Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“Olive oil and mayonnaise” I hate to use the word “refreshing” to describe a film lambasting the twenty-first century hellhole that is American politics, but it’s what comes to mind after watching Jonathan Levine‘s Long Shot. I’m not talking refreshing as far as its humor or rom-com machinations since both are blatant retreads. No, I […]
Category comedy, film reviews, romance · Tags Alexander Skarsgård, Andy Serkis, Bob Odenkirk, Charlize Theron, Dan Sterling, Jonathan Levine, June Diane Raphael, Liz Hannah, Long Shot, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Ravi Patel, Seth Rogen
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 3, 2018 · Leave a Comment
“You’re empty” After loving their first collaboration (Juno) and disliking their second (Young Adult), I didn’t know what to expect with director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody‘s third pairing behind the camera. The best I could do was enter the theater unprejudiced and hopeful for the best since I do like most of their […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Asher Miles Fallica, Charlize Theron, Diablo Cody, Elaine Tan, Jason Reitman, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass, Ron Livingston, Tully
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 8, 2018 · Leave a Comment
“Why’s everyone talking about gorillas all of a sudden?” You wouldn’t be wrong to view the trailer for Gringo and think, “I’ve seen this before.” You wouldn’t be wrong to assume it gave away the entire plot either—mild-mannered American is used by his ruthless bosses to perform a dangerous job they refuse to attempt and […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, film reviews · Tags Amanda Seyfried, Anthony Tambakis, Charlize Theron, David Oyelowo, Gringo, Harry Treadaway, Joel Edgerton, Matthew Stone, Nash Edgerton, Sharlto Copley, Thandie Newton
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“This is the game” It’s hard to believe that I was thinking the stylish, punishing action of John Wick was being dismantled upon as its stuntmen-turned-directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch deciding to go solo two years ago. Stahelski would helm John Wick 2, the result proving a worthy follow-up both in aesthetic and mythology […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Antony Johnston, Atomic Blonde, Bill Skarsgård, Chad Stahelski, Charlize Theron, David Leitch, Eddie Marsan, James Faulkner, James McAvoy, John Goodman, John Wick, Kurt Johnstad, Roland Møller, Sam Hargrave, Sam Hart, Sofia Boutella, The Coldest City, Til Schweiger, Toby Jones
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“That’s a lot of ice cream and Tay Tay concerts” A new era in The Fast and the Furious lore has begun almost four years after original co-star Paul Walker passed away doing exactly what his character Brian O’Conner did in the films: drive fast. With his role shelved by retirement rather than death, the […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Celestino Cornielle, Charlize Theron, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Chris Morgan, Dwayne Johnson, Elsa Pataky, F. Gary Gray, Fast & Furious 6, Jason Statham, Kristofer Hivju, Kurt Russell, Luke Evans, Michelle Rodriguez, Nathalie Emmanuel, Paul Walker, Scott Eastwood, The Fast and the Furious, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Fate of the Furious, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 22, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“Memories are powerful things” The narrator of Travis Knight‘s Kubo and the Two Strings demands us to look closely and never blink. His story delivers fantastical wonders and poignant metaphors concerning family, love, and traditions to uphold if not an archaic remnant of a lost time meant to be broken. We’re to pay attention because […]
Category action/adventure, animation, family, film reviews · Tags Art Parkinson, Brenda Vaccaro, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Charlize Theron, Chris Butler, Dark Crystal, George Takei, Jim Henson, Kubo and the Two Strings, Marc Haimes, Matthew McConaughey, ParaNorman, Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara, Shannon Tindle, Travis Knight
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 19, 2016 · 1 Comment
“Do not love. It’s a sin and I will not forgive it.” They tricked me. Yes, the deflective, vague, and completely false marketing campaign had me believing—no matter how slim the chances were considering my lack of feeling anything for Snow White and the Huntsman—that The Huntsman: Winter’s War had something special under its sleeves. […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Alexandra Roach, Bob Hoskins, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Craig Mazin, Emily Blunt, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Frozen, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Stewart, Nick Frost, Rob Brydon, Rupert Sanders, Sam Claflin, Sheridan Smith, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Huntsman: Winter's War
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 14, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Below is my December 12th ballot for the 19th annual Online Film Critics Society Awards honoring movies released domestically in the United States during the 2015 calendar year. Group winners are highlighted in red. Best Picture #1Inside Out. #2Carol. #3Spotlight. #4Ex Machina. #5Mad MaxFury Road #6Brooklyn #7The Revenant #8Room #9The Martian #10Sicario Best Animated Film […]
Category essays, top 10 films, z.slideshow · Tags 45 Years, Amy, Anomalisa, Benicio Del Toro, Best of Enemies, Brie Larson, Brooklyn, Carol, Cartel Land, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Charlotte Rampling, Clouds of Sils Maria, Creed, Cynthia Nixon, Denis Villeneuve, Ex Machina, George Miller, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Goodnight Mommy, Ian McKellen, Inside Out, James White, Kate Winslet, Kristen Stewart, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Rylance, Matt Damon, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Fassbender, Mistress America, Mustang, OFCS, Online Film Critics Society, Oscar Isaac, Phoenix, Ridley Scott, Room, Rooney Mara, Saoirse Ronan, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Sicario, Son of Saul, Spotlight, Steve Jobs, Sylvester Stallone, The Assassin, The Danish Girl, The Good Dinosaur, The Look of Silence, The Martian, The Peanuts Movie, The Revenant, Thomas McCarthy, Todd Haynes, Vikander
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 2, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” If Gillian Flynn wasn’t the “It” author after the phenomenon that was Gone Girl the book, she surely was once David Fincher adapted it into a huge moneymaking win. What’s interesting, though, is that Gone Girl wasn’t the first of her novels to head into […]
Category drama, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Charlize Theron, Cholë Grace Moretz, Christina Hendricks, Corey Stoll, Dark Places, David Fincher, Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Nicholas Hoult, Sarah's Key, Sean Bridgers, Tye Sheridan
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 13, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“Our babies will not be warlords” It’s not often delays, financial dissolutions, and waning interest make a film better, but I don’t want to know what Mad Max: Fury Road might have been without them. In its current form the film embodies a logical escalation of what director George Miller began over three decades ago […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller, z.slideshow · Tags Abbey Lee, Brendan McCarthy, Bruce Spence, Charlize Theron, Courtney Eaton, George Miller, Hugh Keays-Byrne, John Seale, Mad Max, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mel Gibson, Nicholas Hoult, Nick Lathouris, Riley Keough, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Spotlight, Tom Hardy, Zoë Kravitz
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 27, 2014 · 1 Comment
“Can you give Louise wrapped candies?” I do believe congratulations are in store for one Mr. Seth MacFarlane. After a successful animated comedy that survived cancellation; two follow-ups that never quite caught on with equal cheer; a bit part in the ill-fated “Flash Forward” as an actor; a ho-hum, neutered stint as Oscar host; and […]
Category comedy, film reviews, western · Tags A Million Ways to Die in the West, Alec Sulkin, Amanda Seyfried, Charlize Theron, Family Guy, Flash Forward, Flash Gordon, Giovanni Ribisi, Liam Neeson, Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Silverman, Seth MacFarlane, Stuart Townsend, Ted, Ted 2, Wellesley Wild
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