Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 26, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“And I heard you got hacked” In the nine years since Matt Damon last played amnesiac black ops assassin Jason Bourne, (eleven movie years considering the character exclaims he’s been running for three in The Bourne Ultimatum after The Bourne Identity bowed in 2002), there’s been a lot of chatter about making a reunion work […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags 24, Alicia Vikander, Christopher Rouse, Doug Liman, Gregg Henry, Jason Bourne, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, Riz Ahmed, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Legacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent Cassel
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 24, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“It’s easy. She’s standing right next to you.” The idea that a sequel can best its predecessor is one that many people believe impossible save one or two exceptions to prove the rule. We’re talking The Godfather: Part II caliber stuff—prestige pieces with weight behind them for critical acclaim and box office success. So you […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews · Tags Brian Cox, Chris Cooper, Doug Liman, Franka Potente, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Marton Csokas, Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The French Connection, Tony Gilroy
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 4, 2016 · Leave a Comment
I have no problem saying 2015 was a great year for cinema. Putting together a Top Ten was difficult at every turn—both because each time I had to do so meant I had seen more films and as a result of my preferences constantly changing. There are more than a few from 11-20 that easily […]
Category essays, top 10 films · Tags 45 Years, A War, Aaron Moorhead, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alex Garland, Alicia Vikander, Andrew Haigh, Anomalisa, Bel Powley, Best of Enemies, Black, Bridge of Spies, Brie Larson, Brooklyn, Carol, Cartel Land, Creed, Cynthia Nixon, Danny Boyle, Eddie Redmayne, Ex Machina, Far From Men, Gail Bean, George Miller, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Goodnight Mommy, Home, How to Change the World, Ich seh Ich seh, Inside Out, Jacob Tremblay, James White, Jason Mitchell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joan Allen, John Crowley, Josh Mond, Justin Benson, Kate Winslet, Krigen, László Nemes, Lenny Abrahamson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Listen to Me Marlon, Loin des hommes, Mad Max: Fury Road, Marielle Heller, Mark Rylance, Meet the Patels, Men & Chicken, Meru, Michael Fassbender, Mustang, Mænd & høns, Paul Dano, Pawn Sacrifice, Pete Docter, Phantom Boy, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Gere, Ronnie Del Carmen, Room, Rooney Mara, Ryan Coogler, Saoirse Ronan, Saul Fia, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Son of Saul, Spotlight, Spring, Steve Jobs, Straight Outta Compton, Sylvester Stallone, The Danish Girl, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, The Hateful Eight, The Look of Silence, The Revenant, Theeb, Time Out of Mind, Tobey Maguire, Todd Haynes, Tom McCarthy, Unexpected, Victoria, What Happened Miss Simone?, Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment
For those handicapping at home, here are the guesses of Buffalo film fanatics Christopher Schobert, William Altreuter, and myself. Jared Mobarak: Here’s hoping Chris Rock does his best Ricky Gervais as far as not caring about political correctness or duty to kissing up to the celebrities all dressed-up nice because having him host the 2016 […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags 45 Years, Aaron Sorkin, Abraham Attah, Adam McKay, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alex Garland, Alicia Vikander, Andrea Berloff, Anthony Mackie, Bel Powley, Bridge of Spies, Brie Larson, Brooklyn, Bryan Cranston, Carol, Cate Blanchett, Charles Randolph, Charlotte Rampling, Chris Rock, Christian Bale, Christopher Schobert, Creed, Cynthia Nixon, Danny Boyle, Drew Goddard, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Donoghue, Ethan Coen, Ex Machina, Gail Bean, George Miller, Harvey Keitel, Helen Mirren, Idris Elba, Inside Out, Jacob Tremblay, Jason Mitchell, Jason Segel, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jennifer Lawrence, Joan Allen, Joel Coen, Jonathan Herman, Josh Cooley, Josh Singer, Joy, Kate Winslet, Lenny Abrahamson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Love & Mercy, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Rylance, Matt Charman, Matt Damon, Meg LeFauve, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Fassbender, Michael Keaton, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Hornby, Paul Dano, Pete Docter, Phyllis Nagy, Rachel McAdams, Richard Gere, Ridley Scott, Room, Rooney Mara, Ryan Coogler, Saoirse Ronan, Spotlight, Steve Jobs, Steven Spielberg, Straight Outta Compton, Sylvester Stallone, Teyonah Parris, The Big Short, The Danish Girl, The Hateful Eight, The Martian, The Revenant, Tobey Maguire, Todd Haynes, Tom Hardy, Tom McCarthy, Trumbo, Will Smith, William Altreuter
