Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Love is stupid monkeys dancing in a slapstick hurricane” I’m officially a sucker for romantic comedies where guy meets girl by engaging in sarcastically cynical conversation consisting more of glib quips than substantive information. It’s more than likely because that’s exactly what my girlfriend and I do even to this day and most definitely because […]
Category comedy, drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, romance, toronto international film festival · Tags AC Newman, Adam Driver, Daniel Radcliffe, Elan Mastai, Friends with Benefits, Goon, Jemima Rooper, Justin Timberlake, Mackenzie Davis, Megan Park, Michael Dowse, Michael Rinaldi, Mila Kunis, Rafe Spall, T.J. Dawe, Take Me Home Tonight, The F Word, The New Pornographers, The Princess Bride, TIFF, Toothpaste and Cigars, Toronto International Film Festival, Will Gluck, Zoe Kazan
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Probably giving some single mother herpes in the parking lot” Written by Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg, Goon is their generation’s Slap Shot with Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott) serving as all three Hanson brothers in one. Bearing more in common than a full stomach of bloody fisticuffs, each work also finds itself born from […]
Category comedy, film reviews, sports · Tags Alison Pill, David Paetkau, Doug Smith, Eugene Levy, Evan Goldberg, Fubar, Georges Laraque, Goon, Jay Baruchel, Kim Coates, Liev Schreiber, Marc-André Grondin, Michael Dowse, Nancy Dowd, Richard Clarkin, Seann William Scott, Slap Shot, Sons of Anarchy, Take Me Home Tonight, The Mighty Ducks, Trailer Park Boys
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“That was a metaphor. I totally got him.” As this week’s box office shows in contrast to my huge level of enjoyment with Take Me Home Tonight, it appears director Michael Dowse has another cult classic on his hands. Already with It’s All Gone Pete Tong and a duo of Fubar films containing a pretty […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags American Pie 2, Anna Faris, Atomic Tom, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Pratt, Dan Fogler, Demetri Martin, Fubar, Fubar: Balls to the Wall, Gordon Kaywin, Harry and the Hendersons, Hot Tub Time Machine, It’s All Gone Pete Tong, Jackie Filgo, Jeff Filgo, Kim Carnes, Lucy Punch, Men Without Hats, Michael Biehn, Michael Dowse, Michael Ian Black, Michelle Trachtenberg, Superbad, Take Me Home Tonight, Teresa Palmer, That ‘70s Show, The Breakfast Club, The Karate Kid, Topher Grace
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I’ll admit, the more I see about the film Take Me Home Tonight, the more I want to see it. Atomic Tom came onto the scene with a music video/Apple promo on the NYC subway, played and shot live on iPhones, and now have covered “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League. The video […]
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