Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“What he did left his teacher speechless” I didn’t know I wanted a horror parody in the style of “Celebrity Deathmatch” until about halfway through Samuel Ortí Martí‘s [Sam] pitch black skewering of the genre Pos eso [Possessed]. His and Rubén Ontiveros‘ script is littered with homage to The Day the Earth Stood Still in […]
Category animation, comedy, fantasia international film festival, film features, film festival, film reviews, foreign, horror · Tags A Trip to the Moon, Álex Angulo, Alien, Anabel Alonso, Carlos Areces, Celebrity Deathmatch, Concha Goyanes, Esperanza Elipe, Fantasia International Film Festival, Josema Yuste, Pos eso, Possessed, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rubén Ontiveros, Samuel Ortí Martí, Santiago Segura, Spanish, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Exorcist, The Omen
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 3, 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 Alexis Bledel, Alexis Denisof, Ali, Amy Acker, Angel, Antonio Banderas, ARSONAL, Art Machine A Trailer Park Company, Bemis Balkind, Berberian Sound Studio, BLT Communications LLC, Brad Pitt, Brandon Routh, Byzantium, Carlos Areces, Channing Tatum, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Reeve, Cold Open, Concept Arts, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Dawn Patrol, Emily Watson, Enter the Void, Entourage, Epic, Evan Goldberg, FIVE33, Fran Kranz, Gemma Arterton, Gravillis Inc., Hank Azaria, Henry Cavill, I'm So Excited!, Ignition Print, Independence Day, J.J. Abrams, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Franco, Jamie Foxx, Jay Baruchel, John Cusack, Jonah Hill, Joss Whedon, Lola Dueñas, Man of Steel, Man Ray, Melissa McCarthy, Monsters Inc., Monsters University, Much Ado About Nothing, Oink Creative, Owen Wilson, P+A, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Roland Emmerich, Sandra Bullock, Saoirse Ronan, Seth Rogen, Sex and the City, Spider-Man 3, Spring Breakers, Star Trek Into Darkness, Superman Returns, The Bling Ring, The Day After Tomorrow, The Heat, The Internship, The Muppets, The Purge, The Right Stuff, The Smurfs, This is the End, Toby Jones, Vince Vaughn, Violet & Daisy, Wedding Crashers, White House Down, Will Smith, William Shakespeare, WORKS ADV, World War Z
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
After finding great international success with his debut feature film Timecrimes in 2007, writer/director Nacho Vigalondo performed a bit of a 180 for his sophomore effort. Coming to the Toronto International Film Festival last year with a romantic comedy set to the backdrop of an alien invasion, his Extraterrestrial showed he would not be pigeonholed […]
Category film features, interviews · Tags 7:35 in the Morning, Alfred Hitchcock, Carlos Areces, Extraterrestre, Extraterrestrial, Julián Villagrán, M. Night Shyamalan, Mark Millar, Michelle Jenner, Nacho Vigalondo, Raúl Cimas, Supercrooks, Timecrimes
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Maybe the spacemen will give us diplomas” You wake in a strange place without memory of arriving. You see light’s curved shadows on the wall through clouded eyes while a chorus of clanging is heard in the next room. Disoriented, mildly frightened, and without a clue to what is going on, you’re lost trying to […]
Category comedy, film reviews, foreign, science fiction · Tags Carlos Areces, Extraterrestre, Extraterrestrial, Julián Villagrán, Michelle Jenner, Miguel Noguera, Nacho Vigalondo, Raúl Cimas, Spanish, Timecrimes
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