Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 5, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“You think explaining explains anything?” I’ve just finished watching it and yet I still can’t believe Terry Gilliam actually completed The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. If you told me I had dreamt it all I would give pause because it’s been over twenty years in the making and its cursed production schedules have become […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Adam Driver, Hovik Keuchkerian, Jean Rochefort, Joana Ribeiro, John Hurt, Johnny Depp, Jonathan Pryce, Jordi Mollà, Lost in La Mancha, Miguel de Cervantes, Olga Kurylenko, Stellan Skarsgård, Terry Gilliam, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Tony Grisoni
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 7, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“Who am I? The gentleman or the rebel?” Juan Martin del Potro just ruined the match-up everyone wanted to see at the 2017 US Open—a semi-final pitting Rafa Nadal against Roger Federer. Despite both being in their thirties, their rivalry has never stopped. What’s intriguing, however, is how amiable it has always been (or seemed […]
Category biography, drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, sports, toronto international film festival · Tags Borg/McEnroe, Ian Blackman, Janus Metz, Ronnie Sandahl, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Sverrir Gudnason, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 13, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“What am I doing here?” We received two John le Carré adaptations this year, each delivering high production value, effective performances, and somewhat weak plotting. Susanne Bier‘s The Night Manager provides a “hero” between worlds—not a bona fide spy as in A Most Wanted Man or Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, not a regular man at […]
Category film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Grigoiy Dobrygin, Hossein Amini, Jeremy Northam, John le Carré, Khalid Abdalla, Mark Gatiss, Naomie Harris, Our Kind of Traitor, Stellan Skarsgård, Susanna White, Velibor Topic
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 10, 2015 · 1 Comment
“Have courage and be kind” For anyone who cannot stand singing, Disney’s latest iteration of the timeless Cinderella is catered to you. I know Chris Weitz and the other screenwriters on the project before him poured through the fairy tale’s vast lineage for every detail they could cull together into what they surely believe to […]
Category drama, family, fantasy, film reviews, romance · Tags Alice in Wonderland, Ben Chaplin, Cate Blanchett, Chris Weitz, Cinderella, Derek Jacobi, Drew Barrymore, Ever After: A Cinderella Story, Hayley Atwell, Helena Bonham Carter, Holliday Grainger, Into the Woods, Kenneth Branagh, Lily James, Mark Romanek, Nonso Anozie, Richard Madden, Sophie McShera, Stellan Skarsgård, The Brothers Grimm
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“I’m a virgin. I’m innocent.” I had heard there was a drop off in quality with Nymphomaniac: Vol. II compared to the first half, but I wasn’t quite prepared for how far. A much crueler portion of the tale, the second part of Lars von Trier‘s sex epic is also more outlandish as new characters […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Lars von Trier, Mia Goth, Nymphomaniac: Vol. I, Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“Mea Vulva. Mea Maxima Vulva.” I don’t intend it to be a smirk at those who think otherwise, but Lars von Trier‘s Nymphomaniac: Vol. I is much tamer than I expected. I’m not sure why I thought it would simply be gratuitous sex from start to finish—I guess I let the hype surrounding it taint […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Slater, Connie Nielsen, Dogville, Hugo Speer, Lars von Trier, Maja Arsovic, Manderlay, Nymphomaniac: Vol. I, Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, Shia LaBeouf, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Stacy Martin, Stellan Skarsgård, Uma Thurman
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“I’ll just stay here and say ‘sea bass’ alone” There was something off with Thor in 2011 besides its horrid post-conversion 3D. While many believe Iron Man 2 was nothing but an evolutionary bridge for its hero to move closer towards what The Avengers needed, it was actually the Norse God of thunder who provided […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alan Taylor, Anthony Hopkins, Captain America: The First Avenger, Chris Hemsworth, Christopher Eccleston, Christopher Markus, Christopher Yost, Don Payne, Game of Thrones, Guardians of the Galaxy, Idris Elba, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Kenneth Branagh, Natalie Portman, Ray Stevenson, Rene Russo, Robert Rodat, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen McFeely, Tadanobu Asano, The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Tom Hiddleston, Zachary Levi
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 4, 2012 · 1 Comment
“In the end you’ll always kneel” It’s hard to believe the new Marvel cinematic canon began just four years ago—if anything just for the simple fact these actors have been contractually obligated to continuously work in the world for its duration. The new The Incredible Hulk released with much less poetic atmosphere and more action-based […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Ang Lee, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Captain America: The First Avenger, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Dollhouse, Fantastic Four, Firefly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Mark Ruffalo, Point Break, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Spider-Man, Stellan Skarsgård, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Tom Hiddleston, X-Men, Zak Penn
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“It’s how we’re taught about strangers” If Stieg Larsson had lived long enough to see his The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo become an international sensation worthy of two cinematic adaptations in less than two years, I wonder which he would have approved of more. It’s easy to disregard David Fincher‘s remake as nothing more […]
Category drama, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Christopher Plummer, Daniel Craig, David Fincher, Fight Club, Geraldine James, Karen O, Män som hatar kvinnor, Noomi Rapace, Robert Plant, Rooney Mara, Se7en, Stellan Skarsgård, Steve Zaillian, Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network, Trent Reznor, Winter in Wartime, Yorick van Wageningen
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 10, 2011 · 4 Comments
“Two million and six beans” Director Lars von Trier has never been easily accessible. Part of his genius is the ability to go places others might not dare, shoot imagery no one else could even fathom, and push his actors into authentic performances that risk sending them into the same psychological tailspin as their characters. […]
Category drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, toronto international film festival · Tags Alexander Skarsgård, Antichrist, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, Lars von Trier, Melancholia, Stellan Skarsgård, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Udo Kier
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“Unworthy of the loved ones you’ve betrayed” Considering the extent of my knowledge on Thor pertains to the fantasy that Vincent D’Onofrio was he in Adventures in Babysitting, you will not be getting any grand breakdown comparison of the film with the comics. I just don’t know anything about the source material, much like all […]
Category action/adventure, fantasy, film reviews, science fiction · Tags Adventures in Babysitting, Anthony Hopkins, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Colm Feore, Idris Elba, Jaimie Alexander, Josh Dallas, Joss Whedon, Kat Dennings, Kenneth Branagh, Natalie Portman, Ray Stevenson, Stellan Skarsgård, Tadanobu Asano, The Avengers, Thor, Tom Hiddleston, Vincent D'Onofrio
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