Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 3, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“Everyone deserves a piece of the pie” Back before Martin Brest was placed into forced retirement post-Gigli, he had a run of comedy hits including Midnight Run and Beverly Hills Cop. The first of these studio pictures, however, was a heist flick starring eighty-year old George Burns, seventy-year old Lee Strasberg, and fifty-year old Art […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Alan Arkin, Ann-Margret, Christopher Lloyd, Going in Style, John Ortiz, Josh Pais, Kenan Thompson, Matt Dillon, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Peter Serafinowicz, Siobhan Fallon, Theodore Melfi, Zach Braff
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“That better have been filtered water” The seventh and final season of “Mad Men” has begun yet star Jon Hamm is only now getting his first leading man role in a feature film. So why does what should be an auspicious event considering his obvious talent seem less than noteworthy? As good at comedy as […]
Category biography, drama, film reviews, sports · Tags A.R. Rahman, Aasif Mandvi, Alan Arkin, Bar Paly, Bill Paxton, Britain's Got Talent, Craig Gillespie, Invincible, Jon Hamm, Lake Bell, Mad Men, Madhur Mittal, Million Dollar Arm, Miracle, Pitobash, Remember the Titans, Suraj Sharma, Susan Boyle, The Rookie, Thomas McCarthy, Tzi Ma
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“This is not the behavior of old men, man” Someone had the brilliant idea of putting Rocky Balboa and Jake La Motta in the ring together at the ripe old comedic age of seventy and their Hollywood surrogates agreed to no one’s surprise. Not only that, but the actors also found added pleasure in playing […]
Category comedy, film reviews, sports · Tags Alan Arkin, Anthony Anderson, Grudge Match, Jim Lampley, John Buccigross, Jon Bernthal, Kevin Hart, Kim Basinger, LL Cool J, Mickey Rourke, Peter Segal, Robert De Niro, Rodney Rothman, Steve Levy, Sylvester Stallone, The Wrestler, Tim Kelleher
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Pretend I’m still here and tell me all about it” I’m a big magic fan—always have been. Armed with a set of tricks needing extensive instructions before allowing my parents to feign astonishment at my implementation, I watched every David Copperfield special and even went to a weekly magic class one summer as a kid. […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Alan Arkin, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Criss Angel, David Blaine, David Copperfield, Don Scardino, Harry Houdini, Harry Potter, Horrible Bosses, James Gandolfini, Jay Mohr, Jim Carrey, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Luke Vanek, Mason Cook, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi, Steve Carell, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Office, The Prestige
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 1, 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 · Tags A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, A Good Day to Die Hard, Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, ARSONAL, Art Machine A Trailer Park Company, Beautiful Creatures, BLT Communications LLC, Bruce Willis, Canyon Design Group, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Walken, Cold Open, Contagion, Friends with Benefits, Gael García Bernal, Girls Against Boys, Haunting in Connecticut, Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief, Ignition Print, Jack Reacher, Jason Bateman, Jonathan Levine, Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, Le Cercle Noir, Like Someone In Love, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, My Blueberry Nights, Nicholas Hoult, Nicholas Sparks, No, P+A, Rin Takanashi, Roman Coppola, Rooney Mara, Safe Haven, Shel Starkman Design Group, Side Effects, Sound City, Stand Up Guys, Steven Soderbergh, Tarhan Creative, Teresa Palmer, The Change-Up, The Cimarron Group, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, The Last Exorcism, The Lucky One, The Matador, The Notebook, The Refinery, Warm Bodies, White Spark Creative, WORKS ADV, Zombieland
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Supporting Actress: Amy Adams: The Master Sally Field: Lincoln Anne Hathaway: Les Misérables Helen Hunt: The Sessions Jacki Weaver: Silver Linings Playbook William Altreuter: It often seems to me that the Best Supporting categories are where the most interesting things are to be found in the Academy Award nominations, and this year is proving me right. What we often get—especially with Best Actress […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags Alan Arkin, Amour, Amy Adams, Andy Wachowski, Ang Lee, Animal Kingdom, Ann Dowd, Anne Hathaway, Annie Hall, Anthony Minghella, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beauty and the Beast, Ben Affleck, Benh Zeitlin, Bernardo Bertolucci, Billy Campbell, Blake Lively, Born on the Fourth of July, Bottle Rocket, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Cohen, Bruce Willis, Cameron Mackintosh, Chicago, Chris Terrio, Christoph Waltz, Cloud Atlas, Compliance, Crash, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Dan Janvey, Daniel Day Lewis, Danny Boyle, David Magee, David O. Russell, David Womark, Dead Poets Society, Debra Hayward, Denis Lavant, Denzel Washington, Django Unchained, Do the Right Thing, Donna Gigliotti, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Doubt, Driving Miss Daisy, Dwight Henry, Edgar Wright, Emma Watson, Emmanuelle Riva, End of Watch, Eric Fellner, Ewan McGregor, Ezra Miller, Field of Dreams, Flight, George Clooney, Gil Netter, Grand Hotel, Grant Heslov, Helen Hunt, Helen Mirren, Henry V, Hitchcock, Holy Motors, Hugh Jackman, Hulk, Irrfan Khan, Jacki Weaver, James D'Arcy, Jamie Foxx, Javier Bardem, Jaws, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Jim Sheridan, Joaquin Phoenix, John Gatins, John Goodman, John Hawkes, John Travolta, Jonathan Gordon, Josh Penn, Judi Dench, Jurassic Park, Kathleen Kennedy, Kathryn Bigelow, Kathyrn