Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“Wherever they may be” The first cinematic adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg‘s Jumanji brought the board game’s wild jungle environment to its players’ quiet suburbia for a crazy survival adventure. Jake Kasdan and company could have easily done the exact same thing again with their reboot/sequel hybrid Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle due to over […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Alex Wolff, Awkwafina, Chris Van Allsburg, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, Jumanji, Jumanji: The Next Level, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, Rory McCann, Scott Rosenberg, Ser'Darius Blain
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“I love you three thousand” The best thing Marvel ever did was split their Avengers 1.0 saga’s final chapter in two since it allowed Infinity War to deliver what no other entry could: stakes. Despite knowing they were always false due to the giant gauntlet in the room that literally bends time and space to […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Anthony Russo, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Bradley Cooper, Brie Larson, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Christopher Markus, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Joe Russo, Josh Brolin, Karen Gillan, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Rudd, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Stephen McFeely
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment
“He’s never fought me twice” It’s been ten years since we met Tony Stark on the big screen. Ten years of serial storytelling with massive budgets, character crossovers, television offshoots, and Stan Lee cameos that took Hollywood and the box office by storm. Not even steward Kevin Feige could have predicted that type of longevity […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews, science fiction, z.slideshow · Tags Anthony Russo, Avengers: Infinity War, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bradley Cooper, Carrie Coon, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Christopher Markus, Dave Bautista, Elizabeth Olsen, Joe Russo, Josh Brolin, Karen Gillan, Kevin Feige, Letitia Wright, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Bettany, Pom Klementieff, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Stan Lee, Stephen McFeely, Terry Notary, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Holland, Vin Diesel, Zoë Saldana
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“Find the missing piece” The end of Jumanji shows Alan and Sarah chaining up the board game before throwing it over a bridge into water. Later we see it washed ashore on a beach, buried in the sand with chains removed as people walk by speaking what sounds like French. So we wonder how long […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Alex Wolff, Bobby Cannavale, Chris McKenna, Chris Van Allsburg, Dwayne Johnson, Erik Sommers, Jack Black, Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinker, Jumanji, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, Nick Jonas, Scott Rosenberg, Ser'Darius Blain
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 4, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“It’s not ripe” The world of Guardians of the Galaxy proved a necessary shot of comic and action adrenaline for the Marvel Cinematic Universe back in 2014. It gave a breather from the Tony Stark crew, allowed the voice of an outsider in James Gunn to permeate the Hollywood machine, and introduced a level of […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Chris Sullivan, Dave Bautista, Elizabeth Debicki, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, James Gunn, Karen Gillan, Kurt Russell, Laura Haddock, Michael Rooker, Pom Klementieff, Sylvester Stallone, Vin Diesel, Zoë Saldana
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 21, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“I stopped listening to men like you a long time ago” Ti West‘s western In a Valley of Violence might have been great if it allowed itself to become the serious revenge thriller it sporadically proves. A dark drama able to embrace the weight of its characters’ turmoil appears once you remove Karen Gillan‘s over-the-top […]
Category film reviews, western · Tags Burn Gorman, Ethan Hawke, In a Valley of Violence, James Ransone, John Travolta, Karen Gillan, Larry Fessenden, Omar Von Muller, Taissa Farmiga, Ti West, Toby Huss, Tommy Nohilly
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 30, 2015 · 1 Comment
“Trust me. This happened.” I can honestly say I learned something watching The Big Short. That’s no small feat considering it was directed and cowritten by funnyman Adam McKay. His collaborations with Will Ferrell acting like a doofus are generally the exact opposite of educational. But he couldn’t have told this story about the handful […]
Category biography, comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Adam McKay, Anthony Bourdain, Billy Magnussen, Brad Pitt, Byron Mann, Charles Randolph, Christian Bale, Finn Wittrock, Hamish Linklater, Jeremy Strong, John Magaro, Karen Gillan, Margot Robbie, Max Greenfield, Michael Lewis, Rafe Spall, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, The Big Short, Will Ferrell
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 24, 2014 · 1 Comment
“I don’t learn” It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the best Marvel film to date would be one without a single recognizable character to anyone not already a fan. Guardians of the Galaxy has been around since 1969, but it’s the 2008 iteration by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning which struck the studio’s fancy […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction, z.slideshow · Tags Andy Lanning, Benicio Del Toro, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Christopher Nolan, Dan Abnett, Dave Bautista, Djimon Hounsou, Glenn Close, Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn, John C. Reilly, Josh Brolin, Joss Whedon, Karen Gillan, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Nicole Perlman, Parks and Recreation, Peter Serafinowicz, Robert Downey Jr., Sean Gunn, Slither, Super, The Avengers, The O.C., Vin Diesel, Zoë Saldana
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 1, 2014 · 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 Haunted House 2, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Alan Partridge, Annalise Basso, ARSONAL, Baywatch, BLT Communications LLC, Blue Ruin, BOND, Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chris Evans, Chris O'Dowd, Concept Arts, Cuban Fury, Dom Hemingway, Draft Day, Drive, Dylan Marchetti, Eclipse, Empire Design, Federico Mazza, Flashdance, Garden State, Hateship Loveship, Iconisus L&Y - Visual Communication Systems, Ignition Print, Jackson Pollack, Joe, Johnny Depp, Kajsa Björs, Karen Gillan, Kellerhouse Inc., Kevin Costner, Kristen Wiig, Locke, Madea's Big Happy Family, Marlon Wayans, Nick Frost, Oculus, Only Lovers Left Alive, P+A, Palaceworks, Paolo Rivera, Rashida Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Scary Movie, The Bourne Legacy, The Matrix, The Other Woman, The Quiet Ones, The Refinery, The Retrieval, Tom Hardy, Transcendence, Under the Skin, Zach Braff
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