Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“Miss me?” After an excitingly popular debut during The Conjuring‘s prologue, the creepily revamped Annabelle doll (its real-life counterpart was actually a Raggedy Anne) earned the title role in the first spin-off of this ever-growing horror universe. That installment left much to be desired with screenwriter Gary Dauberman eventually redeeming himself three years later on […]
Category film reviews, horror · Tags Annabelle Comes Home, Gary Dauberman, James Wan, Katie Sarife, Madison Iseman, McKenna Grace, Michael Cimino, Patrick Wilson, Samara Lee, The Conjuring, Vera Farmiga
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 24, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“Mary points the way” There’s a scene in Corin Hardy‘s The Nun where a young postulant receives her vows inside an unholy abbey while the ashes of a dead sister smoke in the background and an unlikely alley loads a shotgun in the fore. It’s the type of moment that should conjure laughs via its […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 18, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“She’s already here” When Warner Bros. decided to capitalize on the box office and critical success of James Wan‘s The Conjuring by crafting an extended universe of creepy spirits with a feature length tale born from that film’s prologue, the results were not great. Annabelle felt rushed at best and retrofitted at worst—a generic horror […]
Category film reviews, horror, suspense/thriller · Tags James Wan, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Linda Cardellini, Marisol Ramirez, Michael Chaves, Mikki Daughtry, Patricia Velasquez, Raymond Cruz, Roman Christou, Sean Patrick Thomas, The Conjuring, The Curse of La Llorona, Tobias Iaconis, Tony Amendola
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 17, 2018 · Leave a Comment
“It’s fish-MAN” Arthur Curry’s Aquaman has been known in mainstream pop culture circles as DC’s whipping boy for a long while since it’s easy to mock an orange spandex-wearing dude who talks to fish when measured against his “cooler” Justice League compatriots. “The Big Bang Theory” made jokes at his expense for a few seasons […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Amber Heard, Aquaman, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Dolph Lundgren, James Wan, Jason Momoa, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Temuera Morrison, Will Beall, Willem Dafoe, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 7, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“Dear diary. Today I came home.” You can’t blame audiences for being skeptical about a prequel to a prequel to James Wan‘s acclaimed The Conjuring when the first proved a huge step down in quality. There was no way Annabelle would equal the level of contemporary horror classic that Wan’s look into the paranormal via […]
Category film reviews, horror · Tags Annabelle, Annabelle: Creation, Anthony LaPaglia, David F. Sandberg, Gary Dauberman, Grace Fulton, James Wan, John R. Leonetti, Lulu Wilson, Miranda Otto, Philippa Coulthard, Samara Lee, Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, The Conjuring
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 3, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“Crazy people do crazy things, ma’am” The story of Annabelle—a possessed Raggedy Ann doll from the 1970s—is a part of Lorraine and Ed Warren’s lore as experts in the occult. It along with the Amityville house are what the couple are most known for “combating” and thus easy fodder to provide audiences an entry point […]
Category film reviews, horror, suspense/thriller · Tags Alfre Woodard, Annabelle, Annabelle Wallis, Eric Ladin, Gary Dauberman, James Wan, John R. Leonetti, Johnny Gruelle, The Conjuring, Tony Amendola, Ward Horton
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 18, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“Are you doing this to help him or hurt her?” The story behind Lights Out is one many YouTubers aspire towards because it sees Swedish filmmaker David F. Sandberg evolve from three years of super short online scares to a seat beside contemporary Hollywood horror king James Wan. You could call his three-minute original from […]
Category film reviews, horror · Tags Alexander DiPersia, Alicia Vela-Bailey, Billy Burke, David F. Sandberg, Eric Heisserer, Gabriel Bateman, James Wan, Lights Out, Lotta Losten, Maria Bello, Teresa Palmer
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 6, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“This is the closest to Hell I ever want to go” When a formula succeeds as well as that of James Wan‘s The Conjuring and its real life subjects have as extensive a Rolodex of haunting investigations as Ed and Lorraine Warren, the prospect of a sequel arrives as both inevitability and an initial pause. […]
Category film reviews, horror, z.slideshow · Tags Benjamin Haigh, Bob Adrian, Bonnie Aarons, Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, David Leslie Johnson, Frances O'Connor, Franka Potente, Furious 7, Insidious: Chapter 2, James Wan, Lauren Esposito, Madison Wolfe, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Patrick McAuley, Patrick Wilson, Saw, Simon Delaney, Simon McBurney, The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, Vera Farmiga
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 31, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“You never could take a punch” There’s something about this series that’s transcended any intellectual discussion about cinema. How else does a lamely derivative version of Point Break substituting waves with cars spawn six sequels in fifteen years? Think about that. 2 Fast 2 Furious was so bad that star Vin Diesel turned down a […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags 2 Fast 2 Furious, Casey Affleck, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Chris Morgan, Djimon Hounsou, Dwayne Johnson, Elsa Pataky, Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, Gal Gadot, Gina Carano, Helen Mirren, James Wan, Jason Statham, Joe Taslim, Jordana Brewster, Justin Lin, Kurt Russell, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ocean's Eleven, Paul Walker, Person of Interest, Point Break, Ronda Rousey, Scott Caan, Sung Kang, The Bourne Identity, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Tony Jaa, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 220+ releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: Mud directed by Jeff Nichols #24: Pacific Rim directed by Guillermo del Toro #23: The Conjuring directed by James Wan #22: Satellite of Love directed by […]
Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags 12 Years a Slave, Abdellatif Kechiche, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Al-Midan, American Hustle, Asghar Farhadi, Baz Luhrmann, Before Midnight, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Blue Jasmine, Dallas Buyers Club, David Lowery, David O. Russell, Destin Daniel Cretton, Frances Ha, Fruitvale Station, Guillermo del Toro, Harmony Korine, Her, Jagten, James Ponsoldt, James Wan, Jason Reitman, Jean-Marc Vallée, Jeff Nichols, Jehane Noujaim, La vie d'Adèle, Labor Day, Le passé, Lucy Mulloy, Martin Scorsese, Mud, Noah Baumbach, One Night, Pacific Rim, Richard Linklater, Ryan Coogler, Satellite of Love, Shane Carruth, Short Term 12, Spike Jonze, Spring Breakers, Steve McQueen, The Conjuring, The Great Gatsby, The Hunt, The Past, The Spectacular Now, The Square, The Wolf of Wall Street, Thomas Vinterberg, Una noche, Upstream Color, Will James Moore, Woody Allen
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 26, 2013 · 2 Comments
“There’s usually always some rational explanation” After watching the cinematic account of the Perron family’s plight in 1971 during James Wan‘s The Conjuring—alongside a brief view at Annabelle, the creepiest little possessed doll ever—it’s hard to believe paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren’s most infamous case of demonic insanity was Amityville. Described as the story […]
Category film reviews, horror, suspense/thriller · Tags Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, Hayley McFarland, James Wan, Joey King, John Brotherton, Kyla Deaver, Leigh Whannell, Lili Taylor, Mackenzie Foy, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Saw, Shanley Caswell, Shannon Kook, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror, The Conjuring, The Haunted, The Haunting in Connecticut, Tony DeRosa-Grund, Vera Farmiga
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