Oscar Predictions 2014

With Thor himself (Chris Hemsworth) announcing this years nominees for 86th annual Academy Awards, it’s time The Young Folks put out some of their own predictions before the nominees are set in stone. In a fashion, this year’s Awards Race…

Directors Guild of America 2013 Award Nominations

    Just like that, another major guild has unveiled their nominations. This time we are dealing with the Directors Guild of America, who have selected their choices for the 5 best film directors of 2013. If you have been…

Awards Buzz: Los Angeles, Boston, and D.C. Film Critics Awards

  Hot off the heels of the New York Film Critics Circle (Best Film: American Hustle) and the National Board of Review (Best Film: Her), voting groups that jump started the 2013 awards season last week, both the Los Angeles…

Ally and Evan’s Best Upcoming Directors – Video Blog

12 Years a Slave is opening and everyone is raving about Steve McQueen-and of course they should! He’s a genius. It made us think though about how this movie season seems dominated by old favorites and Hollywood greats- Spike Jonze…

Allyson’s Movie Review: 12 Years A Slave

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave without fail is definitively a landmark film. This film paints a portrait of human depravity and the evil that can consume individuals, how that evil manifests itself throughout the years, the overwhelming compassion that…

Film News: First Look at Steve McQueen’s ‘Twelve Years a Slave’

Steve McQueen and Fox Searchlight’s highly-anticipated film Twelve Years a Slave has people buzzing around Hollywood. There were rumors that the film was going to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last month but unfortunately those rumors turned out to…

Film News: Hans Zimmer Set To Score Steve McQueen’s ‘Twelve Years A Slave’

In what seems like an unconventional mash-up, composer Hans Zimmer will be teaming up with Steve McQueen to score McQueen’s upcoming film Twelve Years A Slave. In recent years the 8-time Academy Award nominee has been composing the scores for…