Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 9, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“There is no one quite like you” I wanted to think that Florence Foster Jenkins intrigues specifically because her story couldn’t occur today as it did then. So many contemporary celebrities willfully embrace their lack of talent now, monetizing themselves into greater successes than those with the merit to earn it. Her level of delusion—to […]
Category biography, comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Christian McKay, Florence Foster Jenkins, Hugh Grant, John Kavanagh, Meryl Streep, Nicholas Martin, Nina Arianda, Philomena, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Helberg, Stanley Townsend, Stephen Frears
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 13, 2016 · Leave a Comment
It’s proving to be a couple of busy months for legendary director Stephen Frears, fresh off his delightful true-life story Philomena making an Oscar run in 2013. Not only does he have his Lance Armstrong biopic The Program opening US theaters this Friday (March 18th), but his newest Florence Foster Jenkins also hits UK screens […]
Category film features, interviews, z.slideshow · Tags Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Danny Boyle, David Walsh, Florence Foster Jenkins, Jesse Plemons, John Hodge, Lance Armstong, Philomena, Simon Helberg, Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan, The Program, Thomas Weisel
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 1, 2009 · 1 Comment
“Did he tell you about the Goy’s teeth?” Despite the prevalent use of Hebrew without translation and, I’m sure, many instances of Jewish culture that I am unfamiliar with, I really enjoyed the new Coen Brothers film A Serious Man. The film, while a bit odd and seemingly schizophrenic in tone, is vintage Coen, harkening […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags A Serious Man, Adam Arkin, Barton Fink, Burn After Reading, Coen Brothers, David Kang, Fargo, Fred Melamed, George Wyner, Inglourious Basterds, Michael Stuhlbarg, No Country for Old Men, Sari Lennick, Simon Helberg, Spaceballs, The Big Bang Theory
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 18, 2009 · 4 Comments
I will be the first to admit that I was brainwashed by the Hollywood machine and never had an interest to check out the CBS comedy “The Big Bang Theory”. Its marketing campaign billed it as another stupid sitcom to bring in money and entertain the mindless hordes of America. Why would I want to […]
Category entertainment, essays · Tags Battlestar Galactica, Chuck Lorre, Heroes, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Kunal Nayyar, Laurie Metcalf, Lost, Roseanne, Sara Gilbert, Simon Helberg, The Big Bang Theory
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