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 November 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“Black Jew power” Writers/directors Benny and Josh Safdie‘s debut feature bowed at Cannes in 2009 to spark a rather prolific career spanning shorts, music videos, documentaries, and critically acclaimed independents featuring an increasingly more familiar stable of actors at the lead. I mention this because that’s also the year that the Safdie brothers approached Adam […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Adam Sandler, Benny Safdie, Eric Bogosian, Idina Menzel, Josh Safdie, Judd Hirsch, Julia Fox, Keith Williams Richards, Kevin Garnett, Lakeith Stanfield, Ronald Bronstein, The Weeknd, Tommy Kominik, Uncut Gems
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 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 February 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment
I’m not sure why I keep filling myself with false hope that the Oscars will one day be an entertaining show to watch. The optimism is almost completely unfounded by this point. Whether they go weird (Anne Hathaway and James Franco), safe (Billy Crystal), hip (Seth MacFarlane), or try and steal another show’s success (Neil […]
Category essays, oscars, z.slideshow · Tags Alejandro González Iñárritu, Anna Kendrick, Anne Hathaway, Billy Crystal, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Boyhood, Chris Pine, Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, Ellen DeGeneres, Gone Girl, Graham Moore, Idina Menzel, Jack Black, James Franco, John Travolta, Julie Andrews, Lady Gaga, Meryl Streep, Neil Patrick Harris, Octavia Spencer, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater, Seth MacFarlane, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Sound of Music, Wes Anderson, Whiplash
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 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
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