Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“We fired the ugly one” When there are only seven basic plots—as the saying goes—to implicitly choose from as a screenwriter, genre-bending homage becomes the sole path towards creativity. So while Max Landis‘ script for American Ultra is The Bourne Identity meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith through a Pineapple Express filter, it’s a damn good […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, film reviews · Tags American Ultra, Bill Pullman, Connie Britton, Jesse Eisenberg, John Leguizamo, Kristen Stewart, Max Landis, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Nima Nourizadeh, Pineapple Express, The Bourne Identity, Tony Hale, Topher Grace, Walton Goggins
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 19, 2015 · Leave a Comment
In the six years between Snow Angels and Prince Avalanche, writer/director David Gordon Green became a collaborator on a string of comedies of which he was not credited as a writer. In the two years since he’s utilized that process with drama Joe and now Manglehorn. He’s said in other interviews that it’s a way […]
Category film features, interviews, z.slideshow · Tags Al Pacino, Chris Messina, David Gordon Green, Eastbound & Down, Explosions in the Sky, George Washington, Harmony Korine, Holly Hunter, Joe, Manglehorn, Paul Logan, Pineapple Express, Prince Avalanche, Richard A. Wright, Scarface, Snow Angels, The Godfather, The Goonies, Tim Orr
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Tell me something. You like funny faces?” Welcome back David Gordon Green. While it’s easy for me to say such a statement because I know his pedigree on paper, truth be told I’ve only ever seen one film of his before he dove into Hollywood comedies. It was his last before that period of his […]
Category drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, toronto international film festival · Tags Adriene Mishler, Aj Wilson McPhaul, Anna Niemtschk, David Gordon Green, Gary Hawkins, Gary Poulter, Jeff Nichols, Joe, Larry Brown, Matthew McConaughey, Mud, Nicolas Cage, Paul Thomas Anderson, Pineapple Express, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Snow Angels, Sue Rock, Terrence Malick, The Sitter, The Tree of Life, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Tye Sheridan, Your Highness
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“I want you to be gay with me and father” I knew Your Highness was going to be bad, but I never anticipated just how much. I thought that no matter how horrible the trailers were, Danny McBride and James Franco re-teaming would make things tolerable. They helped support Seth Rogen’s stoner action flick, Pineapple […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Ben Best, Damian Lewis, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Eastbown & Down, Evan Goldberg, James Franco, Justin Theroux, Natalie Portman, Pineapple Express, Rasmus Hardiker, Seth Rogen, The Foot Fist Way, The Little Mermaid, Toby Jones, Your Highness, Zooey Deschanel
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“Don’t thank him. He did nothing.” Don’t be surprised when you find that the new incarnation of The Green Hornet has taken a very different path from its predecessors. The trailer should address this issue, but the simple fact Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are the duo tackling the escapades of George W. Trendle’s characters […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, film reviews · Tags Bruce Lee, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, David Harbour, Edward James Olmos, Evan Goldberg, George W. Trendle, James Franco, Jay Chou, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Michel Gondry, Pineapple Express, Seth Rogen, Superbad, The Green Hornet, Tom Wilkinson
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“And you brought your androgynous friend” It is amazing what a month can do to change one’s tastes. I’m a fan of Steve Carell, have been since his days on “The Daily Show”, but recently couldn’t get past how much I hated his role in “The Office”, not to mention having wrote off the show […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Chris Farley, Common, Date Night, J.B. Smoove, James Franco, Jimmi Simpson, Josh Klausner, Kristen Wiig, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Wahlberg, Mean Girls, Mila Kunis, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Pineapple Express, Saturday Night Live, Shawn Levy, Steve Carell, Taraji P. Henson, The Daily Show, The Office, Tina Fey, William Fichtner
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“Taste the beast” I need to look into the plethora of comedies coming down the pipe for who wrote and directed them. I watched the trailer for Role Models and thought it looked funny enough. But it was Seann William Scott—don’t get me wrong, he’s pretty good, I just didn’t have it high on my […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags A.D. Miles, Bobb’e J. Thompson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Wain, Diggers, Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch, Joe Lo Truglio, Judd Apatow, Ken Jeong, Ken Marino, Kerri Kenney, Kiss, Marvin Hamlisch, Matt Walsh, Paul Rudd, Pineapple Express, Role Models, Seann William Scott, The State, Upright Citizens Brigade
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
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 29, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“You’ve been served” The Apatow machine churns out another one. I don’t think Pineapple Express could fail even if it tried because the pairing of Seth Rogen and marijuana seems to be a match made in heaven. Billed as an action stoner comedy, Rogen and writing partner Evan Goldberg have crafted a tale around the […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Bill Hader, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Ed Begley Jr., Evan Goldberg, Gary Cole, James Franco, Joe Lo Truglio, Judd Apatow, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Bay, Nora Dunn, Pineapple Express, Rosie Perez, Seth Rogen, Superbad, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 18, 2008 · 1 Comment
“There are good people” Finally I have seen a David Gordon Green film. After all the praise I’ve heard based on his previous efforts, it almost came to the point where my first experience might have been his forthcoming Seth Rogen stoner comedy Pineapple Express rather than the indie dramas he is acclaimed for. Luckily […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Amy Sedaris, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, David Gordon Green, Griffin Dunne, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Angarano, Nicky Katt, Olivia Thirlby, Pineapple Express, Sam Rockwell, Seth Rogen, Snow Angels, Strangers With Candy
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 23, 2007 · 1 Comment
“Yeah, I learned about that in health class” The title says it all. This movie is superbad…ass. You know, in as far as movie standards go, Superbad is not a masterpiece, or even something to speak about with more than a chuckle. With that said, though, I had a great time with this flick. It […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Bill Hader, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Krumholtz, Evan Goldberg, Greg Mottola, Jonah Hill, Judd Apatow, Kevin Corrigan, Knocked Up, Martin Starr, Michael Cera, Pineapple Express, Seth Rogen, Superbad, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
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