REVIEW: A Knight’s Tale [2001]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“We walk in the garden of his turbulence” There was always one reason I didn’t watch A Knight’s Tale: Heath Ledger. I eventually turned around on him as an actor after The Brothers Grimm and of course his Oscar nominated role in Brokeback Mountain, but in 2001 he was just that heartthrob all the girls […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, film reviews, romance · Tags 10 Things I Hate About You, A Knight's Tale, Alan Tudyk, Bérénice Bejo, Brian Helgeland, Brokeback Mountain, David Bowie, Geoffrey Chaucer, Heath Ledger, James Purefoy, Laura Fraser, Mark Addy, Monster's Ball, Paul Bettany, Queen, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, The Artist, The Brothers Grimm, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale, The Patriot, Thin Lizzy
The 85th Oscars recap through tweets …
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
Picking Winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Spree contributing writer William Altreuter, graphic designer Jared Mobarak, and I are going to share our thoughts on this week’s Oscar nominations. Let’s kick things off with a category whose victor—Colin “Mr. Darcy” Firth—seems to have already been agreed upon. — Christopher Schobert Best Actor: Javier Bardem: Biutiful Jeff Bridges: True Grit Jesse Eisenberg: The […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags 127 Hours, A Room With a View, A Single Man, Aaron Eckhart, Aaron Sorkin, Al Pacino, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alice in Wonderland, Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Amanda Peet, American Beauty, Amy Adams, Andrew Garfield, Animal Kingdom, Anna Paquin, Anne Rosellini, Annette Benning, Annie Hall, Another Year, Armie Hammer, Ashton Kutcher, Atonement, Avatar, Barbara Hershey, Beautiful Girls, Before Night Falls, Being Julia, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray, Birgit Minichmayr, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, Brian Oliver, Brokeback Mountain, Carey Mulligan, Carlos, Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Catherine Keener, Catwoman, Ceán Chaffin, Celine Rattray, Chariots of Fire, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chicago, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christian Bale, Christian Colson, Christopher Nolan, City of Your Final Destination, Coen Brothers, Colin Firth, Conviction, Crazy Heart, Dana Brunetti, Danny Boyle, Darla K. Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, David Cronenberg, David Fincher, David Hoberman, David O. Russell, Dead Ringers, Dianne Weist, Dieter Laser, District 9, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Ed Harris, Édgar Ramírez, Edgar Wright, Emile Sherman, Emma Thomas, Ethan Coen, Everyone Else, Fargo, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Forrest Gump, Frozen River, Gandhi, Gareth Unwin, Gary Gilbert, Geoffrey Rush, George Lucas, Get Low, Greenberg, Greta Gerwig, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Hailee Steinfeld, Halle Berry, Harvey Weinstein, Helena Bonham Carter, Hilary Swank, How to Train Your Dragon, Howard's End, I Am Love, I Love You Phillip Morris, I'm Still Here, Iain Canning, Inception, Jacki Weaver, James Franco, Jamie Foxx, Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Renner, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Broadbent, Jim Carrey, Jimmy Smits, Joaquin Phoenix, Joel Coen, John Hawkes, John Smithson, John Wayne, Julia, Julia Roberts, Julianne Moore, Justin Timberlake, Kick-Ass, Laura Linney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lesley Manville, Let Me In, Lois Smith, Lost in Translation, Macaulay Culkin, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo, Meryl Streep, Michael Cera, Michael De Luca, Michael Shannon, Michelle Williams, Mickey Rourke, Mike Medavoy, Mike Nichols, Mila Kunis, Milos Forman, Minnie Driver, Missing, Mother and Child, Naomi Watts, Natalie Portman, Never Let Me Go, Nicole Kidman, No Country for Old Men, No Strings Attached, Noomi Rapace, Olivia Williams, Ordinary People, Philadelphia, Pierce Brosnan, Please Give, Preston Sturges, Rabbit Hole, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ray, Rebecca Hall, Reversal of Fortune, Robert Duvall, Rushmore, Ryan Gosling, Sam Rockwell, Saving Private Ryan, Scent of a Woman, Scott Franklin, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scott Rudin, Sean Penn, Shakespeare in Love, Shutter Island, Star Wars: A New Hope, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Stieg Larrson, Sullivan’s Travels, Tatum O'Neal, The American President, The Crying Game, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The English Patient, The Fighter, The Ghost Writer, The Goodbye Girl, The Green Mile, The Grifters, The Human Centipede (First Sequence), The Kids Are All Right, The Killer Inside Me, The King's Speech, The Lord of the Rings, The Piano, The Return of the King, The Runaways, The Sixth Sense, The Social Network, The Town, The Turning Point, The Verdict, The Way Back, Thor, Tilda Swinton, Tim Burton, Timothy Hutton, Todd Lieberman, Tom Hanks, Tom Hooper, Tootsie, Toy Story 3, Traffic, True Grit, Unforgiven, Up, Wendy and Lucy, Wings of the Dove, Winter’s Bone, X-Men: First Class
