Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
2013 IN MUSIC: Two-disc mix of song favorites from 2013 for friends and family sent during the holidays. Edition of 50 Handprinted on a Kelsey Excelsior 5×8 Table Letterpress Tracklisting: Disc 1 1. “A Whistling Tune from a Lonely Man” • Clint Mansell • 00:40 • Stoker OST, Milan Records 2. “Young and Beautiful” • […]
Category cd jackets, design, letterpress, portfolio · Tags Aloe Blacc, Arctic Monkeys, Barbarossa, Bastille, Black Joe Lewis, Booker T., Capital Cities, Caveman, CHVRCHES, Clint Mansell, Daft Punk, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Empire of the Sun, Har Mar Superstar, How to Destroy Angels, Iron & Wine, James Blake, Janelle Monáe, Jay-Z, Junip, Justin Timberlake, Juveniles, Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, London Grammar, Lorde, M.I.A, Miles Kane, Miley Cyrus, OneRepublic, Pearl Jam, Ra Ra Riot, Rhye, Sleigh Bells, The 1975, The Civil Wars, The Weeknd, Vampire Weekend
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Rule number 1: No touching of the hair or face… AND THAT’S IT!” People have been telling me for almost a decade that Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy needs a second viewing to fully appreciate its genius. I’m happy to say they were correct. I watched it again last night and increased its score […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Adam McKay, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Ben Stiller, Bill Kurtis, Christina Applegate, Christopher Guest, Danny Trejo, David Koechner, Fred Armisen, Fred Willard, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Kathryn Hahn, Luke Wilson, Paul Rudd, Saturday Night Live, Seth Rogen, Step Brothers, Steve Carell, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The Other Guys, Tim Robbins, Vince Vaughn, Wake Up Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie, Will Ferrell
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Get the Cookies! Cookies!” It wears its comedy on its sleeve with an intentionally broad performance from its titular savior along a pretty obvious plot trajectory, but Greg’s Guardian Angel finds a way to entertain nonetheless. Whether it’s the office setting or the relatable gags embellished for effect sprinkled throughout Greg’s (Greg Vorob) unremarkable life’s […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 27, 2013 · 1 Comment
“Into the donuts, my boy?” This is the story of an American antihero: a guy born in the Bronx to working class parents who set off for Wall Street to make a name for himself as a stockbroker and rule the world. Jordan Belfort got a good five years or so of the limelight as […]
Category biography, comedy, drama, film reviews, z.slideshow · Tags Boiler Room, Brad Pitt, Brian Sacca, Casino, Cristin Milioti, Don Jon, Gangs of New York, Goodfellas, Henry Zebrowski, Hugo, Jean Dujardin, Jon Bernthal, Jonah Hill, Jordan Belfort, Kenneth Choi, Kyle Chandler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, P.J. Byrne, Rob Reiner, Scarlett Johansson, Taxi Driver, Terence Winter, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street, Tommy Chong
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 27, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“I won’t get tired so fast” Lust is a powerful drug that makes us do stupid things. We mistake it for love, brainwashing ourselves into thinking truths about the object of our affection don’t matter because what you have together is special. Did he treat his ex badly? Is he a jerk unwilling to see […]
Category drama, film reviews, romance, suspense/thriller · Tags Alain Guiraudie, Christophe Paou, François-Renaud Labarthe, James Stewart, Jérôme Chappatte, L'inconnu du lac, Patrick d'Assumçao, Pierre Deladonchamps, Rear Window, Stranger by the Lake
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Hunting animals” Winner of Best Screenplay at the 2013 Festival de Cannes, Chinese writer/director Zhangke Jia‘s latest work 天注定 [A Touch of Sin] is a sprawling drama depicting his country’s contemporary struggles amidst its ever-growing economy. While we’d love to say how more money and financial success is crucial to finding increased peace and harmony […]
Category drama, film reviews, foreign · Tags A Touch of Sin, Baoqiang Wang, Chinese, Lanshan Luo, Mandarin, Tao Zhao, Tian zhu ding, Wu Jiang, Zhangke Jia
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill […]
Category film features, posterized propaganda, top 10 lists, top 10 posters by year · Tags 12 Years a Slave, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, aSquared Design Group, Blackfish, BLT Communications LLC, Brick, Casey Affleck, Casper Sejersen, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Computer Chess, Geoffrey Fletcher, Gravillis Inc., Her, Hugh Jackman, Ignition Print, Lars von Trier, Leviathan, Lucien Yang, Machete Kills, Nebraska, Nymphomaniac, Only God Forgives, Rooney Mara, Short Term 12, Simplissimus, The Conjuring, The Einstein Couple, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Wolverine, Troublemaker Studios, Violet & Daisy, Zack Snyder
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Now know the depth of my lord’s honor” There have been numerous iterations of Japan’s unofficial, national legend about forty-seven ronin who avenged their master’s death at the start of the eighteenth century spanning movies, ballets, television productions, operas, bunraku, and kabuki plays. Known as Chūshingura, the true story has been embellished over the centuries […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews · Tags 300, 47 Ronin, Carl Erik Rinsch, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Chris Morgan, Chūshingura, Game of Thrones, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hossein Amini, Keanu Reeves, Kô Shibasaki, Min Tanaka, Ridley Scott, Rinko Kikuchi, Sucker Punch, Tadanobu Asano, The Gift, The Man with the Iron Fists, Tony Scott
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Don’t put metal in the science box” Director David O. Russell has said I Heart Huckabees was a transitional film for him wherein he took a break, took stock, and came back with the drive and enthusiasm for making movies that got him into the business in the first place. And even though the film […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews, z.slideshow · Tags American Hustle, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, David O. Russell, Elisabeth Röhm, Eric Warren Singer, I Heart Huckabees, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Linus Sandgren, Louis C.K., Shea Whigham
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“That’s something my great grandfather would say. He’s a racist.” We’ve all had that urge to runaway when our parents prove too overbearing or too indifferent, but those thoughts disappear quickly once the allure of freedom evolves into a nightmare of self-sufficiency. So we stay at home; deal with the push and pull of personality […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Alison Brie, Chris Galletta, Ender’s Game, Erin Moriarty, Eugene Cordero, Gabriel Basso, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Lili Reinhart, Marc Evan Jackson, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Megan Mullally, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Nick Robinson, The Kings of Summer, Thomas Middleditch
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Look around you, Ellen. We’re at the threshold of hell.” While I enjoy A Christmas Story‘s 1940s holiday aesthetic like the rest—when it’s not on 24-hour TBS repeat—I prefer my dysfunctional yuletide spirit to hit a little closer to home. This is where Christmas Vacation comes in, National Lampoon’s 1989 classic continuation of the Griswold […]
Category comedy, film reviews, holiday · Tags A Christmas Story, Beverly D’Angelo, Brian Doyle-Murphy, Chevy Chase, Diane Ladd, Doris Roberts, E.G. Marshall, Jeremiah S. Chechik, John Hughes, John Randolph, Johnny Galecki, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Juliette Lewis, Mae Questel, Miriam Flynn, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Nicholas Guest, Randy Quaid, Vacation, William Hickey
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