Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 30, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“I’ll take care of the rest” When you have an icon like Elton John as your subject, the straightforward biopic formula simply won’t work. We know him as the flamboyantly dressed, rock star pianist with funny glasses and sequins who belts out songs that will either make you tap your feet or cry. And while […]
Category biography, drama, film reviews, musical/concert · Tags Bryce Dallas Howard, Charlie Rowe, Dexter Fletcher, Gemma Jones, Jamie Bell, Kit Connor, Lee Hall, Matthew Illesley, Richard Madden, Rocketman, Stephen Graham, Steven Mackintosh, Taron Egerton, Tate Donovan
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 9, 2018 · Leave a Comment
“This is what I have” Bryon ‘Babs’ Widner (Jamie Bell) hears the buzz of a faulty electrical connection, triggering a transition to an operating table and screams as the tattoos covering most of his body start being removed. It’s a soundscape that’ll have you squirming in your seat, the close-up shots of scar tissue replacing […]
Category biography, drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, toronto international film festival · Tags Bill Camp, Colbi Gannett, Danielle Macdonald, Guy Nattiv, Jamie Bell, Kylie Rogers, Mike Colter, Russell Posner, Skin, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Vera Farmiga, Zoe Margaret Colletti
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“I’m a virgin. I’m innocent.” I had heard there was a drop off in quality with Nymphomaniac: Vol. II compared to the first half, but I wasn’t quite prepared for how far. A much crueler portion of the tale, the second part of Lars von Trier‘s sex epic is also more outlandish as new characters […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Lars von Trier, Mia Goth, Nymphomaniac: Vol. I, Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Is it time?” When talk surrounding the US release of Kar Wai Wong‘s The Grandmaster erupted in controversy about a truncated cut from the Weinsteins, cinephiles across the nation couldn’t help but let depression set in. Even so, no one could have been surprised by the decision because Harvey Scissorhands likes to streamline story for […]
Category action/adventure, drama, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Ah-sung Ko, Alison Pill, Beata Brendtnerovà, Benjamin Legrand, Bong Joon-ho, Chan-wook Park, Chris Evans, Ed Harris, Emma Levie, Jacques Lob, Jamie Bell, Jean-Marc Rochette, John Hurt, Kang-ho Song, Kar Wai Wong, Kelly Masterson, Le Transperceneige, Oldboy, Snowpiercer, Stefan Kovacik, The Grandmaster, The Hunger Games, The Matrix, The Raid, Tilda Swinton
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 2, 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 22 Jump Street, Aaron Paul, Albert Nobbs, Alex van Warmerdam, BLT Communications LLC, Borgman, Cardinal Communications USA, Chris Evans, Clint Eastwood, Coherence, Cold Open, Concept Arts, Creative Partnership, David Ives, Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow, Emily Baldoni, Emily Blunt, Gravillis Inc., Guy Pearce, Hellion, Hunger, Ignition, James Franco, Jamie Bell, Jan Bijvoet, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeremy Saunders, Jersey Boys, John Goodman, John Hurt, Juan Luis Garcia, Lawrence Fishburne, Le Cercle Noir, Liam Neeson, Mark Wahlberg, Meagan Good, Nicholas Brendon, P+A, Paul Haggis, Robert Pattinson, Snowpiercer, The Boland Design Company, The Desolation of Smaug, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hobbit, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, The Last Sentence, The Moment, The Refinery, The Rover, The Sacrament, The Signal, Think Like a Man Too, Third Person, Tom Cruise, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Venus in Fur, WORKS ADV
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“I can see his leg shaking from here” I’ll give TV movie scribe Pablo F. Fenjves light applause for hooking me during the first two thirds, but the real kudos go to documentarian Asger Leth and his ability to make even the implausibly contrived and impossibly far-fetched finale not take away from the entertaining little […]
Category film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Anthony Mackie, Asger Leth, Ed Harris, Edward Burns, Elizabeth Banks, Genesis Rodriguez, Jamie Bell, Kyra Sedgwick, Man on a Ledge, Pablo F. Fenjves, Prison Break, Sam Worthington, Titus Welliver, William Sadler
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“Only a true Haddock will discover the secret of the Unicorn” Considering I started conjuring images of an Indian sidekick named Hadji when first made aware of news Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson were directing a The Adventures of Tintin trilogy, my knowledge and therefore enthusiasm in the project was somewhat lacking. Once I put […]
