents of small town Chester’s Mill go through the ups and downs of living inside a dome. In episode five, Julia takes command after Big Jim…
TV Review: HBO’s The Leftovers 1X05 “Gladys” & 1X06 “Guest”
Murder and renewal emerge from the two newest episodes of HBO’s The Leftovers as tensions rise and new leaves are turned over. In episode 5 of The Leftovers, a member of the Guilty Remnant is kidnapped and stoned to death.…
TV Review: The Strain 1×4 “It’s Not for Everyone”
When this episode began, I wished it featured the episode’s title in its credits as Ephraim Goodweather performed his autopsy of Del Toro’s biological hot mess of a vampire, because calling this episode of The Strain “It’s Not for…
The Film Canon: Godzilla (1954)
Before the sequels, before the reboots, before the television shows, the action figures, the video games, and its canonization as a bona fide pop culture icon, Godzilla was just a monster. A lumbering 164-foot tall beast of rage and eradication,…