Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“I just need to see it to the end, that’s all” At the heart of Olivier Assayas‘ Personal Shopper is an idea of fear. This isn’t surprising considering it’s a genre ghost story, but its target is. Lead character Maureen Cartwright (Kristen Stewart) isn’t afraid of ghosts, spirits, or the supernatural because she’s a medium […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 22, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“What else is there?” Here’s an Oscar-winning director doing something no one else has—shoot an entire film at 120 frames per second (standard is 24, the previous high 48 with The Hobbit)—and movie theaters couldn’t accommodate. At a time when it’s difficult to get butts in seats with Netflix and VOD, an opportunity for a […]
Category drama, film reviews, war · Tags Ang Lee, Beau Knapp, Ben Fountain, Ben Platt, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, J.J. Watt, Joe Alwyn, John-Christophe Castelli, Kristen Stewart, Makenzie Leigh, Richard Sherman, Steve Martin, Vin Diesel
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 26, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“She’s my lawyer. I’ve got reason to kill her.” I didn’t love Wendy and Lucy, the only Kelly Reichardt film I had thus far seen. The slow pacing and stripped-bare plot allowed for Michelle Williams to deliver a magnificent performance, but I found myself undeniably bored by the steady stream of troubles chipping away at […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Certain Women, James Le Gros, Jared Harris, John Getz, Kelly Reichardt, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Lily Gladstone, Maile Meloy, Michelle Williams, Rene Auberjonois, Sara Rodier
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 5, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“Dreams are … dreams” Ever since Woody Allen left New York City for England in 2005 to create some really spectacular films outside his usual comedic efforts of neurotic meet-cutes, I may have intentionally tried to avoid anything he made with a character he would have played himself a decade prior. I personally don’t count […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews, romance · Tags Anna Camp, Blake Lively, Café Society, Corey Stoll, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson, Parker Posey, Paul Schneider, Steve Carell, Vittorio Storaro, Woody Allen
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 19, 2016 · 1 Comment
“Do not love. It’s a sin and I will not forgive it.” They tricked me. Yes, the deflective, vague, and completely false marketing campaign had me believing—no matter how slim the chances were considering my lack of feeling anything for Snow White and the Huntsman—that The Huntsman: Winter’s War had something special under its sleeves. […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Alexandra Roach, Bob Hoskins, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Craig Mazin, Emily Blunt, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Frozen, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Stewart, Nick Frost, Rob Brydon, Rupert Sanders, Sam Claflin, Sheridan Smith, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Huntsman: Winter's War
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 14, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Below is my December 12th ballot for the 19th annual Online Film Critics Society Awards honoring movies released domestically in the United States during the 2015 calendar year. Group winners are highlighted in red. Best Picture #1Inside Out. #2Carol. #3Spotlight. #4Ex Machina. #5Mad MaxFury Road #6Brooklyn #7The Revenant #8Room #9The Martian #10Sicario Best Animated Film […]
Category essays, top 10 films, z.slideshow · Tags 45 Years, Amy, Anomalisa, Benicio Del Toro, Best of Enemies, Brie Larson, Brooklyn, Carol, Cartel Land, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Charlotte Rampling, Clouds of Sils Maria, Creed, Cynthia Nixon, Denis Villeneuve, Ex Machina, George Miller, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Goodnight Mommy, Ian McKellen, Inside Out, James White, Kate Winslet, Kristen Stewart, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Rylance, Matt Damon, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Fassbender, Mistress America, Mustang, OFCS, Online Film Critics Society, Oscar Isaac, Phoenix, Ridley Scott, Room, Rooney Mara, Saoirse Ronan, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Sicario, Son of Saul, Spotlight, Steve Jobs, Sylvester Stallone, The Assassin, The Danish Girl, The Good Dinosaur, The Look of Silence, The Martian, The Peanuts Movie, The Revenant, Thomas McCarthy, Todd Haynes, Vikander
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“We fired the ugly one” When there are only seven basic plots—as the saying goes—to implicitly choose from as a screenwriter, genre-bending homage becomes the sole path towards creativity. So while Max Landis‘ script for American Ultra is The Bourne Identity meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith through a Pineapple Express filter, it’s a damn good […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, film reviews · Tags American Ultra, Bill Pullman, Connie Britton, Jesse Eisenberg, John Leguizamo, Kristen Stewart, Max Landis, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Nima Nourizadeh, Pineapple Express, The Bourne Identity, Tony Hale, Topher Grace, Walton Goggins
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 15, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“I knew I shouldn’t have had that champagne” There’s little scarier in this world than a debilitating disease like Alzheimer’s. You may initially feel a sentiment as shared by the titular Alice (Julianne Moore) in Still Alice to be hyperbolic, but the thought that cancer could be a better option is an extreme worth considering. […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Alec Baldwin, Away From Her, Hunter Parrish, Julianne Moore, Kate Bosworth, Kristen Stewart, Lisa Genova, Richard Glatzer, Sarah Polley, Still Alice, Wash Westmoreland
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 31, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Indie-folk/Alt-country, genre hyphenate singer/songwriter Jenny Lewis is back with her third (second if you don’t count her collaboration with The Watson Twins) solo album entitled The Voyager. It follows a successful duo disc with beau Johnathan Rice and last year’s Rilo Kiley effort Rkives. And it’s great. The first video has been released for track […]
Category cool videos, film features · Tags Anne Hathaway, Brie Larson, Jenny and Johnny, Jenny Lewis, Johnathan Rice, Kristen Stewart, Rilo Kiley, Rkives, The Voyager, The Watson Twins
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment
It’s eight years later and The Buffalo Niagara International Film Festival is still going strong April 24th through May 3rd. I personally missed organizer and filmmaker Bill Cowell‘s inaugural season, but have been attending off and on as both a ticket holder and member of the press since. My first experience was in 2008 at […]
Category buffalo niagara film festival, film features, film festival · Tags Amelie Mckendry, Amy Jo Johnson, Anthony Anderson, Benjamin Busch, Bent, Bill Cowell, Brandonwood, Broken Dreams, Bruce Dern, Chie Hayakawa, Christian Slater, Christopher Walken, David Crabtree, Dust to Dust: A Memoir, Generation Iron, Jesse Bradford, Jim Breuer, John Fink, Kevin K. Shah, Kristen Stewart, Lana Asanin, Leone Marucci, Mary Stewart Masterson, Mickey Rourke, Moon Bloodgood, More Than Me, Niagara, NYC Rooftop Story, Psych, Ricardo Catalan Jr., Sympathetic Details, The Buffalo Niagara Film Festival, The Cake Eaters, The Natural, The Natural: The Best There Ever Was, The Power of Few, The Wire, Twilight, Vlad Yudin, White Knuckles, William Fichtner
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Should I start calling you Dad?” **contains spoilers as far as its major difference from the book** I’m going to applaud The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 for two reasons. One, it signals what we can hope and pray will be the last adventure inside Stephenie Meyer‘s angst-ridden, melodramatic world of supernaturals—until the planned […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews, romance · Tags Bill Condon, Cam Gigandet, Casey LaBow, Dakota Fanning, Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo Navarro, Heroes, Joe Anderson, Judith Shekoni, Kristen Stewart, Lee Pace, Mackenzie Foy, Maggie Grace, Melissa Rosenberg, Michael Sheen, Rami Malek, Robert Pattinson, Stephenie Meyer, Taylor Lautner, The Last Airbender, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, Twilight, X-Men
Recent Comments