Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 19, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“There’s no better gift than love” It’s not often a studio as big as Dreamworks goes on record to say the third installment of a critically acclaimed series and box office success will be its last. Why paint yourself into a corner like that when the possibility for more is right at your fingertips? Dare […]
Category action/adventure, animation, family, film reviews · Tags America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Cressida Cowell, Dean DeBlois, F. Murray Abraham, Gerard Butler, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Justin Rupple, Kristen Wiig
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 26, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“I think I had sarcasm once” Depending on what you read, the genesis of Trolls is quite fascinating as original director Anand Tucker was to helm an adaptation of Terry Pratchett‘s Bromeliad trilogy about tiny humanoids in 2010. Did that project ultimately evolve into the glitter vomit Walt Dohrn and Mike Mitchell provide us today? […]
Category action/adventure, animation, comedy, film reviews · Tags Anand Tucker, Anna Kendrick, Christine Baranski, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Erica Rivinoja, Glenn Berger, Jeffrey Tambor, Jonathan Aibel, Justin Timberlake, Mike Mitchell, Terry Pratchett, Thomas Dam, Trolls, Walt Dohrn, Zooey Deschanel
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“What you’re searching for is in here” With ten children’s books already published—and two more planned—Cressida Cowell has given Dreamworks animation a ton of material to adapt whether adhered to religiously or not. Their success on How to Train Your Dragon caught many off guard while earning a place in the hearts of children and […]
Category action/adventure, animation, family, fantasy, film reviews · Tags America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Cressida Cowell, Dean DeBlois, Djimon Hounsou, Gerard Butler, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Kit Harington, Kristen Wiig, T.J. Miller
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 23, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“We should go Mom tipping later” After respectively writing and directing a short film that dealt with a manchild living in a storage unit who befriends one of the employees in hopes to stay, Brendan O’Brien and Andrew Jay Cohen have decided to go a bit less high concept with their feature screenwriting debut. But […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags American Storage, Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O'Brien, Carla Gallo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dave Franco, Hannibal Buress, Ike Barinholtz, Jerrod Carmichael, Judd Apatow, Lisa Kudrow, Neighbors, Nicholas Stoller, Project X, Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Act like a bitch, get slapped like a bitch” I know a lot of people who hate Kick-Ass—definitely more than don’t. It’s always fascinated me because I thought it was a brilliantly funny actioner with a darkly comic streak of what logistically could happen if normal citizens decided to become superheroes. I loved it when […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, film reviews · Tags Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Donald Faison, Hit-Girl, Jeff Wadlow, Jim Carrey, John Romita Jr., Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, Lindy Booth, Mark Millar, Monica Dolan, Morris Chestnut, Olga Kurkulina, Steven Mackintosh
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 10, 2013 · 1 Comment
“Is the power of Christ compelling me? Is that what’s happening?” Way back in 2007 there was a YouTube trailer for a short film entitled Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse that whetted fans’ appetites only to never seen by the public. Time went on, nothing appeared to be happening—which wasn’t necessarily a horrible thing […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, film reviews · Tags Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Dave Franco, Emma Watson, Evan Goldberg, Ghostbusters, James Franco, Jason Segel, Jason Stone, Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Judd Apatow, Kevin Hart, Mad Max, Martin Starr, Michael Cera, Mindy Kaling, Paul Rudd, Rihanna, Seth Rogen, She’s Out of My League, The Exorcist, This is the End, Tropic Thunder
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“He is a hunter” Anything trying to capitalize on the now waning “Glee” craze and Step Up‘s surprising staying power probably should be dismissed sight unseen. How could a film dealing with the catty rivalries of the a cappella world be anything but an eye-rolling waste of celluloid? This is probably exactly what Universal Pictures […]
Category comedy, film reviews, musical/concert · Tags 30 Rock, Adam DeVine, Alexis Knapp, Anna Camp, Anna Kendrick, B.o.B, Ben Platt, Best in Show, Blackstreet, Brittany Snow, Bruno Mars, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Elizabeth Banks, Ester Dean, Fired Up!, Glee, Hana Mae Lee, Jamie Cullum, Jason Moore, John Michael Higgins, Kay Cannon, Mickey Rapkin, Nicki Minaj, Pitch Perfect, Rebel Wilson, Simple Minds, Skylar Astin, Step Up, The Bangles, Utkarsh Ambudkar
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“He’s probably up there fiddling with his Wee-Jah or his orbs …” LAIKA, Inc., the little studio with big dreams in Oregon is officially more than a flash in the pan success story that brought to life a critically acclaimed feature film before scaling back to commercials and music videos. Using a beacon in the […]
Category action/adventure, animation, comedy, family, film reviews · Tags Alex Borstein, Anna Kendrick, Brad Bird, Casey Affleck, Chris Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Coraline, Corpse Bride, Duckman, Elaine Stritch, Flushed Away, Henry Selick, Jeff Garlin, Jodelle Ferland, John Goodman, John Lasseter, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Leslie Mann, Moongirl, Sam Fell, The Tale of Despereaux, Tim Burton, Tucker Albrizzi, Up
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“I’m just a Dick in a wetsuit” Can I get away with using a film’s one word hyphenate title as it’s succinct description? Frankly I don’t care what your answer is to that question because, no joke, Kick-Ass kicked ass. This is the epitome of comic book brought to reality. What the new wave of […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, film reviews · Tags Aaron Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, John Romita Jr., Kick-Ass, Mark Millar, Mark Strong, Matthew Vaughn, Nicolas Cage, The Dark Knight, William Shatner
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“The offspring of lightning and evil itself” I learned something new today—Scandinavian Vikings have Scottish accents. Well, at least the adults do, the brogue seems to have withered away in the next generation of dragon slayers. Yes, dragon slaying is the main occupation of these massive brutes, doing all they can to protect their island […]
Category action/adventure, animation, comedy, family, film reviews · Tags America Ferrera, Avatar, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson, Gerard Butler, How to Train Your Dragon, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, T.J. Miller
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“Taste the beast” I need to look into the plethora of comedies coming down the pipe for who wrote and directed them. I watched the trailer for Role Models and thought it looked funny enough. But it was Seann William Scott—don’t get me wrong, he’s pretty good, I just didn’t have it high on my […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags A.D. Miles, Bobb’e J. Thompson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Wain, Diggers, Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch, Joe Lo Truglio, Judd Apatow, Ken Jeong, Ken Marino, Kerri Kenney, Kiss, Marvin Hamlisch, Matt Walsh, Paul Rudd, Pineapple Express, Role Models, Seann William Scott, The State, Upright Citizens Brigade
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