The 89th Oscars recap through tweets …
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment
pic.twitter.com/oGJkXytnQ2 — PwC LLP (@PwC_LLP) February 27, 2017 So that actually happened. Warren Beatty opened the Best Picture envelope, furrowed his brow, and looked for another card. He’s thinking, “This is wrong.” He stalls—his body language coming off as a joke in the moment, the audience and his co-presenter Faye Dunaway laughing at what appears […]
Category essays, oscars, z.slideshow · Tags Academy Awards, Arrival, Asghar Farhadi, Barry Jenkins, Bill Paxton, Casey Affleck, Damian Chazelle, Emma Stone, Faye Dunaway, Gael García Bernal, Hacksaw Ridge, Hidden Figures, Jennifer Aniston, Jimmy Kimmel, Jordan Horowitz, Justin Timberlake, Kenneth Lonergan, La La Land, Lion, Mahershala Ali, Matt Damon, Moonlight, Oscars, The White Helmets, Viola Davis, Warren Beatty
REVIEW: Trolls [2016]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 26, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“I think I had sarcasm once” Depending on what you read, the genesis of Trolls is quite fascinating as original director Anand Tucker was to helm an adaptation of Terry Pratchett‘s Bromeliad trilogy about tiny humanoids in 2010. Did that project ultimately evolve into the glitter vomit Walt Dohrn and Mike Mitchell provide us today? […]
Category action/adventure, animation, comedy, film reviews · Tags Anand Tucker, Anna Kendrick, Christine Baranski, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Erica Rivinoja, Glenn Berger, Jeffrey Tambor, Jonathan Aibel, Justin Timberlake, Mike Mitchell, Terry Pratchett, Thomas Dam, Trolls, Walt Dohrn, Zooey Deschanel
REVIEW: Inside Llewyn Davis [2013]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 16, 2014 · 1 Comment
“Llewyn is the cat” Can I chalk my ambivalence to the Coen Brothers‘ newest film Inside Llewyn Davis up to knowing nothing about the Greenwich Village folk music scene of 1961? It is after all loosely inspired by the life of Dave Van Ronk, containing aspects of his autobiography The Mayor of MacDougal Street for […]
DESIGN: 2013 In Music
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
2013 IN MUSIC: Two-disc mix of song favorites from 2013 for friends and family sent during the holidays. Edition of 50 Handprinted on a Kelsey Excelsior 5×8 Table Letterpress Tracklisting: Disc 1 1. “A Whistling Tune from a Lonely Man” • Clint Mansell • 00:40 • Stoker OST, Milan Records 2. “Young and Beautiful” • […]
Category cd jackets, design, letterpress, portfolio · Tags Aloe Blacc, Arctic Monkeys, Barbarossa, Bastille, Black Joe Lewis, Booker T., Capital Cities, Caveman, CHVRCHES, Clint Mansell, Daft Punk, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Empire of the Sun, Har Mar Superstar, How to Destroy Angels, Iron & Wine, James Blake, Janelle Monáe, Jay-Z, Junip, Justin Timberlake, Juveniles, Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, London Grammar, Lorde, M.I.A, Miles Kane, Miley Cyrus, OneRepublic, Pearl Jam, Ra Ra Riot, Rhye, Sleigh Bells, The 1975, The Civil Wars, The Weeknd, Vampire Weekend
Top 100 Songs of 2013
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
#100: Let Us Move On by Dido #99: City of Angels by Thirty Seconds to Mars #98: Exit Wounds by Placebo #97: Flashbacks, Memories, And Dreams by The Virgins #96: Ready to Go by Guards #95: If I Could Change Your Mind by HAIM #94: After the Fire by Andrew McMahon #93: Close Enough by […]
Category top 10 lists, top 10 songs by year, z.slideshow · Tags Aloe Blacc, Andrew McMahon, Arctic Monkeys, Armin Van Buuren, Avicii, Barbarossa, Bastille, Beady Eye, Birds of Tokyo, Black Joe Lewis, Blue October, Booker T., Born Ruffians, Cage the Elephant, Capital Cities, Caveman, CHVRCHES, City and Colour, Cold War Kids, Coldplay, Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Dido, Editors, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Empire of the Sun, Fitz and the Tantrums, Gin Wigmore, guards, HAIM, Har Mar Superstar, How to Destroy Angels, I Can Make a Mess, Iron & Wine, Jake Bugg, James Blake, Janelle Monáe, Jay-Z, Jessie Ware, Jim James, John Legend, Joseph Trapanese, Junip, Justin Timberlake, Juveniles, Katy Perry, KiD CuDi, KT Tunstall, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, Local Natives, London Grammar, Lorde, Ludovico Einaudi, M.I.A, M83, Miles Kane, Miley Cyrus, My Chemical Romance, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, OneRepublic, Owl Eyes, Pearl Jam, Placebo, Ra Ra Riot, Rhye, Robin Thicke, Sigur Rós, Sky Ferreira, Sleigh Bells, Steve Mason, Talib Kweli, Tegan & Sara, The 1975, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Boxer Rebellion, The Civil Wars, The Courteeners, The Naked and Famous, The Neighbourhood, The Ruby Suns, The Virgins, The Weeknd, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Vampire Weekend, White Lies, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Youngblood Hawke, Yuna
