Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Sometimes the festival experience has a way of making you overrate films. The excitement of seeing things early with like-minded individuals, listening to filmmakers talk before and after their screenings, and the general festival aura are hard to separate from the work itself. So I won’t lie and say I didn’t re-watch Aaron Moorhead and […]
Category film features, interviews, z.slideshow · Tags Aaron Moorhead, Almost Famous, Brandon Schaefer, Cockneys vs Zombies, Francesco Carnelutti, It Follows, Jaws, Justin Benson, Lost, Lou Taylor Pucci, Matthias Hoene, Nadia Hilker, Nick Nevern, Resolution, Richard Linklater, Spring, The Babadook
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 18, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“Crime of passion?” Best. Wedding. Ever. And trip to the bureaucratic black hole that is government sanctioned towing. And expertly planned, faux fateful airline flight this side of “Lost”. I mean it. Damián Szifrón‘s Relatos salvejes [Wild Tales] is a twisted cousin of Krzysztof Kieslowski‘s The Decalogue, a sextet of darkly comic morality plays where […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews, foreign, z.slideshow · Tags César Bordón, Damián Szifrón, David Guetta, Julieta Zylberberg, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Lost, Relatos salvejes, Ricardo Darín, Rita Cortese, Sia, Spanish, The Decalogue, Walter Donado, Wild Tales
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“I control the radio on my birthday” It’s time to accept that the words “Directed by Judd Apatow” are synonymous with “sentimental familial dramedy littered by profanity”. I probably should have come to this realization years ago, but for some reason I still held out hope he’d once more match the entertainment value of The […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Albert Brooks, Billie Joe Armstrong, Bridesmaids, Charlyne Yi, Chris O'Dowd, Funny People, Graham Parker, Iris Apatow, Jason Segel, John Lithgow, Judd Apatow, Katherine Heigl, Knocked Up, Leslie Mann, Lost, Mad Men, Maude Apatow, Megan Fox, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Rudd, Robert Smigel, Ryan Adams, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, This is 40
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Oh, you Googled me did you?” In a case of mistaken identity, Marshall Lewy‘s sophomore effort as writer/director is much more than its cliché-riddled trailer shows. A 2012 Sundance Film Festival selection, California Solo is the kind of character study that allows its plot to unfold naturally with minimal contrivances. Every preconception inferring things will […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags A Martinez, Alexia Rasmussen, Brad Greenquist, California Solo, Danny Masterson, Dominic Monaghan, Eli Vargas, Kathleen Wilhoite, Lost, Marshall Lewy, Robert Carlyle, Robert Cicchini, Savannah Lathem
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 22, 2010 · 1 Comment
While Jon Favreau may say that 2011 looks to have a bloodbath summer on its hands with blockbusters galore taking 3D screens from each other, I’ll say right now that those aren’t the movies most intriguing me. Next year sees a return for Jack Sparrow, Lightning McQueen, Holmes and Watson, the Witwickys, Ethan Hunt, and, […]
Category essays, top 10 films, top 10 lists · Tags 300, A Dangerous Method, Adam Sandler, Alexander Skarsgård, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Atlas Shrugged, Atlas Shrugged: Part I, Atonement, Ayn Rand, Biutiful, Born to be a Star, Brad Pitt, Captain America: The First Avenger, Cars 2, Cary Fukunaga, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Brontë, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chris Hemsworth, Cloverfield, Contagion, Cop Out, Cowboys & Aliens, Damon Lindelof, Daniel Craig, Dark City, David Cronenberg, David Yates, Dennis Hopper, Dogma, Duncan Jones, Edgar Wright, Emily Blunt, Eric Bana, Farrelly Brothers, Flight of the Conchords, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Freida Pinto, George Nolfi, Gus Van Sant, Hall Pass, Hanna, Harrison Ford, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Henry Cavill, Henry Hopper, Immortals, Imogen Poots, Iron Man, J.J. Abrams, James Bobin, Jamie Bell, Jane Eyre, Jason Lew, Jason Segel, Joe Wright, John Hurt, Jon Favreau, Just Go With It, Keira Knightley, Kellan Lutz, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Smith, Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, Lars von Trier, Lost, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Melancholia, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Michael Rooker, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Moon, Natalie Portman, Nick Frost, One Tree Hill, Paul, Paul Johansson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip K. Dick, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Red State, Restless, Saoirse Ronan, Scott Z. Burns, Scream 4, Sean Penn, Seth Rogen, Sherlock Holmes 2, Simon Pegg, Sin Nombre, Source Code, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen Dorff, Stephen McHattie, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Sucker Punch, Super 8, Superman: Man of Steel, Tarsem Singh, Terrence Malick, Terry Gilliam, The Adjustment Bureau, The Green Hornet, The Informant!, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The Master, The Muppets, The Soloist, The Tree of Life, Thor, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Udo Kier, Viggo Mortensen, Watchmen, Wuthering Heights, X-Men: First Class, Zack Snyder, “The Strike” Productions