Bigelow, Kenneth Branagh, Killing Them Softly, Lana Wachowski, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leos Carax, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Little Miss Sunshine, Lost in Translation, Lucy Alibar, Maggie Smith, Magic Mike, Margaret Ménégoz, Marion Cotillard, Mark Boal, Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Quick, Meet the Fockers, Megan Ellison, Meryl Streep, Michael Gottwald, Michael Haneke, Michael Katz, Michael Peña, Michel Hazanavicius, Mike Tyson, Million Dollar Baby, Milos Forman, Moonrise Kingdom, Moulin Rouge!, Munich, My Left Foot, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, Nora Ephron, Oliver Stone, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Jackson, Peter O'Toole, Peter Weir, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pilar Savone, Quentin Tarantino, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rachel Getting Married, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reginald Hudlin, Rian Johnson, Richard Attenborough, Robert De Niro, Robert Zemeckis, Roman Coppola, Roman Polanski, Rushmore, Rust and Bone, Sally Field, Savages, Scoot McNairy, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, sex lies and videotape, Shakespeare in Love, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, Slumdog Milionare, Spike Lee, Stacey Sher, Stefan Arndt, Stephen Chbosky, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Take Shelter, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The English Patient, The Fighter, The Flying Nun, The Fountain, The Help, The Hunger Games, The Hurt Locker, The Impossible, The Incredible Hulk, The Intouchables, The Master, The Paperboy, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Return of the King, The Sessions, The Sugarland Express, There Will Be Blood, Tim Bevan, Tom Cruise, Tom Hooper, Tom Tykwer, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Kushner, Veit Heiduschka, Walk the Line, Wes Anderson, When Harry Met Sally, Wings, Winter’s Bone, Woody Allen, Zero Dark Thirty
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“The United States government has just sanctioned your science fiction movie” In 1979, tensions between Iran and the United States reached a boil after Ayatollah Khomeini called for a return of his predecessor—Shah Pahlavi—in order to try him in what would be a kangaroo court whether or not deserved. Allowed passage into the US to […]
Category biography, drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, suspense/thriller, toronto international film festival · Tags Alan Arkin, Argo, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Battlestar Galactica, Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Chris Terrio, Christopher Denham, Clea Duvall, Gone Baby Gone, John Goodman, Joshuah Bearman, Kerry Bishé, Kyle Chandler, Rory Cochrane, Scoot McNairy, Tate Donovan, The Town, TIFF, Titus Welliver, Toronto International Film Festival, Victor Garber, Zeljko Ivanek
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Well thank you for profiting from my childhood” Despite having most likely seen John Cusack in previous films, I do believe black comedy Grosse Pointe Blank was the first to put him firmly on my radar as an actor to follow. While the last few years haven’t necessarily been a great showcase of his talent, […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, film reviews · Tags Alan Arkin, Benny Urquidez, Carlos Jacott, D.V. DeVincentis, Dan Aykroyd, Grosse Pointe Blank, Hank Azaria, High Fidelity, Jenna Elfman, Jeremy Piven, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, K. Todd Freeman, Michael Cudlitz, Minnie Driver, Steve Pink, Tom Jankiewicz
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“Laughter, the third greatest gift of all!” If you saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall, it’ll be no surprise that Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller were chosen as the ones to bring The Muppets back to the big screen. Almost three decades since the last true Muppet movie besides their literary adventures after Jim Henson’s untimely death, […]
Category comedy, family, film reviews · Tags Alan Arkin, Amy Adams, Bret McKenzie, Chris Cooper, David Goelz, David Grohl, Eric Jacobson, Flight of the Conchords, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Frank Oz, Jack Black, James Bobin, Jason Segel, Jim Henson, Jim Parsons, Ken Jeong, Neil Patrick Harris, Nicholas Stoller, Peter Linz, Rashida Jones, Rico Rodriguez, Steve Whitmire, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppet Movie, The Muppet Show, The Muppets, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Zach Galifianakis
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 28, 2011 · 2 Comments
“Rotate your turret and go night night” It may be overly derisive to say, especially from a guy who watched Like Father Like Son and Vice Versa religiously during the late-80s, but The Change-Up has to end up being the laziest piece of cinema released this year. Scribed by the duo behind both Hangover flicks, […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags A Christmas Carol, Alan Arkin, Clay Pigeons, Craig Bierko, David Dobkin, Freaky Friday, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Gregory Itzin, Jason Bateman, Jon Lucas, Leslie Mann, Like Father Like Son, Olivia Wilde, Ryan Reynolds, Scott Moore, Sydney Rouviere, The Change-Up, The Hangover, Vice Versa, Wedding Crashers
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Written as a guest post for my friend Leah MacVie’s blog, the original post is located here. The 2008 Sundance favorite Sunshine Cleaning, written by Megan Holley and directed by Christine Jeffs, is a phenomenal look into the emotional fragility of two young women trying to find their way in life. Rose and Norah Lorkowski […]
Category entertainment, essays · Tags Alan Arkin, Amy Adams, Chris Farley, Christine Jeffs, Clifton Collins Jr., Emily Blunt, Leah MacVie, Megan Holley, Steve Zahn, Sunshine Cleaning, Tommy Boy
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