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Posterized Propaganda February 2013: A Snort of Fresh Air with ‘Warm Bodies’, ‘Identity Thief,’ ‘Charles Swan’ & More

Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 1, 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 A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, A Good Day to Die Hard, Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, ARSONAL, Art Machine A Trailer Park Company, Beautiful Creatures, BLT Communications LLC, Bruce Willis, Canyon Design Group, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Walken, Cold Open, Contagion, Friends with Benefits, Gael García Bernal, Girls Against Boys, Haunting in Connecticut, Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief, Ignition Print, Jack Reacher, Jason Bateman, Jonathan Levine, Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, Le Cercle Noir, Like Someone In Love, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, My Blueberry Nights, Nicholas Hoult, Nicholas Sparks, No, P+A, Rin Takanashi, Roman Coppola, Rooney Mara, Safe Haven, Shel Starkman Design Group, Side Effects, Sound City, Stand Up Guys, Steven Soderbergh, Tarhan Creative, Teresa Palmer, The Change-Up, The Cimarron Group, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, The Last Exorcism, The Lucky One, The Matador, The Notebook, The Refinery, Warm Bodies, White Spark Creative, WORKS ADV, Zombieland

Posterized Propaganda July 2012: Meet the new poster, same as the old one

Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Category film features, posterized propaganda · Tags 20th Century Fox Domestic Theatrical Creative Advertising, A Very Long Engagement, Adventures in Babysitting, Andrew Garfield, Andrew McCarthy, ARSONAL, Audrey Tautou, Bandits, Bemis Balkind, BLT Communications LLC, Buried, Casper Christensen, Cate Blanchett, Channing Tatum, Christopher Nolan, City Rain Design, Concept Arts, Cowboys & Aliens, Crazy Eyes, Creative Domain, District 9, Easy Money, Elisabeth Shue, Flipped, Footloose, Frank Hvam, Gravillis Inc., Green Lantern, Havoc, Headhunters, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Ignition Print, Into the Abyss, Jaqueline Siegel, Jean-Baptiste-Andre Gautier d'Agoty, Joel Kinnaman, Jonah Hill, Katy Perry: Part of Me, Killer Joe, Klown, KO Creative, Kustom Creative, Le Cercle Noir, Machete Maidens Unleashed!, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Madeline Zima, Madman Entertainment, Mannequin, Matthew McConaughey, Mena Suvari, Mojo, Morgan Freeman, My Blueberry Nights, Oliver Stone, P+A, Paul Dano, Red Lights, REV CREATIVE, Richard Ayoade, Rob Reiner, Rodrigo Cortés, Roger Corman, Ruby Sparks, Russell Brand, Sam Raimi, Savages, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up Revolution, Tell No One, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Arterie, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Bucket List, The Cimarron Group, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hunger Games, The Imposter, The Magic of Belle Isle, The Queen of Versailles, The Simpsons, The Watch, The Way Back, Trayvon Martin, Vantage Point

Top 25 Films of 2008

Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 129 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: Entre les murs[The Class] directed by Laurent Cantet #24: JCVD directed byMabrouk El Mechri #23: Boy A directed by John Crowley. #22: Cloverfield directed by Matt […]

Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags Boy A, Charlie Kaufman, Christopher Nolan, Cloverfield, Courtney Hunt, Danny Boyle, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, David Gordon Green, Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, Doubt, Entre les murs, Gabriele Muccino, Garth Jennings, Gus Van Sant, I've Loved You So Long, Il y a longtemps que je t'aime, JCVD, John Crowley, John Patrick Shanley, Jonathan Demme, Kar Wai Wong, Kurt Kuenne, Låt den rätte komma in, Laurent Cantet, Let the Right One In, Los cronocrímenes, Mabrouk El Mechri, Martin Koolhoven, Matt Reeves, Milk, My Blueberry Nights, Nacho Vigalondo, Oorlogswinter, Philippe Claudel, Rachel Getting Married, Revolutionary Road, Rian Johnson, Sam Mendes, Seven Pounds, Slumdog Millionaire, Snow Angels, Son of Rambow, Synecdoche New York, Tarsem Singh, The Brothers Bloom, The Class, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The Fall, The Wrestler, Timecrimes, Tomas Alfredson, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Winter in Wartime, Woody Allen

Top Ten Films of 2008: The Year of World War II

Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This list is accurate as of post-date. So many films and not enough time to see them all, the potential for future change is inevitable, but as of today here are the best … I don’t know what precipitated 2008 being the year of the World War II movie, but of the 100+ releases I […]

Category essays, top 10 films · Tags Adam Resurrected, Appaloosa, Brick, Catinca Untaru, Changeling, Che, Christopher Nolan, Coraline, Danny Boyle, Darren Aronofsky, David Gordon Green, Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, Forrest Gump, Frozen River, Funny People, Garth Jennings, Gus Van Sant, Happy-Go-Lucky, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Heath Ledger, I'm a Cyborg, Jenny Lumet, Jonathan Demme, Kar Wai Wong, Kate Winslet, Låt den rätte komma in, Lee Pace, Let the Right One In, Michael Shannon, Mickey Rourke, Milk, My Blueberry Nights, My Winnipeg, Norah Jones, Pineapple Express, Rachel Getting Married, Revolutionary Road, Rian Johnson, Saibogujiman kwenchana, Sam Mendes, Sean Penn, Seven Pounds, Slumdog Millionaire, Snow Angels, Son of Rambow, Star Trek, Stop-Loss, Surveillance, Synecdoche New York, Taken, Tarsem Singh, Terminator Salvation, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Brothers Bloom, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The Fall, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Informers, The Reader, The Wrestler, Todd Field, Towelhead, Transsiberian, Tropic Thunder, Up, Waltz with Bashir, Watchmen, Will Smith

REVIEW: My Blueberry Nights [2007]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 20, 2008 · 1 Comment

“I decided to take the longest way to cross the street” I really need to start watching more films by Wong Kar Wai. I adore In the Mood for Love, yet I still have not found the time to view its sequel 2046. Instead, I chose to take a gander at his English-language debut, My […]

Category film reviews, romance · Tags 2046, David Strathairn, In the Mood for Love, Jude Law, Kar Wai Wong, My Blueberry Nights, Natalie Portman, Norah Jones, Rachel Weisz

Top Ten Films of 2007: The Year of the Adaptation

Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment

It was a year of many genres. We had some musicals, a few dramas, comedies galore, a little sci-fi, and a couple bio-pics sprinkled in to satiate the kiddies and Oscar voters. If anything, I guess one trend seemed to rise above, that being the adaptation, whether from plays (Sweeney Todd), novels (Zodiac), or comics […]

Category essays, top 10 films · Tags 2001: A Space Odyssey, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, 300, 4 Months, 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days, A History of Violence, After the Wedding, Atonement, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Cashback, Cloverfield, Control, David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises, Eddie Veddar, Edgar Wright, El Orfanato, Emile Hirsch, First Snow, Gone Baby Gone, Grace is Gone, Hot Fuzz, Into the Wild, Irrfan Khan, Joe Wright, Juno, La Vie en rose, My Blueberry Nights, No Country for Old Men, Once, Reservation Road, Sam Riley, Simon Pegg, Slipstream, Son of Rambow, Sophie’s Choice, Southland Tales, Stardust, Sunshine, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Happening, The Namesake, There Will Be Blood, Vantage Point, WALL•E, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Zodiac

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