Cate Young

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 15, 2026 I’m primed to enjoy a movie that tackles big questions. But I’m also someone who likes big answers, and the movie would be much easier to defend if it had any. Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 15, 2026 It’s a slick, striking film that takes its cues from slashers and spaghetti westerns in a way that feels inventive and fun. Go to Full Review They Will Kill You (2026) 66% - -

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 15, 2026 The film falters by the end in its conclusions about both characters by trying to straddle too many story beats at once. It dulls what should be a satisfying ending, and undoes much of the narrative work that got them to where they end up. Go to Full Review Send Help (2026) 92% - -

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 15, 2026 The myths that make the man have endured for decades for a reason, but this movie doesn’t seem to know what any of them are. Go to Full Review Michael (2025) 38% - -

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 15, 2026 As much as the movie tries, it never quite gets over the hump it needs to in order to be a really great film. Go to Full Review You, Me & Tuscany (2026) 65% - -

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 8, 2026 Digger is the defining film of the decade. It succinctly identifies the boundaries of our current historical age, and ushers in the next with pessimism and dread. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 7, 2026 Though consensus around the film is unlikely to change, (especially since it doesn’t quite land its ending) it’s a tense and emotionally engaging film that’s well worth its runtime. Go to Full Review The Last House (2026) 23% - -

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 7, 2026 Hailey Gates is a standout as Charli’s creative director Celeste. She was excellent in The Drama earlier this year and she’s becoming a face I’m always eager to see. Go to Full Review The Moment (2026) 67% - -

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 7, 2026 I never expected a simple dinner party scene would make me emotional, but in Maddie’s Secret — John Early’s directorial debut — he manages to craft a story where that simple scenario packs a mean punch. Go to Full Review Maddie's Secret (2025) 85% - -

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 7, 2026 It feels almost cruel to say, but this movie is a massive step down for the diva who gave us both a number one movie (The Wedding Planner) and a number one album (J.Lo) on Super Bowl weekend. Go to Full Review Office Romance (2026) 47% - -

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 7, 2026 Wilde, Rogen, Norton and Cruz exquisitely juggle the evening’s shifting moods, and Cruz in particular gives a naturalistic performance that outpaces the rest of the cast. Go to Full Review The Invite (2026) 96% - -

Cate Young faint praise* Oct 7, 2026 "Wuthering Heights" is her attempt to replicate and visualize the way she experienced her own relationship to a shared story we’re all familiar with. To ignore that very explicit framing is to miss the forest for the trees. Go to Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 57% - -

Cate Young Thirty, Flirty + Film Sep 23, 2026 Cretton has managed to graduate a teen franchise into something more adult, and more emotionally complex. The film brings together numerous characters dealing with grief, loss and loneliness, and lets them help each other climb out of it. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Cate Young Thirty, Flirty + Film Aug 21, 2026 Aside from the failure of that tonal shift, the film’s mystery hangs together, and it’s twisted and tangled enough to keep you guessing throughout. Go to Full Review Hokum (2026) 90% - -

Cate Young Thirty, Flirty + Film Aug 19, 2026 Nolan’s Odyssey does precisely what myths are meant to — use the stories of our past to weave truths about the fabric of our present-day lives. His lack of fidelity to the original is a feature, not a bug. It is in fact, the entire point. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Cate Young Thirty, Flirty + Film Aug 4, 2026 It’s hard to pull apart all the elements that make Mother Mary what it is. But Lowery’s chosen ending is a well-earned reminder that horror films are art too. Go to Full Review Mother Mary (2026) 69% - -

Cate Young Thirty, Flirty + Film Aug 4, 2026 But while it may mimic that movie’s broad strokes, what makes Forbidden Fruits work is its style. While it bites heavily from The Craft for its visuals and tonal sensibility, its closest spiritual ancestor is actually Heathers. Go to Full Review Forbidden Fruits (2026) 76% - -

Cate Young Thirty, Flirty + Film May 6, 2026 In a lot of ways Project Hail Mary is a clever repeat of The Lego Movie. Grace is this story’s "Special," and once again, he is called on to do something impossible and extraordinary. Go to Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 95% - -

Cate Young Thirty, Flirty + Film Apr 10, 2026 In an ironic twist, that narrative emptiness gives Zendaya lots of room to play in her craft, and consequently her work in The Drama is the best of her career. Go to Full Review The Drama (2026) 76% - -

Cate Young Thirty, Flirty + Film Apr 10, 2026 Sorry, Baby is less a film where things happen, so much as it is one where we follow Agnes at the different points in their life when they pause — or are forced to pause — to contemplate the bare, boring reality of what has happened to them. Go to Full Review Sorry, Baby (2025) 97% - -