Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Below is my December 26th ballot for the 23rd annual Online Film Critics Society Awards honoring movies released domestically in the United States during the 2019 calendar year. Group winners were announced on January 6th, 2020 and are highlighted in red. Best Picture #1Parasite #2Portrait of aLady on Fire #3Marriage Story #4Knives Out #5Us #6Uncut […]
Category essays, top 10 films, z.slideshow · Tags 1917, Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, Alexandre Desplat, American Factory, Andrew Buckland, Antonio Banderas, Apollo 11, Atlantics, Awkwafina, Bong Joon-ho, Brad Pitt, Céline Sciamma, Claire Mathon, Florence Pugh, For Sama, Fred Raskin, Frozen II, Greta Gerwig, Han Jin-won, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Honeyland, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Hustlers, I Lost My Body, Jarin Blaschke, Jennifer Lopez, Joaquin Phoenix, Joe Pesci, Joe Talbot, Jojo Rabbit, Jordan Peele, Kang-ho Song, Knives Out, Laura Dern, Lee Smith, Lorene Scafaria, Lupita Nyong’o, Margot Robbie, Marriage Story, Martin Scorsese, Mati Diop, Melina Matsoukas, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Michael Abels, Michael McCusker, Michael Schwartz, Missing Link, Monos, Noah Baumbach, Noah Harpster, Olivia Wilde, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, One Child Nation, Pain & Glory, Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Quentin Tarantino, Randy Newman, Renée Zellweger, Rian Johnson, Robert De Niro, Robert Richardson, Rodrigo Prieto, Roger Deakins, Sam Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Shuzhen Zhao, Steven Zaillian, Taika Waititi, The Irishman, Thelma Schoonmaker, Thomas Newman, Toy Story 4, Tyler Nilson, Uncut Gems, Us, Willem Dafoe, Yang Jin-mo
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment
If you thought this year’s Oscars were going to do something crazy or exciting, you haven’t been paying attention. Between the envelope-gate incident of 2017 and the fact that this was a “multiple of ten” anniversary, the 90th Annual Academy Awards was going to do everything it could to right the ship and ensure nothing […]
Category essays, oscars, z.slideshow · Tags A Fantastic Woman, Academy Awards, Alex Gibson, Alexandre Desplat, Allison Janney, Blade Runner 2049, Bryan Fogel, Call Me By Your Name, Chris Overton, Coco, Dan Cogan, Darkest Hour, Darla K. Anderson, David Malinowski, Dear Basketball, Dunkirk, Frances McDormand, Frank Stiefel, Gary A. Rizzo, Gary Oldman, Gerd Nefzer, Get Out, Glen Keane, Gregg Landaker, Guillermo del Toro, Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405, Icarus, J. Miles Dale, James Ivory, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Jimmy Kimmel, John Nelson, Jordan Peele, Kazuhiro Tsuji, Kobe Bryant, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Lee Smith, Lee Unkrich, Lucy Sibbick, Mark Bridges, Mark Weingarten, Oscars, Paul Denham Austerberry, Paul Lambert, Phantom Thread, Rachel Shenton, Richard King, Richard R. Hoover, Robert Lopez, Sam Rockwell, Shane Vieau, The Shape of Water, The Silent Child, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 13, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Let them fight” The reason Gareth Edwards‘ rebooted Godzilla proves so effective is that it retains the thematic essence of its 1954 ancestor, Gojira. Still an over-arching metaphor for mankind’s hubris and wont to destroy everything it doesn’t understand out of fear, Dave Callaham, Max Borenstein, and multiple script doctors simply found ways to alter […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alexandre Desplat, Bryan Cranston, Carson Bolde, Cloverfield, Dave Callaham, David Strathairn, Elizabeth Olsen, Gareth Edwards, Godzilla, Gojira, Juliette Binoche, Ken Watanabe, Man of Steel, Max Borenstein, Pacific Rim, Richard T. Jones, Roland Emmerich, Sally Hawkins
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“His name is Voldemort, Filius. You might as well use it. He’s going to try and kill you either way.” Every story must come to an end and the saga of Harry Potter and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is no exception. Splitting the final novel of J.K. Rowling’s epic tale of wizardry into two films makes it so […]
Category action/adventure, family, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Alan Rickman, Alexandre Desplat, Ciarán Hinds, Daniel Radcliffe, David Yates, Eduardo Serra, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Evanna Lynch, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Heath Ledger, Helen McCrory, Helena Bonham Carter, J.K. Rowling, Jason Isaacs, John Cleese, Kelly MacDonald, Kenneth Branagh, Maggie Smith, Matthew Lewis, Ralph Fiennes, Return of the King, Rupert Grint, Steve Kloves, The Lord of the Rings, Tom Felton, Warwick Davis
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