Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Sometimes the only thing left to hold onto is the blade of a knife” The impetus for Sean Ellis‘ Metro Manila could have simply been an intriguing anecdote to tell people upon returning to England from a trip visiting a friend in the Philippines and for most it would have. Unable to shake the disquieting […]
Category drama, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Althea Vega, Cashback, Erin Panlilio, Frank E. Flowers, Jake Macapagal, JM Rodriguez, John Arcilla, Metro Manila, Sean Ellis
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
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“We’ll have a chat about those fragments” It takes some guts and talent to take your Oscar nominated short film and convert it to a full length feature, let alone allow that feature length debut be as good as it is. I know that my love for Sean Ellis’ Cashback may be a bit much—the […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 25, 2008 · 2 Comments
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 114 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: Away From Her directed by Sarah Polley. #24: Cassandra’s Dream directed by Woody Allen. #23: The Cake Eaters directed byMary Stuart Masterson #22: Grindhouse directed byQuentin […]
Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags 300, Andrew Dominik, Anton Corbijn, Atonement, Away From Her, Ben Affleck, Black Snake Moan, Brad Bird, Cashback, Cassandra’s Dream, Control, Craig Brewer, Danny Boyle, David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises, Edgar Wright, El Orfanato, Ethan Coen, First Snow, Gone Baby Gone, Grindhouse, Hot Fuzz, Into the Wild, Jason Reitman, Joe Wright, Joel Coen, John Carney, Juan Antonio Bayona, Julian Schnabel, Juno, Le scaphandre et le papillon, Mark Fergus, Mary Stuart Masterson, Matthew Vaughn, Mike Binder, Mira Nair, No Country for Old Men, Once, Quentin Tarantino, Ratatouille, Reign Over Me, Robert Rodriguez, Sarah Polley, Sean Ellis, Sean Penn, Stardust, Sunshine, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Cake Eaters, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Namesake, The Orphanage, Woody Allen, Zack Snyder
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment
It was a year of many genres. We had some musicals, a few dramas, comedies galore, a little sci-fi, and a couple bio-pics sprinkled in to satiate the kiddies and Oscar voters. If anything, I guess one trend seemed to rise above, that being the adaptation, whether from plays (Sweeney Todd), novels (Zodiac), or comics […]
Category essays, top 10 films · Tags 2001: A Space Odyssey, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, 300, 4 Months, 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days, A History of Violence, After the Wedding, Atonement, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Cashback, Cloverfield, Control, David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises, Eddie Veddar, Edgar Wright, El Orfanato, Emile Hirsch, First Snow, Gone Baby Gone, Grace is Gone, Hot Fuzz, Into the Wild, Irrfan Khan, Joe Wright, Juno, La Vie en rose, My Blueberry Nights, No Country for Old Men, Once, Reservation Road, Sam Riley, Simon Pegg, Slipstream, Son of Rambow, Sophie’s Choice, Southland Tales, Stardust, Sunshine, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Happening, The Namesake, There Will Be Blood, Vantage Point, WALL•E, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Zodiac
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 18, 2007 · 2 Comments
“The two meanings of crush” Upon seeing the much talked about 2004 short Cashback a couple years ago, I was utterly blown away. I checked out Sean Ellis quickly after to see what was next on his slate. To my surprise, it was a feature length version of his brilliant short. I didn’t know what […]
Recent Comments