Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 4, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“Do the next right thing” I have to give directors Jennifer Lee (who also wrote the script) and Chris Buck credit for not simply jumping at the chance to follow up a cultural phenomenon for the paycheck. People wondered on opening weekend when a sequel to Frozen would arrive and these two held fast to […]
Category action/adventure, animation, comedy, film reviews · Tags Alfred Molina, Chris Buck, Evan Rachel Wood, Frozen, Frozen II, Idina Menzel, Jennifer Lee, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Kristen Bell, Martha Plimpton, Robert Lopez, Sterling K. Brown
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 4, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“Tell us yours and we’ll tell you if it’s special enough” A short film like Olaf’s Frozen Adventure epitomizes the law of diminishing returns: for audiences, not Disney. The studio is surely making a ton of merchandise money with little work involved considering the characters are already at their disposal. We’re talking a couple directors, […]
Category action/adventure, animation, comedy, family, film reviews, shorts · Tags Frozen, Idina Menzel, Jac Schaeffer, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Kevin Deters, Kristen Bell, Olaf's Frozen Adventure, Stevie Wermers
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 March 10, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“Dry Banana Hippy Hat” I liked Frozen as much as the next person for telling a familiar story in a new way with emotion, surprises, and a cute little snowman named Olaf (Josh Gad). However, I can’t imagine even the staunchest supporter of its legacy doesn’t possess some fatigue. Elsa and Anna are everywhere, “Let […]
Category animation, family, film reviews, musical/concert, shorts · Tags Frozen, Frozen Fever, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Kristen Bell, Maleficent, Robert Lopez
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment
With the dwindling numbers of drive-in theaters across the country, independent theaters finding it difficult to compete with huge chains, and the ever-fluctuating national box office needing too many 3D films to turn a profit, certain cities somehow find a way to keep the medium alive. Buffalo is one of them and always has been […]
Category entertainment, essays · Tags A Fish Called Wanda, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Airplane!, Arthur, Back to the Future Part II, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Citizen Kane, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Crazy Stupid Love, Dumb and Dumber, Edge of Tomorrow, Frozen, Funny Girl, Godzilla, Good Will Hunting, Gremlins, Horton Hears a Who!, Jurassic Park, Les Misérables, Magic Mike, Maleficent, Man of Steel, Mary Poppins, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Moulin Rouge!, Mr. Mom, Neighbors, Noah, Old School, Pretty Woman, Pulp Fiction, Ratatouille, Rio 2, Silver Linings Playbook, Slumdog Millionaire, Snow Day, Something's Gotta Give, Stand By Me, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Big Lebowski, The Blind Side, The Blues Brothers, The Change-Up, The Dark Knight, The Goonies, The Jerk, The LEGO Movie, The Lost Boys, The Monuments Men, The Neverending Story, The Notebook, The Other Woman, The Phantom of the Opera, The Princess Bride, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Wiz, The Wizard of Oz, Thelma & Louise, Transcendence, Wayne's World, When Harry Met Sally, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Welcome to the 86th Annual Academy Awards everyone! If you didn’t watch the festivities that occurred Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre you are probably a lot better off than most of us because it was a very lackluster affair. We all hoped Ellen DeGeneres would bring a fun, smart, witty return to her success […]
Category essays, oscars, z.slideshow · Tags 12 Years a Slave, 20 Feet From Stardom, 30 Rock, A.O. Scott, Academy Awards, Adele Dazim, Adruitha Lee, Alain Resnais, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Amy Poehler, Angelina Jolie, Baz Luhrmann, Beverley Dunn, Bill Murray, Billy Crystal, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Blue Jasmine, Brad Pitt, Bruce Dern, Cate Blanchett, Catherine Martin, Channing Tatum, Chris Lawrence, Chris Munro, Christian Bale, Christopher Benstead, Cutie and the Boxer, Dallas Buyers Club, Daniel Day Lewis, David Shirk, Dennis Farina, Despicable Me 2, Elizabeth, Ellen DeGeneres, Emmanuel Lubezki, Ezra Koenig, Facing Fear, Fitz and the Tantrums, Frozen, Gravity, Harold Ramis, Harrison Ford, Harvey Weinstein, Helium, HitRECord on TV, Idina Menzel, Jack the Giant Slayer, Jackass Presents: Bad Grampa, James Earl Jones, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Lawrence, Jim Carrey, John Ridley, John Travolta, Johnny Knoxville, Jonah Hill, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judy Garland, June Squibb, Karama Has No Walls, Karen O, Kate Hudson, Kim Novak, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Lee Daniel's The Butler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liza Minnelli, Lupita Nyong’o, Mark Sanger, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Meryl Streep, Mr. Hublot, Nail Corbould, Nicholas Hoult, Niv Adiri, Oprah Winfrey, Oscars, Pharrell, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pink, Ricky Gervais, Robert Lopez, Robin Mathews, Sarah Jones, Skip Lievsay, Spike Jonze, Steve Martin, Steve McQueen, Steven Price, The Act of Killing, The Great Beauty, The Great Gatsby, The Lady In Number 6, The Lone Ranger, The Past, The Square, The Wind Rises, Timothy Weber, Tina Fey, U2, Warm Bodies, Will Smith, Winter's Tale, Woody Allen
