Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 14, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“I don’t have to recognize it. I just have to save it.” There are a lot of haters out there—those who pile on Zack Snyder, the DC Extended Universe, and both. I’m not one of them. But that doesn’t mean I’ve loved what they’ve delivered. We’ve received one good film (Wonder Woman), one ambitiously enjoyable […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Amber Heard, Amy Adams, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Affleck, Billy Crudup, Chris Terrio, Ciarán Hinds, Danny Elfman, Ezra Miller, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Jeremy Irons, Joe Morton, Joss Whedon, Justice League, Man of Steel, Ray Fisher, Suicide Squad, The Avengers, Wonder Woman, Zack Snyder
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 22, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“Ignorance is not the same as innocence” Director and steward of Warner Bros.’s entire DC Comic universe—for better or worse depending on your personal opinion of the man’s portfolio—Zack Snyder has spent two years telling us Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is ostensibly Man of Steel 2. It’s not. This thing is a Batman […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Amy Adams, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Affleck, Chris Terrio, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Ezra Miller, Gal Gadot, Gene Hackman, Harry Lennix, Henry Cavill, Holly Hunter, Jason Momoa, Jeremy Irons, Jesse Eisenberg, Kevin Costner, Lawrence Fishburne, Man of Steel, Ray Fisher, Scoot McNairy, Zack Snyder
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment
With the dwindling numbers of drive-in theaters across the country, independent theaters finding it difficult to compete with huge chains, and the ever-fluctuating national box office needing too many 3D films to turn a profit, certain cities somehow find a way to keep the medium alive. Buffalo is one of them and always has been […]
Category entertainment, essays · Tags A Fish Called Wanda, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Airplane!, Arthur, Back to the Future Part II, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Citizen Kane, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Crazy Stupid Love, Dumb and Dumber, Edge of Tomorrow, Frozen, Funny Girl, Godzilla, Good Will Hunting, Gremlins, Horton Hears a Who!, Jurassic Park, Les Misérables, Magic Mike, Maleficent, Man of Steel, Mary Poppins, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Moulin Rouge!, Mr. Mom, Neighbors, Noah, Old School, Pretty Woman, Pulp Fiction, Ratatouille, Rio 2, Silver Linings Playbook, Slumdog Millionaire, Snow Day, Something's Gotta Give, Stand By Me, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Big Lebowski, The Blind Side, The Blues Brothers, The Change-Up, The Dark Knight, The Goonies, The Jerk, The LEGO Movie, The Lost Boys, The Monuments Men, The Neverending Story, The Notebook, The Other Woman, The Phantom of the Opera, The Princess Bride, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Wiz, The Wizard of Oz, Thelma & Louise, Transcendence, Wayne's World, When Harry Met Sally, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 2, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Do you have evidence?” For fifty minutes—minus one crazy hand-to-hand combat fight on top of a fallen metal gate suspended over two adjacent buildings’ fire escapes in midair—writer/director Alan Yuen‘s 風暴 [Fung bou] [Firestorm] is a fast paced actioner that fearlessly goes to the darkest corners Hollywood never would. After it crosses that threshold of […]
Category action/adventure, film features, film festival, film reviews, foreign, new york asian film festival, suspense/thriller · Tags Alan Yuen, Andy Lau, Cantonese, Chen Yao, Firestorm, Fung bou, Jacqueline Chan, Jun Hu, Ka Tung Lam, Lit Wai Leung, Man of Steel, Mandarin, New York Asian Film Festival, NYAFF, Philip Keung, Ray Lui
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 13, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Let them fight” The reason Gareth Edwards‘ rebooted Godzilla proves so effective is that it retains the thematic essence of its 1954 ancestor, Gojira. Still an over-arching metaphor for mankind’s hubris and wont to destroy everything it doesn’t understand out of fear, Dave Callaham, Max Borenstein, and multiple script doctors simply found ways to alter […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alexandre Desplat, Bryan Cranston, Carson Bolde, Cloverfield, Dave Callaham, David Strathairn, Elizabeth Olsen, Gareth Edwards, Godzilla, Gojira, Juliette Binoche, Ken Watanabe, Man of Steel, Max Borenstein, Pacific Rim, Richard T. Jones, Roland Emmerich, Sally Hawkins
