A Powerfully Affecting Examination of an Injustice at the Heart of America's Justice System
DIRECTED BY GEORGE TILLMAN, JR. / 2018
A lot of modern YA li...
Steven Spielberg Proves he's Still Game for an Oasis of Juvenile Adventure
DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG/2018
The people of a dystopian future battle one ano...
A Disappointing Installment In An Already Disappointing Series
Well, it’s not good. In a sea of dystopian YA lit. adaptations, Divergent has always been the ru...
Out of the Maze and Into the Scorch
Director: WES BALL/2015
With The Hunger Games finishing up their cinematic run in November, and with Divergent/Insurgent...
The Revolution, in the End, is Rather Bland.
Director: ROBERT SCHWENTKE/2015
Divergent introduced us to a dystopian world where a society that is walled off...
This Revolution Burns Out Before It Ever Catches Fire.
DIRECTED BY FRANCIS LAWRENCE/2014
JIM TUDOR: “They’ll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you!”...
Hey, Something New! ... A Teenage Vampire/Witch Film... Oh, Wait!
Director: HILARY BROUGHER/2014
Yes, as you can see in the byline, this is the review of ye...
If You Can Stay Awake During This Drivel, My Hat's Off To You
DIRECTOR: R.J. CUTLER/2014
If I Stay is an artless hodge-podge of recycled teen romance cliché...
The Giver's Gift is... Boredom.
Director: PHILLIP NOYCE/2014
At some point we have to be honest with ourselves. There are simply too many teen dystopian/fa...
Dystopian Sci-Fi Romance Does Nothing To Diversify The YA Movie Landscape
DIRECTED BY NEIL BURGER/2014
“I like training sequences to run no longer than the ...
