Movie adaptations are a book nerd’s favorite thing to complain about. While excitement ensues when the announcement comes (“Oh my gosh, they’re finally making XYZ into a movie!! I CAN’T WAIT.), dread …
Who did it better? 2015 book-to-movie adaptions
Book versus movie adaptions are a serious deal for us literary fans – and so we’ve taken a look at some of the biggest page to screen adaptions of 2015, and judged which medium did it bett…
Movie Review: ‘Paper Towns’
There is an ideal image of happiness and success: suburban family, good job, outgoing personality, etc., etc. Our lives are formed and developed like a production line, with strict rules and schedules…
‘Paper Towns’ Re-Read: Part Two
Welcome back to our re-read of Paper Towns by John Green. We’re less than one week from release day in theaters and starting to get excited! Did you miss Part One of the re-read? Check it out here. An…
‘Paper Towns’ Re-Read: Part One
Welcome to The Young Folks! Today is the first recap of our re-read of Paper Towns by John Green. We’re getting ready for the movie release in just two weeks! This week we read the prologue and part o…
‘Paper Towns’ Re-Read
Today is the first day of July, which means that we are just twenty-four days from the Paper Towns movie being released in theaters. Paper Towns is based on the book by John Green, and if you’re like …
Really Great Songs Straight from the Trailers
Movie trailers. Sometimes bad movies have engaging trailers and sometimes good movies have boring trailers. Sometimes they make us cry, and sometimes they give away the best parts of the movie. They p…