Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 6, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“This is the closest to Hell I ever want to go” When a formula succeeds as well as that of James Wan‘s The Conjuring and its real life subjects have as extensive a Rolodex of haunting investigations as Ed and Lorraine Warren, the prospect of a sequel arrives as both inevitability and an initial pause. […]
Category film reviews, horror, z.slideshow · Tags Benjamin Haigh, Bob Adrian, Bonnie Aarons, Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, David Leslie Johnson, Frances O'Connor, Franka Potente, Furious 7, Insidious: Chapter 2, James Wan, Lauren Esposito, Madison Wolfe, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Patrick McAuley, Patrick Wilson, Saw, Simon Delaney, Simon McBurney, The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, Vera Farmiga
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Who doesn’t want a veranda, eh?” Directors Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson‘s The Mule is not at all what I expected. The marketing materials draw it up as a B-movie romp, something the involvement of Sampson and Saw co-creator Leigh Whannell (they co-wrote this one together from a story by Jaime Browne) helps corroborate. Besides […]
Category comedy, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Angus Sampson, Ewen Leslie, Georgina Haig, Hugo Weaving, Ilya Altman, Jaime Browne, John Noble, Leigh Whannell, Saw, The Mule, Tony Mahony
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“r u alone?” This year’s most tonally out-of-place ending goes to Cam2Cam. A horror/thriller pitting the murderer of a young American in Bangkok against the victim’s sister for either vengeance or a smart getaway somehow finds itself culminating in a weirdly romantic vibe of lost loves sending gifts via post to remember the lovely time […]
Category film reviews, horror, suspense/thriller · Tags Ben Wiggins, Cabin Fever, Cam2Cam, Davy Sihali, Drew Barrymore, Jade Tailor, Joel Soisson, Marie Gautier, Pretty Little Liars, Russell Geoffrey Banks, Sarah Bonrepaux, Saw, Scream, Tammin Sursok, The Truth About Charlie, The Young and the Restless
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 1, 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 3 Days to Kill, About Last Night, Adult World, AllCity, Animal Logic, Art Machine A Trailer Park Company, B.D. Fox Independent, Bemis Balkind, BLT Communications LLC, Child's Pose, Christopher Miller, Cold Open, Concept Arts, Date and Switch, David Lynch, Drinking Buddies, Endless Love, Gabriella Wilde, Gravillis Inc., Hany Abu-Assad, Hayao Miyazaki, Ignition Print, Interpol, Jason Statham, Joel Kinnaman, Joy Division, Kevin Costner, Kevin Hart, KO Creative, Kristen Scott Thomas, Liam Neeson, Man of Steel, Matt Frost, Michael Ealy, Non-Stop, Nurse 3D, Omar, Only God Forgives, P+A, Paradise Now, Paul W.S. Anderson, Paz de la Huerta, Phil Lord, Pompeii, Redemption, RoboCop, Rust and Bone, Saw, Taken 2, The Killer Inside Me, The LEGO Movie, The Rageman, The Secret World of Arrietty, The Wind Rises, Tim Palen, Vampire Academy, Win Win, WORKS ADV
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 26, 2013 · 2 Comments
“There’s usually always some rational explanation” After watching the cinematic account of the Perron family’s plight in 1971 during James Wan‘s The Conjuring—alongside a brief view at Annabelle, the creepiest little possessed doll ever—it’s hard to believe paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren’s most infamous case of demonic insanity was Amityville. Described as the story […]
Category film reviews, horror, suspense/thriller · Tags Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, Hayley McFarland, James Wan, Joey King, John Brotherton, Kyla Deaver, Leigh Whannell, Lili Taylor, Mackenzie Foy, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Saw, Shanley Caswell, Shannon Kook, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror, The Conjuring, The Haunted, The Haunting in Connecticut, Tony DeRosa-Grund, Vera Farmiga