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 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 3 Days to Kill, About Last Night, Adult World, AllCity, Animal Logic, Art Machine A Trailer Park Company, B.D. Fox Independent, Bemis Balkind, BLT Communications LLC, Child's Pose, Christopher Miller, Cold Open, Concept Arts, Date and Switch, David Lynch, Drinking Buddies, Endless Love, Gabriella Wilde, Gravillis Inc., Hany Abu-Assad, Hayao Miyazaki, Ignition Print, Interpol, Jason Statham, Joel Kinnaman, Joy Division, Kevin Costner, Kevin Hart, KO Creative, Kristen Scott Thomas, Liam Neeson, Man of Steel, Matt Frost, Michael Ealy, Non-Stop, Nurse 3D, Omar, Only God Forgives, P+A, Paradise Now, Paul W.S. Anderson, Paz de la Huerta, Phil Lord, Pompeii, Redemption, RoboCop, Rust and Bone, Saw, Taken 2, The Killer Inside Me, The LEGO Movie, The Rageman, The Secret World of Arrietty, The Wind Rises, Tim Palen, Vampire Academy, Win Win, WORKS ADV
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 31, 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 Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Alan Rickman, Amanda Seyfried, Art Machine A Trailer Park Company, Ashton Kutcher, Bemis Balkind, BLT Communications LLC, bpg, Casey Affleck, Closed Circuit, Cold Open, Creative Partnership, Elysium, Emile Hirsch, Eugene Allen, Forest Whitaker, Frank Ockenfels, Gravillis Inc., Ignition Print, In a World ..., Iron Man 3, Jobs, John Cusack, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Lake Bell, Lee Daniel's The Butler, Lovelace, Man of Steel, Martin Ansin, Matt Damon, Midnight Oil Creative, Miles Teller, Morgan Spurlock, Noomi Rapace, One Direction: This Is Us, P+A, Passion, Paul Rudd, Peeples, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Planes, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Prince Avalanche, Rachel McAdams, Robin Williams, Rooney Mara, Short Term 12, Steve Jobs, The Big Wedding, The Canyons, The Cimarron Group, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Paperboy, The Spectacular Now, The World's End, Tommy Lee Edwards, We’re the Millers, You’re Next
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“It wouldn’t be much of a surrender if I resisted” After Bryan Singer’s misguided attempt to stay true to original cinematic canon by having Superman Returns follow Richard Donner’s two Christopher Reeve starrers ultimately failed, a hard reboot was necessary. With DC Comics getting increasingly outplayed by every new expansion of the Marvel universe, it’s […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Amy Adams, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Batman, Bryan Singer, Christopher Meloni, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Reeve, David S. Goyer, Diane Lane, Harry Lennix, Henry Cavill, Joel Schumacher, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Man of Steel, Michael Shannon, Richard Donner, Russell Crowe, Smallville, Superman, Superman Returns, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, Zack Snyder
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 3, 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 Alexis Bledel, Alexis Denisof, Ali, Amy Acker, Angel, Antonio Banderas, ARSONAL, Art Machine A Trailer Park Company, Bemis Balkind, Berberian Sound Studio, BLT Communications LLC, Brad Pitt, Brandon Routh, Byzantium, Carlos Areces, Channing Tatum, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Reeve, Cold Open, Concept Arts, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Dawn Patrol, Emily Watson, Enter the Void, Entourage, Epic, Evan Goldberg, FIVE33, Fran Kranz, Gemma Arterton, Gravillis Inc., Hank Azaria, Henry Cavill, I'm So Excited!, Ignition Print, Independence Day, J.J. Abrams, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Franco, Jamie Foxx, Jay Baruchel, John Cusack, Jonah Hill, Joss Whedon, Lola Dueñas, Man of Steel, Man Ray, Melissa McCarthy, Monsters Inc., Monsters University, Much Ado About Nothing, Oink Creative, Owen Wilson, P+A, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Roland Emmerich, Sandra Bullock, Saoirse Ronan, Seth Rogen, Sex and the City, Spider-Man 3, Spring Breakers, Star Trek Into Darkness, Superman Returns, The Bling Ring, The Day After Tomorrow, The Heat, The Internship, The Muppets, The Purge, The Right Stuff, The Smurfs, This is the End, Toby Jones, Vince Vaughn, Violet & Daisy, Wedding Crashers, White House Down, Will Smith, William Shakespeare, WORKS ADV, World War Z
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