Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 8, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“It won’t sweeten, it’ll only sour” I’m at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to the new The Magnificent Seven despite going in thinking it’d be the other way around. Here I was anticipating that I’d be able to watch the film with a completely blank slate because I’ve never seen the 1960 version nor […]
Category action/adventure, film features, film festival, film reviews, toronto international film festival, western · Tags Antoine Fuqua, Byung-hun Lee, Chris Pratt, Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Haley Bennett, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Matt Bomer, Nic Pizzolatto, Peter Sarsgaard, Richard Wenk, Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Vincent D'Onofrio, ¡Three Amigos!
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Change your world” It may be because I knew beforehand that Antoine Fuqua‘s The Equalizer was based on an old 80s TV show (from Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim), but it felt very episodic in a way that made it utterly boring. There’s that time Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) helps his coworker lose weight. That […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Antoine Fuqua, Bill Pullman, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Denzel Washington, Edward Hopper, Gladys Knight, Marton Csokas, Melissa Leo, Michael Sloan, Richard Lindheim, Richard Wenk, The Equalizer
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Can’t beat a classic” And here I thought the buzz was about how much The Expendables 2 made good on the promise set forth and not quite attained by The Expendables. It was going to be chock-full of humorous banter, over-the-top antics, bloody pulpy carnage, and as much fun as one berserker action flick can […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews · Tags Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Con Air, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Giselle Itié, Jason Statham, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jet Li, Liam Hemsworth, Nan Yu, Randy Couture, Richard Wenk, Simon West, Steve Austin, Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews, The Expendables, The Expendables 2, The Mechanic
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