Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 15, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“We could all die tomorrow” I hate the argument that remakes of foreign films allow English-speakers to invest more in the story and performance because they aren’t dividing attention between dialogue and imagery, but I can’t deny some validity to the thought. There’s more to it than just what you hear, though, because a new […]
Category drama, film reviews, romance · Tags Brad Garrett, Caren Pistorius, Gloria, Gloria Bell, Jesse Erwin, John Turturro, Julianne Moore, Michael Cera, Sebastían Lelio
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment
“I’ll think about it” The mob is a business like any other. Leadership must be strong and decisive, employees must be loyal to a fault, and every once in a while you have to cut someone you like loose in order to not anger someone you might like less but definitely need more. Despite everything […]
Category drama, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Albert Finney, Ethan Coen, Gabriel Byrne, J.E. Freeman, Joel Coen, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, Mike Starr, Miller's Crossing, Noir Essentials, Steve Buscemi, Tom Toner
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“You’re running out of tomorrows” Fact: Transformers: The Last Knight is its franchise’s most entertaining entry. While I definitely felt ready to nod off during my original trilogy refresher course this week—and actually shut my eyes a couple times during Age of Extinction—this latest installment had me wide-eyed and interested throughout its 149-minutes (the series’ […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Akiva Goldsman, Anthony Hopkins, Art Marcum, Ehren Kruger, Gemma Chan, Jim Carter, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, Ken Nolan, Laura Haddock, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Holloway, Michael Bay, Peter Cullen, Santiago Cabrera, Stanley Tucci, Transformers, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Transformers: The Last Knight
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 23, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“You don’t know how you hurt the ones you love” Life is a struggle right now for Margherita (Margherita Buy), an exacting film director who’s discovered she’s lost her grip on reality. She’s an artist with vision that seeks perfection in everyone, including herself. Do the work and good things happen. Figure out the problem […]
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 July 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“I vant to siphon your gas” Being that I was not in what appeared to be a vast majority of people who thought Cars was ‘lesser’ Pixar, I can’t say I was too surprised to find I was on the outside of the even bigger group of critics who trashed Cars 2 as a sequel […]
Category animation, comedy, family, film reviews · Tags Bruce Campbell, Cars, Cars 2, Eddie Izzard, Emily Mortimer, How to Train Your Dragon, James Taylor, Joe Mantegna, John Lasseter, John Turturro, Kung Fu Panda, Larry the Cable Guy, Madagascar, Michael Caine, Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Peter Jacobson, Shrek, Thomas Kretschmann, Tony Shalhoub, Up
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“You all read ‘Humpty Dumpty’” When Transformers came out in 2007, it was all the rage. Nostalgia, explosions, over-the-top summer blockbuster laughs, and even a smidgeon of heart were thrown into Michael Bay’s ultimate orgasm of action, sex, and metal. It was fun despite its corniness and therefore left a desire for a sequel, one […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Alan Tudyk, Alex Kurtzman, Bill O’Reilly, Buzz Aldren, Chuck, Ehren Kruger, Frances McDormand, Hugo Weaving, Jamie Foxx, John Malkovich, John Turturro, Julie White, Ken Jeong, Kevin Dunn, Leonard Nimoy, Megan Fox, Michael Bay, Patrick Dempsey, Peter Cullen, Predator, Roberto Orci, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Scott Krinsky, Shia LaBeouf, Tom Virtue, Transformers, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“What if we leave and you’re wrong?” My screening of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ended around 10:00pm. What do we see in the lobby as we exit the theatre? A line already forming for the midnight show less than two hours away, the premiere time slot to expose the world to the ancient Decepticon […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Bad Boys II, John Turturro, Julie White, Kevin Dunn, Megan Fox, Michael Bay, Ramon Rodriguez, Shia LaBeouf, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Tyrese Gibson
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“That’s a good school” Barry Levinson’s What Just Happened made me ponder that exact question as I walked out of my screening. Sadly, the answer I settled on was: not much. I think Robert De Niro’s producer Ben said it best when being completely honest with Stanley Tucci’s screenwriter about his new florist-set script—“it’s not […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Art Linson, Barry Levinson, Bruce Willis, Catherine Keener, Entourage, John Turturro, Michael Wincott, Moon Bloodgood, Robert De Niro, Robin Wright, Sean Penn, Stanley Tucci, Tony Scott, What Just Happened
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 16, 2008 · 12 Comments
“I know who the sleeping man is” Spike Lee has left me confused after viewing his new WWII epic Miracle at St. Anna. This film is a jumbled mess of great sequences, surreal moments, and short bridge scenes thrown in to advanced a contrived plot and then left on the floor to possibly come back […]
Category film reviews, war · Tags D.B. Sweeney, Derek Luke, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kerry Washington, Matteo Sciabordi, Miracle at St. Anna, Of Mice and Men, Omar Benson Miller, Spike Lee, The Shield, Walton Goggins
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“Hey, it’s Sony guts” What has happened to Adam Sandler? Billy Madison is one of my all-time favorite comedies, the romance-inclined Wedding Singer is fantastic, and his forays into serious fare—Punch-Drunk Love and Reign Over Me—have shown the talent hidden beneath the 5-year old trapped in a 40-year old body routine. As far as his […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Adam Sandler, Billy Madison, Chris Rock, Dave Matthews, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Entourage, John Turturro, Mariah Carey, Punch-Drunk Love, Reign Over Me, Rob Schneider, Saturday Night Live, The Wedding Singer, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
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