Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 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 Akiko Stehrenberger, Andy Warhol, As Above So Below, Aubrey Plaza, AV Squad, Blood & Chocolate, BLT Communications LLC, Brendan Gleeson, Bruce Willis, Calvary, Chadwick Boseman, Corey Feldman, Dakota Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Dave Bautista, Elisabeth Moss, Empire Design, Eva Green, Francesco Francavilla, Frank Miller, Frank Ockenfels, Get On Up, Gravillis Inc., Guardians of the Galaxy, Ignition, Jack O'Connell, James Brown, Jeff Bridges, Jessica Alba, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kevin Tong, Life After Beth, Mark Duplass, Meryl Streep, Michael Muller, Mickey Rourke, Phantom City Creative, Randy Ortiz, Rico Torres, Robert De Niro, Robert Rodriguez, Sin City, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Starred Up, Stoker, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Expendables 2, The Expendables 3, The Giver, The Last of Robin Hood, The One I Love, The Wolverine, Troublemaker Studios, Tyler Stout, Union+Webster, Vanilla Ice, WORKS ADV
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Fear his freedom!” This is what a copy of a copy looks like. It pretends to be equal to the original—and in some aspects proves to be exactly the same—yet arrives seven years after everything its groundbreaking ancestor provided was expanded and evolved upon. I loved 300 and gave it a perfect score despite some […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews, war · Tags 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, David Wenham, Eva Green, Frank Miller, Gerard Butler, Kurt Johnstad, Lena Headey, nine inch nails, Noam Murro, Peter Mensah, Rodrigo Santoro, Sin City, Spartacus, Sullivan Stapleton, Zack Snyder
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“Cheers, to your dead mother” Ah, the plan. You know the one, get good grades in high school, earn that college scholarship, continue the straight-A regimen, and land that dream job you’ve wanted since grade school. If the first three occurred without a hitch, of course that interview is a mere formality standing as a […]
Category comedy, film reviews, romance · Tags Alexis Bledel, Andrew Daly, Bobby Coleman, Carol Burnett, Craig Robinson, Demetri Martin, Gilmore Girls, Jane Lynch, Kelly Fremon, Michael Keaton, Post Grad, Rodrigo Santoro, Sin City, The Matrix, Vicky Jenson, Zach Gilford
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 24, 2009 · 7 Comments
As always, I have not seen every film made in the decade, so this list is only complete as of posting. There are those diamonds in the rough I’ve yet to witness that could render this entire list obsolete. The ‘Naughts’, I believe an appropriate term being used for the decade spanning from 2000–2009, the […]
Category essays, top 10 films, top 10 lists · Tags 2001: A Space Odyssey, 21 Grams, 300, Alejandro Amenábar, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Amélie, American Psycho, Amores Perros, Amy Adams, Ang Lee, Angela Lindvall, Atonement, Audrey Tautou, Avatar, Batman, Baz Luhrmann, Ben Affleck, Benicio Del Toro, Björk, Bloody Sunday, Bret Easton Ellis, Brick, Brokeback Mountain, Bugsy Malone, Casey Affleck, Cashback, Catinca Untaru, Charlie Kaufman, Children of Men, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, City of God, Clint Mansell, Closer, CQ, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Curtis Hanson, Damien Rice, Dancer in the Dark, Danny Boyle, Darren Aronofsky, Das weiße Band, David Bowie, David Lynch, David O. Russell, Dennis Lehane, Dogville, Duncan Jones, Édgar Flores, ELO, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fernando Meirelles, Frank Miller, Garden State, Glen Hansard, Gone Baby Gone, Guillermo Arriaga, Guillermo del Toro, Hollywoodland, Huey Lewis, Hugh Jackman, I Heart Huckabees, Imogen Heap, Inception, Inglourious Basterds, James Cameron, James Nesbitt, Jason Schwartzman, Javier Bardem, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jeremy Davies, Jim Carrey, Joe Wright, John