Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment
“Like Baba Yaga …” While a lot of fans were instantly and irrationally mad upon learning Avengers: Infinity War wouldn’t include Hawkeye or Ant-Man, I rejoiced knowing that Ant-Man and the Wasp‘s release date fell between both it and its as yet untitled Avengers follow-up. This meant that Scott Lang’s (Paul Rudd) latest adventure to […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Abby Ryder Fortson, Andrew Barrer, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Bobby Cannavale, Chris McKenna, David Dastmalchian, Erik Sommers, Evangeline Lilly, Gabriel Ferrari, Hannah John-Kamen, Judy Greer, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Randall Park, Tip 'T.I.' Harris, Walton Goggins
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 22, 2018 · Leave a Comment
“Love is the frequency” While waiting outside the bathrooms after A Wrinkle in Time finished, I saw a white couple with their two young, fair-haired daughters walking out of the theater. Mom and Dad were explaining to one how movies are interpretations. They were reminding her that she had an idea of what the characters […]
Category action/adventure, family, fantasy, film reviews · Tags A Wrinkle in Time, André Holland, Ava DuVernay, Chris Pine, Deric McCabe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jeff Stockwell, Jennifer Lee, Levi Miller, Madeleine L'Engle, Michael Peña, Mindy Kaling, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Rowan Blanchard, Storm Reid, Zach Galifianakis
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 17, 2018 · Leave a Comment
“There are no right choices here” War films generally come in two varieties: a gray introspective look at its emotional and psychological cost and black and white jingoistic propaganda. The former is generally acclaimed as award worthy while the latter is dumped during winter months so its target audience of NRA-loving Republicans in American flag […]
Category action/adventure, biography, drama, film reviews, war · Tags 12 Strong, Arshia Mandavi, Austin Stowell, Ben O'Toole, Chris Hemsworth, Doug Stanton, Geoff Stults, Michael Peña, Michael Shannon, Navid Negahban, Nicolai Fuglsig, Numan Acar, Peter Craig, Rob Riggle, Ted Tally, Trevante Rhodes, William Fichtner
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“Shoulda cuddled, bro” I’ve never watched an episode of “CHiPs” so I don’t care whether or not the original Jon Baker (Larry Wilcox) and Francis Poncherello (Erik Estrada) pulled their guns during six seasons of television as some on social media have enjoyed touting they didn’t since the trailer hit. I will, however, admit I’m […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, film reviews · Tags Adam Brody, Ben Falcone, CHIPS, Dax Shepard, Ed Begley Jr., Erik Estrada, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Josh Duhamel, Justin Chatwin, Kristen Bell, Larry Wilcox, Mae Whitman, Maya Rudolph, Merrin Dungey, Michael Peña, Richard T. Jones, Rosa Salazar, Vincent D'Onofrio
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 30, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“If only we could be strangers again” There’s a moment in the trailer for Collateral Beauty where Helen Mirren‘s character of “Death” is talking to someone that we cannot quite see but definitely know isn’t Will Smith. This was an intriguing “a-ha” moment for me because the premise of Allan Loeb‘s script—which passed through Alfonso […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Allan Loeb, Ann Dowd, Collateral Beauty, David Frankel, Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Jacob Latimore, Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley, Michael Peña, Naomie Harris, Will Smith
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 29, 2015 · 1 Comment
“Mars will come to fear my botany powers” Sometimes we need a good old-fashioned feel good tale that doesn’t talk down to us for smiles to unabashedly form at the movies. Ridley Scott‘s The Martian provides exactly that. You have a healthy dose of infectious humor, life and death suspense, space exploration to an uncharted […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction, z.slideshow · Tags Aksel Hennie, Andy Weir, Benedict Wong, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover, Drew Goddard, Jeff Daniels, Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Matt Damon, Michael Peña, Ridley Scott, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, The Cabin in the Woods, The Martian
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 13, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“Just a tall-tale” You can tell as soon as it happens where the Marvel machine broke Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, the two guys who had been developing Ant-Man to their singular vision since before the Cinematic Universe’s cohesive arc began. It’s a funny cameo with an Avenger, one where Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) attempts […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Abby Ryder Fortson, Adam McKay, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Ant-Man, Bobby Cannavale, Captain America: Civil War, Corey Stoll, David Dastmalchian, Edgar Wright, Evangeline Lilly, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, Joe Cornish, John Slattery, Martin Donovan, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Thor, Tip 'T.I.' Harris
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 6, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Are you saved?” I can relate when people look at David Ayer‘s Fury and shake their heads saying, “We get it. War is brutal.” I can because I remember sitting down to watch The Reader in 2008 only to think how completely over Holocaust movies I was that year. I believe I saw four or […]