Posterized Propaganda October 2013: The Faces of ‘Gravity,’ ’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘The Counselor’ & More
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 2, 2013 · 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 12 Years a Slave, A.C.O.D., Adam Scott, Alfonso Cuarón, All Is Lost, and company, ARSONAL, Bemis Balkind, Ben Affleck, Benedict Cumberbatch, BLT Communications LLC, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Brad Pitt, Breaking Bad, Captain Phillips, Cardinal Communications USA, Carrie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chloë Grace Moretz, Crew Creative Advertising, Dane DeHaan, Daniel Brühl, Daniel Radcliffe, Danny Trejo, Gemma Arterton, George Clooney, Gravity, Ignition Print, Javier Bardem, Jean-Luc Godard, Judd Apatow, Julian Assange, Justin Timberlake, Karine Savard, Kill Your Darlings, Knocked Up, Kustom Creative, Léa Seydoux, Life of Pi, Machete, Machete Kills, Rico Torres, Robert Redford, Runner Runner, Rush, Sandra Bullock, Sissy Spacek, Step Brothers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Counselor, The Fifth Estate, The Refinery, The Shining, Tom Hanks, Traffic, Troublemaker Studios
TIFF13 REVIEW: The F Word [2014]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Love is stupid monkeys dancing in a slapstick hurricane” I’m officially a sucker for romantic comedies where guy meets girl by engaging in sarcastically cynical conversation consisting more of glib quips than substantive information. It’s more than likely because that’s exactly what my girlfriend and I do even to this day and most definitely because […]
Category comedy, drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, romance, toronto international film festival · Tags AC Newman, Adam Driver, Daniel Radcliffe, Elan Mastai, Friends with Benefits, Goon, Jemima Rooper, Justin Timberlake, Mackenzie Davis, Megan Park, Michael Dowse, Michael Rinaldi, Mila Kunis, Rafe Spall, T.J. Dawe, Take Me Home Tonight, The F Word, The New Pornographers, The Princess Bride, TIFF, Toothpaste and Cigars, Toronto International Film Festival, Will Gluck, Zoe Kazan
REVIEW: Trouble with the Curve [2012]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Can De Niro rap?” The Atlanta Braves’ Turner Field outdoor gate security guard in Trouble with the Curve perfectly encapsulates the film. Sitting silently with his newspaper, you see him slowly lower it as Amy Adams‘ Mickey exits to answer Justin Timberlake‘s Johnny “The Flame” Flanigan’s flirtatious baseball trivia question. Like the guard, whenever the […]
REVIEW: In Time [2011]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Your mind can be spent even if your body’s not” A watered-down Gattaca from the same creative mind, Andrew Niccol‘s In Time takes his human story of survival onto a global level. Rather than watch one man succeed in following an unattainable dream by taking the charity of another no longer wanting the gifts he […]
REVIEW: Happy Feet Two [2011]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 12, 2011 · 2 Comments
“Sometimes you have to back up to go forward” It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I loathed Happy Feet. As a concept the film seemed quite solid—cute penguins dancing, a modern soundtrack to tap along with, the comedy stylings of Robin Williams—but the final result was an ambush of politics and sexuality […]
Posterized Propaganda October 2011: Faces Take the Spotlight
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 29, 2011 · 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 Amanda Seyfried, Anonymous, Antonio Banderas, Barfutura, Black Snake Moan, Blackthorn, BLT & Associates, Cold Open, Craig Brewer, Creative Partnership, David Usher, Dirty Girl, Doctor Who, Drew Struzan, Elizabeth Olsen, Empire Design, Father of Invention, Footloose, George Clooney, Hustle & Flow, Ides of March, Ignition Print, In Time, Jackson Pollack, Joel Schumacher, John Carpenter, Johnny Depp, Johnny English Reborn, Juan Gatti, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Spacey, Like Crazy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Neil Kellerhouse, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Orlando Bloom, Paul WS Anderson, Pedro Almodóvar, Ray Stevenson, Rhys Ifans, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Roland Emmerich, Rowan Atkinson, Roy Lichtenstein, Ryan Gosling, Sam Shepard, Stockholm Design, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Refinery, The Rum Diary, The Skin I Live In, The Thing, The Three Musketeers, Trespass, William Shakespeare, Young Guns
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