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REVIEW: 뫼비우스 [Moebiuseu] [Moebius] [2013]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 28, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“Whole body is genital” If the whole “you’ll go blind” line doesn’t detract your kid from masturbating, controversial writer/director Ki-duk Kim has the solution. Just because the son in뫼비우스 [Moebiuseu] [Moebius] attracts the ire of his mother specifically due to his coveting the woman his father is having an affair with doesn’t lessen its impact. […]

Category drama, film reviews, foreign · Tags Crash, David Cronenberg, Doctor Who, Eun-Woo Lee, Jae-hyeon Jo, Ki-duk Kim, Korean, Moebius, Moebiuseu, Young-Ju Seo

Picking Winners at the 85th Annual Academy Awards

Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Supporting Actress: Amy Adams: The Master Sally Field: Lincoln Anne Hathaway: Les Misérables Helen Hunt: The Sessions Jacki Weaver: Silver Linings Playbook William Altreuter: It often seems to me that the Best Supporting categories are where the most interesting things are to be found in the Academy Award nominations, and this year is proving me right. What we often get—especially with Best Actress […]

Category essays, oscars · Tags Alan Arkin, Amour, Amy Adams, Andy Wachowski, Ang Lee, Animal Kingdom, Ann Dowd, Anne Hathaway, Annie Hall, Anthony Minghella, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beauty and the Beast, Ben Affleck, Benh Zeitlin, Bernardo Bertolucci, Billy Campbell, Blake Lively, Born on the Fourth of July, Bottle Rocket, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Cohen, Bruce Willis, Cameron Mackintosh, Chicago, Chris Terrio, Christoph Waltz, Cloud Atlas, Compliance, Crash, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Dan Janvey, Daniel Day Lewis, Danny Boyle, David Magee, David O. Russell, David Womark, Dead Poets Society, Debra Hayward, Denis Lavant, Denzel Washington, Django Unchained, Do the Right Thing, Donna Gigliotti, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Doubt, Driving Miss Daisy, Dwight Henry, Edgar Wright, Emma Watson, Emmanuelle Riva, End of Watch, Eric Fellner, Ewan McGregor, Ezra Miller, Field of Dreams, Flight, George Clooney, Gil Netter, Grand Hotel, Grant Heslov, Helen Hunt, Helen Mirren, Henry V, Hitchcock, Holy Motors, Hugh Jackman, Hulk, Irrfan Khan, Jacki Weaver, James D'Arcy, Jamie Foxx, Javier Bardem, Jaws, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Jim Sheridan, Joaquin Phoenix, John Gatins, John Goodman, John Hawkes, John Travolta, Jonathan Gordon, Josh Penn, Judi Dench, Jurassic Park, Kathleen Kennedy, Kathryn Bigelow, Kathyrn Bigelow, Kenneth Branagh, Killing Them Softly, Lana Wachowski, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leos Carax, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Little Miss Sunshine, Lost in Translation, Lucy Alibar, Maggie Smith, Magic Mike, Margaret Ménégoz, Marion Cotillard, Mark Boal, Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Quick, Meet the Fockers, Megan Ellison, Meryl Streep, Michael Gottwald, Michael Haneke, Michael Katz, Michael Peña, Michel Hazanavicius, Mike Tyson, Million Dollar Baby, Milos Forman, Moonrise Kingdom, Moulin Rouge!, Munich, My Left Foot, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, Nora Ephron, Oliver Stone, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Jackson, Peter O'Toole, Peter Weir, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pilar Savone, Quentin Tarantino, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rachel Getting Married, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reginald Hudlin, Rian Johnson, Richard Attenborough, Robert De Niro, Robert Zemeckis, Roman Coppola, Roman Polanski, Rushmore, Rust and Bone, Sally Field, Savages, Scoot McNairy, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, sex lies and videotape, Shakespeare in Love, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, Slumdog Milionare, Spike Lee, Stacey Sher, Stefan Arndt, Stephen Chbosky, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Take Shelter, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The English Patient, The Fighter, The Flying Nun, The Fountain, The Help, The Hunger Games, The Hurt Locker, The Impossible, The Incredible Hulk, The Intouchables, The Master, The Paperboy, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Return of the King, The Sessions, The Sugarland Express, There Will Be Blood, Tim Bevan, Tom Cruise, Tom Hooper, Tom Tykwer, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Kushner, Veit Heiduschka, Walk the Line, Wes Anderson, When Harry Met Sally, Wings, Winter’s Bone, Woody Allen, Zero Dark Thirty

Picking Winners at the 84th Annual Academy Awards

Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment

For the next week and a half, Spree contributor William C. Altreuter, our online film reviewer Jared Mobarak, and me will share our thoughts on who will take home the Oscars. Let’s kick things off with … Best Supporting Actress. —C. S. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller Jessica Chastain – […]