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 30, 2012 · 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 Alex Cross, Argo, Ben Affleck, BLT Communications LLC, Canyon Design Group, Cardinal Communications USA, Casino Royale, Cloud Atlas, Cold Open, Daniel Craig, Dominic Smith, Dream House, Empire Design, Enemy of the State, Ethan Hawke, Expendables 2, Frankenweenie, Gravillis Inc., Guy Ritchie, Halle Berry, Happythankyoumoreplease, Hoo-Ha, I Saw the Devil, Ignition Print, Indika Entertainment Advertising, Jodelle Ferland, John Cusack, Lee Daniels, Liam Neeson, Martin McDonagh, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Matthew Fox, Morgan Freeman, Nicolas Winding Refn, Nicole Kidman, Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 4, ParaNorman, Petrol, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Pusher, REV CREATIVE, Richard Coyle, RYSK, Safe House, Saw, Seven Psychopaths, Shoolery Design, Silent Hill, Silent Hill: Revelation, Sinister, Smashed, Snatch., Tai Chi 0, Taken, Taken 2, The Bank Job, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The House I Live In, The Lord of the Rings, The Paperboy, The Two Towers, Tim Burton, Tom Hanks, Tyler Perry, V/H/S, WORKS ADV, Zac Efron
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 29, 2012 · 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 Act of Valor, Amanda Seyfried, ARSONAL, Band of Brothers, Blood & Chocolate, BLT & Associates, Chronicle, Concept Arts, Daniel Radcliffe, David Mackenzie, Denzel Washington, Diane Reynolds-Nash, Dwayne Johnson, Eva Green, Ewan McGregor, Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Gone, Good Deeds, Gravillis Inc., Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Ignition Print, Jennifer Aniston, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Kill List, Liam Neeson, Madea's Big Happy Family, Michael Caine, Midnight Oil Creative, Olly Moss, OTMentertain, Paranormal Activity, Paul Rudd, Perfect Sense, Psycho, Pulse Advertising, Pursuit of Happyness, Restrepo, Ryan Reynolds, Safe House, Saw, The Blair Witch Project, The Borrowers, The Cimarron Group, The Innkeepers, The Secret World of Arrietty, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, The Vow, The Woman in Black, The World is Not Enough, Tom Hodge, Tyler Perry, Vox and Associates, Wanderlust, WORKS ADV, Young Adam
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“Last night I watched myself sleep … then I flew away” Ever since James Wan and Leigh Whannell collaborated on what became a franchised sensation in Saw, expectations for the two were high. I haven’t seen their second film, Dead Silence, but I do remember press being positive and the creepiness of dolls—a motif the […]
Category film reviews, horror · Tags Andrew Astor, Angus Sampson, Barbara Hershey, Dead Silence, Ghostbusters, Insidious, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Saw, Ty Simpkins
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“If I’m lying, take me to the quarries” Could it be the final installment in the increasingly convoluted saga that is Saw? I’ll admit that I checked out somewhat after episode four, to me the last really strong story formed from the surprisingly intelligent and creative Jigsaw mythology. After that it all rapidly devolved to […]
Category film reviews, horror · Tags Betsy Russell, Cary Elwes, Chad Donella, Chester Bennington, Costas Mandylor, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Linkin Park, Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, Saw, Saw 3D, Saw IV, Sean Patrick Flanery, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“It’s amazing how far you can go with costume jewelry and a cutthroat attitude” It is sometimes a fine line to cross when handing the reins of a big budget film to a newcomer, but that’s exactly what Sony Pictures did with Zombieland. The foursome in the lead aren’t necessarily A-list big money talent, but […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“All debts are paid at the opera tonight” Blood, gore, goth, and … opera? If Darren Lynn Bousman is behind the camera, yes, they meld together into a passion project for all to experience. He can thank the success of the Saw franchise, which he directed three installments, for allowing him to get the financing […]
Category film reviews, horror, musical/concert · Tags Alexa Vega, Anthony Stewart Head, Bill Moseley, Darren Lynn Bousman, Ogre, Paris Hilton, Paul Sorvino, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Saw, Terrance Zdunich, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tim Curry
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