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 3, 2015 · 1 Comment
“There’s Room then outer space with the TV planets then Heaven.” ***POTENTIAL SPOILERS*** I’m not sure a more intensely emotional film than Lenny Abrahamson‘s Room has been released in the past decade let alone this year. Nothing hits home deeper than the bond of a mother and child, but the situation novelist/screenwriter Emma Donoghue constructs […]
Category drama, film reviews, z.slideshow · Tags Brie Larson, Emma Donoghue, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, Lenny Abrahamson, Prisoners, Room, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus, William H. Macy
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Becoming a working actor is hardly an easy career path chosen lightly. For character actor Timothy J. Cox the journey towards independent film began by accident in 8th grade yet became a calling it would seem he was born to follow. Still, it took him almost a decade of living in New York City before […]
Category film features, interviews, z.slideshow · Tags 29th Street, A Good Marriage, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A View From a Bridge, Albert Finney, All Things Random, Anthony LaPaglia, Arthur Penn, Barney Miller, Breaking Bad, Burt Reynolds, Casey Wilson, Chinatown, Choosing Sides, Dan Conrad, Daniel Berube, Daniel Day Lewis, Daniel Witkin, Danny Aiello, Dark Romance, David Mamet, Dennis Farina, Dennis Hopper, Dinner for Five, Donald Sutherland, Doubt, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Entertainment Tonight, Film Threat, Frank Capra, Gene Hackman, Greg Vorob, Greg's Guardian Angel, Gunderson's, Hal Ashby, Hamlet, Ian McShane, Inside the Actors Studio, Jack Lemmon, James Lipton, Jane Darwell, Jason Robards, Jim Jarmusch, Joan Allen, John Ford, John Gielgud, John Houseman, John Sayles, John Turturro, John Vernon, John Waters, Jon Favreau, Kevin James, Kings, Larry Bird, Lindsay Lohan, Long Day's Journey into Night, Lorraine Hansberry, Lovejoy, Mallas MA, Maria Natapov, Marlon Brando, Marty and Doug's New Religion Part 2, McSweeney's, Meryl Streep, Michael Riedel, Mike O'Malley, Mike Schmidt, National Lampoon's Animal House, Neil Simon, O. Henry, Over Coffee, Overcrowded, Paul Newman, Paul Schrader, Peter Askin, Peter Falk, Phil Newsom, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Project Imaginat10n, Raging Bull, Rags to Riches, Rick Macomber, Robert Altman, Robert Downey Jr., Ron Howard, Sean Meehan, Sexy Beast, Simple Mind, Sky's the Limit, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Socks and Cakes, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Spike Lee, Stephen King, Stephen Lang, Steve Martin, Steven Soderbergh, Taxi Driver, Tennessee Williams, The Beachcomber, The Canyons, The Film Stage, The Gift of the Magi, The Girlfriend Experience, The Glass Menerie, The Independent Critic, The Last of Sheila, The Story Beyond the Still, The Tuck, The Watchers, Theater Talk, Thomas Mitchell, Timothy J. Cox, Trouble, Vanessa Redgrave, Vimeo, Ward Bond, We Just Want to Play, Wes Anderson, Wholphin, William Shakespeare, Yeah Love, YouTube
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary” There was bound to be fallout after Jason Bourne ran amok avenging his girlfriend’s death and shutting down the government agencies that turned him into a cold-blooded killer. With his amnesia-induced morality’s push towards righteousness and its ability to turn executives like Pam Landy (Joan Allen) sympathetic to […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Albert Finney, Dan Gilroy, David Strathairn, Edward Norton, Jeremy Renner, Joan Allen, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Matt Damon, Michael Clayton, Moby, Oscar Isaac, Paul Greengrass, Rachel Weisz, Robert Ludlum, Stacy Keach, The Bourne Legacy, The Bourne Supremacy, Tony Gilroy, Zeljko Ivanek
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 3, 2007 · Leave a Comment
“He just drove off the roof” I have never been one to shy away from saying that most action films do nothing for me. Most times they’re blatant vehicles to blow stuff up, show off sexy models, and throw any semblance of reality or intelligence out the window. With that said, however, the Bourne series […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews · Tags Albert Finney, Brian Cox, Clive Owen, David Strathairn, Domino, Doug Liman, Édgar Ramírez, Joan Allen, Karl Urban, Marton Csokas, Matt Damon, Oliver Wood, Paddy Considine, Paul Greengrass, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Tony Scott
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