Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“Now she’s gone and love burns inside me” Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll. That pretty much epitomizes the film 9 Songs. Michael Winterbottom is a director that has never shied away from genre hopping or controversy, doing both with this explicit romance consisting of concert footage and sexual intercourse, with a little story thrown […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“I dance like the wind” There really is nothing more frightening than a writer. The ability to weave a story together that so touches you with its realism is a very powerful gift. You become cast under a spell, yearning for the next page and the answers to discover what may happen. What occurs when […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Closer, Edward Albee, Elizabeth Taylor, Ernest Lehman, George Segal, Haskell Wexler, Mark Harris, Mike Nichols, Patrick Marber, Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis, The Graduate, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“This marriage has a shelf life of a banana” Here is my call to arms people … go visit the Guggenheim Museum and donate money. After The International last year shooting up Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural wonder, New York City decided to get some more cash influx by allowing it to be showcased in this […]
Category comedy, film reviews, romance · Tags Anjelica Huston, Bobby Moynihan, Danny DeVito, Dax Shepard, Jon Heder, Josh Duhamel, Kate Micucci, Keir O’Donnell, Kristen Bell, Kristen Schaal, Mark Steven Johnson, Napoleon Dynamite, Roots, The International, When in Rome, Will Arnett
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 26, 2010 · 1 Comment
“Funny how falling feels like flying, even for a little while” Life ain’t no place for the weary kind. Just ask Bad Blake. Here is a man that acts from the soul every step of the way, however, it’s one that has been ravaged and decimated from a life of alcoholism and chain-smoking. Able to […]
Category drama, film reviews, musical/concert · Tags Colin Farrell, Crazy Heart, Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Ryan Bingham, Scott Cooper, T-Bone Burnett, The Wrestler, Thomas Cobb
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 153 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: An Education directed by Lone Scherfig #24: The Box directed by Richard Kelly #23: Sunshine Cleaning directed by Christine Jeffs #22: The Road directed by John […]
Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags (500) Days of Summer, 35 Rhums, 35 Shots of Rum, A Serious Man, A Single Man, An Education, Avatar, Bob Peterson, Broken Embraces, Cary Fukunaga, Celda 211, Cell 211, Christine Jeffs, Claire Denis, Daniel Monzón, Das, District 9, Duncan Jones, Ethan Coen, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Inglourious Basterds, James Cameron, James Gray, Jason Reitman, Jim Jarmusch, Joel Coen, John Hillcoat, Kathryn Bigelow, Lebanon, Lone Scherfig, Los abrazos rotos, Män som hatar kvinnor, Marc Webb, Moon, Neill Blomkamp, Niels Arden Oplev, Pedro Almodóvar, Pete Docter, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Kelly, Samuel Maoz, Sin Nombre, Spike Jonze, Sunshine Cleaning, The Box, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hurt Locker, The Limits of Control, The Road, The White Ribbon, Tom Ford, Two Lovers, Up in the Air, weiße Band, Wes Anderson, Where the Wild Things Are
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 24, 2010 · 7 Comments
After watching Drew Barrymore’s surprisingly good film Whip It, I had roller derby on my mind. A couple weeks earlier I had been in Toronto for the city’s International Film Festival and watched as they constructed an outdoor rink to be played on as promotion for that film and a couple months later Buffalo Spree […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“Giving pain is a serious business” Based on a Manga by Hideo Yamamoto, Takashi Miike’s 殺し屋１ [Ichi the Killer] is just as brutally gory as people say. This was my first screening of a Miike work and I’m not quite so sure of how I want to continue delving in. Definitely more style and gratuity […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, foreign, horror · Tags Hideo Yamamoto, Ichi the Killer, Japanese, Koroshiya 1, Nao Ohmori, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Tadanobu Asano, Takashi Miike
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“I guess we dodged that blessing” It is interesting to see a company such as CBS throw their hat in the ring of motion pictures, especially with the financial climate of the industry so muggy. I guess all that money from “CSI” and its spin-offs have landed enough cash in the coffers to lay the […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Brendan Fraser, CSI, Extraordinary Measures, Harrison Ford, Jared Harris, Jennifer Lopez, Keri Russell, My Sister’s Keeper, The Back-up Plan, Tom Vaughn, What Happens in Vegas
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
This list is accurate as of post-date. So many films and not enough time to see them all, the potential for future change is inevitable, but as of today here are the best … Another year gone, another 100+ releases down. 2009 was one that included a lot of good directors and some great ensemble […]
Category essays, top 10 films · Tags (500) Days of Summer, 35 Rhums, 35 Shots of Rum, A Serious Man, A Single Man, Avatar, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Black Dynamite, Broken Embraces, Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia, Claire Denis, Coco avant Chanel, Coco Before Chanel, Coen Brothers, Colin Firth, Crazy Heart, Das weiße Band, Dave Eggers, David Lynch, Duncan Jones, Fired Up!, George Clooney, Inglourious Basterds, Isaach De Bankolé, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Jim Jarmusch, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia, Kathryn Bigelow, Le silence de Lorna, Lluís Homar, Lorna’s Silence, Los abrazos rotos, Lymelife, Marc Webb, Maurice Sendak, Michael Haneke, Moon, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Red Cliff 2, Sam Rockwell, Sin Nombre, Spike Jonze, Sugar, Sunshine Cleaning, The Hurt Locker, The Last Station, The Limits of Control, The White Ribbon, Tom Ford, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Two Lovers, Tyson, Up, Up in the Air, Where the Wild Things Are, Zombieland, Zooey Deschanel
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 15, 2010 · 1 Comment
“I think that I am taken” A series of flashes, shooting before your eyes—this is what people like to believe happens as you die. A Single Man looks to corroborate this hypothesis, beginning with our discovery of George Falconer’s pain and depression dealing with the death of his long-time lover Jim, continuing to show him […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“Stay on the path; it’s not your concern” Sometimes promotional material lets on to the truth. By watching the trailers for The Book of Eli, I became excited to see the film due to its stripped color palette, post-apocalyptic environment, and Denzel Washington’s insane fighting skills. For some reason, though, all those posters saying “Deliver […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Children of Men, Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Gary Whitta, Jennifer Beals, Michael Gambon, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, The Book of Eli, The Hughes Brothers, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Tom Waits
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