Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“Most of us spend our entire life in hiding” In our quests for more, many of us forget that which we already have. This is true on a micro (sacrificing family for career) and macro (domination no matter the collateral damage) level. Space exploration can often become a rather direct example of this as a […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 24, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Below is my December 24th ballot for the 21st annual Online Film Critics Society Awards honoring movies released domestically in the United States during the 2017 calendar year. Group winners are highlighted in red. (We were only allowed to vote for one nominee per category this year, but I ranked them all like previous years […]
Category essays, top 10 films, z.slideshow · Tags A Ghost Story, Aaron Sorkin, Allison Janney, Armie Hammer, Benny Safdie, BPM (Beats Per Minute), Brooklynn Prince, Call Me By Your Name, Christopher Nolan, Coco, Cynthia Nixon, Dafne Keen, Dan Laustsen, Daniel Kaluuya, Darius Khondji, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Dunkirk, Ex Libris: New York Public Library, Faces Places, First They Killed My Father, Frances McDormand, Gary Oldman, Get Out, Greta Gerwig, Guillermo del Toro, Holly Hunter, Hoyte Van Hoytema, In This Corner of the World, James Franco, James Gray, James Ivory, Jane, Jonathan Amos, Jordan Peele, Lady Bird, Laurie Metcalf, Lee Smith, Loving Vincent, Margot Robbie, Mary J. Blige, Michael H. Weber, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mother, Mudbound, Nocturama, OFCS, Online Film Critics Society, Patrick Stewart, Paul Machliss, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, Rachel Morrison, Raw, Richard Jenkins, Robert Pattinson, Roger Deakins, Ronald Bronstein, Sally Hawkins, Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Scott Neustadter, Sidney Wolinsky, Sofia Coppola, Tatiana S. Riegel, The Breadwinner, The Florida Project, The LEGO Batman Movie, The Post, The Shape of Water, The Square, The Work, Thelma, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Tiffany Haddish, Timothée Chalamet, Vanessa Taylor
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 24, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“We are all made from the same clay” I should have known The Lost City of Z wasn’t to be your regular old adventure picture of men on an expedition since James Gray was at the helm. He’s always been one for character studies delving deeper than the situation at hand to hit upon the […]
Category action/adventure, biography, drama, film reviews · Tags Angus Macfadyen, Charlie Hunnam, David Grann, Edward Ashley, Embrace of the Serpent, James Gray, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, The Lost City of Z, Tom Holland
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“The things you do to survive” While we may not possess that ideal “good” so many want to believe is intrinsic to humanity, sometimes even the worst of us can at the very least find a shred of remorse. “Sorry” will never be enough, though. It never can. But that lapse of amorality unearthing contrition […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 1, 2014 · 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 A Million Ways to Die in the West, Adam Driver, AllCity, Andrew Garfield, Angelina Jolie, Art Machine A Trailer Park Company, BLT Communications LLC, Brazil, Chef, Cloverfield, Cold Open, Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Banks, Elle Fanning, Filth, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Godzilla, Gravillis Inc., Ian McKellan, Ignition, InSync + BemisBalkind, Iron Man, James Gray, James McAvoy, Jamie Foxx, Jan van Eyck, Jensen Adam Design, Jeremy Saunders, Jesse Eisenberg, Juan Luis Garcia, KINGSHOKO, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, Lost Type Co-op, Maleficent, Marion Cotillard, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Monsters, Night Moves, Patrick Stewart, Peter Sarsgaard, Phantom City Creative, Robert Downey Jr., Roland Emmerich, RYSK, Seth MacFarlane, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Terry Gilliam, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Boland Design Company, The Double, The Immigrant, The Man with the Iron Fists, The Refinery, The Rum Diary, Tracks, Vox and Associates, Walk of Shame, WORKS ADV, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 153 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: An Education directed by Lone Scherfig #24: The Box directed by Richard Kelly #23: Sunshine Cleaning directed by Christine Jeffs #22: The Road directed by John […]
Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags (500) Days of Summer, 35 Rhums, 35 Shots of Rum, A Serious Man, A Single Man, An Education, Avatar, Bob Peterson, Broken Embraces, Cary Fukunaga, Celda 211, Cell 211, Christine Jeffs, Claire Denis, Daniel Monzón, Das, District 9, Duncan Jones, Ethan Coen, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Inglourious Basterds, James Cameron, James Gray, Jason Reitman, Jim Jarmusch, Joel Coen, John Hillcoat, Kathryn Bigelow, Lebanon, Lone Scherfig, Los abrazos rotos, Män som hatar kvinnor, Marc Webb, Moon, Neill Blomkamp, Niels Arden Oplev, Pedro Almodóvar, Pete Docter, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Kelly, Samuel Maoz, Sin Nombre, Spike Jonze, Sunshine Cleaning, The Box, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hurt Locker, The Limits of Control, The Road, The White Ribbon, Tom Ford, Two Lovers, Up in the Air, weiße Band, Wes Anderson, Where the Wild Things Are
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“You deserve to be loved” Leave it to Joaquin Phoenix to quit the business after giving his finest performance to date. The role of Leonard Kraditor in James Gray’s Two Lovers is an amazing turn from someone that has been usually relegated to the cool, confident leading man. Yes, I know, his portrayal of Johnny […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“Your mother needs you now” After watching the latest entry from director James Gray, We Own the Night, my interest in seeing his previous work waned immensely. Not that I hated the film, it just wasn’t quite to the quality that I had heard his earlier stuff was. Maybe some of that had to do […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Charlize Theron, Domenick Lombardozzi, Ellen Burstyn, Entourage, Faye Dunaway, I Heart Huckabees, James Caan, James Gray, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, The Wire, The Yards, Tony Musante, We Own the Night
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“Light as a feather” Writer/Director James Gray has made three films with six or seven years in between each. His newest is the cop drama We Own the Night, a pretty basic tale of brothers on different sides of the law and a crime that brings them together. Truthfully, it is very straightforward, clichéd, and […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Alex Veadov, Danny Hoch, Eva Mendes, James Gray, Joaquin Phoenix, M. Night Shyamalan, Mark Wahlberg, Moni Moshonov, Robert Duvall, We Own the Night
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 28, 2001 · Leave a Comment
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 67 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: The Emperor’sNew Groove directed by Mark Dindal #24: Pay It Forward directed by Mimi Leder. #23: Tully directed byHilary Birmingham #22: X-Men directed by Bryan Singer […]
Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags Alejandro González Iñárritu, All the Pretty Horses, Almost Famous, American Psycho, Amores Perros, Ang Lee, Before Night Falls, Best in Show, Billy Bob Thornton, Bryan Singer, Cameron Crowe, Christopher Guest, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Curtis Hanson, Dancer in the Dark, Darren Aronofsky, David Mamet, Ethan Coen, Fa yeung nin wa, Gary Burns, Guy Ritchie, High Fidelity, Hilary Birmingham, In the Mood for Love, James Gray, Joel Coen, Joel Schumacher, Julian Schnabel, Kar Wai Wong, Lars von Trier, Mark Dindal, Mary Harron, Mimi Leder, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Pay It Forward, Philip Kaufman, Quills, Requiem for a Dream, Snatch., State and Main, Stephen Frears, Steven Soderbergh, Tarsem Singh, The Cell, The Emperor's New Groove, The Yards, Tigerland, Traffic, Tully, Waydowntown, Wo hu cang long, Wonder Boys, X-Men
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