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REVIEW: The Royal Tenenbaums [2001]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“How interesting. How bizarre!” Nothing Wes Anderson does will ever match the brilliance of his third film, The Royal Tenenbaums. A lot of this has to do with when I first saw it back in the winter of 2002, but I say it objectively too. I was still in college, still in the midst of […]

Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Alec Baldwin, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Bottle Rocket, Criterion Collection, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kumar Pallana, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Rushmore, Seymour Cassel, The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson

REVIEW: Rushmore [1998]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“I saved Latin. What did you ever do?” Writer/director Wes Anderson‘s style was officially born on his sophomore effort Rushmore. That’s not to say his debut was devoid of the trademarks we associate him with today, it was simply set in a world possessed by more authentic rules. He’s since made a career out of […]

Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Apocalypse Now, Bill Murray, Brian Cox, Criterion Collection, Jason Schwartzman, Mason Gamble, Olivia Wiliams, Owen Wilson, Rushmore, Sara Tanaka, Seymour Cassel, Stephen McCole, Wes Anderson

Picking Winners at the 85th Annual Academy Awards

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

REVIEW: Submarine [2011]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

“Cancer trumps potential infidelity” Only having seen one episode of “The IT Crowd” doesn’t make me a professional on the subject, but I do recall thinking it quirky, funny, and a bit awkward. It’s no surprise then that the directorial debut of one of its actors would be all those things—possibly even farther down the […]

Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys, Craig Roberts, Darren Evans, Joe Dunthorne, Lily McCann, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Richard Ayoade, Rushmore, Sally Hawkins, Submarine, The IT Crowd, The Squid and the Whale, Yasmin Paige

Picking Winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards

Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Spree contributing writer William Altreuter, graphic designer Jared Mobarak, and I are going to share our thoughts on this week’s Oscar nominations. Let’s kick things off with a category whose victor—Colin “Mr. Darcy” Firth—seems to have already been agreed upon. — Christopher Schobert Best Actor: Javier Bardem: Biutiful Jeff Bridges: True Grit Jesse Eisenberg: The […]

Category essays, oscars · Tags 127 Hours, A Room With a View, A Single Man, Aaron Eckhart, Aaron Sorkin, Al Pacino, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alice in Wonderland, Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Amanda Peet, American Beauty, Amy Adams, Andrew Garfield, Animal Kingdom, Anna Paquin, Anne Rosellini, Annette Benning, Annie Hall, Another Year, Armie Hammer, Ashton Kutcher, Atonement, Avatar, Barbara Hershey, Beautiful Girls, Before Night Falls, Being Julia, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray, Birgit Minichmayr, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, Brian Oliver, Brokeback Mountain, Carey Mulligan, Carlos, Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Catherine Keener, Catwoman, Ceán Chaffin, Celine Rattray, Chariots of Fire, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chicago, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christian Bale, Christian Colson, Christopher Nolan, City of Your Final Destination, Coen Brothers, Colin Firth, Conviction, Crazy Heart, Dana Brunetti, Danny Boyle, Darla K. Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, David Cronenberg, David Fincher, David Hoberman, David O. Russell, Dead Ringers, Dianne Weist, Dieter Laser, District 9, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Ed Harris, Édgar Ramírez, Edgar Wright, Emile Sherman, Emma Thomas, Ethan Coen, Everyone Else, Fargo, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Forrest Gump, Frozen River, Gandhi, Gareth Unwin, Gary Gilbert, Geoffrey Rush, George Lucas, Get Low, Greenberg, Greta Gerwig, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Hailee Steinfeld, Halle Berry, Harvey Weinstein, Helena Bonham Carter, Hilary Swank, How to Train Your Dragon, Howard's End, I Am Love, I Love You Phillip Morris, I'm Still Here, Iain Canning, Inception, Jacki Weaver, James Franco, Jamie Foxx, Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Renner, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Broadbent, Jim Carrey, Jimmy Smits, Joaquin Phoenix, Joel Coen, John Hawkes, John Smithson, John Wayne, Julia, Julia Roberts, Julianne Moore, Justin Timberlake, Kick-Ass, Laura Linney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lesley Manville, Let Me In, Lois Smith, Lost in Translation, Macaulay Culkin, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo, Meryl Streep, Michael Cera, Michael De Luca, Michael Shannon, Michelle Williams, Mickey Rourke, Mike Medavoy, Mike Nichols, Mila Kunis, Milos Forman, Minnie Driver, Missing, Mother and Child, Naomi Watts, Natalie Portman, Never Let Me Go, Nicole Kidman, No Country for Old Men, No Strings Attached, Noomi Rapace, Olivia Williams, Ordinary People, Philadelphia, Pierce Brosnan, Please Give, Preston Sturges, Rabbit Hole, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ray, Rebecca Hall, Reversal of Fortune, Robert Duvall, Rushmore, Ryan Gosling, Sam Rockwell, Saving Private Ryan, Scent of a Woman, Scott Franklin, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scott Rudin, Sean Penn, Shakespeare in Love, Shutter Island, Star Wars: A New Hope, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Stieg Larrson, Sullivan’s Travels, Tatum O'Neal, The American President, The Crying Game, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The English Patient, The Fighter, The Ghost Writer, The Goodbye Girl, The Green Mile, The Grifters, The Human Centipede (First Sequence), The Kids Are All Right, The Killer Inside Me, The King's Speech, The Lord of the Rings, The Piano, The Return of the King, The Runaways, The Sixth Sense, The Social Network, The Town, The Turning Point, The Verdict, The Way Back, Thor, Tilda Swinton, Tim Burton, Timothy Hutton, Todd Lieberman, Tom Hanks, Tom Hooper, Tootsie, Toy Story 3, Traffic, True Grit, Unforgiven, Up, Wendy and Lucy, Wings of the Dove, Winter’s Bone, X-Men: First Class

