Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“To make an omelet you have to kill some ex-boyfriends” You’re a couple of horror obsessed high school seniors living in a boring town where the most salacious thing happening is an affair between your teacher Mrs. Kent (Nicky Whelan) and fire chief Big Al (Craig Robinson). You’re vlog/twitter account searching for gore to capture […]
Category comedy, fantasia international film festival, film features, film festival, film reviews, horror · Tags Alexandra Shipp, Brianna Hildebrand, Chris Lee Hill, Craig Robinson, Fantasia International Film Festival, Jack Quaid, Josh Hutcherson, Justin Olson, Kevin Durand, Nicky Whelan, Timothy V. Murphy, Tragedy Girls, Tyler MacIntyre
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 25, 2015 · 1 Comment
“They chose you” With The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 officially in the books I’m confident in saying Suzanne Collins‘ dystopic trilogy will hold up as one of the most successfully faithful cinematic adaptations ever. And a big part of that is the decision to make it into four movies because, as anyone who’s […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, Danny Strong, Donald Sutherland, Elden Henson, Elizabeth Banks, Francis Lawrence, Jena Malone, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore, Kill Bill, Liam Hemsworth, Mahershala Ali, Natalie Dormer, Peter Craig, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Claflin, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Wes Chatham, Willow Shields, Woody Harrelson
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree” Welcome to the bait and switch. If you’ve read Suzanne Collins‘ Hunger Games Trilogy you know that Mockingjay is by far the meatiest and most resonate installment of the series despite diverting from the blueprint that brought people in. So rich in the politics, revolution, […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Danny Strong, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Francis Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore, Liam Hemsworth, Mahershala Ali, Natalie Dormer, Peter Craig, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Claflin, Stanley Tucci, Stef Dawson, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The Matrix, Willow Shields, Woody Harrelson
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Remember who the real enemy is” The aspect author Suzanne Collins included in Catching Fire that was more or less absent in The Hunger Games can be summed up with the above quote. While Panem’s dystopia provided a common antagonist for the surviving twelve districts of a revolution their Capital won seventy-four years previous, the […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Amanda Plummer, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Francis Lawrence, Gary Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Jena Malone, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Hemsworth, Michael Arndt, Patrick St. Esprit, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Claflin, Simon Beaufoy, Stanley Tucci, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, Willow Shields, Woody Harrelson
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Moist is what we do” Children’s author—and Academy Award winning animated short film director—William Joyce continues to make his rounds throughout the industry’s ever-expanding studio ranks with an adaptation of his book The Leaf Men and The Brave Good Bugs with Blue Sky. Having already seen his work turned into feature length films with Pixar […]
Category action/adventure, animation, family, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Amanda Seyfried, Aziz Ansari, Beyoncé Knowles, Chris O'Dowd, Chris Wedge, Christoph Waltz, Colin Farrell, Epic, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Ice Age, Jason Sudeikis, Josh Hutcherson, Meet the Robinsons, Rise of the Guardians, Robots, Steven Tyler, The Leaf Men and The Brave Good Bugs, William Joyce
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 31, 2012 · 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 A Prophet, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Andrew Dominik, Anna Karenina, Anthony Hopkins, Assassination of Jesse James, Bemis Balkind, BLT Communications LLC, Brad Pitt, Buried, Caddyshack, Chris Hemsworth, Creative Partnership, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day Lewis, Danny Huston, Denzel Washington, Dirty Dancing, Empire Design, FIVE33, Flight, Gravillis Inc., Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Helen Mirren, Hitchcock, Hot Rod, Ignition Print, Intralink Film Graphic Design, Jack & Diane, Jacques Audiard, James D'Arcy, Jessica Biel, Joe Wright, John Alvin, Johnny Knoxville, Josh Hutcherson, Juno Temple, Keira Knightley, Kellerhouse Inc., Killing Them Softly, Lincoln, Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Nature Calls, P+A, ParaNorman, Patrick Swayze, Patton Oswalt, Psycho, Quay Brothers, Red Dawn, Right Stuff, Riley Keough, Rise of the Guardians, Rob Riggle, Rust and Bone, RZA, Saul Bass, Scarlett Johansson, Skyfall, The Central Park Five, The Details, The Killer Inside Me, The Man with the Iron Fists, The Rageman, The Refinery, Tomer Hanuka, Toni Collette, WORKS ADV, Wreck-It Ralph, Wu-Tang Clan
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Thank you for your consideration” Underdogs thrive on the ability to retain hope in a world forever shoving them into a corner without the reality of upward mobility or a true chance at overall social change. When they start to believe their numbers can actually overcome that adversity, however, the ruling class must take notice […]
Category action/adventure, drama, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Alexander Ludwig, Amandla Stenberg, Billy Ray, Brendan Gleeson, Bruno Delbonnel, Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Gary Ross, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Jacqueline Emerson, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Hemsworth, Pleasantville, Stanley Tucci, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, Toby Jones, Tom Stern, Twilight, Wes Bentley, Winter’s Bone, Woody Harrelson
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“They will not stop until you feed them” After making a boatload of money—that’s the equivalent to one hundred millions dollars if you didn’t know—Journey to the Center of the Earth was almost guaranteed a sequel. Proving they could bring the fictional worlds of Jules Verne to life and somehow make it relevant to a […]
Category action/adventure, family, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Brad Peyton, Brendon Fraser, Brian Gunn, C.S. Lewis, Dwayne Johnson, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jonathan Swift, Josh Hutcherson, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne, Kristin Davis, Luis Guzmán, Mark Gunn, Michael Caine, Robert Louis Stevenson, Vanessa Hudgens
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“No one gets dibs on the mountain guide” I feel really bad for Canada now that the adventure it holds for young Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) and his mother (Jane Wheeler) will never quite live up to the boy’s quick little Journey to the Center of the Earth. Perhaps it can offer something in the […]
Category action/adventure, family, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Anita Briem, Brendan Fraser, Family Guy, Jane Wheeler, Josh Hutcherson, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne, School Ties, Seth Meyers, The Mummy
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“And then, ya know, my tongue started working again …” You can call writer/director Lisa Cholodenko’s new movie The Kids Are All Right a look into the world of a lesbian-raised family and you’d be correct. But it is so much more than just an exercise on showing the expansive definition of ‘nuclear family’. All […]
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