Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“You just surprised me” Fresh off their Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Descendants, writing duo Jim Rash and Nat Faxon return with a wholly original work to serve as their directorial debut. Well, original in the sense they created it without any previous material to jump off from besides a century plus worth of […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Adventureland, Allison Janney, Amanda Peet, AnnaSophia Robb, Greg Mottola, Jim Rash, Liam James, Maya Rudolph, Nat Faxon, River Alexander, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, The Descendants, The Way Way Back, Toni Collette, Zoe Levin
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“And that’s Jenga!” If I hadn’t already realized this fact last year after loving Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, I knew it following my screening of Paul—Edgar Wright is the lynchpin of success for the quartet of he, Nira Park, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost. It began on British television with the hilarious homage-driven “Spaced” […]
Category comedy, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Adventureland, Bill Hader, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, David Koechner, Duel, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Edgar Wright, Greg Mottola, Hot Fuzz, Jane Lynch, Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Joe Lo Truglio, John Carroll Lynch, Kristen Wiig, Mac and Me, Nick Frost, Nira Park, Paul, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Seth Rogen, Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg, Spaced, Steven Spielberg, Superbad
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Some Oscar nomination thoughts, the morning after: William Altreuter: Best Picture: The Hurt Locker. James Cameron backlash, plus Hollywood self-seriousness = victory! Best Actor: Jeff Bridges. Everybody loved Clooney, but he’s in something good every year. Supporting Actor: Stanley Tucci. Just a hunch. Best Actress: Sandra Bullock. Did you realize she’s forty-five years old? Not exactly […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags 35 Rhums, A Serious Man, Adventureland, Alfred Molina, An Education, Antichrist, Avatar, Blood Diamond, Bright Star, Carey Mulligan, Christoph Waltz, Cicely Tyson, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Coen Brothers, Coraline, Dances With Wolves, Diana Ross, District 9, Duncan Jones, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Forest Whitaker, Gabourey Sidibe, Half Nelson, Halle Berry, Il divo: La spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti, In the Loop, Inglourious Basterds, Invictus, James Cameron, Jamie Foxx, Jeff Bridges, Kathryn Bigelow, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lilies of the Field, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Million Dollar Baby, Moon, Morgan Freeman, Mo’Nique, Nick Hornby, Peter O'Toole, Peter Sarsgaard, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Public Enemies, Quentin Tarantino, Randy Newman, Ray, Ryan Gosling, Sandra Bullock, Sidney Poitier, Sin Nombre, Slumdog Millionaire, Sounder, Stanley Tucci, Star Trek, Stephen Lang, The Color Purple, The Hurt Locker, The Informant!, The Last King of Scotland, The Lovely Bones, The Messenger, The Princess and the Frog, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Road, The Secret of Kells, The White Ribbon, Two Lovers, Up, Up in the Air, Venus, Watchmen, Will Smith
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 7, 2010 · 2 Comments
2010 looks to be a very intriguing year for the film world. A lot of big name directors are coming in with new work, hopefully continuing on their winning ways, while others are returning to perhaps erase some recent blunders and get back on track. There are two true sequels on the list, four depending […]
Category essays, top 10 films, top 10 lists · Tags Aaron Sorkin, Across the Universe, Adventureland, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alice in Wonderland, Ben Stiller, Biutiful, Black Swan, Brad Pitt, Bradley Cooper, Brian Grazer, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Christopher Nolan, Clash of the Titans, Cop Out, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, Don Cheadle, Edgar Wright, Fantastic Four, Greenberg, Greg Mottola, Guillermo Arriaga, Harry Potter, Inception, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Javier Bardem, Jesse Eisenberg, Joe Carnahan, Jon Favreau, Julie Taymor, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Smith, Kick-Ass, Lady in the Water, Lewis Carroll, Liam Neeson, M. Night Shyamalan, Martin Scorsese, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Matthew Vaughn, Michael Cera, Michel Gondry, Mickey Rourke, Mila Kunis, Mr. T, Natalie Portman, Nick Frost, Nicolas Cage, Noah Baumbach, Paul, Planet of the Apes, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sean Penn, Seth Rogen, Sharlto Copley, Shutter Island, Simon Pegg, Stardust, Tarsem Singh, Terrence Howard, Terrence Malick, The A-Team, The Dark Knight, The Fall, The Green Hornet, The Happening, The Last Airbender, The Social Network, The Tempest, The Tree of Life, The Village, Tim Burton, Titus, Toy Story 3, TRON: Legacy, Vincent Cassel, War of Gods, William Shakespeare, X-Men: The Last Stand
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“James—am I pronouncing that right? James?” Let’s just say that The Daytrippers has just gone to the top of my must-see list of films. After the fun that was Superbad and now the heartfelt homage to summer jobs during college with Adventureland, Greg Mottola is a force to be reckoned with. His handle on ensemble […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Adventureland, Bill Hader, Evan Goldberg, Greg Mottola, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig, Margarita Levieva, Martin Starr, Ryan Reynolds, Seth Rogen, Superbad, The Daytrippers
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