DVDS: Criterion Collection

Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

My collection of DVDs from the venerable Criterion Collection, in order by spine number. (the package art is almost better than the films themselves) [fb-like-button]

Category collections, criterion collection, movies · Tags 8 1/2, A Christmas Tale, America Lost and Found: The BBS Story, Armageddon, Band of Outsiders, Bob le Flambeur, Bottle Rocket, Brazil, Breathless, Carnival of Souls, Chasing Amy, Chungking Express, Clean Shaven, Contempt, Criterion Collection, Days of Heaven, Dazed and Confused, Dead Ringers, Diabolique, Do the Right Thing, Down by Law, DVD, Europa, Fanny and Alexander, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, George Washington, Grand Illusion, Hard Boiled, Heaven Can Wait, Homicide, House of Games, Howard's End, In the Mood for Love, John Cassavetes, Jules and Jim, Kicking and Screaming, Knife in the Water, La Haine, La Jetée, M, Monsoon Wedding, Monty Python's Life of Brian, My Dinner with André, My Life as a Dog, My Own Private Idaho, Naked, Naked Lunch, Notorious, Orphic Trilogy, Paris Texas, Paths of Glory, Pierrot le Fou, Rebecca, Repulsion, Ride with the Devil, RoboCop, Rushmore, Sans Soleil, Seven Samurai, Short Cuts, Silence of the Lambs, Sisters, Slacker, Solaris, Spellbound, Straw Dogs, The Adventures of Antoine Doinel, The Browning Version, The Darjeeling Limited, The Double Life of Véronique, The Element of Crime, The Hit, The Ice Storm, The Last Emperor, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Night of the Hunter, The Red Shoes, The Rock, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Rules of the Game, The Ruling Class, The Seventh Seal, The Thin Red Line, The Third Man, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Vanishing, This is Spinal Tap, Time Bandits, Traffic, Umberto D., Videodrome, Wild Strawberries, Wings of Desire

Top 20 Films of 1998

Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 3, 1999 · Leave a Comment

(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 71 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #20: Very Bad Things directed by Peter Berg. #19: The Big Lebowski directed byJoel Coen & Ethan Coen #18: Following directed byChristopher Nolan #17: Shakespeare in Love […]

Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags Alex Proyas, American History X, Bulworth, Christopher Nolan, Dark City, Darren Aronofsky, Elizabeth, Ethan Coen, Fallen, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Following, Gary Ross, Gregory Hoblit, Joel Coen, John Dahl, John Madden, Lola rennt, Out of Sight, Peter Berg, Peter Weir, Pi, Pleasantville, Rounders, Run Lola Run, Rushmore, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, Shekhar Kapur, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Terrence Malick, Terry Gilliam, The Big Lebowski, The Thin Red Line, The Truman Show, Tom Tykwer, Tony Kaye, Very Bad Things, Vincent Ward, Warren Beatty, Wes Anderson, What Dreams May Come

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