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment
2013 has been a banner year for cinema with a slew of quality pictures that makes you wonder how only nine got enough first place votes to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Most of my favorites could have filled that elusive tenth spot for some added acclaim—whether having a chance to win or […]
Category essays, top 10 films, z.slideshow · Tags 12 Years a Slave, 20 Feet From Stardom, A Band Called Death, A Separation, A Touch of Sin, Adèle Exarchopoulos, After Tiller, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Al-Midan, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Asghar Farhadi, Barkhad Abdi, Bastards, Before Midnight, Before Sunset, Blackfish, Blood Brother, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Blue Jasmine, Brie Larson, Call Me Kuchu, Captain Phillips, Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Charlie Kaufman, Child's Pose, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cutie and the Boxer, Dallas Buyers Club, David Lowery, David O. Russell, Dead Man Down, Despicable Me 2, Destin Daniel Cretton, Downloaded, Emma Thompson, Epic, Ethan Hawke, Europa Report, Frozen, Fruitvale Station, Gravity, Greta Gerwig, Harmony Korine, Her, I'm So Excited!, iNumber Number, Jagten, James Franco, Jared Leto, Jehane Noujaim, Jeremy Renner, Joaquin Phoenix, John Dies at the End, Jonah Hill, Julie Delpy, June Squibb, Kaze Tachinu, L'image manquante, La grande bellezza, La Vénus à la fourrure, La vie d'Adèle, Le passé, Léa Seydoux, Lee Daniel's The Butler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Les salauds, Leviathan, Like Father Like Son, Lupita Nyong’o, Mads Mikkelsen, Margot Robbie, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Melonie Diaz, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Fassbender, Monsters University, Mud, Museum Hours, Narco Cultura, Nebraska, Noah Baumbach, Octavia Spencer, Oldboy, Omar, One Night, Only Lovers Left Alive, Oprah Winfrey, Poziţia copilului, Primer, Quartet, Richard Linklater, Rooney Mara, Ryan Coogler, Sally Hawkins, Saving Mr. Banks, Scarlet Johansson, Shane Carruth, Short Term 12, Simon Killer, Skrillex, Spike Jonze, Spring Breakers, Steve McQueen, The Croods, The East, The Great Beauty, The Hunt, The Lords of Salem, The Missing Picture, The Past, The Square, The Wind Rises, The Wolf of Wall Street, Una noche, Upstream Color, Venus in Fur
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Conceal it. Don’t feel it.” Over half a century in the making, Disney’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen has finally made it to the big screen. It was 1943 when Walt Disney and Samuel Goldwyn decided to co-create a live-action/animation hybridized biography of the Danish author—an idea that stalled due to their […]
Category action/adventure, animation, comedy, family, film reviews · Tags Alan Menken, Alan Tudyk, Beauty and the Beast, Brave, Chris Buck, Ciarán Hinds, Frozen, Gary Trousdale, Hans Christian Andersen, Idina Menzel, Jennifer Lee, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Kirk Wise, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Kristen Bell, Linda Woolverton, Robert Lopez, Samuel Goldwyn, Santino Fontana, Tangled, The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, Walt Disney, Wreck-It Ralph
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 31, 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 11:24 Design Advertising, About Time, Alfred Hitchcock, Asa Butterfield, Ass Backwards, Bemis Balkind, Ben Kingsley, Bill Nighy, Black Nativity, BLT Communications LLC, Bruce Dern, Charlie Countryman, Cold Open, Concept Arts, Dallas Buyers Club, Diana, Domhnall Gleeson, Drew Struzan, Dustin Stanton, Ender’s Game, Free Birds, Frozen, Gravillis Inc., Harrison Ford, Iconisus L&Y - Visual Communication Systems, Idris Elba, Ignition Print, Josh Brolin, Juan Luis Garcia, Judi Dench, Keenu Reeves, Luther, Man of Tai Chi, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts, Nebraska, Oink Creative, Oldboy, Oliver Hirschbiegel, P+A, Part & Parcel, Philomena, Proof, Rachel McAdams, Rocky, Shia LaBeouf, South Park, Spike Lee, Steve Coogan, The Best Man Holiday, The Cimarron Group, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Invasion, The Refinery, Thor: The Dark World, Tiger Hu Chen, Winnie, WORKS ADV
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