Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 12, 2015 · 1 Comment
“We’re out to make every life extraordinary” Scientology is almost too stupid to believe. No it is too stupid to believe. That’s why I always just dismissed it as a joke—a religion founded by a science fiction author in order to never pay taxes like the rumor went. Celebrities love it, there are weird “stress” […]
Category documentary, film reviews · Tags Alex Gibney, David Miscavige, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Hana Whitfield, Jason Beghe, John Travolta, L. Ron Hubbard, Lawrence Wright, Marty Rathburn, Mike Rinder, Paul Haggis, Sara Northrup, Spanky Taylor, Tom Cruise, Tony Ortega
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 2, 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 22 Jump Street, Aaron Paul, Albert Nobbs, Alex van Warmerdam, BLT Communications LLC, Borgman, Cardinal Communications USA, Chris Evans, Clint Eastwood, Coherence, Cold Open, Concept Arts, Creative Partnership, David Ives, Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow, Emily Baldoni, Emily Blunt, Gravillis Inc., Guy Pearce, Hellion, Hunger, Ignition, James Franco, Jamie Bell, Jan Bijvoet, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeremy Saunders, Jersey Boys, John Goodman, John Hurt, Juan Luis Garcia, Lawrence Fishburne, Le Cercle Noir, Liam Neeson, Mark Wahlberg, Meagan Good, Nicholas Brendon, P+A, Paul Haggis, Robert Pattinson, Snowpiercer, The Boland Design Company, The Desolation of Smaug, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hobbit, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, The Last Sentence, The Moment, The Refinery, The Rover, The Sacrament, The Signal, Think Like a Man Too, Third Person, Tom Cruise, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Venus in Fur, WORKS ADV
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“He’s keen to get home” With Paul Haggis relinquishing co-writing duties opposite duo Neal Purvis and Robert Wade to John Logan, the newest iteration of James Bond finds itself an autonomous entity. More attuned to the legacy that came before Daniel Craig donned the suit, we no longer need to worry about Mr. White or […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Bérénice Marlohe, Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, Days of Heaven, Ian Fleming, Javier Bardem, John Logan, Judi Dench, Live Free or Die Hard, Naomie Harris, Neal Purvis, Ola Rapace, Paul Haggis, Quantum of Solace, Ralph Fiennes, Robert Wade, Roger Deakins, Sam Mendes, Skyfall, The Bourne Identity
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“Someone’s belief in virtue is more important than virtue itself” Director Paul Haggis is somewhat of an enigma with me. I like the guy, I’m not sure why, I just do. I was one of the ten fans who enjoyed “The Black Donnellys” and the first time I saw his Oscar-winning Crash at the theatres, […]
Category film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Brian Dennehy, Casino Royale, Crash, Daniel Stern, Elizabeth Banks, In the Valley of Elah, Jonathan Tucker, Kevin Corrigan, Lennie James, Liam Neeson, Million Dollar Baby, Moran Atias, Olivia Wilde, Paul Haggis, Pour elle, Red Hot, Russell Crowe, RZA, The Black Donnellys, The Next Three Days
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“You only need one shot” Wow, remember when Casino Royale came on the scene to give the Bond franchise a shot of adrenaline that no one expected? How Daniel Craig brought grit and realism to a series slowly finding its way into parody and gadgetry while trying to make up for the fact leading man Pierce Brosnan was […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews · Tags Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, Finding Neverland, Giancarlo Giannini, James Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Marc Forster, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Paul Haggis, Quantum of Solace, Stay, Stranger Than Fiction
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“Happiness, Pleasure, Sorrow, Love” First-time director Jieho Lee has brought us the next installment of the multiple stories genre threaded together as though fate and coincidence are the name of the game. This type of narrative has been around for a long time, most definitely before Robert Altman’s Short Cuts, but at least there is […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Andy Garcia, Brendan Fraser, Clark Gregg, Crash, Emile Hirsch, Forest Whitaker, Jieho Lee, Kevin Bacon, Paul Haggis, Robert Altman, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Scooby Doo, Short Cuts, The Air I Breathe, The Dead Girl
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 17, 2006 · Leave a Comment
“Shaken or stirred?” I am not a very big action movie fan. Explosions, violence, and sex don’t make a good movie unless there is some semblance of a story involved. Therefore, I’ve never really had an interest in watching the twenty or so James Bond films. Hearing about the gadgets and the suave hitman persona […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Casino Royale, Caterina Murino, Daniel Craig, Die Another Day, Eva Green, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Ian Fleming, Isaach De Bankolé, James Bond, Jeffery Wright, Kingdom of Heaven, Layer Cake, Mads Mikkelsen, Manderlay, Paul Haggis, Pierce Brosnan, Return of the King, The Dreamers, The Jacket, The Mother, Tomb Raider
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