Category action/adventure, animation, family, film reviews · Tags Andy Serkis, Beowulf, Catch Me If You Can, Daniel Craig, Edgar Wright, Hergé, Jamie Bell, Joe Cornish, Johnny Quest, Nick Frost, Peter Jackson, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Robert Zemeckis, Simon Pegg, Steven Moffat, Steven Spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin, Toby Jones
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“Please help me regain my father’s honor” The case of Kevin Macdonald’s The Eagle is one of preconceptions and a desire to sound important on behalf of critics. With below average notes across the board and an almost universal slamming of lead actor Channing Tatum, the biggest surprise to me watching was how much I […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, war · Tags Centurion, Channing Tatum, Dito Montiel, Donald Sutherland, Jamie Bell, Jeremy Brock, Kevin Macdonald, Mark Strong, Rosemary Sutcliff, Stop-Loss, Tahar Rahim, The Dilemma, The Eagle
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“We shall root out the wickedness from this small, ungrateful plant” No, the words from friends and family about the dry, dull, laborious task it is to read the Brontë sisters didn’t sway my desire to see Cary Fukunaga’s adaptation of Charlotte’s Jane Eyre. Between my adoration of the director’s previous effort, Sin Nombre; the […]
Category drama, film reviews, romance · Tags Adriano Goldman, Cary Fukunaga, Charlotte Brontë, Dario Marianelli, Imogen Poots, Jamie Bell, Jane Eyre, Joe Wright, Judi Dench, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Romy Settbon Moore, Sally Hawkins, Sin Nombre
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 22, 2010 · 1 Comment
While Jon Favreau may say that 2011 looks to have a bloodbath summer on its hands with blockbusters galore taking 3D screens from each other, I’ll say right now that those aren’t the movies most intriguing me. Next year sees a return for Jack Sparrow, Lightning McQueen, Holmes and Watson, the Witwickys, Ethan Hunt, and, […]
Category essays, top 10 films, top 10 lists · Tags 300, A Dangerous Method, Adam Sandler, Alexander Skarsgård, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Atlas Shrugged, Atlas Shrugged: Part I, Atonement, Ayn Rand, Biutiful, Born to be a Star, Brad Pitt, Captain America: The First Avenger, Cars 2, Cary Fukunaga, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Brontë, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chris Hemsworth, Cloverfield, Contagion, Cop Out, Cowboys & Aliens, Damon Lindelof, Daniel Craig, Dark City, David Cronenberg, David Yates, Dennis Hopper, Dogma, Duncan Jones, Edgar Wright, Emily Blunt, Eric Bana, Farrelly Brothers, Flight of the Conchords, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Freida Pinto, George Nolfi, Gus Van Sant, Hall Pass, Hanna, Harrison Ford, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Henry Cavill, Henry Hopper, Immortals, Imogen Poots, Iron Man, J.J. Abrams, James Bobin, Jamie Bell, Jane Eyre, Jason Lew, Jason Segel, Joe Wright, John Hurt, Jon Favreau, Just Go With It, Keira Knightley, Kellan Lutz, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Smith, Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, Lars von Trier, Lost, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Melancholia, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Michael Rooker, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Moon, Natalie Portman, Nick Frost, One Tree Hill, Paul, Paul Johansson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip K. Dick, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Red State, Restless, Saoirse Ronan, Scott Z. Burns, Scream 4, Sean Penn, Seth Rogen, Sherlock Holmes 2, Simon Pegg, Sin Nombre, Source Code, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen Dorff, Stephen McHattie, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Sucker Punch, Super 8, Superman: Man of Steel, Tarsem Singh, Terrence Malick, Terry Gilliam, The Adjustment Bureau, The Green Hornet, The Informant!, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The Master, The Muppets, The Soloist, The Tree of Life, Thor, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Udo Kier, Viggo Mortensen, Watchmen, Wuthering Heights, X-Men: First Class, Zack Snyder, “The Strike” Productions
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“We should have killed the milkman” A World War II film showing the Jews fighting against the Nazis? It seems like something that is so obvious a topic to portray yet I don’t think it has been done. We’ve been shown Jews surviving, staying strong and getting through the years through help from the resistance, […]
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