Category essays, oscars · Tags 50/50, A Better Life, A Cry in the Dark, A Dangerous Method, A Separation, Aaron Sorkin, Albert Brooks, Albert Nobbs, Alexander Payne, Andy Serkis, Annie Hall, Annie Mumolo, Anthony Bourdain, Asghar Farhadi, Banksy, Beau Willimon, Beerfest, Beginners, Ben Affleck, Ben Kingsley, Bérénice Bejo, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Brian Selznick, Bridesmaids, Bridget O'Connor, Brunson Green, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bull Durham, Carey Mulligan, Che, Cher, Chris Columbus, Christopher Plummer, Community, Corey Stoll, Crash, Dangerous Liaisons, David Fincher, Dede Gardner, Demián Bichir, Doubt, Drive, Elena Anaya, Emma Stone, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Ezra Miller, Fatal Attraction, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Gladiator, Glenn Close, Good Will Hunting, Graham King, Grant Heslov, Grant Hill, Hannah and Her Sisters, Harvey Weinstein, Helen Mirren, Hugo, Ironweed, J. Edgar, J.C. Chandor, Jamie Foxx, Janet McTeer, Jason Reitman, Javier Bardem, Jean Dujardin, Jessica Chastain, Jim Burke, Jim Rash, Jim Taylor, Jodie Foster, John Hawkes, John le Carré, John Logan, Jonah Hill, Jonathan Safran Foer, Kathleen Kennedy, Kaui Hart Hemmings, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh, Kristen Wiig, Leonardo DiCaprio, Letty Aronson, Maggie Smith, Margin Call, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Martin Scorsese, Martin Sheen, Matt Damon, Max von Sydow, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep, Michael Barnathan, Michael De Luca, Michael Fassbender, Michael Lewis, Michael Shannon, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, Moonstruck, My Week with Marilyn, Nat Faxon, Nick Nolte, Noomi Rapace, Octavia Spencer, Patton Oswalt, Peter O'Toole, Peter Straughan, Rachael Horovitz, Rampart, Ray, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Robert Forster, Roberto Benigni, Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, Sarah Green, Sareh Bayat, Scott Rudin, Sexy Beast, Shailene Woodley, Shame, Sissy Spacek, Spike Lee, Stan Chervin, Stephen Tenenbaum, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Steven Zaillian, Stieg Larsson, Take Shelter, Terrence Malick, The Accused, The Artist, The Bicycle Thief, The Big Chill, The Blind Side, The China Syndrome, The Constant Gardener, The Descendents, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, The Ides of March, The Insider, The Iron Lady, The Last Station, The Natural, The Pride of the Yankees, The Queen, The Skin I Live In, The Tree of Life, The Way, The World According to Garp, Thomas Langmann, Tilda Swinton, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tom Hanks, Tom Hooper, Viggo Mortensen, Viola Davis, War Horse, Warrior, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Weeds, Woody Allen, Woody Harrelson, Young Adult

REVIEW: Answers to Nothing [2011]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment

“Why should I wait six months to be happy?” So much happens in Matthew Leutwyler’s Answers to Nothing, but how much is actually relevant? An adulterous husband with a rockstar mistress and lawyer wife, a police detective best friend and her key suspect in a child kidnapping case, a recently graduated police officer and his […]

Category drama, film reviews · Tags Aja Volkman, Answers to Nothing, Back to the Future, Barbara Hershey, Crash, Dane Cook, Elizabeth Mitchell, Erik Palladino, Gillian Vigman, Greg Germann, Julie Benz, Kali Hawk, Mark Kelly, Matthew Leutwyler, Miranda Bailey, Nico Vega, Run Fatboy Run, The Air I Breathe, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, Vincent Ventresca, Zach Gilford

REVIEW: The Next Three Days [2010]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment

“Someone’s belief in virtue is more important than virtue itself” Director Paul Haggis is somewhat of an enigma with me. I like the guy, I’m not sure why, I just do. I was one of the ten fans who enjoyed “The Black Donnellys” and the first time I saw his Oscar-winning Crash at the theatres, […]

Category film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Brian Dennehy, Casino Royale, Crash, Daniel Stern, Elizabeth Banks, In the Valley of Elah, Jonathan Tucker, Kevin Corrigan, Lennie James, Liam Neeson, Million Dollar Baby, Moran Atias, Olivia Wilde, Paul Haggis, Pour elle, Red Hot, Russell Crowe, RZA, The Black Donnellys, The Next Three Days

REVIEW: The Air I Breathe [2008]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment

“Happiness, Pleasure, Sorrow, Love” First-time director Jieho Lee has brought us the next installment of the multiple stories genre threaded together as though fate and coincidence are the name of the game. This type of narrative has been around for a long time, most definitely before Robert Altman’s Short Cuts, but at least there is […]

Category drama, film reviews · Tags Andy Garcia, Brendan Fraser, Clark Gregg, Crash, Emile Hirsch, Forest Whitaker, Jieho Lee, Kevin Bacon, Paul Haggis, Robert Altman, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Scooby Doo, Short Cuts, The Air I Breathe, The Dead Girl

Top Ten Films of 2006

Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The day has come where all that movie watching during the year, all that money given to Hollywood players who need none of it, and all those buttered popcorn induced coronaries boil down to one person’s ego-trip of compiling a list of the best of the best. I now join the list of film-snobs everywhere […]

Category essays, top 10 films · Tags 300, A Scanner Darkly, Angel-A, Apocalypto, Babel, Black Snake Moan, Bobby, Borat, Brick, Children of Men, Clerks II, Crash, Flags of Our Fathers, Grindhouse, Half Nelson, Happy Feet, Inland Empire, Letters From Iwo Jima, Little Children, Little Miss Sunshine, Notes on a Scandal, Pan’s Labyrinth, Shortbus, Smokin’ Aces, Sorry Haters, Southland Tales, The Fountain, The Good Shepherd, The Illusionist, The Last King of Scotland, The Painted Veil, The Prestige, The Proposition, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Tideland, United 93, Volver, Zodiac

REVIEW: The Dead Girl [2006]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 22, 2006 · Leave a Comment

“12:13” It is that time of the year where all the Golden Globes and Oscar hype hit the airwaves, DVD screeners are sent to voters, and Buffalo gets just the top few contenders. With all the critical acclaim of some films, it is a real shame we don’t get to see them all on the […]

Category drama, film reviews · Tags Brittany Murphy, Crash, Karen Moncrieff, Kerry Washington, Little Children, Marcia Gay Harden, Piper Laurie, Rose Byrne, The Dead Girl

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