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
@jaredmobarak • NPH in sequins … i guess that’s something … The 82nd Annual Oscars ceremony begins, yet the hosts are nowhere to be found. Have we gotten to the point now where we need a lead-in for the most assuredly lame/very PC stand-up routine? We need to get the ball rolling for the ball […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags A Serious Man, Academy Awards, Alec Baldwin, Anna Kendrick, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Avatar, Barbra Streisand, Ben Stiller, Benicio Del Toro, Bright Star, Carey Mulligan, Cars, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Plummer, Colin Firth, Dan Aykroyd, Demi Moore, District 9, Ed Asner, Farrah Fawcett, Fisher Stevens, Geoffrey Fletcher, George Clooney, Golden Globes, Hugh Jackman, Inglourious Basterds, James Cameron, James Taylor, Jason Reitman, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Lopez, John Hughes, John Lasseter, John Stewart, John Travolta, Judd Nelson, Kathryn Bigelow, Keanu Reeves, Linda Hamilton, Logorama, Lost, Macaulay Culkin, Markéta Irglová, Matthew Broderick, Michael Giacchino, Michael Haneke, Michael Jackson, Mickey Rourke, Modern Family, Morgan Freeman, Mo’Nique, Music by Prudence, Neil Patrick Harris, Oprah Winfrey, Oscars, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Quentin Tarantino, Quincy Jones, Ricky Gervais, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Bingham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Sandy Powell, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sean Penn, Sigourney Weaver, Star Trek, Steve Martin, Strange Days, Suzy Amis, T-Bone Burnett, The Blind Side, The Cove, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, The Jerk, The Mask of Zorro, The Matrix, The New Tenants, The Secret in Their Eyes, The Temper Trap, The Wolfman, The Young Victoria, Tim Robbins, Tom Ford, Tom Hanks, Tyler Perry, Up, Up in the Air, West Bank Story, Zoë Saldana
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“Dude was a Silver Age Marvel freak” I’m not quite sure why I hold director David Twohy in such high esteem. I see his name attached to a picture and think that it could be pretty good when in fact I haven’t seen very much of his work. Below is a very underrated thriller he […]
Category film reviews, horror, suspense/thriller · Tags A Perfect Getaway, Below, Chris Hemsworth, Darren Aronofsky, David Twohy, Go, Kiele Sanchez, Lost, Marley Shelton, Milla Jovovich, Pitch Black, Steve Zahn, The Chronicles of Riddick, Timothy Olyphant
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 25, 2009 · 1 Comment
“It’s not a trick, man”
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Brian Cox, Bryan Singer, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, Gavin Hood, Hugh Jackman, Kevin Durand, Liev Schreiber, Lost, Lynn Collins, Ryan Reynolds, Scott Adkins, Taylor Kitsch, The Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.Am, X-Men, X-Men 2, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: The Last Stand
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“You can whistle real loud” Time-traveling Romulans? Why has no one thought of that yet? Leave it to the crew behind the hit series “Lost” and its time-traveling physics in season five to breathe some fresh air into a franchise that has been out of theatres for seven years. Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman showed […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Alex Kurtzman, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, Chris Pine, Clifton Collins Jr., Eric Bana, Heroes, J.J. Abrams, John Cho, Karl Urban, Leonard Nimoy, Lost, Mission: Impossible III, Roberto Orci, Simon Pegg, Star Trek, Transformers, William Shatner, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 18, 2009 · 4 Comments
I will be the first to admit that I was brainwashed by the Hollywood machine and never had an interest to check out the CBS comedy “The Big Bang Theory”. Its marketing campaign billed it as another stupid sitcom to bring in money and entertain the mindless hordes of America. Why would I want to […]
Category entertainment, essays · Tags Battlestar Galactica, Chuck Lorre, Heroes, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Kunal Nayyar, Laurie Metcalf, Lost, Roseanne, Sara Gilbert, Simon Helberg, The Big Bang Theory
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“For the heart is an organ of fire” The English Patient is a story of love gained, lost, and never forgotten. The late Anthony Minghella had a couple films under his belt, but I don’t think even he saw the success coming from this adaptation of Michael Ondaatje’s novel. It won nine Oscars, including Best […]
Category drama, film reviews, romance · Tags Anthony Minghella, Colin Firth, Juliette Binoche, Kristen Scott Thomas, Lost, Michael Ondaatje, Naveen Andrews, Ralph Fiennes, Seinfeld, The English Patient, Willem Dafoe
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