Hillcoat, Junebug, Kate Winslet, Kevin Smith, L.A. Confidential, Lars von Trier, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Lust Caution, M. Night Shyamalan, Mad Men, Mar adentro, Marc Forster, Mark Wahlberg, Markéta Irglová, Memento, Michael Douglas, Michael Haneke, Michael Shannon, Michel Gondry, Mickey Rourke, Moon, Moulin Rouge!, Mulholland Drive, Munich, My Life Without Me, Naomi Watts, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Once, Paul Greengrass, Paulina Gaitan, Phil Collins, Pride and Prejudice, Quentin Tarantino, Rachel Getting Married, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Ray Winstone, Requiem for a Dream, Revolutionary Road, Rian Johnson, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rodriguez, Roman Coppola, Ryan Gosling, Sam Mendes, Sam Rockwell, Sarah Polley, Sean Ellis, Shania Twain, Sin City, Sin Nombre, Slumdog Millionaire, Spike Jonze, Stay, Steven Spielberg, Sunshine, Synecdoche New York, Tarsem Singh, The Bourne Supremacy, The Brøken, The Constant Gardener, The Fall, The Fountain, The Guess Who, The Proposition, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Sea Inside, The Village, The White Ribbon, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, The Wrestler, There Will Be Blood, Toby Maguire, U2, United 93, Up, War of the Worlds, Wes Anderson, Where the Wild Things Are, William Hurt, Wo hu cang long, Wonder Boys, Zach Braff, Zack Snyder
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“I have a city as my weapon” There is a lot to like about Frank Miller’s debut as a solo director. The Spirit is shot with a similar style as his last film, Sin City, based upon his own graphic novels, and the imagery is quite stunning at times. I’m not familiar with Will Eisner’s […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews · Tags Brick, Eva Mendes, Frank Miller, Gabriel Macht, Louis Lombardi, Paz Vega, Rian Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Sin City, Stana Katic, The Spirit, Will Eisner
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 11, 2007 · 2 Comments
“Sparta!” This is what film was destined to evolve to. After decades of directors making storyboards as reference before filming and the slow building trend to adapt comic book work, we finally have the ultimate fusion of both. Sure Sin City did amazing things with the medium and created frame-by-frame transfers from drawing to celluloid, […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews, war · Tags 300, Brother’s Grimm, David Wenham, Dawn of the Dead, Dominic West, Frank Miller, Gerard Butler, Imagine Me and You, Lena Headey, Oldboy, Samantha Morton, Sin City, Terry Gilliam, The Forgotten, The Lord of the Rings, The Wire, Van Helsing, Zack Snyder
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 27, 2006 · Leave a Comment
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 93 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: Hauru no ugoku shiro[Howl’s Moving Castle] directed by Hayao Miyazaki #24: Good Night,and Good Luck directed by George Clooney #23: Joyeux Noël[Merry Christmas] directed by Christian […]
Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags 13 Tzameti, Batman Begins, Bennett Miller, Caché, Capote, Chris Terrio, Christian Carion, Christopher Nolan, Craig Brewer, David Yates, Everything is Illuminated, Fernando Meirelles, Géla Babluani, George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck, Hayao Miyazaki, Heights, Hidden, Howl's Moving Castle, Hustle & Flow, Joe Wright, Joyeux Noël, Judd Apatow, Junebug, Kingdom of Heaven, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Liev Schreiber, Marc Forster, Match Point, Merry Christmas, Michael Haneke, Munich, Neil Marshall, Noah Baumbach, Phil Morrison, Pride and Prejudice, Ridley Scott, Robert Rodriguez, Shane Black, Sin City, Stay, Stephen Gaghan, Steven Spielberg, Syriana, Terrence Malick, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Constant Gardener, The Descent, The Girl in the Café, The New World, The Squid and the Whale, Woody Allen
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