Category drama, film reviews, war · Tags Brad Pitt, David Ayer, Fury, Jason Isaacs, Jon Bernthal, Lebanon, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Shia LaBeouf, Steven Spielberg, The Reader
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Supporting Actress: Amy Adams: The Master Sally Field: Lincoln Anne Hathaway: Les Misérables Helen Hunt: The Sessions Jacki Weaver: Silver Linings Playbook William Altreuter: It often seems to me that the Best Supporting categories are where the most interesting things are to be found in the Academy Award nominations, and this year is proving me right. What we often get—especially with Best Actress […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags Alan Arkin, Amour, Amy Adams, Andy Wachowski, Ang Lee, Animal Kingdom, Ann Dowd, Anne Hathaway, Annie Hall, Anthony Minghella, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beauty and the Beast, Ben Affleck, Benh Zeitlin, Bernardo Bertolucci, Billy Campbell, Blake Lively, Born on the Fourth of July, Bottle Rocket, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Cohen, Bruce Willis, Cameron Mackintosh, Chicago, Chris Terrio, Christoph Waltz, Cloud Atlas, Compliance, Crash, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Dan Janvey, Daniel Day Lewis, Danny Boyle, David Magee, David O. Russell, David Womark, Dead Poets Society, Debra Hayward, Denis Lavant, Denzel Washington, Django Unchained, Do the Right Thing, Donna Gigliotti, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Doubt, Driving Miss Daisy, Dwight Henry, Edgar Wright, Emma Watson, Emmanuelle Riva, End of Watch, Eric Fellner, Ewan McGregor, Ezra Miller, Field of Dreams, Flight, George Clooney, Gil Netter, Grand Hotel, Grant Heslov, Helen Hunt, Helen Mirren, Henry V, Hitchcock, Holy Motors, Hugh Jackman, Hulk, Irrfan Khan, Jacki Weaver, James D'Arcy, Jamie Foxx, Javier Bardem, Jaws, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Jim Sheridan, Joaquin Phoenix, John Gatins, John Goodman, John Hawkes, John Travolta, Jonathan Gordon, Josh Penn, Judi Dench, Jurassic Park, Kathleen Kennedy, Kathryn Bigelow, Kathyrn Bigelow, Kenneth Branagh, Killing Them Softly, Lana Wachowski, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leos Carax, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Little Miss Sunshine, Lost in Translation, Lucy Alibar, Maggie Smith, Magic Mike, Margaret Ménégoz, Marion Cotillard, Mark Boal, Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Quick, Meet the Fockers, Megan Ellison, Meryl Streep, Michael Gottwald, Michael Haneke, Michael Katz, Michael Peña, Michel Hazanavicius, Mike Tyson, Million Dollar Baby, Milos Forman, Moonrise Kingdom, Moulin Rouge!, Munich, My Left Foot, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, Nora Ephron, Oliver Stone, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Jackson, Peter O'Toole, Peter Weir, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pilar Savone, Quentin Tarantino, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rachel Getting Married, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reginald Hudlin, Rian Johnson, Richard Attenborough, Robert De Niro, Robert Zemeckis, Roman Coppola, Roman Polanski, Rushmore, Rust and Bone, Sally Field, Savages, Scoot McNairy, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, sex lies and videotape, Shakespeare in Love, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, Slumdog Milionare, Spike Lee, Stacey Sher, Stefan Arndt, Stephen Chbosky, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Take Shelter, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The English Patient, The Fighter, The Flying Nun, The Fountain, The Help, The Hunger Games, The Hurt Locker, The Impossible, The Incredible Hulk, The Intouchables, The Master, The Paperboy, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Return of the King, The Sessions, The Sugarland Express, There Will Be Blood, Tim Bevan, Tom Cruise, Tom Hooper, Tom Tykwer, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Kushner, Veit Heiduschka, Walk the Line, Wes Anderson, When Harry Met Sally, Wings, Winter’s Bone, Woody Allen, Zero Dark Thirty
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Who’s the tomato?” Tragedies like last year’s Aurora, Colorado shooting on The Dark Knight Rises‘ opening night are just that—tragic. We can never image the pain, anger, and heartache of families and friends effected or ever want to think it could happen to us. So when art skews close to reenacting that suffering—albeit with no […]
Category action/adventure, drama, film reviews · Tags Anthony Mackie, Dick Tracy, Emma Stone, Gangster Squad, Giovanni Ribisi, Josh Brolin, Michael Peña, Nick Nolte, Paul Lieberman, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Robert Patrick, Ruben Fleischer, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, The Dark Knight Rises, The Godfather, The Untouchables, Troy Garity, Will Beall, Zombieland
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 28, 2012 · 2 Comments
“Comfortable footwear. Police is all about comfortable footwear.” If David Ayer is to be believed, life as a South Central L.A. cop is a ticking time bomb ready to explode. What the region isn’t, however, is a cesspool of corrupt officers on the take forming yet one more gang of street thugs to combat. This […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags America Ferrera, Anna Kendrick, Cle Shaheed Sloan, Cody Horn, Cops, David Ayer, David Harbour, End of Watch, Frank Grillo, Harsh Times, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kristy Wu, Maurice Compte, Michael Peña, Natalie Martinez, Street Kings, Training Day
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