Top 50 Films of the Decade (2000–2009)
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 24, 2009 · 7 Comments
As always, I have not seen every film made in the decade, so this list is only complete as of posting. There are those diamonds in the rough I’ve yet to witness that could render this entire list obsolete. The ‘Naughts’, I believe an appropriate term being used for the decade spanning from 2000–2009, the […]
Category essays, top 10 films, top 10 lists · Tags 2001: A Space Odyssey, 21 Grams, 300, Alejandro Amenábar, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Amélie, American Psycho, Amores Perros, Amy Adams, Ang Lee, Angela Lindvall, Atonement, Audrey Tautou, Avatar, Batman, Baz Luhrmann, Ben Affleck, Benicio Del Toro, Björk, Bloody Sunday, Bret Easton Ellis, Brick, Brokeback Mountain, Bugsy Malone, Casey Affleck, Cashback, Catinca Untaru, Charlie Kaufman, Children of Men, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, City of God, Clint Mansell, Closer, CQ, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Curtis Hanson, Damien Rice, Dancer in the Dark, Danny Boyle, Darren Aronofsky, Das weiße Band, David Bowie, David Lynch, David O. Russell, Dennis Lehane, Dogville, Duncan Jones, Édgar Flores, ELO, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fernando Meirelles, Frank Miller, Garden State, Glen Hansard, Gone Baby Gone, Guillermo Arriaga, Guillermo del Toro, Hollywoodland, Huey Lewis, Hugh Jackman, I Heart Huckabees, Imogen Heap, Inception, Inglourious Basterds, James Cameron, James Nesbitt, Jason Schwartzman, Javier Bardem, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jeremy Davies, Jim Carrey, Joe Wright, John Hillcoat, Junebug, Kate Winslet, Kevin Smith, L.A. Confidential, Lars von Trier, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Lust Caution, M. Night Shyamalan, Mad Men, Mar adentro, Marc Forster, Mark Wahlberg, Markéta Irglová, Memento, Michael Douglas, Michael Haneke, Michael Shannon, Michel Gondry, Mickey Rourke, Moon, Moulin Rouge!, Mulholland Drive, Munich, My Life Without Me, Naomi Watts, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Once, Paul Greengrass, Paulina Gaitan, Phil Collins, Pride and Prejudice, Quentin Tarantino, Rachel Getting Married, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Ray Winstone, Requiem for a Dream, Revolutionary Road, Rian Johnson, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rodriguez, Roman Coppola, Ryan Gosling, Sam Mendes, Sam Rockwell, Sarah Polley, Sean Ellis, Shania Twain, Sin City, Sin Nombre, Slumdog Millionaire, Spike Jonze, Stay, Steven Spielberg, Sunshine, Synecdoche New York, Tarsem Singh, The Bourne Supremacy, The Brøken, The Constant Gardener, The Fall, The Fountain, The Guess Who, The Proposition, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Sea Inside, The Village, The White Ribbon, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, The Wrestler, There Will Be Blood, Toby Maguire, U2, United 93, Up, War of the Worlds, Wes Anderson, Where the Wild Things Are, William Hurt, Wo hu cang long, Wonder Boys, Zach Braff, Zack Snyder
REVIEW: Rachel Getting Married [2008]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 7, 2008 · 2 Comments
“Through thick and thin” Anne Hathaway was all the buzz this year at the Toronto Film Festival. I will admit to being skeptical, never really seeing her as much more than a pretty face. People would say how brave and fearless she was in Havoc and Brokeback Mountain, but does taking your clothes off constitute […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, Brokeback Mountain, Debra Winger, Havoc, Jenny Lumet, Jonathan Demme, Margot at the Wedding, Marisa Tomei, Mather Zickel, Neil Young, Philadelphia, Pieces of April, Rachel Getting Married, Rosemarie DeWitt, Silence of the Lambs, The State, TV on the Radio
REVIEW: 色, 戒 [Lust, Caution] [2007]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 30, 2007 · Leave a Comment
“I have a mission” I can’t stand American film distributors and how they handle foreign films. With their money-scheming minds, they give us movie trailers without any dialogue, trying their best to disguise the fact that the work is not in English. If they don’t let us hear a strange language or show a single […]
Category drama, film reviews, foreign · Tags Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain, Chinese, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hulk, In the Mood for Love, Joan Chen, Kar Wai Wong, Lee-Hom Wang, Lust Caution, Rodrigo Prieto, Se jie, Tell Me You Love Me, The Lives of Others, Tony Leung, Twin Peaks, Wei Tang
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