Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 11, 2018 · Leave a Comment
“Let’s get pregnant, shall we?” At forty-one and forty-seven respectively, Rachel Biegler (Kathryn Hahn) and Richard Grimes (Paul Giamatti) are against the proverbial clock when it comes to having children. With her novel about to be published, his pickle business sustaining him after his successful off-Broadway theater troupe disbanded, and a rent-controlled New York City […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Denis O'Hare, Emily Robinson, John Carroll Lynch, Kathryn Hahn, Kayli Carter, Molly Shannon, Paul Giamatti, Private Life, Tamara Jenkins
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 6, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“When something’s written down—does that make it true?” It’s rather intriguing how we feel we know our presidents. They represent us as a leader of the free world and we in turn love them enough to mourn their passing even when it’s decades after their run in the Oval Office ceased. But what is it […]
Category biography, drama, film reviews, z.slideshow · Tags Beth Grant, Billy Crudup, Greta Gerwig, Jackie, John Carroll Lynch, Max Casella, Mica Levi, Natalie Portman, Noah Oppenheim, Pablo Larraín, Peter Sarsgaard, Richard E. Grant, Sebastián Sepúlveda, Stéphane Fontaine
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 10, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“I’ve been waiting to die since the moment it happened” Death plays a large role in our lives, mortality seemingly out of reach but never forgotten. For some it knocks early—or at least earlier than we’d hope to believe. Disease, accident, and fate remind us how precious our time on Earth is. We grieve, pray, […]
Category film reviews, horror, suspense/thriller · Tags Emayatzy Corinealdi, Jay Larson, John Carroll Lynch, Jordi Vilasuso, Karyn Kusama, Lindsay Burdge, Logan Marshall-Green, Marieh Delfino, Matt Manfredi, Michelle Krusiec, Michiel Huisman, Mike Doyle, Phil Hay, Tammy Blanchard, The Invitation, Toby Huss
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“God is trying to say hello to you” The Lord works in mysterious ways. Talk with any priest and he’ll most likely fit those sentiments in at some point. But what do those words mean? Are they mere shoulder rubbing for the devastated trying to reconcile what has happened to them? Are they empty words […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“And that’s Jenga!” If I hadn’t already realized this fact last year after loving Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, I knew it following my screening of Paul—Edgar Wright is the lynchpin of success for the quartet of he, Nira Park, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost. It began on British television with the hilarious homage-driven “Spaced” […]
Category comedy, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Adventureland, Bill Hader, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, David Koechner, Duel, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Edgar Wright, Greg Mottola, Hot Fuzz, Jane Lynch, Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Joe Lo Truglio, John Carroll Lynch, Kristen Wiig, Mac and Me, Nick Frost, Nira Park, Paul, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Seth Rogen, Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg, Spaced, Steven Spielberg, Superbad
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“Why does everyone want my car?” Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big Clint Eastwood, the director, fan. Mystic River was one of my favorite films from its release year and Million Dollar Baby deserved much of its acclaim, if not the actual best picture Oscar. However, Gran Torino is getting buzz like crazy. It […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
“I am not Avery” Two David Fincher films in two years? Is that even possible? With The Curious Case of Benjamin Button finishing filming this year for a 2008 release, we get the director’s sixth film, Zodiac. While we do get some vintage Fincher style throughout the proceedings, this is very different from his other […]
Category film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags 24, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, David Fincher, Dermot Mulroney, Elias Koteas, Fight Club, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jimmi Simpson, John Carroll Lynch, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Schulze, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Graysmith, Se7en, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Tom Verica, Zodiac
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