Ally’s Movie Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

“Well, that was cute.” Those were my thoughts walking out of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel where I had just been charmed by Dev Patel’s enthusiastic dancing and, in all honesty, that’s essentially where my thoughts stopped. It’s a nice film…

Dan Stevens Joins Emma Watson and Luke Evans in Disney’s Live-Action ‘Beauty and the Beast’

After it was announced yesterday that Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) is also in talks to play Gaston in Disney’s upcoming live-action version of Beauty and the Beast, rumors started to swirl that Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) is in talks to…

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,…

Ally’s Movie Review: Song of the Sea

Song of the Sea directed by Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells) is unlike most of its contemporieis. With the closest comparison being his own prior work as well as Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, his film brim full of wonder and…

Gayle Forman’s ‘I Was Here’ to be Adapted into a Movie With New Line

  On Tuesday, it was announced that New York Times best-selling author Gayle Forman’s novel I Was Here is being adapted into a movie by New Line, the same company that adapted and released her other novel If I Stay…

Ally’s Movie Review: ’71

There is an image of this film that has burned itself into my memory. It’s one I cannot mention without spoiling an integral piece of the film, but it’s vital to the movements taken and to the encompassing themes which…

Women In Film Wednesday: Love & Basketball (2000)

I love romantic comedies/romantic movies period and have taken a much more forgiving stance on them over the past few years after seeing how much oppressive hate the genre receives. Considering the majority of the targeted audience is women this…