Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 28, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“I don’t know if god will give me the strength to love you” It was a news headline focused on child soldiers in Africa embroiled in war and transformed into deity-like figures that inspired writer/director Kim Nguyen to create his Oscar nominated film Rebelle [War Witch]. Learning about prepubescent twins Johnny and Luther Htoo led […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“We never forget a smell” What do you get when you combine the English folktale Jack and the Beanstalk with the more violent Cornish fairy tale Jack the Giant Killer in an age where computer animation pretty much allows anything to be possible? Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer, of course. A film that has […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews · Tags Bill Nighy, Bryan Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, D.J. Caruso, Darren Lemke, David Dobkin, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Ian McShane, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack the Giant Killer, Jack the Giant Slayer, King Arthur, Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Troy
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 26, 2013 · 1 Comment
@jaredmobarak • and the #Oscars begin … #Oscars13 @jaredmobarak • SUCCESS!! Tommy Lee Jones smiles! #Oscars13 @jaredmobarak • poor Don Cheadle #Oscars13 Welcome to the 85th annual Academy Awards from the newly renamed Dolby Theatre. Bankruptcy is a drag, ain’t it Kodak? Hopes were high after host Seth MacFarlane‘s surprisingly hilarious Ted made me wonder […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags Adele, Amour, Ang Lee, Anna Karenina, Anne Hathaway, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Affleck, Brave, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, Chasing Ice, Chicago, Chris Brown, Chris Terrio, Christoph Waltz, Claudio Miranda, Cloud Atlas, Curfew, Daniel Day Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, David O. Russell, Die Fälscher, Django Unchained, Don Cheadle, Dreamgirls, Edgar Wright, Emmanuelle Riva, Family Guy, Flight, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Heights, How to Survive a Plague, Inocente, Jack Nicholson, Jacqueline Durran, James Franco, Jean Dujardin, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Joaquin Phoenix, Joe Wright, John Goodman, Jon Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julie Dartnell, Kathryn Bigelow, Kristin Chenoweth, Les Misérables, Liam Neeson, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Lisa Westcott, Magic Mike, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Wahlberg, Markéta Irglová, Mel Gibson, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep, Michael Haneke, Michelle Obama, Moonrise Kingdom, Mychael Danna, Neil Patrick Harris, Norah Jones, Paperman, ParaNorman, Paul Rudd, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Quentin Tarantino, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rachel Getting Married, Reese Witherspoon, Renée Zellweger, Ricky Gervais, Rihanna, Robert Downey Jr., Roger Deakins, Roman Coppola, Sally Field, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Searching for Sugar Man, Seth MacFarlane, Silver Linings Playbook, Simon Hayes, Skyfall, Ted, The Avengers, The Counterfeiters, The Hurt Locker, The Master, Tom Hooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Kushner, Wes Anderson, William Shatner, Wreck-It Ralph, Zero Dark Thirty
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Many have been saying 2012 was a great year for movies. I’m not sure I fully agree. There were a ton of solid 7/10s and 8/10s, yes, but how does that compare with previous years when the amount of 10/10s were also drastically reduced? It took until September for me to give a film four […]
Category essays, top 10 films · Tags 5 Broken Cameras, A Prophet, A Royal Affair, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Berberian Sound Studio, Beyond the Hills, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bradley Cooper, Brit Marling, Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell, David O. Russell, De rouille et d'os, Detropia, Dupa dealuri, Emma Watson, En kongelig affære, Ezra Miller, Frances Ha, Frankenweenie, Girl Walk // All Day, God Bless America, Greenburg, Greta Gerwig, Holy Motors, Hotel Transylvania, Inch'Allah, Jacques Audiard, Jennifer Lawrence, Leos Carax, Liberal Arts, Logan Lerman, Looper, Margot at the Wedding, Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mickey Sumner, Natural Born Killers, Noah Baumbach, ParaNorman, Penélope Cruz, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rian Johnson, Rise of the Guardians, Rust and Bone, Samsara, Searching for Sugar Man, Silver Linings Playbook, Sound of My Voice, Stephen Chbosky, The Avengers, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Gatekeepers, The Imposter, The Invisible War, The Master, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Queen of Versailles, The Squid and the Whale, Tom Tykwer, Twice Born, Venuto al mondo, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Your Sister's Sister
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“What’s snowballing?” Welcome to the digital age of a sexual generation raised on the ever-expanding internet where objectification has become self-inflicted before outside influences can gain the upper hand. By posting photos, videos, and comments on Facebook; sexting friends; dressing provocatively; and projecting an image of desire whether one is actually game to hook-up with […]
Category documentary, film reviews · Tags Bernard Stern, Britney Spears, Jennifer Bonjean, Jill Bauer, Ken Alpart, Lady Gaga, Laura Castle, Nichole Romagna, Ronna Gradus, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sexy Baby, Susan B. Anthony, Winnifred Bonjean-Alpart
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“You just have to trust me” Watching the trailer for Ric Roman Waugh‘s Snitch had me believing the film would be a high-octane actioner in the vein of Dwayne Johnson‘s other one-word titled thriller Faster. Between the depiction of The Rock’s John Matthews going undercover with the DEA to bring down a narcotics kingpin and […]
Category drama, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Barry Pepper, Benjamin Bratt, David Harbour, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Faster, Frontline, Jon Bernthal, Justin Haythe, Melina Kanakaredes, Michael Kenneth Williams, Nadine Velazquez, Rafi Gavron, Ric Roman Waugh, Snitch, Susan Sarandon, The House I Live In
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“I need to see her eyes” Acclaimed Arab-Canadian filmmaker Ruba Nadda follows her festival winning romantic drama Cairo Time with the mystery thriller Inescapable. It’s new territory for the writer/director in that its love story has already occurred, been thwarted, and had its central pairing move on. Whereas one could see Nadda weaving the tapestry […]
Category drama, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Alexander Siddig, Cairo Time, Danny Keogh, Inescapable, Jay Anstey, Joshua Jackson, Marisa Tomei, Oded Fehr, Ruba Nadda, Saad Siddiqui, Taken, The Debt
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“There’s a beauty that can come out” Mondays at Racine is a very worthwhile story touching upon the myriad points on life’s spectrum by branching off from its simple subject towards the much more personal and powerful realities facing cancer patients across the world. Oscar-winning—her documentary short Freeheld—director Cynthia Wade probably began her journey into […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“If you don’t do it full-time you ain’t gonna get what you need” As the economy struggles and paying jobs become few and far between, people need to do whatever is necessary to survive. For many New York City residents, canning is the one thing out there that will ensure they have at least a […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Staying here is just about all you can do” It was always the stereotypical retirement locale—Florida beckoning with open arms. Great weather, a new community of age-appropriate friends, and a simpler life away from the harsh cold of northern winters awaited everyone who migrated down. Some had to move due to doctor’s orders, others wanted […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Does she now? You look like Kenny Rogers.” Bolstered by a script ranking number three on the 2010 Brit List—a film industry tabulation of the best unproduced British screenplays—Eran Creevy‘s Welcome to the Punch goes a long way to putting the writer/director on our cinematic map. The guy has worked behind the scenes on projects […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Andrea Riseborough, Calamity Jane, Daniel Mays, Dannielle Brent, Danny Boyle, David Morrissey, Elyes Gabel, Eran Creevy, Guy Ritchie, James McAvoy, Johnny Harris, Layer Cake, Mark Strong, Matthew Vaughn, Neil Jordan, Oblivion, Peter Mullan, Ridley Scott, Shifty, Welcome to the Punch
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